Raymond Powers

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Raymond Powers is a sustainability advocate, personal coach, musician, author, technologist and cultural visionary. He has lived in Ojai since 1999 and is an active member of the permaculture community.

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Lawn Mower Trade in Program

by Raymond Powers March 13, 2009

I’ll preface this to say that I think having a lawn is completely wasteful, in terms of upkeep and water consumption, and that native plant gardens and/or food forests are a wiser choice for land management. Given that, for those die hards who have lawns Ventura County is offering a…

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Rethinking The Fundamentals of Education

by Raymond Powers February 25, 2009

Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.

Thanks to Deina for sharing this with me.

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It’s the water and a lot more…

by Raymond Powers February 23, 2009

This is part 5 of a 13 part series on you tube. This particular episodes covers the dangers and purposeful use of flouride and aspartine as well as the population control agenda. Does anyone know if flouride is part of our water districts treatment?

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California: Stimulus or Stupid Mess

by Raymond Powers February 17, 2009

Cash-strapped California is to start notifying 20,000 state workers that they may lose their jobs.
A spokesman for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger made the announcement after California lawmakers failed to approve a $40bn (£28.2bn) budget. California, the world’s eighth biggest economy, has been hit by the housing crisis, unemployment and falling consumer…

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RIP Louie Bellson

by Raymond Powers February 16, 2009

Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni (6 July1924–14 February2009, better known by the stage name Louie Bellson.

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Before the Storm

by Raymond Powers February 14, 2009

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Guess where…

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Break the Chains this Valentines Day

by Raymond Powers February 12, 2009

I want to encourage everyone to start thinking now , if you are going to give gifts, about buying fairtrade/organic chocolate for Valentines day, cards from recycled materials and organically grown flowers.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/valentines/index.cfm
Over 40 percent of the world’s conventional chocolate (i.e. non-organic and non-Fair Trade) comes from Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast),…

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What Machine Are These Frenchmen Driving?

by Raymond Powers February 7, 2009

Children’s carnival ride in a blizzard? Final Fantasy III airship? It’s not what you think…
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Answer after the jump…

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Break the Chains this Valentines Day

by Raymond Powers February 3, 2009

I want to encourage everyone to start thinking now , if you are going to give gifts, about buying fairtrade/organic chocolate for Valentines day, cards from recycled materials and organically grown flowers.

Valentines Day Buying Guide from Organic Consumers.org
Over 40 percent of the world’s conventional chocolate (i.e. non-organic and non-Fair Trade)…

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World Social Forum begins

by Raymond Powers January 27, 2009

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A man takes part in – and films – a march by indigenous people in Belem, Brazil, to raise attention about saving the Amazon forest, as the annual World Social Forum gets under way there.
What is the World Social Forum?
World Social Forum official homepage

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