This is my latest newsletter which I send out about once every 28 days. It is usually more health related but this tie it had some stuff relating to the environment so I wanted to see what people thought of it here!

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Despite predominantly being shown negative events that are occurring in the world by the media today, I feel that the past year has been an expansive one for our global culture filled with positive growth. It all depends on where you look Specifically when it comes to ecological change and moving to a greener-consciousness I am seeing a huge shift taking place. Of course change does happen by first admitting to the negative. (You can’t renovate your bathroom without pulling out all the old furnishings first!) What is counter productive is when we are inundated by negativity (like in the mainstream media) and we can no longer see the positive. We need a balance of awareness of what needs to be changed and positive goal setting for the future to move into the positive vision, both in our personal lives and on a larger cultural scale.

I believe in the power of the individual. After all in the words of Gandhi, “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” I see this saying in very practical terms. You begin changing things in your own life and it begins to influence the lives of those around you like a pebble thrown in a pond creating ripples outward magnifying a hundred fold. People naturally want to do good. People also don’t like change. Because of this we must take control of ourselves and be an inspiration to others for change! This is what motivates people to make those changes they know in their heart is the right thing to do. They need to see OTHERS taking those steps and then they will follow suit!

The following video quite eloquently describes the impact our current form of consumerism is having on the planet. If you were to choose only one item to look at in this newsletter, I urge you to WATCH THIS VIDEO! It is very succinct and matter of fact. I have actually been getting this link from a few people so please pass it on and spread the word!

http://www.storyofstuff.com/index.html

So that was the awareness bit

On a lighter note, new advances in technology have provided us with something bound to make big changes in energy production. Solar energy has always been seen as a likely new energy source we COULD be using. The only problem is up until now it has been more expensive to produce than burning fossil fuels like coal... We now have a 10X reduction in cost with this new type of solar panel that is as thin as a few layers of paint! Now that it’s cheaper than coal we’ll see where we start to go with it. This is the future of energy!

Read the following article for more details.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articl...

This nano-solar power cell has even received the popular mechanics innovation of the year for 2007.

http://www.ministryoftech.com/2007/11/12...

On the topic of BEING the change you wish to see in the world, I’d like to explore the idea or metaphor that the pollution we see around us in our world today is actually an outward manifestation of the pollution inside of us. This may seem like a far-fetched concept to some, but it is really quite logical. If someone has the habit of being disorganized we see (sometimes unconsciously) it as being a reflection of the state of their mind. What is occurring within is reflected outward. It works the other way as well mind you. If you live in chaos that is outside of your control then it tends to reflect on your mind.

So if we live in a polluted environment, one way of aiding it’s cleanup is cleaning up your own body!

This is also extremely important for your health as a growing body of research is showing the direct link between heavy metal toxicity and a variety of degenerative diseases. This is especially true with neurological diseases such as autism, ADD and alzheimers, but it can also affect everything from your digestion to your ability to fend off the growth of cancer cells.

Aluminum, mercury, arsenic, cadmium and beryllium are just a few that can cause major problems even in small amounts. Trace amounts can cause minor problems too. In our society we are exposed to these heavy metals in small amounts and even large amounts depending on your location and lifestyle. It’s in our air, water and food. All those minor aches and pains, trouble with memory and concentration and other things we attribute to aging are actually minor symptoms of mild dis-ease in the body. Ideally we should be in a very good state of health all the way through our lives with a sudden drop off at the end. One of the possible stressors keeping you from being in a state of homeostasis (perfect health) is heavy metal toxicity of a varying degree. (other stressors are diet, environment, lack of proper exercise etc)

This video will show you perhaps the most significant source of mercury toxicity in people today. Amalgam (silver or metal) fillings leak mercury. The leak quite a bit in fact. This video is quite shocking but I urge you to watch it especially if you have these types of fillings in your mouth.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9ylnQ-T7oiA

It is important not to be too freaked out by this. The best course of action is finding a naturopathic dentist who can safely remove them. If you have quite a few I would advise not having them removed all at once but rather over the period of a year or two. The reason why I WOULDN’T go to a regular dentist is because they don’t understand how bad this stuff is for you and will just take them out without any precautions. You should have a tent in your mouth (fits in the back of your throat to catch any mercury/amalgam coming out) as well as specialized ventilation to suck up the mercury fumes during removal. (Remember how much vapor came off from the high heat...) Once removed you should have composites or tooth coloured enamel put in to replace the filling. Gold fillings have their own problems although less severe than silver mercury fillings.

You should then also be looking at chelation, ionizing foot baths and or heavy metal cleanses during and after removal to rid your body of this stuff. Think of the sheep’s body and how the mercury spread through out it within just a few months.

The next video is more info about how mercury affects the nervous system. This video was made at
the University of Calgary!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=85tgwh3HpsM

Another source of mercury toxicity is our food. Specifically fish. Heavy metals bioaccumulate, which means that if an animal is exposed to something like mercury and gets eaten, that animal eating it is going to have a lot more exposure as it is eating a lot more contaminated food then the one a level down from it on the food chain. In the case of Tuna they have several levels of mercury contamination below them. Same goes for shark and swordfish. If you live in Japan, the worst thing you can eat is dolphin as they eat tuna!

I usually avoid eating all sea animals except refined fish and krill oils that have had all mercury and other contaminants removed from them, as they are contain high carbon chain omega 3 fatty acids...

If you have to eat some sea animals I suggest animals low on the food chain or fished from arctic/antarctic waters.

This site is a good source of calculating how much mercury exposure you are receiving from a specific type of fish.

http://www.gotmercury.org/

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