http://www.soulandsoil.com/RSSFeed.aspx?Mode=8soul and soil latest articlesAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/http://www.soulandsoil.com/images/logo_sands.gifhttp://www.soulandsoil.com/RSSFeed.aspx?Mode=8SoulSoilSocietyMon, 09 Aug 2010 13:40:18 GMTTearing away in cellular bloom, An emergence from maternal womb. Crying and crying, whilst she bled and cringed, A new life wriggled... Laws of avarice would not be infringed. And as you grew - you cried and craved; All of Nature, you decreed, enslaved. Guns to grenades - your designed assault; While Gaea, but writhed... Her creation had come from a bottomless vault. Tartarus opened! It all spells doom! Divinity devoured by unholy gloom... Unimaginable chao...http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Gaea%27s_Indignation&ArticleID=3087http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Gaea%27s_Indignation&ArticleID=3087#commentsThu, 22 Jul 2010 08:21:03 GMTMomentary bliss with you 'round, Nature - you are beauty profound! Soulful colours, your own splendour, Sights to behold - "How!?", I wonder... Nature - you are beauty profound! With curves, certified to astound; A grand feast for those truly bless't, How enchantingly art thou drest! Soulful colours, your own splendour, Blinding rage, tears you asunder! The rising tide, the spewing flame, Ne'er shall you be the human's game! Sights to behold - "How!?", I wonder... Beseech thee - ...http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=An_ode%2c_a_promise...&ArticleID=3059http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=An_ode%2c_a_promise...&ArticleID=3059#commentsWed, 16 Jun 2010 16:17:21 GMTFresh from the Transition Conference, I've three new concepts to share... 1. Peakonomics Now I'm sure I'm not the first to come up with the phrase 'peakonomics', but after Nicole M. Foss's presentation on Saturday, I'm running with it and ordering a special sowester set; the kind best suited to dealing with the sort of sh*t that's about to leave the financial fan in millions of foul-smelling little pieces. You see, whilst the Transition movement (no pun intended) has begun its journey ...http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Peakonomics%2c_the_New_Times_and_your_Third_Ear&ArticleID=3021http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Peakonomics%2c_the_New_Times_and_your_Third_Ear&ArticleID=3021#commentsSat, 15 May 2010 22:22:03 GMTHello... my www.brainazone.com is really starting to show some great interest. for those of you wanting to get things , make sure you email me at keithty@hotmail.com During the therapy, art therapy became a way of taking my mind totally of the pain and concentrating on writing, creating, and making poetry.  Every day I wrote 20 lines or more in four areas. My sons/family, my daily feelings, my activities, and thoughts for /of the day.  SO, I threw a great deal of those initial papers away. ...http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=copperstrings%2c_singer%2c_songwriter%2c_copperstrings&ArticleID=2979http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=copperstrings%2c_singer%2c_songwriter%2c_copperstrings&ArticleID=2979#commentsSun, 15 Nov 2009 18:20:57 GMTTwo men looked through the self same bars... one saw the mud the other saw the stars! TOO many times we are caught up in the prison of our minds and we look down at the mud instead of looking up and finding  all the resources, especially on this website, that allows us to see the stars... the light of intelligence that continues to brighten our path as well as others. KEiTHhttp://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Just_a_simple_qupte_as_to_why_I_look_up_in_my_photo..&ArticleID=2716http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Just_a_simple_qupte_as_to_why_I_look_up_in_my_photo..&ArticleID=2716#commentsSun, 15 Nov 2009 12:22:58 GMTPET, EEG, MRI,Therapy TBI, traumatic brain injury and CHI , closed head injury are the most under treated, under diagnosed, misdiagnosed, and ignored injuries known to the medical profession.  cut and paste this URL below  ... to learn about neuropsych. training/biofeedback training... this short video is exceptionally informative  http://cdn4.libsyn.com/kellyhowell/TOTM82_DrHardt.mp3?nvb=20091113055108&nva=20091114060108&t=0ce2385ca9f5f243e0ae1  I can NOT urge anyone str...http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Dealing_with_My_experience_and_hard_learned_suggestions_assisting_those_with_closed_head_injury%2c_anxiety%2c_cognitive_problems_and_the_formula_to_get_the_best_help&ArticleID=2715http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Dealing_with_My_experience_and_hard_learned_suggestions_assisting_those_with_closed_head_injury%2c_anxiety%2c_cognitive_problems_and_the_formula_to_get_the_best_help&ArticleID=2715#commentsSun, 10 May 2009 05:34:35 GMTThe state of Gujarat in India is renowned for people with an entrepreneurial streak. The city of Anand in Gujarat, which gave India Amul, the country’s best-known brand of butter, has now become the last stop for many childless couples at home and abroad, after its first surrogate baby five years ago.   Latest outsourced service Surrogate motherhood  is among the latest in a long list of roles being outsourced to India as it is far cheaper than in the West.  A surrogate in India is ...http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Surrogate_motherhood_or_reproductive_tourism%3f&ArticleID=2286http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Surrogate_motherhood_or_reproductive_tourism%3f&ArticleID=2286#commentsSun, 26 Apr 2009 02:50:28 GMTIn an era spinach has e.coli and the fish are laced with mercury, walnuts may be emerging as the new superfood. New studies show that walnuts can help prevent or slow down this process. Natural chemicals in walnuts help prevent hardening of the arteries, making them less prone to becoming blocked.   Experimental groups eating a fatty meal were asked to follow it with either five teaspoons of olive oil or a handful of shelled walnuts. Both the olive oil and the walnuts helped prevent sud...http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Walnut_-_the_new_Superfood&ArticleID=2253http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Walnut_-_the_new_Superfood&ArticleID=2253#commentsWed, 15 Apr 2009 19:14:43 GMTVisit Sound Alternatives Anyone seeking positive solutions to global challenges such as climate change, financial meltdown or simply creating a happy, sustainable lifestyle - rather than a constant stream of bad news from the media - can find hope and inspiration in a new phone-based, radio show – Sound Alternatives. “The idea of phone-based radio may sound strange,” says Carl Munson of Sound Alternatives. “But it's an ideal way of sharing vitally important information in a really ...http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=A_sound_alternative_to_gloom_and_doom&ArticleID=2213http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=A_sound_alternative_to_gloom_and_doom&ArticleID=2213#commentsFri, 10 Apr 2009 18:04:11 GMTThe concept of man-made meat - growing animal parts in a lab rather than on a farm has been around for a century. Winston Churchill was one of it famous proponents. In his 1932 essay "Fifty Years Hence" he mentioned: "We shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing, by growing these parts separately under a suitable medium."   Though the idea has been around for such a long time, there has never been much public demand as most carnivores don't...http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Man-made_meat_-_growing_animal_parts_in__lab_rather_than_on_a_farm&ArticleID=2198http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Man-made_meat_-_growing_animal_parts_in__lab_rather_than_on_a_farm&ArticleID=2198#commentsThu, 09 Apr 2009 09:49:05 GMTThe beautiful experience of caring for a baby in the modern world is perhaps one of our least earth friendly actions. Can we make it a green and healthy experience both for the mother and the baby? Till three four decades ago, most babies in India and I suppose in most parts of the world were brought up in an eco friendly manner without any specific intent of doing so. I still remember babies in the family being massaged with mustard oil . In fact, pure mustard oil was supposed to be a...http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Green_baby_care&ArticleID=2189http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Green_baby_care&ArticleID=2189#commentsMon, 06 Apr 2009 06:45:34 GMTThomas Friedman in his article Our excesses are toxic to markets and Mother Nature says, "It's now obvious that the reason we're experiencing a simultaneous meltdown in the financial system and the climate system is because we have been mispricing risk in both arenas — producing a huge excess of toxic assets and toxic air that now threatens the stability of the whole planet." Economic experts have been opining that toxic assets accumulated by the banks have been one of the key factors ...http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Global_warming_--_Lessons_from_the_present_financial_crisis&ArticleID=2160http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Global_warming_--_Lessons_from_the_present_financial_crisis&ArticleID=2160#commentsMon, 06 Apr 2009 04:25:08 GMTEverything we buy, produce and use has a carbon footprint. The carbon footprint of a product or service is the total carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases emitted during its life, from its production to its final disposal. Carbon labels were first started as an experiment in the UK and the concept is now spreading the world over.   But the question remains whether it is a solution to climate change. Can this change the way consumers think about what they are buying? It is argued tha...http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Are_carbon_labels_the_solution_to_climate_change%3f&ArticleID=2159http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Are_carbon_labels_the_solution_to_climate_change%3f&ArticleID=2159#commentsThu, 02 Apr 2009 09:44:41 GMTWhile researchers think there is a genetic component to autism, they also believe environmental factors are playing a role in its recent increase in the number of Autism cases. Environmental mercury and other heavy metal exposure, contaminated water, pesticides, a greater reliance on antibiotics—and even extensive television viewing by very young children—may be factors in mounting autism rates.   Autism is a disorder as a result of an interruption during embryonic, fetal or postnatal d...http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Environmental_links_to_Autism&ArticleID=2144http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Environmental_links_to_Autism&ArticleID=2144#commentsMon, 30 Mar 2009 11:56:15 GMTYou may have heard that a new 'last chance to tackle climate change' film has been released. Its name: Age of Stupid; its effect, so far fairly minimal, apart from its re-rousing of the 'converted' when it comes to such issues. In my world, climate change (as well as its troublesome relatives - peak oil, the capitalism crunch and a gross misunderstanding of what human beings are really for) is a given, a foundational issue around which I structure my lifestyle. A site I facilitate, ...http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Age_of_Stupor&ArticleID=2116http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Age_of_Stupor&ArticleID=2116#commentsFri, 27 Mar 2009 13:19:57 GMTWhen we buy a pork chop labeled "organic" we can assume that the pig that produced it ate only organic food, roamed outdoors from time to time, and was left free of antibiotics. An organic tomato must flourish without conventional pesticides. An organic chicken cannot be fed antibiotics.   But when it comes to deciding what makes a fish organic, it is rather baffling. How does one control the wild fish which swim in pristine waters? This is a major issue in organic aquaculture It a...http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Can_wild_fish_be_labeled_organic%3f&ArticleID=2110http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Can_wild_fish_be_labeled_organic%3f&ArticleID=2110#commentsThu, 26 Mar 2009 19:14:47 GMTTales from the Allotment Late March It's been ten weeks since I was last formally employed in exchange for money and I've settled into a routine so naturally, I can't quite believe it. My biggest fear now is having to go back to work, something that will have to be considered in due course unless providence shines its light upon me for the rest of my working life. For the first time in thirty years of working for a living I realise what ''working for yourself'' and ''being your own ...http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=The_Greenhouse&ArticleID=2107http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=The_Greenhouse&ArticleID=2107#commentsThu, 26 Mar 2009 12:27:32 GMTIn recent times, I have rarely heard wealth and spirituality mentioned in the same breath. Many religions like Buddhism advocate renunciation of wealth as a path to enlightenment. I recently remembered a Sanskrit shloka I learnt as a part of my fifth class curriculum. The meaning was given by my teacher and I had learnt it by heart.   I am trying to analyse it now. I am writing the English meaning in the bracket. “Vidya dadati vinayam (Education or learning makes a person hu...http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Wealth_and_Spirituality&ArticleID=2104http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Wealth_and_Spirituality&ArticleID=2104#commentsWed, 25 Mar 2009 08:32:53 GMTPeanut butter has created quite a stir in the US. You’ve probably heard about the most recent Salmonella outbreak. The culprit this time seems to be a batch of infected peanut butter, of all things. Strange for  a country which had two presidents (Jimmy Carter and Thomas Jefferson) who were peanut farmers.   More than 400 consumer products have been recalled after eight people died and more than 500 people in 43 states, half of them children, were sickened by salmonella poisoning.   As ...http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Fear_of_Peanut_Butter_Sticking_to_the_Roof_of_the_Mouth_Phobia&ArticleID=2099http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Fear_of_Peanut_Butter_Sticking_to_the_Roof_of_the_Mouth_Phobia&ArticleID=2099#commentsThu, 19 Mar 2009 04:12:09 GMTEnough has been done to build opinion against unhealthy eating habits and fast food for more reasons than one. The campaigners claimed the low price of a fast food product does not reflect its real cost. They claimed that profits of the fast food industry have been made possible by losses that accumulate on society in an as yet unknown way.   One of the obvious outcomes is that in the US the annual cost of obesity alone is now twice as large as the fast food industry's total reven...http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Fast_is_the_word_we_love._Slow_we_dislike._Can_Slow_Food_Movement_go_far%3f&ArticleID=2076http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Fast_is_the_word_we_love._Slow_we_dislike._Can_Slow_Food_Movement_go_far%3f&ArticleID=2076#commentsWed, 18 Mar 2009 06:32:33 GMTHow many of us consider seriously the impact which animal health has on food safety and healthy animals have on safe food? A new trend in emerging animal diseases is a greater cause for greater attention.    Zoonotic diseases   An emerging aspect of animal diseases is that the increase in diseases is largely in zoonotic diseases - those that can be passed from animal to human. It is estimated that 75 per cent of the emerging diseases are zoonotic.   The factors that influence...http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=More_and_more_food_animals_passing_on_diseases_to_humans&ArticleID=2072http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=More_and_more_food_animals_passing_on_diseases_to_humans&ArticleID=2072#commentsTue, 17 Mar 2009 16:00:19 GMTFollowing my discussion with Ian about Gods in the previous post, a question came to my mind -- Why do we need religion. If God is one, if there is one creator – why are there different religions?   I am not saying there should be just one religion. For reasons I do not understand clearly at this point in time, I know that it should be the way it is now -- with all its ills.  People are being killed in the name of religion -- but would having one religion end that. I don't think so. Peopl...http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Why_do_we_need_a_religion%3f&ArticleID=2069http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Why_do_we_need_a_religion%3f&ArticleID=2069#commentsTue, 17 Mar 2009 11:42:30 GMTIn the week where climate change shocker Age of Stupid premiered and I had my own moment of glory in the local paper (crowing again about quitting my job to save the planet), I was reminded of that old chestnut: "Live each day as if it were your last, because one day you'll be right". Kick starting this thought process was a man called Mac from the Embercombe eco-community - a living experiment in how we might live and love each other better, just down the road from me - who not only wis...http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Stupid_or_not_stupid%3f_(Is_this_the_only_choice_we_have%3f)&ArticleID=2065http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Stupid_or_not_stupid%3f_(Is_this_the_only_choice_we_have%3f)&ArticleID=2065#commentsMon, 16 Mar 2009 07:41:57 GMTA few months ago, I shifted to a new apartment and was party to the “grihapravesh puja” (traditional prayers performed on entering a new house). Not being too religious, both me and my husband were doing the needful to satisfy the older generation who would live in fear of untoward happenings, if we stepped in without the traditional puja.   As the priest chanted mantras in Sanskrit, he was sweet enough to explain the meaning of the ancient chants. He said we were asking for forgiveness...http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Planet_friendly_traditions&ArticleID=2060http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=Planet_friendly_traditions&ArticleID=2060#commentsWed, 25 Feb 2009 10:46:31 GMTIf you know anything about the Transition movement, you'll know that their two-headed nemesis is the increasingly dynamic duo of climate change and peak oil. For everyday people, who may still be in denial about these environmental ugly sisters, the credit crunch is enough to be getting on with. How - they might ask - are we to make ends meet this month; let alone worry about global warming and our destructive addiction to fossil fuel? Sure enough, climate change, peak oil and economic d...http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=DO_give_up_your_day_job&ArticleID=1986http://soulandsoil.com/UserConsole/ViewPost.aspx?Title=DO_give_up_your_day_job&ArticleID=1986#comments