Colombia delegation- August 2007

Last August I had the wonderful opportunity to participate in another delegation to our sister community in Colombia. It was such a good experience. Below are just a few of the pictures I took while I was there.









Rae and Colleen dancing.

Been a long time

Hmm, maybe I don't have time in my life for blogging... still, it's better than doing schoolwork! Ha ha.

Today actually felt like autumn, unlike the last week of 70s and 80s. This morning one of my classmates casually mentioned that she doesn't really believe in climate change. She says she listens to a radio station where the weather man is constantly talking about how its all bs. I wish she were right. I only wonder how fast things will change.

Still, the ignorance bothers me. Its this kind of attitude that allows people to just go on about their lives while things fall apart- as long as they can pretend that they are not affected by it. And I wondered, how can people not be aware of climate change, when it is being talked about all over the place- but you can select the media you are exposed to to back up just about any belief you want. Sigh...

I went to see Michael Parenti talk last week. He claims that the one thing we have going for us is that reality is radical. This is why "they" haven't won yet, despite all their money and power, etc. Because they have to maintain an insane delusion while we just have to try and expose the truth.

It's slippery stuff, this talk of "truth," and mainly good for making my head spin. Still, the idea intrigued me.


(The picture of of one of the horrible pine plantations in our sister community in Colombia. Sucking up all the water and taking over the land, the people there call the plantations green deserts. Just cause it's green, don't mean it's a forest.)