North, Truly

indeed.

I wish it would stay like it was...
but then I wouldn't be part of it? (as I'm from this modern civ.)

yeah.....

thank you for sharing your thoughts on this post..


I will be going into the rainforest soon to help built a Wildlife Interpretation Center...

hopefully i can do my tiny part to bring better awareness of the powerful imbalances thats been pulling our planet apart.

RaWe

Few interesting facts about the San people. Thier language has no words for ownership. They don't talk about 'your' water or 'my' water or 'our' water. They simply talk about the water. They also have no word for murder. Deliberately killing another human being is completly incomprehensible to them.
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Just thinking about these things makes me wonder if they are not the most civilised people on the planet.

that does make a person ponder the meaning of civilized or civilization for that matter ok, that was enough I am getting a migraine

I think you get migraines because your crown is too tight on your ever growing ego I mean, I think your higher levels of brain activity compared to the normal person is what causes your migraines but then again, I dont know my nose from my asshole and I get migraines could be either one.

In my case just ignorance; youth seemed to have nothing to do with it:whistle:

I do not get migraines but certain foods do give me slight head ache.

I think your sarcasm is about the right mix with your "ego" so to speak.

that doesnt sound like a green vehicle way too much waste is placed in the air around you

Cheers!

a little of all the above...

WCS volunteer/ex-architect/aviation nut...??
agree sexy words like "biofuel" needs to looked at in closer detail.

BIG QUESTION;
what else can we do...?

Wind power and solar power are the two most competitive alternatives. Wind power has the advantage that it doesn't need such high tech to build.
Even in a post apocolypse society, we could build wind generators.

Problem with these is.. you need sun and wind. They lack in many places of the world. And you need a lot of batteries to keep the energy coming meanwhile. Also the output is quite small for the space they use... you'd have to cover the planet. But they are good alternatives indeed.

I'd like to know what we could do better with the tide/ocean power....

Many scientists say the future should come from Nuclear. I agree.
The environmentalists say no to all, that's utopia.

But right now, believe or not, in USA and China all the big next projects are all about good old cheap coal. Still, these days. With all we know.

$$$

(sorry, I have to go. I need to shut off my pc now.)

i first came accross these 'clicking' bushmen in the movie "the gods must be crazy" great movie. it was so funny... a coke bottle falls from the sky and hits a bushman on the head. they treat it with great respect but it causes them a lot of trouble. a couple of kids in the movie supply all those laughs that will make you double up and cry.

they made a sequel to it which is even funnier. they are a charming loving group of people. i would adopt the whole tribe if i could.

I saw it -the first- when I was very young...

It was one of the last international success's before the cultural embargo against South Africa.

And it was probably the last one I have seen of SA cinematography. I suppose there are new movies but I haven`t heard of any

Our movie industry is battling to recover.
All the cultural embargo succeeded in doing is destroy our entertainment industry. It didn't help the oppressed people much. I could be wrong but that's how I see it. Naturally I don't like politics

I don`t like politics as well and avoid to talk about it too. Ever since october 2000. I did it for about a decade and now is enough.
My country was under all sorts of embargo you can imagine, cultural as well. Our movie industry is recovering now too, but it is easier because we always had a good actors and directors

Sorry for d late post.. Been busy preparin for the project.
Good news today; We got the funding from the government!

Found out theres no telecommunication link there yet..

Ya good idea about blogging on this coz I need the feedbacks from you guys!

..btw will be at the rainforest in Borneo, not Amazon.

Cheers!

I remember watching "The Gods Must Be Crazy" movies and they were both funny! I've heard of a project, I can't remember it's name, to save many of the worlds languages that are disappearing for future generations. Currently there are over 6 billion people speaking over 6, 000 languages on the planet. Some languages are in real danger of becoming extinct before too long, hence the push to record them for posterity.

And just to prove how @#£%ed up our priorities are, everyone goes of and learns to speak klingon. Just in case we ever really meet real klingons?.

It's doubtful that Western culture is "half as interesting or even inspiring" as the Bushmen's culture. I'll keep an eye out for the other movies too, Michelle.

We are having elections here now and our local blahnost has a similar ring...

Headlines; SARAWAKIANS NOW RICHER BY 5%....

Hmmm, I looked it up and the movie does seem interesting. I'll see if I can find it and thanks for recommending it, Michelle

"The gods must be crazy" was such an hilarious movie the same director made another movie but sort of like a documentary, about the way animals live in Africa, more like weird and unknown facts. They way the African bushmen use the baboons (I think) to find water by feeding them salt while tying them to a tree and then releasing them and following them so that they can find the water or when animals eat fermented fruits and get very drunk . It was such an amazing movie and I never saw it again, don`t even know what the name of it is.

We saw "Tsotsi" too the other day. Very good movie, indeed.

About the San, I don't really know what to say, I just feel this deep sadness that is so hard to express with words (and in English). It is happening too with some of our very small communities in Mexico (along with their traditions and everything else).
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I wonder that too it makes me incredibly sad.

I think that name of this movie is Animals Are Beautiful People
I have seen it when I was a kid, our teacher from primary school had taken us to cinema to watch it. I am so sorry I have never see it again

awwww....

yeah!! it must be that one!! thanks Dgare!!! maybe we can find it on DVD or something

btw, it's so cool that your teacher took you to watch it our teachers took os nowhere

but our mom took us everywhere to compensate, haha

It was usual practice to take us to theatre or cinema, usually in saturdays morning or afternoon, but only 2 or 3 times a year...

Arfff, it breaks my heart.

Many times I think and think, how can I help, HOW??? And you know what,now that the Chinese are making cheaper "Mexican" crafts, many of the people (poor people, of course) that make a living from selling their typical crafts are now having big problems, because the Chinese versions are cheaper (and uglier, but many people don't mind about that). It's very very sad.
I just stopped buying Chinese products.

yeah, it sucks...

buying local is the best , I think, for many reasons

If we really wanna understand, then start communnicating...

2008...
Communication is still largely one way... though vocubulary is now more lively...The voices that were unheard still remains unheard.

In short... everyone's knowledge now is a lot more better. but the fears in the hearts...well thats another thing...