| If we are going to save our planet without getting | | | | power, underground ducts for natural air conditioning, |
| too much in to Gaia concept, we do have several | | | | and taking advantage of the new technologies of |
| model in front of us that we could examine or | | | | today, Las Gaviotas is a thriving community! |
| embrace. I have no doubt that our planet and the | | | | But, the developers didn't stop with just the land, |
| entire universe is a living organism and we are just | | | | they inspired the people! |
| one of the neurons of that global brain (a term and | | | | Everyone has a job! There is no poverty! There are |
| book coined by Peter Russell). Unless we get a grip | | | | no jails! Why do we need jails, other than for the |
| not so much on global warming, but on common | | | | known reasons that are preventable. Yes, |
| sense in all areas of life, we're not going to make it | | | | preventable. Did I mention housing if free, as well as |
| to 2010, let alone 2012! | | | | health care, and schooling. The secrets are in the |
| I've already written several e-books on what I think | | | | open ( |
| we need to do to change the trend that's headed to | | | | If this could be done in Gaviotas, Colombia of all |
| destruction ( but let's back off of the hype and get | | | | places, why can't it be done in America, Europe, or |
| very practical. Let's take a look at a city most have | | | | the Middle East? The excuses are legion! But, all it |
| probable neverf heard- Gaviotas, Colombia! | | | | takes is a man with a vision, and a team of people |
| Las Gaviotas? Si! | | | | who want to work together for the common good |
| In 1971, Paolo Lugari, decided to take a land that | | | | of not only the people, but the planet that sustains |
| nobody wanted, that was a wasteland, a totally | | | | us and gives us life. |
| nutrient starved grassland in Western Colombia and | | | | It's our choice. We can work together, increase the |
| bring it to life. Some thirty six years ago, this area | | | | consciousness of every man, woman, and child, or |
| was nothing but a resource-straved desert that had | | | | keep destroying the planet though global warming |
| no trees and no life in the toxic soil! | | | | and the likes and kill ourselves off well ahead of any |
| Fast forward to today and what do we find? After | | | | 2012 catastrophes. |
| taking care of the land, planting two million Caribbean | | | | I say Go Gaviotas! |
| pine trees, developing light weight wind mills for | | | | |