Perspectives and Insights - Reflections (Citizens for Safe Technology)

Banker tells the truth (Video)

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PDT

dramatic poem written by Craig-James Moncur 16/10/2009 - performed by Mike Daviot

Moving Art - Gratitude (Video)

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 PDT

TEDxSF presentation. Time Lapse Photographer Louie Schwartzberg

Education and the Environment

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST

Education, Entitlement, E-waste and Environment: We are killing this planet, Earth (D12 Voice" . . . Some years ago, education in our schools became a follower of trends in society, economy, media (imitation of television shows about fashion, singing, dancing, etc.) and politics. Despite all the posters and symbolic demonstrations--such as for Earth Day/Week-- consumer mentality thoughtlessly advocates continued pollution of the environment under the arrogant tenet that humans have the right to use the planet's resources as they see fit. This tenet has been adopted by many institutions and organizations, as well in the educational field. "As life and learning are inseparable, I believe that education should lay the foundation in any society and culture. Education should lead the way of life and instill higher levels of thinking and higher valuation of nature and our only living space: the planet Earth. "Our economy has shifted from a focus on manufacturing industries to a focus on service industries. This transformation cost society many job losses and made a huge impact because service industries rely more heavily on retailing. As a result, this service economy relies more directly on end-user consumers. Therefore, the best way to guarantee that the service industries will continue growing and the corporations will make profit is to find ways of assuring that the end-user population is well-trained to become dependent consumers with limited consciousness of the result of their purchases. "In the name of education, we are killing this planet, we are contributing to global warming, we are officially producing e-waste and we are proud of it (the more we rely on technology the higher our score as a teacher/school)! Worst of all, we are raising a generation of dependent consumers--their sense of entitlement and their need for convenience, instant gratification and feeling good in the moment is dangerously destructive to their own environment and the future of the only home we have: Earth.

How Corporations Corrupt Science at the Public's Expense

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST

Report looks at methods of corporate abuse, suggests steps toward reformScientific IntegrityUnion of Concerned ScientistsCitizens and Scientists for Environmental Solutions"Federal decision makers need access to the best available science in order to craft policies that protect our health, safety, and environment. "Unfortunately, censorship of scientists and the manipulation, distortion, and suppression of scientific information have threatened federal science in recent years. "This problem has sparked much debate, but few have identified the key driver of political interference in federal science: the inappropriate influence of companies with a financial stake in the outcome. "A new UCS report, Heads They Win, Tails We Lose, shows how corporations influence the use of science in federal decision making to serve their own interests . . .

Calling All Angels (Video)

Sun, 1 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST

Dedicated to wireless freedom fighters everywhere

Conflict Minerals Project Documentary Film (Video)

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST

Humans (most vertebrates) descended from ancestor with 'sixth sense'

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST

CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS RELEASEITHACA, N.Y. -- "People experience the world through five senses but sharks, paddlefishes and certain other aquatic vertebrates have a sixth sense: They can detect weak electrical fields in the water and use this information to detect prey, communicate and orient themselves. "A study in the Oct. 11 issue of Nature Communications that caps more than 25 years of work finds that the vast majority of vertebrates - some 30,000 species of land animals (including humans) and a roughly equal number of ray-finned fishes - descended from a common ancestor that had a well-developed electroreceptive system. "This ancestor was probably a predatory marine fish with good eyesight, jaws and teeth and a lateral line system for detecting water movements, visible as a stripe along the flank of most fishes. It lived around 500 million years ago. The vast majority of the approximately 65,000 living vertebrate species are its descendants . . .

She's Alive . . . (Video)

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST

Beautiful... Finite... Hurting... Worth Dying for. Includes links to trailers for HOME (en Francais) and TIMESCAPES

A Smart Meter Prayer

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST

For those who believe in the power of prayer, the following words may help. They were sent by a concerned person in Vernon, BC who points out that the power of prayer is documented, and it is one weapon our opponents are unlikely to use. The wireless smart meter program is materialistic at its core, whereas prayer brings the spiritual dimension into play. "Dear God, you are all-knowing and well aware of the smart meter program and those behind it. You are also all-mighty. Please help us restore our environment and let us live on a happy, healthy planet. Thank you for your help and all your blessings. Amen"

Smoke and Meters

Sun, 4 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST

in response to article in BC Local News by Black Press's Legislative Reporter, Tom Fletcher

Smoke and MetersI'm a retired elementary school teacher, and I've been told on occasion that I am a presentable, non-threatening kind of person. I am also deeply concerned about BC Hydro's blanket rollout of wireless smart meters in this province.

Recently, the day before the UBCM's moratorium vote, I had the questionable pleasure of sitting beside "legislative reporter" Mr. Tom Fletcher, on a sunny bench outside the Vancouver Convention Centre.I was one of the "tiny group of protestors" he mentions in his 'dumb leaders' article, and I twice attempted to engage him, briefly, in polite conversation. Predictably perhaps, I was met with a dismissive nod, no eye-contact whatsoever, and silence.

His interaction with me, or lack of it, was memorable because it underscored the fact that Mr. Fletcher was singularly unwilling to look around to see anything except what was directly in front of his face: a newspaper, his aromatic cigarettes and his iPhone.

In light of his article -- penned after the vote and re-printed in local papers province-wide -- and the defensive tone of, "I'm done arguing with people who make up their own facts. I'll just address those who haven't bought into this nonsense," it seems that he is making a huge mistake.

Essentially, he is eliminating balanced perspective. His one-sided, self-serving, caustic commentary, like his closed approach to dialogue, doesn't help to raise awareness about the issue. It simply negates intelligent input and ultimately disrespects new voices, ethical viewpoints and the democratic process. From his statement online that he is more interested in the "real world," which for him now seems to be iClouds, apps and wireless devices, more's the pity. Another chance to be an unbiased reporter goes up in smoke and . . . meters. Linda Ewart

Edited and reprinted in the Vernon Morning Star, November 30, 2011.

Smart Meters A Little Too Smart? Personal Surveillance (Video)

Sat, 3 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST

EMF Safety Network - U.S. applicable to Canada and elsewhere (Introduction by Rafe Mair)

The New Plague

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PST

"How Smart Meters Can Make You Dumb And What You Can Do About It" by William Thomas"All residents of British Columbia, Washington State, Oregon and California in favour of their early death or disability raise your hands! "Thought so."As fallout from three melted-down reactors continues to blanket the Northern Hemisphere, tests carried out before the latest doubling of estimated radioactive particles being released from TEPCO's ongoing nuclear nightmare show people in Seattle inhaling up to 5 "hot" particles every day since early April. Once lodged in the lungs, these tiny radioactive emitters continuously tear apart DNA . . ."Electromagnetic radiation leaves identical "comet trails" of splintered micronuclei streaming from punctured cells. Now add an even more ubiquitous layer of radiation on top of existing wireless gadgets and proliferating networks by profit-crazed corporations and their government cronies - and look for entire populations sickened by and allergic to electricity and electronics. "Think I'm exaggerating? "Just wait . . ."

Something somewhere went terribly wrong . . .

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PST

Historical PerspectiveSomething somewhere went terribly wrong . . .

Compassionate Action - Burma It Can't Wait (Video)

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PST

Thich Nhat Hanh - Day 14

Microwave Exposure and Steve Jobs' Cancer (Video)

Mon, 7 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PST

Public testimony at the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors meeting on 11/7/11.

William Thomas Online: USA

Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PDT

up-to-date articles, broadcasts, videos, Hot Topics and information on healthy living environments"A professional journalist for nearly five decades, I offer cogent documented facts and insights into the untold stories of our times. A former pilot, bluewater sailor, and Emergency Environmental Response Team member during and after Desert Storm, my writing and photography have appeared in 50 publications in 8 countries - with translations into French, Dutch and Japanese."

Robert Bateman discusses the lack of choice regarding Smart Meters Part 2 of 2 (Video)

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:00:00 PDT

ICTV Victoria

Blessed Unrest, Bioneers (Video)

Sun, 9 Oct 2011 00:00:00 PDT

Paul Hawkin on the environmental and social justice movement (filmed in 2006)

Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder, dies at 56

Thu, 6 Oct 2011 00:00:00 PDT

The GuardianThe mastermind behind an empire that has revolutionised personal computing, telephony and music, dies in California. "Fifty six years of age seems very young to die, for a very intelligent person, with vast riches and access to the world's best medical care! "So what environmental toxin was he exposed to, that may have caused his early demise? "Could it have been strong microwave radiation from his Apple wireless computers? "Or strong microwave radiation from his Apple I-Phones? "Or a living environment filled with microwave radiation from Wi-Fi and cell phone antennas etc? "Much scientific research indicates that microwave radiation is causing significant cancer increases to persons exposed. "Is Steve Jobs death an early predictor of what will happen to millions of intelligent citizens who have become hopelessly hooked on wireless technologies? "How many other people who are exposed to radiation from Apple wireless devices will also suffer long illnesses from cancer and an early death?" Martin Weatherall WEEP

"I Will Be A Hummingbird" (Video)

Sun, 2 Oct 2011 00:00:00 PDT

Wangari Maathai

"No to Tar Sands" Peaceful Protest in Ottawa

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 PDT

Hundreds gather on Parliament Hill: Civil Disobedience September 26, 2011Others who've stood up . . . "They fear ordinary people taking this kind of action."(Ottawa) - Hundreds of people from across North America are gathered this morning on Parliament Hill for a rally followed by a mass civil disobedience sit-in. Participants are responding to a call to action for a large peaceful protest where many will risk arrest to tell the Harper government they don't support his reckless agenda and urge him to turn away from the tar sands and build a green energy future that promotes climate justice, respects Indigenous rights and prioritizes the health of our environment and communities. "It is morally justifiable to risk arrest if you see and witness a crime occurring or about to occur. We are saying the tar sands industry is unlawful. We need to stop it before the damage is done. It's worth getting arrested to send that warning out to the rest of Canada," said Louisette Lante, a housewife from Waterloo. "The action began at 10 a.m. with a solidarity rally in front of the Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill featuring a number of speeches from prominent individuals from environmental organizations and Indigenous communities directly impacted by the tar sands Following the speeches, waves of participants in groups of 20 or more will separate from the solidarity rally and choose to risk arrest by participating in a peaceful sit-in near the front doors to Centre Block. "The tar sands represent a path of broken treaties, eroded human rights, catastrophic climate change, poisoned air and water and the complete stripping of Canada's morality in the international community, said Clayton Thomas-Muller of the Indigenous Environmental Network. "Our communities should not be sacrificed on the alter of Canada's addiction to dirty fossil fuel; we want a new economic paradigm that protects our relationship to the sacredness of Mother Earth."

Stop Smart Meters Rally: The Bigger Picture (Video)

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 00:00:00 PDT

Citizens Demand Scientific, Academic and Political Integrity (CDSAPI)

Technology Addiction and Virtual Reality

Sun, 4 Sep 2011 00:00:00 PDT

Charles Sullivan - International Clearing House, November 2010"It will be difficult, if not impossible, to bring the U.S. back from the brink of social and economic collapse upon which it is so precariously perched. Our collective inertia is carrying us to the edge of the abyss. Changing course will require a change of consciousness, an awakening. Critical mass must be reached, but we have not even begun contemplating making that immense journey. We should have started long ago. Now it may be too late for us. "The American people are brainwashed by prolonged exposure to the corporate media, particularly television, which has a financial stake in keeping them propagandized and in a stupor. The religion of America is buying and selling. Capital is God and everyone and everything is subservient to it. Corporations are people. Money is free speech. Virtual reality has replaced actual reality . . ."

Ben Stein: Shut your cell phones and get to work!

Sun, 4 Sep 2011 00:00:00 PDT

CBS News Video and transcript"Here is a distressing truth: "The rate of growth of productivity in the United States has been rising much more slowly in the period from 1991 to 2011 than in the 20 years after World War II. That is, output per worker is rising, but much more slowly than it used to be. "Why that is has been the subject of much debate among economists. Is it the aging of the labor force? Movement of manufacturing to China? "No one knows for sure, but I have a suggestion. Maybe no one is getting any work done because we're all talking on our cell phones and playing with gadgets online and texting each other . . ."And cell phones themselves are only one part of the gargantuan problem, the most unethical of which is the involuntary unwitting exposures from infrastructure, from cell towers to public Wi-Fi to wireless smart meters to . . .

Anthem (Video)

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:00:00 PDT

"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." Leonard Cohen

Uncle Ricky Radio Show - Smart Meters (Video)

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:00:00 PDT

Rick Haaland's human interest segment

Fletcher's smart meter jokes not appreciated

Tue, 9 Aug 2011 00:00:00 PDT

Letter to the Editor BC Local News"Enough with the tinfoil hat jokes. Black Press legislative reporter . . . has now joined the ranks of other journalists who use sarcasm and damaging accusations to muddy the waters of understanding and awareness. "In his column headlined "Greens lose credibility," he dismisses the growing wealth of scientific research and information that strongly supports what people like Elizabeth May and Jane Sterk were brave enough to put forward in their press conference last week. "To enter into a constructive conversation with a powerful conglomerate like Hydro and the provincial Liberals isn't often attempted. To face ridicule when presenting a reasonable, balanced alternative view is a sad commentary on our media and on us as a society . . . "Please listen up, journalists who jump on bandwagons and write without knowing what you are writing about. Read the literature you are avoiding and discounting. "Look more deeply at the gold standard, peer-reviewed and published scientific studies and the highly qualified sources listed and showcased on the websites you haven't bothered to search, and the books you haven't time to read. Listen to brave voices . . ."

Lessons from a Swim in the Gorge

Tue, 9 Aug 2011 00:00:00 PDT

Rafe Mair Reflection"We went for a swim Monday, about two blocks from home, in the Gorge waterway. We swam in the salt water as the tidal currents swept under the Tillicum Bridge toward Portage Inlet. "It was just a swim. And it was more. Because even 15 years ago, I wouldn't have ventured into the questionable Gorge waters. The swim was a reminder that even when things are truly wrecked, we can fix them. All it takes is one person with the will to start . . ."

Questions for an increasingly wireless world

Fri, 1 Jul 2011 00:00:00 PDT

"Whether it's from cell phone towers, smart meters or wireless Internet signals, some are becoming increasingly concerned about the effects of all of these different wave frequencies on our fragile human bodies. "This is not something we can shrug off as another baseless crusade of the tinfoil hat brigade. "Most of those who are serious about this aren't the sort who are advocating for some kind of return to a rose-tinted, technology-free past. "They're critical-thinking folks who realize that we've never, in our human history, been so surrounded by different types of technology giving off different signals that wind around and through us on a daily basis . . ." Response: The"need for further study" is obvious, and pertains lifelong to all aspects of our lives . . . Engineers and product developers must act in close consultation with independent-minded people who assess health and environmental effects. We should be confident there are truly benign replacement ways for humans to communicate. Eventual health and environmental costs from RF-induced damage have already far outstripped any purported benefits of wireless mania. Since its mass proliferation from the late '90s, health care costs have been inexorably on the increase. And it is, as well, a fundamental human rights issue to be free of such electromagnetic insult." Daryl Vernon, Toronto

Technocracy Endgame: Global Smart Grid

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 PDT

The August Review - June 2011"There is a new world wide web emerging right before our eyes. It is a global energy network and, like the internet, it will change our culture, society and how we do business. More importantly, it will alter how we use, transform and exchange energy." - Terrawatts.com "The dark horse of the New World Order is not Communism, Socialism or Fascism: It is Technocracy. "The development and implementation of Smart Grid technology in the U.S. - reinventing the electrical grid with Wifi-enabled digital power meters - is proceeding at breakneck speed. Although Smart Grid is the result of years of government planning, the recent kickoff was made possible through massive "green" grants that were quietly included in President Obama's economic stimulus package starting in 2009. "These lucrative grants have drawn in a host of corporate players, from utility companies to digital meter manufacturers to control software vendors. Global companies like IBM, GE and Siemens are putting their full effort behind the "build-out" that will consolidate all of America into a single, integrated, communication-enabled electric delivery and monitoring system, collectively called Smart Grid. "Proponents of Smart Grid claim that it will empower the consumer to better manage his or her power consumption and hence, costs. The utility companies will therefore be more efficient in balancing power loads and requirements across diverse markets. "However, like carnival barkers, these Smart Grid hocksters never reveal where or how SmartGrid came into being, nor what the ultimate endgame aims to achieve; perhaps most of them have no idea either, but simply repeat the mantra as if they know what they are talking about . . ."

Would You Sleep In Your Microwave Oven? - Hollywood California

Wed, 8 Jun 2011 00:00:00 PDT

The People's Voice: News and Viewpoints on Environmental, Political and Social Justice Issues"Imagine you're living in your apartment for fifteen years, and one day the city comes knocking on your door with orders to put NINE Cellular Antennas and a GPS Satellite on your roof! That's the nightmare facing the residents of 7100 Hillside Avenue in Hollywood. "On Wednesday, June 3rd, a hearing about the proposed 9-antennae Cell Tower was held at LA City Hall before the Zoning Administration. Residents within a 500 foot radius were invited by letter to the hearing, where they expected their concerns would be heard. "The residents provided Zoning Administrator Maya Zaitzevsky with testimony, articles and links to hundreds more articles, espousing the exhaustive list of dire health risks directly associated with residing near a Cell Tower. "I'm not allowed to consider ANY testimony about health implications, since it's an FCC regulation, and the FCC says it's safe," insisted Zoning Administrator Zaitzevsky. "This hearing is only about the aesthetics of the cell tower!" "Residents were shocked. The had been invited to the hearing, and their tax dollars were paying the Zoning Administrator's salary, not to decide WHETHER there should be a cancer tower over their heads, but merely how to DRESS the Cancer Tower! "The sister item on the agenda, ironically, was an adoption of something called a Mitigated Negative Declaration, which allowed them to blow off the Environmental Impact Study! "Pleading with Zoning Administrator Maya Zaitzevsky fell on deaf ears. "I have Cell Towers all around where I live!" Zaitzevsky insisted. "One neighborhood resident lamented "yes, M'am, but you probably don't sleep under one." "How is it possible that you can live in an apartment where the city can just DECIDE to put a tower over your bed - or rather - nine towers and a GPS Satellite -- and you have NOTHING to say about it? . . ."

FBI targeting Political Activists as Terrorists

Mon, 6 Jun 2011 00:00:00 PDT

Response from The Zeitgeist Movement (TZM)Zeitgeist: the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time. "As many students of history are familiar, Galileo Galilei, famed mathematician and astronomer, known today by many as the "Father of Modern Science," was forced by the Catholic Church under threat of torture to recant his "heretical" view that the earth revolved around the sun and not vice-versa in the 17th century. This scientifically valid idea voided long held religious dogma and hence challenged the Church's integrity itself. "In a letter from 1634, Rene Descartes, one of the world's most noted thinkers and philosophers, stated: "Doubtless you know that Galileo was recently censored by the Inquisitors of the Faith, and that his views about the movement of the earth were condemned as heretical. I must tell you that all the things I explained in my treatise, which included the doctrine of the movement of the earth, were so interdependent that it is enough to discover that one of them is false to know that all the arguments I was using are unsound. Though I thought they were based on very certain and evident proofs, I would not wish, for anything in the world, to maintain them against the authority of the church . . . I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto to 'live well you must live unseen'." "If we step back and think about the challenges that faced this small, progressive and scientific community during 17th Century Europe, and compare the fear and patterns of suppression coming from the established orthodoxy of that time to that of the modern-day, we find only mere variation . . . "Unfortunately, Descartes' position is unacceptable in the modern world. The risks that now exist within our current order are beginning to far outweigh the temporal personal risks generated by the act of activist objection itself. "It is no longer issues of accurate data, "rights" and "freedoms." Today our very stability as a civilization is now in question and, if left unhindered, it threatens us all, regardless of one's position in the modern feudal hierarchy . . ."

What we know, what we don't know

Sun, 5 Jun 2011 00:00:00 PDT

Times Colonist article by Iain Hunter"We tend not to fret unduly over what Donald Rumsfeld called the known knowns. The unknown unknowns by definition don't weigh much on our minds, either, until they become known. "It's the known unknowns that have seized the attention of recent generations, sent men and women with usually becalmed minds into the streets, and, if the shouting and tumult is loud enough, caused public officials to issue decrees and propose regulations that are driving us all nuts . . . "It's when scientists start to talk about statistics and statisticians dabble in science that assumptions are made with questionable purposes, targets are set for elusive goals, crusades are preached against chimeras and will-o'-the-wisps pursued . . . "Today's Rumsfeldian bogey, apparently, is wireless technology of the kind used in cellphones and smart meters. . ."This probably means that some people have more known unknowns than others. But that's why the dummies decreeing the installation of smart meters should make a little more effort to show that they're safe - and what they send and receive . . ."

The Price We Pay For A Full Signal

Fri, 3 Jun 2011 00:00:00 PDT

Opinion: Harrison Barritt". . . What if I told you that there has been nothing short of an informational war happening behind the scenes, where unbiased peer reviewed scientific studies have been the target of crafty wordsmiths hired by the telecommunications industry? Scores of their public relations employees scour the internet to combat, contradict, and dilute, clear and convincing data, indicating that our cell phones and unchecked use of Wi-Fi, do in fact, damage our DNA, cause tumors, increase heat shock proteins, block intracellular communication, reduce melatonin, degrade memory and cognitive functions. "This is the war that is currently being waged. And there's a lot on the line. As usual it's a classic battle between the informed and the uninformed, which is the basis of every legitimate class action law suit ever waged over a company's liability for knowingly releasing a dangerous product. Every time you lift a cell phone to your head, you're challenging your central nervous system, interrupting your cells from communicating with one another, and most likely breaking DNA strands. "Independently funded scientists have been warning us for several years about the effects of non-ionizing radiation coming from our cell phones. And for those of us unlucky enough to live within a quarter of a mile from a cell tower, the radiation is constant. In my town of Gardiner, NY, they plan on erecting two towers, one atop the Town Hall, the second on South Mountain Road. There are dozens of angry and fearful residents, but if everyone knew the price they pay for a full signal, there would be more resistance. Though the cell tower is but a secondary problem, the first being our addiction to cell phones, we cannot live among antennas without paying for it . . ." "Several years ago I started to get head pain that none of my doctors could diagnose. After some time I realized the pain was directly associated with using my cell phone and any time spent by a wireless router. One of my doctors told me he had heard of this condition called Electro Hypersensitivity Syndrome. Bingo. . . "

The Unbearable Lightness of Giving Up A Cellphone

Fri, 3 Jun 2011 00:00:00 PDT

The Gubbins Experiment for 2011"The Gubbins Experiment for 2011 is replacing my cellphone with a landline telephone, which happened last Friday. I would have waited a little longer to gather more anecdotes about my experiences, but the days have been so exciting that the truth must come now. Below, I'm going to outline some negative experiences I was having with the cellphone, and then some positive experiences - many unexpected - of "reverting" to a landline . . . "

Audio Archives- Interviews with experts

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 PDT

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Martin Luther King Jr.

Thomas M. Rau, MD Medical Director Paracelsus Clinic, Switzerland.
Dietrich Klinghardt, MD, PhD Director, Klinghardt Academy of Neurobiology Expert in the health consequences of electromagnetic fields and leading educator of physicians.
Sam Milham, MD, MPH Pioneer in studying electromagnetic factors in health and author of "Dirty Electricity: Electrification and the Diseases of Civilization."
Karl Maret, MD President, Dove Health Alliance Physician and Electrical and BioMedical Engineer
Olle Johansson, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Sweden; Professor, Royal Institute of Technology; Authored Bioinitiative Report's section on EMF and the immune system.
Jerry L. Phillips, PhD Director of the Science Learning Center University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Henry Lai, PhD Research Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington.
B. Blake Levitt Award-winning science journalist and Author, Electromagnetic Fields, A Consumer's Guide To The Issues And How To Protect Ourselves, the classic book in this field. Member, Bioelectromagnetics Society.
Magda Havas, PhD Associate Professor, Environment & Resource Studies, Trent University, Canada. Expert in radiofrequency radiation, electromagnetic fields, dirty electricity and ground current.
Whitney North Seymour, Jr., Esq. Retired Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP; Former New York State Senator & United States Attorney, Southern District of NY Co-Founder, Natural Resources Defense Council
Lloyd Morgan, B.Sc. Lead Author, "Cellphones and Brain Tumors: 15 Reasons for Concern, Science, Spin and the Truth Behind Interphone" Member, International EMF Collaborative Scientist and Member, Bioelectromagnetics Society Senior Fellow, Environmental Health Trust Brain Tumor Survivor
Vicki Warren, BSEE, CIE, CERSA, BBEC Past Executive Director, Institute for Bau Biology & Ecology
Lawrence J. Gust, Electrical Engineer, BBEC & MBA Board President, Institute for Bau Biology & Ecology

Children and Nature

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 PDT

Robert Bateman"On October 13, 2008, a 15-year-old boy named Brandon Crisp walked out of his house because his parents had taken away his Xbox video game; after a three-week search, his body was finally found. The November 19, 2008, issue of the New York Times described the huge increase of medications that are prescribed to young people. Parks and natural areas that once rang with the shouts of children are now devoid of kids. Change has been happening to society and it does not look good for our future. "From the beginning of time, we have been connected to nature. We, of course, are literally nature's children, but, for the first time in history, that connection threatens to be broken by the majority of an entire generation and perhaps generations to come. When I read Richard Louv's landmark book, I was surprised at how insidious and widespread the problem had become. I guess I was living in a bubble. My family and friends were out in nature all the time. I was shocked to learn that perhaps the majority of mothers were afraid to let their children outside to play . . ."

Nature Slide Show (Video)

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 00:00:00 PDT

Commonwealth Club Breaks with Song "Who Imagined" by Joanne Shenandoah

Master/Slave vs. Dialogical - Ways of looking, thinking and acting

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 PDT

The common way of relating in Western Cultures vs. Democratic Dialogical RelationshipsMaster/Slave - The common way of relating in Western Cultures. Familiar, efficient, but unstable. MasterTalk - Any sentence that implies there is only a single way to see the truth. Democratic / Dialogical Relationships - One Person-One Vote. Unfamiliar, inefficient, but stable. Dialogue - Any sentence that implies there are multiple ways of seeing the truth.

For reference on the Master/Slave relationship - what you can identify you can avoid by naming it and bringing it into focus. Any time you identify a Master/Slave communication situation or relationship, be clear about what is happening and state what you want to have happen instead.

Planting the Seeds for Change - Vandana Shiva May 9, 2004 (Video)

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 PDT

founding Director of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Ecology - New Delhi

Flight of the Hummingbird (Video)

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 PDT

Haida-Manga Animation

Another view: There is plenty of evidence that smart meters make people sick

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:00:00 PDT

Burden of Proof"Say you're sitting next to someone on a plane and you rip open a bag of peanuts. They explain that peanut dust closes their windpipe. Do you keep eating and demand proof? As someone sensitive to radiofrequency radiation, I'm disappointed in your March 9 editorial ("Smart meter foes should produce hard evidence").We all have different sensitivities. As one adult respecting another, I would never question or invalidate someone else's physical truth just because I didn't personally experience it.

Perhaps that's one gift that comes from having electrosensitivity. But I believe it's also called empathy . . . "

The Procrustean Approach - Setting Exposure for Telecommunications Frequency Electromagnetic Radiation

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 PST

An examination: Don Maisch PhDAn examination of the manipulation of telecommunications standards by political, military, and industrial vested interests at the expense of public health protection.The Procrustean Approach"According to ancient Greek legend there once lived in Attica a bandit named Damastus or Polypemon, who was nicknamed Procrustes, or "The Stretcher". He was known to entice, by force if necessary, passing members of the public to lie down on his iron bed. If they were too long he would cut off their limbs in order to fit the bed. If they were too short he would place them on a rack and stretch them until they would fit the dimensions of his bed - referred to as the Procrustean bed. Procrustes was eventually slain by his own method by Theseus, a legendary king of Athens who, as a young man, had the habit of slaying robbers and monsters whenever he encountered them on his travels.One of the derived meanings of Procrustean bed is an arbitrary standard to which exact conformity is forced. It was used to refer to Western radiofrequency (RF) human exposure standard setting by Professor V. V. Parin, a member of the USSR Academy of Medicine and quoted in the Foreword of A. S. Presman's book Electromagnetic Fields and Life (1970). In the case study of the Standards Australia TE/7 Committee: Human exposure to electromagnetic fields the central issue of discussion was what constituted a suitable precautionary approach when setting RF exposure standards in order to address scientific uncertainty and provide adequate public health protection. That committee was ultimately disbanded because a suitable definition of a precautionary approach could not be agreed to and the proposed standard was therefore unable to gain the required 80% approval in order to be passed.This thesis contends that, rather than taking a precautionary approach, Western standard setting organisations have actually followed what can best be described as a Procrustean approach. This approach consists of cutting off from consideration scientific data that does not conform to their bed of knowledge. Such an approach can be considered just as inimical to public health protection as was Procrustes' mythical bed for the public of his time."

Musings: Wi-Fi in Schools - A Ticking Time Bomb

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00:00 PST

Magda Havas"What do you do when you see a disaster looming and those who have power to prevent it refuse to listen? What do you do when those with a financial interest in maintaining the status quo . . . attack- by producing false information and twisting the truth- and attempt to discredit those who are sounding the alarm? What do you do with a school board that has fallen for a sales pitch and has already signed contracts to have Wi-Fi installed? What do you do when our federal health agency (Health Canada) places the financial concerns of industry above the health of Canadians? What do you do when you see the time bomb ticking and those who can defuse it refuse to act? That is the situation we are in right now . . . "

The Precautionary Principle (Video)

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:00:00 PST

Caroline Raffensperger

Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (Video)

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:00:00 PST

Adapted by Pete Seeger from a Cossack folksong, performed by Joan Baez, 2005

The Story of Electronics (Video)

Tue, 9 Nov 2010 00:00:00 PST