GreenplanetFM Podcast

Can it be said that if we have an inner landscape that is muddled and contaminated with dysfunctional and fragmented thoughts, that the outcome will be mirrored in the outside world that we experience on our planet today? If so, can we transform this state of mind - of being, and turn it all completely around into becoming a quintessential, peaceful, joyful soul at one with the world as family? Valli Waugh is Certified in the United States in "The Work" of Byron Katie. He is currently mentoring candidates from around the world in the Byron Katie International Certification program, and supporting new mentors in their mentoring of candidates.

Our suffering comes from believing the stressful thoughts in our minds. That is how we pollute and poison our world. The Work of Byron Katie is a simple and very powerful way of identifying those thoughts and questioning them.

When we question them with an open mind we find a world that isn't polluted by our stressful stories. We discover a life that is kinder and more loving and peaceful. That's who we already are, when we are not believing the painful stories in our minds.

Jeffrey Masson is an American author, known for his revisionist conclusions about Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis. As Director of the Sigmund Freud Archives after his death and with full access to Freud's correspondence and other unpublished papers, his insights could be seen to be compelling. However, he is best known for his books on animals and animal rights. Listen to a staunch advocate for animals, especially farm animals, cows, pigs and poultry and the problems with factory farming, particularly overseas.

With human separation from nature and the many unconscious practices that are predominant today, can we mitigate this by more animal rights and migrating to eating less meat to becoming a vegan?

His books:

• Dogs Never Lie About Love: Reflections on the Emotional World of Dogs.
• When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Life of Animals. (Translated into 20 languages)
• The Pig Who Sang to the Moon: The Emotional World of Farm Animals.
• The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats: A Journey Into the Feline Heart.
• The Cat Who Came in from the Cold.

He is currently an Honorary Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Auckland in New Zealand.

New Zealander Nicky Hager is an author and investigative journalist, who writes about issues involving intelligence networks, environmental issues and politics. He has degrees in physics and philosophy and has been described as "New Zealand's leading investigative journalist.Author of Secret Power: New Zealand's Role in the International Spy Network, Secrets and Lies : The Anatomy of an Anti-Environmental PR Campaign, Seeds of Distrust: The Story of a GE Cover-up and The Hollow Men: A Study in the Politics of Deception, we find that all is not well in little clean green New Zealand.

Listen to Nicky explain how he came into this realm, and how he sees what the challenges are, especially in relation to truth, goodwill and integrity. Particularly as to how people can be influenced by vested interests and unethical motivations.

Green entrepreneur and Councilor since 2001, Wayne has 30 years of ecological and environmental experience, as well as a university commerce degree in management, organisation and project management. His commercial background is in retail, manufacturing, product development and project management. Listen to one of the most coherent exponents of visionary sustainability in NZ local body politics today. As climate change awakens us from our lethargy, we find that there are people in the community who are making conscious decisions to bring about a future that will give the younger generation a sense of purpose and focus.

Wayne's practical and sensible understanding of the current relationship of humanity to life in the biosphere is common sense and needs to be applauded. His ability to out-picture the limited understanding of the status quo, by applying far reaching blue prints towards our common future needs the support of a conscious electorate - both locally and globally.

Warwick, a New Zealander, has spent 20 years developing a world leading technology that under one umbrella eliminates industrial and household waste, turning it into a valuable resource for manufacturing many different products, but most important it recovers the energy from waste. This system is a global first and is so necessary for today, as one of the greatest attributes of this system is that it reduces CO2 and methane going into the atmosphere from landfills. By doing this he is able to eliminate all landfills.

Warwick worked with scientists on floating Arctic ice 'islands' for two years, which have subsequently melted. He has first hand experience on declining polar ice due to warming of the world's oceans, which are reaching a critical threshold. He sees the elimination of methane gas, a super potent greenhouse gas from landfills and atmosphere as a major step to remediation and sustainability.

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What if 98% of Health Care could recede and go away, and knowledgeable self-care could replace it. What would we do with US$1.6 trillion in savings? - Mother Nature's strongest medicines are waiting for you (in exactly the right doses and without any side effects) - in whole foods. Don Tolman has had privileged access to private museums, rare books collections, and ancient manuscripts, and has rediscovered the secrets of health & vitality lost to humanity for millennia. Listen to Don Tolman and learn of the whole food wisdom of the Ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Hebrews, Chinese, Native Americans, Incas and others who through time treated themselves to high vitality and longevity using plant whole foods.

Dr Shaun Holt, Author of Natural Remedies That Really Work As seen on TV1 Breakfast every fortnight. A New Zealand Guide, is about what medical research actually says about natural health products and therapies that other sources recommend. In a world that's besieged by extravagant claims for an avalanche of natural remedies, who should we believe, and how can we get the information we need to make the right choices?

Shaun draws on a data base of 200,000 patients. The answers to these and many more questions are in this book. A surprising number of natural remedies are the subject of high-quality clinical research, Natural Remedies that Really Work summarises and evaluates the most important and interesting research in a concise and user friendly format. A must for all New Zealand families looking for complementary natural health remedies.

www.NaturalHealthReview.co.nz www.clinicanz.com

John Stansfield of Waiheke Island - Materialising the dream of an organic farm in community, to pioneering waste management and recycling. How do we build intentional community, what are the dynamics, the rules, if any? What are the common threads that bind people to each other, and how do we do co-operation and fun, that enables us as participators to both love and cry to evolve a successful venture?

Listen to a delightful understanding of how an organic dream grew into an oasis of fulfillment as well as extending into a waste stream management and recycling system that in many ways is a world leader.

With current global events pointing us towards community and cooperation, see how gardens, organics and neighbourhood support overlap with Transition Towns as Waiheke Islanders pioneer the shaping of an experiment of sustainability, goodwill and families.

www.wrt.org.nz http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/410965/1208708

In the current ambiguous and dangerous financial climate the term Transition Towns is seen as a sensible, intelligent alternative to the status quo, which in many ways is observed as keeping ones head down, doing nothing, and hoping that things will somehow get better. The main cooperative pillars of the Transition Town movement include Permaculture organic gardens and Living Economies which are new community currencies such as green dollars and time banking.

Intrinsic to this is sustainability, the key theme, bringing out local resilience and initiatives to create community gardens, and cooperative ways to educate and do business.

With its introduction to NZ in 2007 it has rapidly grown to over 43 groups, being either small towns, boroughs, suburbs or neighbourhoods. Whilst around the globe, they are now established in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, the United States to Italy and Chile.

From Waiheke Island I have James Samuel of www.yesterdaysfuture.net, who has been at the forefront of bringing Transition Towns to NZ and in Auckland, Finn Mackesy who is an educator, change agent atwww.TransitionAotearoa.org.nz

For those who want to involve yourself in transition towns, please see www.transitiontowns.org.nz; orwww.TransitionAotearoa.org.nz & www.le.org.nz

This is where you can obtain a template to work with.

I encourage you to send these links to all your friends wherever they may be, as well as listen to this particular broadcast on www.planetaudio.org.nz or www.holisticliving.co.nz

Udo Erasmus, Ph.D. Nutrition, MA Psychology, is one of North America's foremost authorities on the roles that fats and oils play in human health. He is often referred to as The Father of Organic, Unrefined Flax Oil. His work with essential fatty acids spans three decades and provided the groundwork for all the current public and industry awareness focused on the importance of Essential Fatty Acids or Omega- fats. Lack of essential fatty acids (EFAs) constitutes the most neglected aspect of a nutritional program for healthy, radiant skin.

As always, avoid "white foods" and foods rendered toxic by processing or overheating! * "Low fat is healthier" * "Fatty foods clog your arteries" * "Use margarine instead of butter" * "Cut out oil to lose weight" This is incorrect says North America's leading expert on fats and oils.

According to Udo Erasmus, author of "Fats that Heal Fats that Kill", these so-called "sensible dietary maxims" come not from the science of nutrition, but from the high-paid advertising executives in New York's Madison Avenue in Madison Avenue's "war on fat" that is being waged to improve corporate profits, not health.

"The giant food makers know that low-fat foods have much longer shelf-lives than fatty foods", says Erasmus. "So they've hired high-powered advertisers to create "fat-phobia" in the minds of consumers - and they've succeeded."

According to Udo Erasmus, studies have proven that low-fat diets do not improve health. One recent study proved that people who switched from butter to margarine had twice as many heart attacks. "Fresh fats and oils are essential parts of a healthy diet," he says. "They should never be damaged or removed."

What has happened is that the "War on Fat" has stripped America's food supply of vital nutrients called "essential fatty acids -- triggering a variety of degenerative diseases including heart attacks, strokes, cancer, and diabetes .... Children's health is another casualty in the "war on fat". Children raised on diets without essential fatty acids are more likely to be sick - and they frequently manifest behavioural problems and learning disabilities." www.rightfatdiet.com

www.udoerasmus.com