This is a very powerful article and a direction I really feel I can live by. By sharing I hope you will read it too and share. Blessed BEES.
How Can We Help To Save The BEES?
10 Feb 2014 Leave a comment
in Alternatives, Healing, Peeps & Animals, Mother nature / Environment Tags: Bee keeping; Gardening; Farming; Sustainable living;, Heidi Herrmann, Regina Siegel
From my fb page:
Regina Siegel shared a link.
~ We can do our part to save the bees
Regina-Sophia
Why ‘natural’ beekeeping could save our honey-making friends – Telegraph
As colonies collapse around the world, Heidi Herrmann is putting her faith in what is best for the honey-makers, not the consumers.
A wise woman teacher, Dr. VANDANA SHIVA
20 Aug 2013 Leave a comment
in Activism & Political Alternatives, Alternatives, Mother nature / Environment
From a fb post by:
The phrase ‘tree hugger’ was coined back in the seventies when Vandana Shiva, along with a group of women in India, hugged trees to stop them from being chopped down. In the decades since, Vandana Shiva has become known throughout the world for her environmental campaigns. She says a billion people go hungry in the world because of the way greedy international companies go about their business. So is it a naïve world view or could we really end poverty and improve everyone’s life by returning to old fashioned ways of farming?
Read more at http://www.naturalcuresnotmedicine.com/2013/07/vandana-shiva-1-billion-go-hungy-due-to.html#5UBFWE3fk8J6F0MD.99
From the “Wild Horse Education” Blog: Coping When It Hurts
18 Mar 2013 Leave a comment
in Featured Images, Mother nature / Environment, Our Wild Horses Tags: advocates, animals, HMA, horses, Mustang, Protection, Wild Horse Advocates; Wild Horses; BLM;
From my friends and Wild Horse Advocates, Laura Leigh and Marta Williams
Coping When It Hurts
Deer Run wild horses
Here at Wild Horse Education (WHE) we get a lot of comments and emails asking how we cope with the stress of advocating for wild horses and burros. There are people that say they are afraid to watch videos and read posts. Many don’t understand how we can do what we do. Our VP Marta Williams is an author of several books including: Ask Your Animal, Beyond Words, and Learning Their Language. Marta offered to write a response. Thank you Marta.
Coping
Marta Williams, Author and VP of Wild Horse Education
Guest Blog by Wild Horse Education (WHE) Vice President, Marta Williams
Several people have called or written asking us for help on how to cope with what is happening to our wild herds. One person said she can’t sleep at night because she is having nightmares about the torture and suffering these animals are going through.
I often say Dickens got it wrong—our time is actually the worst of times. The truth is we will not be able to save all the wild horses and burros. All we can hope to do is stop the abuse, keep them in the wild, keep them out of the slaughter houses, and work toward some kind of relief for the ones taken from the wild, with perhaps some of them returned. That would be our best case scenario.
It is difficult in the extreme to deal with all that is happening to the animals and the earth and not go into denial, but rather keep moving forward, totally conscious of all that is wrong and bad. However, that is really the only option. Dr. Helen Caldecott, the well known nuclear activist, advises that the best way to deal with grief and despair about what is happening in the world is to get involved and do something to address what concerns you the most.
You will probably have to keep trying things out until you find the course of action that is right for you. When you find that, the anxiety and sleepless nights will at least lessen, because you will know you are doing the best you can to help change things. What you ultimately discover as your way of helping will be unique to you. I am now doing all I can to assist Wild Horse Education (WHE), and that is helping me sleep at night.
Naoto Matsumura, a rice farmer from the town of Tomioka, which is six miles away from the exploded Fukushima nuclear power plant, did something most of us couldn’t imagine. He went away when the power plant blew up, but could not sleep at night thinking about all the animals that had been abandoned in the town. Many were tied up, and many died of starvation. So he had to go back. Now he is the only person living in the town. He lives alone, knowing he is totally radioactive and will die from it. But he is content because he is helping the animals for as long as he can and they are not starving any more.
Article and Video of Naoto: http://www.vice.com/read/radioactive-man-japan
Naoto’s Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Naoto-Matsumura-Guardian-of-Fukushimas-Animals/182452015189991
Laura Leigh, Founder of Wild Horse Education (WHE) followed her heart and ended up going on the road, devoting all her time, and often living out of a suitcase, in order to document, and ultimately change what BLM is doing to the wild horses and burros of America. Few people could do what she has done and continues to do, but this is what her heart requires of her.
For you, the right course of action may be writing letters every day for the causes you care about, or going to protests and public actions. Each of us has different skills and a different path. If you are not sure what it is you need to do to help, start asking to be shown what you are supposed to do. Then follow where your heart leads.
“Activism is my rent for living on the planet.” ~ Alice Walker
“Set Us Free” is a video of some BLM roundups in the year 2012. The video has a couple graphic images but is primarily a “fight song.” Turn up the volume and listen…
You can write to us at: WildHorseEducation@gmail.com or to Marta at: WHE.Action@gmail.com
Help keep us in the field and the courtroom!
Angel Card of the Day: Archangel ARIEL ~ Spread Your Wings!
13 Feb 2013 Leave a comment
I love Doreen Virtue’s Angel Cards. On Sunday, I picked this one which is so appropriate to what is happening in my life and gives me a go-ahead message of great strength:
“Spread Your Wings!”
Archangel ARIEL: “Do not hold back right now. The timing is perfect, and you are ready to soar!”
I am envisioning and creating the re-launch of my healing practice and will update you all soon.
The name is:
Regina-Sophia at IsisMystery ~ Building Bridges Across Worlds
And please also check out my fb page: “Regina-Sophia at IsisMystery”. Be welcome to post about Healing and Women’s issues.
Blessings and PEACE
14 Oct 2012 Leave a comment
On Friday Canadian slaughterhouses refused to accept American horses bound to be slaughtered in Canada. It is not clear yet who put out those orders. This is a huge! chance for all horse, anti-slaughter and Wild Horse advocates to demand clean, humane regulations and help create those new laws!!! Lets get working and especially, let’s all work together!
By: Cheryl Hanna ~ Pet Rescue Examiner
“We all knew this was coming and have warned of it for years…”
Horse dealers and “killbuyers” arriving with their trucks filled with American horses slated to be slaughtered in Canada for their meat were told early Friday morning to take their horses and go home. According to the Equine Welfare Alliance, New Holland Auction in Pennsylvania, Sugarcreek Auction in Ohio, and Shipshewana Auction in Indiana all confirmed rumors that although the Canadian borders were open, the trucks were turned away as they arrived at the slaughterhouses.
In 2007, the last slaughterhouse in the United States closed when Congress ended the funding of federal inspectors. Since then horses have continued to be exported to Canada and Mexico where they are slaughtered for their meat which is then sent to European markets.
It is unclear whether this ban will be permanent or temporary…
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08 Oct 2012 Leave a comment
WHE website: providing great background info about the Wild Horses and how endangered they are today!
On Thursday, September 20th, a meeting of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Resource Advisory Council (RAC), for the Northeastern Great Basin, met in Battle Mountain, Nevada.
These RAC’s were formed by the BLM to add in gathering public input to create land use plans. For the public interested in wild horses these boards make recommendations that include the forage allotments in Herd Management Areas (HMA’s).
From BLM website:
“The Bureau of Land Management formed 29 Resource Advisory Councils (RACs) in the western States to provide advice on the management of public lands and resources. These citizen-based groups provide an opportunity for individuals from all backgrounds and interests to have a voice in the management of these lands, and to help improve their health and productivity. RAC recommendations address all public land issues, including: land use planning, recreation, noxious weeds, and wild horse and burro herd management areas.”
Nevada…
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Honestly Speaking ~ The World Needs Our Women’s Power NOW!
04 Oct 2012 Leave a comment
in Activism & Political Alternatives, Women's Circle Tags: Poems, Politics, Progressives, Women's Power
Dear Sisters,
Honestly speaking:
After watching the theater of the debate, it became more clear then ever to me that these two parties will not bring the change and turn around the people of this country need. Hearing the responses of Jill Stein and Rocky Anderson to Jim Lehrer’s posed questions made that abundantly obvious. Both of the candidates are bowing to the money powers that support them, they will NOT fundamentally change our way of life and doing business. It is very unsettling and I do fear of what is coming down the road, food shortages and global financial meltdown. Maybe there will be a successful uprising and awakening of the people, in time to avert a catastrophe, especially of the women whom we need in power, except the likes of Jane Brewer, Michelle Bachman, Ann Culture and the like. Please watch the heart and soul stirring poem of Alice Walker at the end of this message. And you know, this is exactly what we have been doing in our circles and ceremonies! We have to come out and claim our Women’s Power. The world truly needs us NOW!
This was my comment last night after watching the alternative, expanded debate on Link TV and Democracy Now!:
“The only place where true debate happened tonight was Amy Goodman’s Democracy NOW! where she had Dr. Jill Stein and Rocky Anderson with equal amounts of time debating along with the two candidates in Denver.
That! was truly enlightening and showed clearly that with these two parties, GOP/Dems we will have NO CHANGE and the country will NOT be able to turn onto a healthy path of recovery, freedom and equality! I do not see the recording of the 3 hr. show yet, but you can keep on checking here: http://www.democracynow.org/
From my heart to Yours,
Regina
And here it is ~ Last night’s expanded coverage of the debate on Democracy Now! including third party candidates, Dr. Jill Stein and Rocky Anderson:
Regina Siegel shared a link via Democracy Now!
This was the place to BE tonight! Thank you, Amy, you are the Best! as usual.
FROM: “Democracy Now!”
Miss any of our special presidential debate show tonight? Watch and share video clips on our YouTube channel. If you tweet them, please use this hashtag: #ExpandTheDebate
Expanding the 2012 Debate
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Democracy Now! asks third party candidates, Green Party’s Jill Stein and Rocky Anderson of the Justice Party, to respond to questions asked to President Obama and Mitt Romney during the live presidential debate on October 3, 2012.
Amy’s interview from last week:
Regina Siegel shared a link via TreeSisters: women seeding change.
A few days ago, we watched this hour long interview by Amy Goodman of Alice Walker! and you are right, I was crying too and felt so deeply touched and felt that Alice is talking for ALL women and ALL peoples. Thank you for sharing!
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Democratic Womanism: A Poem by Alice Walker | Watch Now
With less than 40 days to go before the 2012 presidential election, poet and activist Alice Walker reads her new poem, “Democratic Womanism”
