Tag Archives: sustainability

HAZMAT

Posted on March 23, 2019 by soitgoes1984

Photo credit: DRYLANDProductions We call ourselves civilized buying what we’re told we need throwing it ‘away’ with ease look what we’ve become, the sum of our life’s work is garbage we surf man-made waves and our bellies are filled with … Continue reading →

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Farmers for Peace

Posted on March 23, 2019 by soitgoes1984

When we’re growing food we’re liberating ourselves from want, from need, from greed, from seeds of fear and we’re setting the dove free to soar with olive branches away from perpetual war, away from hate away from the fate scripted … Continue reading →

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Only The Bible Is Allowed To Be Sacred

Posted on November 9, 2018 by soitgoes1984

Not even with a thirty meter telescope will we be able to see all the damage done to the ‘āina already we won’t see polluted aquifers and an ailing reef we won’t see the monk seals and turtles laying on … Continue reading →

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Consume

Posted on October 19, 2018 by soitgoes1984

We’re all parasites but we’re also cannibals we live to consume everything and each other sisters, brothers, and mother.

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Hurricane Street

Posted on August 25, 2018 by soitgoes1984

This is the storm of the century it’s time to batten down the hatches and tie down the tents close all the windows, shutters, and vents make one last trip to town to stock up on supplies buy cases of … Continue reading →

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