Eric Herm, author of Son of a Farmer, Child of the Earth will be a guest on Blue Planet Almanac radio on Monday, July 26th, at 11:00 am ET. Listen the show live on HealthyLive.net.

Eric will be interviewed by host, Mike Austin. The program will include two other guests. As stated on Blue Planet Almanac’s site:

“Sustainability is cross-disciplinary. From anywhere you stand you could pick up a figurative pebble or rock, toss it as lightly or hard and you like, and strike a subject which involves environmentalism, its law, policy, farming, food, water or a myriad other important things. Environmental lawyer Bruce Rich, American farmer Eric Herm, and personal development wizard Mick Quinn will explain the interactions of those things for us.”

For a more detailed description please visit the Blue Planet Almanac website. It should an interesting and very informative show.

Reflecting on the new year that lies ahead, I found this allegory interesting:

“Elephants born in captivity are restrained by a chain that attaches one leg to a metal spike driven into the ground. This prevents them from roaming. They become accustomed to the fact that, as long as the chain and spike are next to them, they are unable to move.

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Yesterday I participated in a fascinating gathering.  It combined principles from permaculture, yoga, building sustainable new cultures, dreaming, amongst other things.  It was organized by nature works, a “worker-owned cooperative grounded in a mission of healing the Earth locally and transforming global consciousness.”  nature works empowers “communities to affirm and support life, so that we may all share and embody a culture of regeneration — one that is both sustainable and that continually grows in vitality.”

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The Missing Peace, The Hidden Power of our Kinship with Animals:  Tina Volpe, Judy Carman

In this time of war, recession, foreclsosures, high gas prices and a very shaky economy, discovering inner peace and unending joy is essential to surviving and remaining helpful, compassionate, happy and loving.

The Missing Peace is the book designed to do just that.

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