00:31:54 Jan Spencer: fred can you invite me to un mute and show video 00:34:41 david albert-on the virtual land of Congolese child slaves: https://www.equatorialvoices.earth/ 00:35:22 AbaloneAlliance Clearinghouse: https://www.sfclimateweek.org/ is central place for San Francisco's Earth Day Events which there are many. And here's the link to Sunday's Fresk Event 00:36:02 david albert-on the virtual land of Congolese child slaves: https://friendlywater.org/ 00:36:06 AbaloneAlliance Clearinghouse: https://lu.ma/SFCW2024 The Fresk Event 00:37:02 david albert-on the virtual land of Congolese child slaves: https://www.congothreads.org/ 00:38:06 david albert-on the virtual land of Congolese child slaves: Tomorrow, Equatorial Voices is hosting a zoom on climate change/ecology in Afghanistan. It will be 8 a.m. Pacific Time, 11 a.m. east coast. Write me, and I'll send a link. 00:43:07 Owner: Mary McCaffrey: I don't know how to turn on my mic or camera??? 00:44:17 david albert-on the virtual land of Congolese child slaves: Jan - I have been working with Permagardens, in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Congo. 00:44:28 Lawrence Abbott: IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED 28TH “WE THE PEOPLE AMENDMENT” TO  ABOLISH THE DOCTRINES OF “CORPORATE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS” AND “MONEY EQUALS POLITICALSPEECH”                                         ALAMEDA LABOR COUNCIL   WHEREAS, “We the People” have the inherent right to self-government, autonomy, and self-determination; and WHEREAS, multinational corporations have become so large and powerful that they threaten our sovereign right to govern ourselves; and WHEREAS, only people are entitled to claim constitutional rights; and WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has illegitimately held that corporations have the constitutional rights of people directly impacting the integrity of elections; and WHEREAS, the Supreme Court has illegitimately held that the expenditure of money is a form of protected political speech; and WHEREAS, the amount of money being raised and spent in elections is causing ordinary citizens to lose confidence in the integrity of our own government and jeopardizing our democracy; and WHEREAS, neither the idea that corporations are people, nor the idea that money is speech, is mentioned anywhere in the text of the Constitution; and WHEREAS, in Citizens United v. FEC, the Supreme Court decided that limiting the amount corporations can spend to influence elections is a violation of the "free speech rights" of "people," and therefore unconstitutional; and   WHEREAS, in McCutcheon v. FEC, the Supreme Court decided that limiting the aggregate amount wealthy individuals can spend on political races is a violation of their "free speech rights" under the First Amendment; and WHEREAS, the only way to permanently reverse the damage done by these decisions is to amend the Constitution; and WHEREAS, an important first step toward this goal is for organizations and communities across the country to publicly state their support for this course of action; and WHEREAS, across the country more than 600 local governments have called for such an amendment as well as more than 300 communities voted at the ballot box in support of same; and WHEREAS, across the country more than 1,000 organizations have voted to endorse such an amendment; and       WHEREAS, Citizens United v. FEC has unleashed a torrent of corporate electioneering that drowns out the countervailing force of organized labor, as well as the voices of everyday Americans, in the political process; and WHEREAS, elections have broad-reaching consequences; and WHEREAS, workers and labor unions specifically have historically been at the forefront of virtually every struggle for social and economic justice in this country; and WHEREAS, H.J. Resolution 48 was introduced in the House of Representatives of the Congress by Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7) on February 22, 2019; and WHEREAS, H.J. Res 48 proposes an amendment to the United States Constitution providing that the rights protected by the Constitution are the rights of “natural persons” only and ‘artificial entities’, such as corporations, shall have no such rights under the Constitution and are subject to regulation; and WHEREAS, said amendment would require federal, state and local government to (1) regulate, limit or prohibit election contributions and expenditures, including a candidate’s own contributions and expenditures; and (2) would require that any permissible contributions and expenditures be publically disclosed; and WHEREAS, said amendment would prohibit the judiciary from construing that the spending of money to influence elections to be speech under the First Amendment, and the amendment shall not be construed to abridge the freedom of the press; and  WHEREAS, January 21, 2020 marked the tenth anniversary of the Citizens United v FEC Supreme Court decision; and now   THEREFORE, BE IT  RESOLVED, that the Alameda Labor Council will recommend that the AFL-CIO support H.J. Resolution 48 “We the People Amendment” and advise its affiliates of said decision.   Submitted by:  Susan A. Hammer, APWU, East Bay Area Local #47                            Delegate, Alameda Labor Council       Passed by unanimous vote of the Delegates of the Alameda Labor Council, AFL-CIO, February 10, 2020 00:44:52 Shodo Spring: www.MountainsandWatersAlliance.org. We have events at the farm in Minnesota, we have online classes and I'll give talk anywhere. Reach me through the website, and signing up for the blog gets you event information. 00:44:58 Jan Spencer: Zoom Seminar For Paradigm Shift Saturdays in May, 4, 11, 18, 25 9 to Noon Pacific time [Los Angeles] Four Parts - 1] Economics 2] Aspects of Paradigm Shift 3] Real Life Examples 4] Taking PS To a Wider Audience More info seminar/register  at www.suburbanpermaculture.org/shift Also search "Jan Spencer, primer" on youtube and at Resilience Magazine 00:45:06 Shodo Spring: Permaaulture me too. 00:46:49 Lawrence Abbott: The lead organization working with Pramila Jayapal to advance HJR54, the We the People Amendment, is movetoamend.org Contact person is Greg@movetoamend.org Greg Coleridge 00:53:07 david albert-on the virtual land of Congolese child slaves: I think it should be called "capitalocene", not Anthropocene. The vast majority of people on the earth, both now and in the past, have had virtually nothing to do with it, 00:54:41 Shodo Spring: Reacted to "I think it should be..." with ❤️ 00:55:05 Fred Cook: Yes . . . good point - Climate change has been definitiely traced to colonialism (as aspect of capitalism) 00:58:08 Shodo Spring: I will mention two books pointing out that it's not humans who are the problem, but a way of living. The novel Ishmael by Daaniel Quinn, which mk a logical case. "The Dawn of Everything" by Graeber and Wengrow, which eplores history and beyond to show that humans have usually taken care of the earth - until us. 00:58:35 david albert-on the virtual land of Congolese child slaves: I think Anthropocene is an academic cheat, rather like "sustainable development', that allows academics to collect money from capitalists without challenging them in the least. Sustainable development is neither "sustainable", and "development" is a hoax. 01:03:10 david albert-on the virtual land of Congolese child slaves: Congo-DRC is radically underpopulated, which makes it very difficult to implement "solutions". 01:04:04 david albert-on the virtual land of Congolese child slaves: The average Congolese consume 1/124th of what the average American does. 01:05:03 Shodo Spring: Reacted to "The average Congoles..." with 👍 01:10:34 Shodo Spring: Do we have a method for getting on stack? I was assuming the raised hand but prhaps there's something else? 01:12:37 david albert-on the virtual land of Congolese child slaves: Cobalt is a byproduct of copper mining. 01:14:14 Shodo Spring: Terrible problems like lithium mining. 01:15:18 david albert-on the virtual land of Congolese child slaves: Most people don't know, but Biden invaded Peru last year to support the dictator, and access to the lithium mines. 01:15:45 Fred Cook: PLANET OF THE HUMANS 01:19:35 Jan Spencer: check out the global footprint networks footprint calculator,,, search eco footprint calculator global footprint network,,,, their calculation is the average american has a 5 planet lifestyle,,, take the survey, answer the questions,,,, 01:21:37 david albert-on the virtual land of Congolese child slaves: 57 corporations/entities have been responsible for 80% of global climate change. There are no individual solutions. 01:22:46 Fred Cook: KOGI BROTHERHOOD - ALUNA 01:23:20 Shodo Spring: Reacted to "57 corporations/enti..." with 👏 01:23:29 Shodo Spring: Replying to "57 corporations/enti..." Exactly. 01:25:10 Nancy Saibara-Naritomi: Nancy has to go, concerned with coming challenges : water, food, electricity, independence for all people to learn how to do/survive. Learn how to survive : build water collection box making water through a glass plate , condensation water from air. Growing own food and swap with others. Make your own electricity, with running water and renewables. I want to help with media, community radio : Pacifica •KPFA.org Berkeley , • KPFK.org L.A., • KPFT.org Houston, where I am, • WBAI.org NYC, • WPFW.org WASH.DC. Also 200 Pacifica Affliate radio stations in the USA, a few in Europe, Caribbean. Nancy 832-968-1438 tel/Text I like, Nancy.saibara@icloud.com There is a labor show in KPFK-LA. There are some ecology shows . I would like to connect ya’ll with some shows. Call me, I will try to connect you to a show. Pacifica is a 501(3)c, volunteer-run, Listener-sponsored. 01:26:10 Shodo Spring: I know several groups that rae working hard on reegenerataion anad rewilding. 01:26:58 Shodo Spring: Holistic management grows more livestock on the same land. It uees land that is not suitable for growing crops. 01:27:13 Shodo Spring: (I have data) 01:28:16 Shodo Spring: We need to address political issues, the insistence of the wealthy capitalists on destruction for profit. We can't think that individual emissions reductions will solve it. 01:30:04 Shodo Spring: There is the problem of "Who are WE?" Things that could be done by the entire society cannot be done by us well-meaning people with any level of 7intelligence and power. We have to address power. 01:31:26 AbaloneAlliance Clearinghouse: I believe I saw a factoid a few years ago that Regenerative Ag in the US was about 15% of the country's farmers back in 2020 with the hope that Biden would select a Regen supportive Ag Dept head, but he went with a big Ag proponent. 01:31:32 Fred Cook: ABSOLUTELY, SHODO! We have not address power 01:31:42 Shodo Spring: Reacted to "ABSOLUTELY, SHODO! ..." with ❤️ 01:34:30 Fred Cook: Terra Preta 01:36:31 Nancy Saibara-Naritomi: US SenateDocument 264,I think, reported that US soils already nutrient DEFICIENT, and that was ~1934. So with time poorer health, more gender confusion, birth defect and people dying at younger age. After changing to electricity, the wood ashes with minerals stopped going into the garden. 01:36:59 Shodo Spring: Reacted to "US SenateDocument 26..." with ❤️ 01:38:37 AbaloneAlliance Clearinghouse: nice video: https://kisstheground.com/ 01:38:45 Fred Cook: COMMON GROUND movie Monday 4/22 in the SF Bay Area 01:46:17 Shodo Spring: I like the mushroom shrouds from Paul Stamets. 01:47:15 Fred Cook: https://regenorganic.org/ 01:48:12 Rosie Berryessa: Ridwell 01:49:44 Nancy Saibara-Naritomi: I had an idea of washable cloth squares instead of toilet paper, and wash like diapers. 01:51:10 Shodo Spring: https://eirenecremations.com/blog/how-mushroom-burial-suit-works 01:51:22 Nancy Saibara-Naritomi: Eliminate plastics. Rain water contains Roundup, and micro plastics, which are also in our bodies and in umbilical cords of newborns. 01:51:45 Rosie Berryessa: Reacted to "I like the mushroom ..." with 👍🏽 01:52:09 Rosie Berryessa: Reacted to "I had an idea of was..." with 👍🏽 01:54:20 Nancy Saibara-Naritomi: The French use the bidet. 01:55:05 Shodo Spring: Replying to "The French use the b..." So do Cambodians. 01:55:34 Michaela McCormick: Gotta go. Thanks everyone. 01:55:40 Shodo Spring: Replying to "The French use the b..." and Koreans 01:56:10 Rosie Berryessa: Reacted to "The French use the b..." with 👍🏽 01:56:24 Rosie Berryessa: Reacted to "and Koreans" with 👍🏽 01:56:46 Shodo Spring: Replying to "The French use the b..." Not bidet, just squirty hoses. 01:56:58 Rosie Berryessa: Reacted to "So do Cambodians." with 👍🏽