One message (from the Earth) of the oil spill is-
SLOW DOWN! Include me in your decision making each day, whether choosing what to buy, where to direct your energy, efforts and attention, or how to go about solving complex big world problems. Stop before setting out for your next goal or acquisition. Feel me under your feet. Sit, set aside your particular small personal narrow viewpoint, and listen. Feel your heart beat, notice your breath, look at the sky, the trees, the plants and creatures around you. Understand “you” are a part of me. Be careful what you do to me. Know that my abundance is here for you, but to be used and safeguarded with care, love, respect ad wisdom. Let yourself be moved by your deepest Nature, that force that grows the trees and moves the breeze and fires the sun. Expand your vision, open your heart, consider me in every decision you make. I will guide you, but you must slow down and listen with humility.

One message (from the Earth) of the oil spill is-
SLOW DOWN! Include me in your decision making each day, whether choosing what to buy, where to direct your energy, efforts and attention, or how to go about solving complex big world problems. Stop before setting out for your next goal or acquisition. Feel me under your feet. Sit, set aside your particular small personal narrow viewpoint, and listen. Feel your heart beat, notice your breath, look at the sky, the trees, the plants and creatures around you. Understand “you” are a part of me. Be careful what you do to me. Know that my abundance is here for you, but to be used and safeguarded with care, love, respect ad wisdom. Let yourself be moved by your deepest Nature, that force that grows the trees and moves the breeze and fires the sun. Expand your vision, open your heart, consider me in every decision you make. I will guide you, but you must slow down and listen with humility.

Since this is a sister rig of one that I’m on, I first like to pass on my prayers to the families of those man that where lost on the rig and I hope that those that were injured will have a fast recovery. I also hope that there will be a quick clean up off the site. I will not complain about the problems, yet I will say that there was a lack of forethought put in to the possibility of this happening, especially in an area, where there is a large oil industry. Just goes to show that business can’t be a watch dog for itself, and shows that government is to lazy and incompetent to plan for such disasters.

Each day we see the damage that such an industry does to our planet, and it takes year or decades to recoup from the environmental damage. We don’t need companies like BP to dictate to us that we need oil. What we need is clean free fuel and I will talk more about this in my blog. For now what we need to do is to say, that any new oil and gas wells that are to be drilled, has to have a tune off valve that is remote controlled, and up to 10 meters below ground level, so that it can be closed in the event of another accident like this. The dilemma with this kind of accident is that the BOP (Blow Out Preventer) or Manifold gets damage and the systems can’t be used to close in the well in. If we add one valve, that is place 10 meters below the surface of the wellhead, than there is a great change that it will not be destroyed. We can remotely close the well in, slowly, thus shutting the well and saving the environment, equipment and lives.

A simple solution to a, major problem and cost very little, when compared to the cost of clear up, damages, and lives lost.

Since this is a sister rig of one that I’m on, I first like to pass on my prayers to the families of those man that where lost on the rig and I hope that those that were injured will have a fast recovery. I also hope that there will be a quick clean up off the site. I will not complain about the problems, yet I will say that there was a lack of forethought put in to the possibility of this happening, especially in an area, where there is a large oil industry. Just goes to show that business can’t be a watch dog for itself, and shows that government is to lazy and incompetent to plan for such disasters.

Each day we see the damage that such an industry does to our planet, and it takes year or decades to recoup from the environmental damage. We don’t need companies like BP to dictate to us that we need oil. What we need is clean free fuel and I will talk more about this in my blog. For now what we need to do is to say, that any new oil and gas wells that are to be drilled, has to have a tune off valve that is remote controlled, and up to 10 meters below ground level, so that it can be closed in the event of another accident like this. The dilemma with this kind of accident is that the BOP (Blow Out Preventer) or Manifold gets damage and the systems can’t be used to close in the well in. If we add one valve, that is place 10 meters below the surface of the wellhead, than there is a great change that it will not be destroyed. We can remotely close the well in, slowly, thus shutting the well and saving the environment, equipment and lives.

A simple solution to a, major problem and cost very little, when compared to the cost of clear up, damages, and lives lost.

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PS if you design a valve for this purpose, form my idea, I as that you make a donation to my foundation. Box It Up. (To be establish) “Making Christmas, a year long joy:)”

Please see my blog to see what Box It Up is all about

We’re looking at a need for a shift in human attitudes, toward themselves and toward the planet: On the one hand humans regard themselves as the lords and masters of the planet; on the other humans turn away from the responsible governance of the planet. It is time for partnership with nature, and by that I mean a co-creative science, one that fully recognises the direct input of nature’s creativity in every human initiated activity. All life must be respected. Change can be managed through co-operation, consensus building, and giving each component its place in the rhythm and timing of the change.

If we would begin to practise what we already know to be true, each one of us, things would begin to change, and change fast in a way favourable to harmonious living together on the planet.

Thank you for the opportunity to share these thoughts.

We’re looking at a need for a shift in human attitudes, toward themselves and toward the planet: On the one hand humans regard themselves as the lords and masters of the planet; on the other humans turn away from the responsible governance of the planet. It is time for partnership with nature, and by that I mean a co-creative science, one that fully recognises the direct input of nature’s creativity in every human initiated activity. All life must be respected. Change can be managed through co-operation, consensus building, and giving each component its place in the rhythm and timing of the change.

If we would begin to practise what we already know to be true, each one of us, things would begin to change, and change fast in a way favourable to harmonious living together on the planet.

Thank you for the opportunity to share these thoughts.

One message (from the Earth) of the oil spill is-
SLOW DOWN! Include me in your decision making each day, whether choosing what to buy, where to direct your energy, efforts and attention, or how to go about solving complex big world problems. Stop before setting out for your next goal or acquisition. Feel me under your feet. Sit, set aside your particular small personal narrow viewpoint, and listen. Feel your heart beat, notice your breath, look at the sky, the trees, the plants and creatures around you. Understand “you” are a part of me. Be careful what you do to me. Know that my abundance is here for you, but to be used and safeguarded with care, love, respect ad wisdom. Let yourself be moved by your deepest Nature, that force that grows the trees and moves the breeze and fires the sun. Expand your vision, open your heart, consider me in every decision you make. I will guide you, but you must slow down and listen with humility.

One message (from the Earth) of the oil spill is-
SLOW DOWN! Include me in your decision making each day, whether choosing what to buy, where to direct your energy, efforts and attention, or how to go about solving complex big world problems. Stop before setting out for your next goal or acquisition. Feel me under your feet. Sit, set aside your particular small personal narrow viewpoint, and listen. Feel your heart beat, notice your breath, look at the sky, the trees, the plants and creatures around you. Understand “you” are a part of me. Be careful what you do to me. Know that my abundance is here for you, but to be used and safeguarded with care, love, respect ad wisdom. Let yourself be moved by your deepest Nature, that force that grows the trees and moves the breeze and fires the sun. Expand your vision, open your heart, consider me in every decision you make. I will guide you, but you must slow down and listen with humility.

As the billion years old blood of the earth erupts to the surface uncontrolled, a number of myths are exploded as we see the commodity on which we are so dependent and of which we know there is limited supply, spilling forth without restriction. It would be bad enough if a hose at your neighborhood gas station leaked a widening circle of destruction onto adjacent lawns, gardens and into the water supply. But this is different. This is a global event, and the worse it gets, the deeper the effect will go toward exploding some of our assumptions about how things really are.

Myth #1 biting the dust:
The failure of industrial technology to both prevent or fix this catastrophe will put the lie to the myth of our scientific infallibility, industrial competence and regard for the possible disastrous consequences of our actions

As the billion years old blood of the earth erupts to the surface uncontrolled, a number of myths are exploded as we see the commodity on which we are so dependent and of which we know there is limited supply, spilling forth without restriction. It would be bad enough if a hose at your neighborhood gas station leaked a widening circle of destruction onto adjacent lawns, gardens and into the water supply. But this is different. This is a global event, and the worse it gets, the deeper the effect will go toward exploding some of our assumptions about how things really are.

Myth #1 biting the dust:
The failure of industrial technology to both prevent or fix this catastrophe will put the lie to the myth of our scientific infallibility, industrial competence and regard for the possible disastrous consequences of our actions

RFK posted on Huffington that an “acoustic valve” could have averted this tragedy. Is that what you are referring to?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr/sex-lies-and-oil-spills_b_564163.html

RFK posted on Huffington that an “acoustic valve” could have averted this tragedy. Is that what you are referring to?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr/sex-lies-and-oil-spills_b_564163.html

Myth #2: The supply lines for common goods are secure.
This spill threatens to gum up the shipping lanes in and out of New Orleans, up and down the Mississippi, where lots of goods from South America (would you like a banana with your coffee?) enter the US and where grain from the midwest is shipped out.

Myth #2: The supply lines for common goods are secure.
This spill threatens to gum up the shipping lanes in and out of New Orleans, up and down the Mississippi, where lots of goods from South America (would you like a banana with your coffee?) enter the US and where grain from the midwest is shipped out.

The timing of the oil spill is amazing, following two coal mining disasters, one the largest in half a century or more, and just weeks after the president announced his decision to open more coastal waters to offshore drilling.

It’s as if Mother Earth said, “Uh uh. I don’t think so.”

With multiple disaster-prevention systems, the oil rigs were sold to the populous as fail-safe. Clearly they are not. We are told planned nuclear power plants are safe as well. Imagine how much more disastrous a nuclear failure would be.

In their efforts to keep the production and generation of energy in the hands of the wealthy few, our government and energy companies continue to insist that energy must come from fossil fuels first, nuclear second. Renewables are a distant last, and only then when the energy barons figure out how to continue to own energy production and to keep huge profits flowing into their vaults.

What would happen if, instead of subsidizing coal, oil, nuclear energy and wasteful ethanol production, our government were to subsidize solar panels, home wind generators, and super energy-saving appliances and monitoring systems for homes and businesses? Would we need coal fired plants or nuclear energy at all? For that matter, would we need wind farms and oil rigs cluttering up our coastal waters and giant dams on our rivers?

I vision a world where every family, every business, every corporation takes responsibility for generating the energy it uses. I vision a world where small is better, where communities work together to produce what they need with respect for the Earth and all her creatures. Do you hold a similar vision? Can we work together to bring it home?

The timing of the oil spill is amazing, following two coal mining disasters, one the largest in half a century or more, and just weeks after the president announced his decision to open more coastal waters to offshore drilling.

It’s as if Mother Earth said, “Uh uh. I don’t think so.”

With multiple disaster-prevention systems, the oil rigs were sold to the populous as fail-safe. Clearly they are not. We are told planned nuclear power plants are safe as well. Imagine how much more disastrous a nuclear failure would be.

In their efforts to keep the production and generation of energy in the hands of the wealthy few, our government and energy companies continue to insist that energy must come from fossil fuels first, nuclear second. Renewables are a distant last, and only then when the energy barons figure out how to continue to own energy production and to keep huge profits flowing into their vaults.

What would happen if, instead of subsidizing coal, oil, nuclear energy and wasteful ethanol production, our government were to subsidize solar panels, home wind generators, and super energy-saving appliances and monitoring systems for homes and businesses? Would we need coal fired plants or nuclear energy at all? For that matter, would we need wind farms and oil rigs cluttering up our coastal waters and giant dams on our rivers?

I vision a world where every family, every business, every corporation takes responsibility for generating the energy it uses. I vision a world where small is better, where communities work together to produce what they need with respect for the Earth and all her creatures. Do you hold a similar vision? Can we work together to bring it home?

Myth #3
Mathematical modeling and economic data can calculate thee true cost of an environmental event such as this.

Since everything is everything–even more obviously so now–and since the world is so much smaller with information transmitting globally almost instantaneously,we immediately know and feel the effects of a tragedy like this. The ability to contain the effects and the costs as a discrete event is over. The economic cost is bad enough. But the pain in our hearts cannot be calculated. And for everyone effected by this catastrophe, there will be an increased concern for preventing the next one.

Myth #3
Mathematical modeling and economic data can calculate thee true cost of an environmental event such as this.

Since everything is everything–even more obviously so now–and since the world is so much smaller with information transmitting globally almost instantaneously,we immediately know and feel the effects of a tragedy like this. The ability to contain the effects and the costs as a discrete event is over. The economic cost is bad enough. But the pain in our hearts cannot be calculated. And for everyone effected by this catastrophe, there will be an increased concern for preventing the next one.

WOW. Very well said Kathryn! Renewable should be first. What we learn from Nature,is how everything relates to each other, we are all interconnected. I’ve heard that thoughts are energy. If we all can mindfully send good intentions towards the problems, along with some physical push, it will happen soon. Yes, I believe it is that simple.

WOW. Very well said Kathryn! Renewable should be first. What we learn from Nature,is how everything relates to each other, we are all interconnected. I’ve heard that thoughts are energy. If we all can mindfully send good intentions towards the problems, along with some physical push, it will happen soon. Yes, I believe it is that simple.

Here is the simplest solution to getting of the oil addiction. Build a windmill. It is proven that most wind it along the sea shore. With the energy create for the wind we supply it to a pump. We pump saltwater ashore and run it through a unit that create hydrogen gas. So now we have free energy from the windmill, and free gas/fuel from saltwater. What else does one need. Food ok drill holes into the ground and you capture heat from the earth (Geothermal) to heat greenhouses. This can be done anywhere on our planet.

one windmill to provide energy to 250 homes, cost $1.8 million. or $7,200 per home. or $360 per month or $30 a month. Can you find 249 other homes in your area to create your own power company?

Here is the simplest solution to getting of the oil addiction. Build a windmill. It is proven that most wind it along the sea shore. With the energy create for the wind we supply it to a pump. We pump saltwater ashore and run it through a unit that create hydrogen gas. So now we have free energy from the windmill, and free gas/fuel from saltwater. What else does one need. Food ok drill holes into the ground and you capture heat from the earth (Geothermal) to heat greenhouses. This can be done anywhere on our planet.

one windmill to provide energy to 250 homes, cost $1.8 million. or $7,200 per home. or $360 per month or $30 a month. Can you find 249 other homes in your area to create your own power company?

Yes that would have worked. Great Post. Just go to show why we need an online voting system and start making government smaller. They just keep screwing us and the planet, and only in office for themselves. End all corporate lobbyists for they are only looking out for their own needs and wants.

Yes that would have worked. Great Post. Just go to show why we need an online voting system and start making government smaller. They just keep screwing us and the planet, and only in office for themselves. End all corporate lobbyists for they are only looking out for their own needs and wants.

Being that I live in Florida, I am very upset with this tragedy. All those people yelling “Drill Baby Drill” should come forward and cough up some money to help with the cleanup when the animals get injured, the fish start dying and the gobs of oil wash up on the shore. There is a reason the oil is IN the earth- because it belongs there!!! The corporations that have held us hostage for the last 100 years so they can profit from this disgusting goo, need to finally be shut down. WHY are we even paying for our energy when we can get it for free. Sun & wind are FREE. The true war is the people VS the corp. and the sleezy politicians that kiss up to them. It is not expensive to build your own wind and solar. Go to:
http://go2profit.earth4.hop.clickbank.net Build your own for under $200!! Thomas Edison built a car that was made with & ran on soybean oil. And built a battery that ran for 6 months on a charge that powered a factory. His museum is here in Fort Myers Florida. You can also run your car with water! Go to http://www.runyourcarwithwater,com Let’s get busy America! And make ourselves TRULY FREE!

The message is that disasters can happen; People already knew that, but now the myth is being proven. Everything is happening a lot faster… It’s REAL, and it’s happening to all of us.

It’s also showing how delicate nature is and how everything affects everything. Everyone affects you, you affect everyone, and it goes to show how connected we really are.

I also think it’s a test. Fate is asking us, “can you all really get together and do something about this? Can you really, as human beings, sisters, brothers, fathers, mothers, join together and protect your home?”

I’m also hoping that the lesson that comes out of this will be

1) Stop acting like the human race is more than one seperated entity

and

2) Oil is BAAAAD.

The message is that disasters can happen; People already knew that, but now the myth is being proven. Everything is happening a lot faster… It’s REAL, and it’s happening to all of us.

It’s also showing how delicate nature is and how everything affects everything. Everyone affects you, you affect everyone, and it goes to show how connected we really are.

I also think it’s a test. Fate is asking us, “can you all really get together and do something about this? Can you really, as human beings, sisters, brothers, fathers, mothers, join together and protect your home?”

I’m also hoping that the lesson that comes out of this will be

1) Stop acting like the human race is more than one seperated entity

and

2) Oil is BAAAAD.

Myth #4– Government is doing its job.
Ha. Well, that myth was long ago busted. But in this case, BP did not install an emergency shut off valve that might have stopped the leak soon after it was created. AND, they are now using toxic chemical dispersants in an attempt to reduce the damage from the leak.

How do they get away with this? Because US law does not require the emergency shut off valve. And US law does not prevent the use of poisonous chemical dispersants. How come? Because regulatory agencies have been seeded with Bush acolytes who are expert at…well, not regulating.

Myth #4– Government is doing its job.
Ha. Well, that myth was long ago busted. But in this case, BP did not install an emergency shut off valve that might have stopped the leak soon after it was created. AND, they are now using toxic chemical dispersants in an attempt to reduce the damage from the leak.

How do they get away with this? Because US law does not require the emergency shut off valve. And US law does not prevent the use of poisonous chemical dispersants. How come? Because regulatory agencies have been seeded with Bush acolytes who are expert at…well, not regulating.

I would like to take the opportunity of this disaster to point out that just as our society has organized itself to allow this, so can our society deliberately orgainize itself to remove the damage from petroleum, and industry-without-accountability from our system. And that taking the next the next 4 years, maybe less to get this new reality on rails might be just the right thing!
I find that as I engage myself in the possibility of the next four years, I need to design my life to be consistent with that goal (reducing my own footprint, taking care of my own well-being, casting out condemnation,etc) and at the same time committing myself to how I can forward this change in the community around me.

I would like to take the opportunity of this disaster to point out that just as our society has organized itself to allow this, so can our society deliberately orgainize itself to remove the damage from petroleum, and industry-without-accountability from our system. And that taking the next the next 4 years, maybe less to get this new reality on rails might be just the right thing!
I find that as I engage myself in the possibility of the next four years, I need to design my life to be consistent with that goal (reducing my own footprint, taking care of my own well-being, casting out condemnation,etc) and at the same time committing myself to how I can forward this change in the community around me.

Industrial variant of Murphy’s Law: if you absolutely, positively need to have a valve shut in an emergency, it will fail in the open position. Goes double if the working fluid is flammable or explosive.

An abiding respect for the laws of nature and of probability is a salutary thing. They generally trump the laws of economics.

Industrial variant of Murphy’s Law: if you absolutely, positively need to have a valve shut in an emergency, it will fail in the open position. Goes double if the working fluid is flammable or explosive.

An abiding respect for the laws of nature and of probability is a salutary thing. They generally trump the laws of economics.

Hemorrhage — we are in the hospital, and the experts can’t stop the bleeding. We need to feel this as if we are Earth — since there’s only one of us here — we need to shift to all the perfectly useful and harmless energy sources available to us. The unexamined rationale for our un-creative, sluggish, business-as-usual energy consumption has just been over-ruled. As we change what we “demand” in our personal habits, industry and government will change what they supply and the way it’s regulated. A mass, grass-roots response would be heartening ahead of the inevitable increase in gas prices. I’m carpooling, cutting my gas consumption by half. And that’s just a first step. How about you?

Hemorrhage — we are in the hospital, and the experts can’t stop the bleeding. We need to feel this as if we are Earth — since there’s only one of us here — we need to shift to all the perfectly useful and harmless energy sources available to us. The unexamined rationale for our un-creative, sluggish, business-as-usual energy consumption has just been over-ruled. As we change what we “demand” in our personal habits, industry and government will change what they supply and the way it’s regulated. A mass, grass-roots response would be heartening ahead of the inevitable increase in gas prices. I’m carpooling, cutting my gas consumption by half. And that’s just a first step. How about you?

Nice post, Ellen.

We’d better start “demanding” a little more and a little faster. There is way less profit for the oil giants in renewable energy. And they have the bucks to buy votes.

Sure, cutting gas consumption is pretty obvious, but becoming a vegetarian may have the greatest climate impact of any single act.

Nice post, Ellen.

We’d better start “demanding” a little more and a little faster. There is way less profit for the oil giants in renewable energy. And they have the bucks to buy votes.

Sure, cutting gas consumption is pretty obvious, but becoming a vegetarian may have the greatest climate impact of any single act.

[...] Question of the Week: What is the message of the Gulf coast oil spill? [...]

Thank you for your wise and your compasionet mesage. I feel exactly the same.

Thank you for your wise and your compasionet mesage. I feel exactly the same.

NO MORE PALIN TYPE “DRILL, BABY, DRILL”. NO MORE OIL.

BUY ELECTRIC! MY NEXT CAR!

http://www.nissanusa.com/leaf-electric-car/index#/leaf-electric-car/index

ITS A GOOD START!

NO MORE PALIN TYPE “DRILL, BABY, DRILL”. NO MORE OIL.

BUY ELECTRIC! MY NEXT CAR!

http://www.nissanusa.com/leaf-electric-car/index#/leaf-electric-car/index

ITS A GOOD START!

Perhaps the “best” thing about this spill, is the graphic demonstration of inter-connected economies that relate to nature. Paradigm Change bigtime! The fishing industry is quite literally a lifeline for people – a third of all seafood eaten in USA comes from the Gulf. Tourism obviously affected (with even greater economic fallout) but that tends to be less visible to people than what is on their plate. Rising food prices and unemployment matter more than photos of oil-slicked birds to many – but now the relationship between the two is more clear.

Hopefully also this brings home the truth to Americans that contrary to being dependent on foreign oil, the majority of primary sources are domestic. So if the USA wishes to become energy independent, it must be renewable.

Kudos to both Schwartzenegger and Obama for not putting any spin on this other than what it is – California moving to nix offshore drilling and Obama using this to give steam to green initiatives and legislation. … This argument ha been raging here in B.C. for ages and all of a sudden the driller side has gone real quiet – we have a huge fishing and fish farming industry, tourism, and more here. People live here BECAUSE of the environment, and this is one heckuva heads up.

Crucial now is to keep the core issues front and centre. Enlarge, strengthen the paradigm change in thinking and understanding that this has opened.

Training in sustainable & consensus-based thinking for executive & management teams – the core of my consulting work – is a vital component for supporting this paradigm change. People need to learn to think and see the world in much synergistic terms.

Perhaps the “best” thing about this spill, is the graphic demonstration of inter-connected economies that relate to nature. Paradigm Change bigtime! The fishing industry is quite literally a lifeline for people – a third of all seafood eaten in USA comes from the Gulf. Tourism obviously affected (with even greater economic fallout) but that tends to be less visible to people than what is on their plate. Rising food prices and unemployment matter more than photos of oil-slicked birds to many – but now the relationship between the two is more clear.

Hopefully also this brings home the truth to Americans that contrary to being dependent on foreign oil, the majority of primary sources are domestic. So if the USA wishes to become energy independent, it must be renewable.

Kudos to both Schwartzenegger and Obama for not putting any spin on this other than what it is – California moving to nix offshore drilling and Obama using this to give steam to green initiatives and legislation. … This argument ha been raging here in B.C. for ages and all of a sudden the driller side has gone real quiet – we have a huge fishing and fish farming industry, tourism, and more here. People live here BECAUSE of the environment, and this is one heckuva heads up.

Crucial now is to keep the core issues front and centre. Enlarge, strengthen the paradigm change in thinking and understanding that this has opened.

Training in sustainable & consensus-based thinking for executive & management teams – the core of my consulting work – is a vital component for supporting this paradigm change. People need to learn to think and see the world in much synergistic terms.