
Sharing Sustainable Solutions Website
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Sharing Sustainable Solutions is a non-profit, non commercial site to help individuals and communities move towards self-sustainability, self-reliance, and autonomy. It is a nexus point for communities, ecological, appropriate technology, alternative technology, low-tech, mutual cooperation, to meet and share information, ideas, and projects to make living in harmony with nature and one another a reality. To celebrate the ingenious solutions that already abound. To build the vision we long for now.
To become more effective, it depends now on the input of others, to build the kind of information that will help make self-sustainability more and more feasible for more and more people.
Summer 2008
Summer, time for fun and growth. So much to do in Europe and everywhere, if only I had clones. Recently, I enjoyed the Global Eco-Village Network annual gather at Sieben Lindens Eco-Village in Eastern Germany. Very inspiring to see all the wonderful people and their wonderful projects and Eco-Villages. They are doing a lot to help transform the planet. I clearly learned how important "process" is. One needn't be so attached to the "goal", especially if your process is good. Good process seems to insure high success with your goals. Hope you all have a wonderful summer and experience the richness of community living.
Warmly,
Mofwoofoo
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More Information About Us
Nonconfrontational Strategy
Why is it humanity hasn't refined itself to the point where life on a global scale is a paradisiacal experience, brimming with peace, joy, abundance, and connectedness? There may be two root causes. First, the system of capitalism that pervades every corner of the globe, promulgating exploitation and competition, and reducing life to a narrow vision where profit is elevated to the highest value.
Secondly, the existence of sovereign entities (nations, governments, dictatorships, corporations, etc) leads to continuous strife, violence, suffering, and division.
Just as the inherent difficulty implicit in the proverbial belling of the cat, so it is hard to imagine getting rid of these two nemeses.
One nonconfrontational strategy is to start building the vision of what we want now, by laying the groundwork and creating the infrastructure. Individuals and communities must start becoming more self-sustainable and mutually cooperative, sharing info and resources thru the internet.
Low-tech sustainable practices are available to everyone.
Organic Vision
Our vision is not dogmatic, but organic, allowing for greater diversity and variety. We encourage decentralized, non-sovereign entities, allowing only for the sovereignty of the individual.
Small, autonomous, fluid, relatively self-sustainable, mutually cooperative communities, existing within cities and without. No economy is necessary, people would work at maintaining and upgrading the community that they are in.
Our connectedness must be at the forefront of our consciousness and activities resulting in real freedom and groups using consensus to reach decisions.
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Mofwoofoo Woofwaffa (aka Tom Osher)
I feel that I'm an incredibly fortunate individual who is into both personal and planetary transformation. I'm going Dec. 6, 2004 to experience living in an intentional community in Germany near the border of Holland called Vlierhof (vlierhof.org). My love is waiting for me there and if all goes well I may make it my home. But who knows what might happen.
I was a hippy in the sixties, had the first "antique clothing" store as far as I know, in NorthBeach in San Francisco. I still have many of those values. I have 2 grown children. I am an artist (retired for now), painter. I love to improvise sing with others or jamming musicians and I think that improvised singing should be used in the peace movement.
I'm not afraid to skip, I love to hike, and I never get sick. . . except for Hepatitis C. I have 3rd stage liver (out of 4 possible), which is not good, but no symptoms. Now, I've become something of a health nut, taking a protocol of Chinese, ayervedic, and western herbs, eating really healthfully, etc. I've decided not to do Interferon, the only "cure" in Western medicine.
Recently, I took a workshop with Marshall Rosenberg about non-violent communication (cnvc.org) which I'm very enthusiastic about and recommend to everyone. I hope to become proficient at this (it takes practice). It will make my life a lot easier and smoother.
I haven't been putting much time into this website, since I got it going, I was hoping others would pitch in and carry the ball, make it have an influence on the planet. Right now, Auke is doing just that. I don't want to talk forever about myself, except to say, I'm one of the nicest people I've ever met and I believe everything should be fun or should I say joyful.
Surrender to Love!!!
Postscript: Jan 26, 2007
Yes, I am still here at the Vlierhof (www.vlierhof.nl). My love and I separated over a year ago, and now remain close as friends and I have a new love who makes me very happy. We are having trainings in nonviolent communication (www.cnvc.org) here with trainers staying here March thru July at different times! Much progress has happened here, a sauna is almost completed and things continue to unfold. My health is great and I am more fit than ever and more into raw, vegan foods. Our organic farm produces tons of healthy food. Now, I will go to India to see about starting another community there in pristine nature by a river that you can drink from. I want it to be as self-sustainable as possible. I want to live in both places. It could have 50 - 100 inhabitants and children are welcome. I'll let you know more when I return around March 14th.
Postscript: Aug.15, 2007
I have just returned from 3 weeks of nvc in Emst, Holland and one of the weeks was in Poland near Warsaw. I am very inspired by what I learned about myself especially. And I hope to keep my intention of connecting deeply with myself and others.
Our natural swimming pond is usable now, and still needs some beautification, but it is something that I put my heart into creating. The sauna is just a couple of weeks away from completion. Flowers and fruits make this time of year very special. I had a liver test in Feb. and it showed that I improved from stage 3 (out of 4) to a lower stage 2, so maybe what I am doing is working. The trip to India was nice, the land was beautiful, but my friend doesn't wish to have an egalitarian community, so I am still open to buying land in nature, with good climate, water, access, large enough for at least 50 people to live individually, if anyone knows of such a place.
I am back on my own, to find the love I have searched for outside, to be within, and am content to live with what is.
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We have been accused of being anti - Jewish because we had posted an excerpt from James von Brun's book: Kill the Best Gentiles! http://loveforlife.com.au/node/6054 in which he blames Jews for the problems of the world. Obviously this is not our view because of what we have stated above. We do not hate anyone, whatever religion they follow. We are always open to talk to any religious leader or politician and meet with any judge, member of the Bar, experts, academics, educators etc to share the remedy we offer that heals all the divisions between MAN and MAN, and MAN and the EARTH.
Today, a representative of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies is threatening to close the website down, because they have decided it is anti - Jewish and that we promote racism. What has the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies done to end the suffering in the world? Can they show that they are concerned with the suffering of ALL men, women and children AND ARE SEEN TO BE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT or are they only concerned with Jewish affairs? If so, they, along with all the other religions that only care for their own, are part of the problem, not part of the solution. The man who rang Arthur today was only concerned with Jewish affairs; he was not interested in our intentions or in anybody else, just as most Christians, Muslims, Sikhs, Catholics, etc, are only interested in their own. While we separate ourselves into groups, dividing ourselves from others with rules, regulations, rituals, procedures and conditions, we will never solve our problems.
No matter what we in the Western World Civilisation of Commerce have been promised by our politicians, religious leaders, scientists, educators, philosophers, etc, for the past two hundred years, all we have seen is ever-increasing destruction of men, women and children and the earth. None of the so-called experts and leaders we have been taught to rely on are coming up with a solution and none of them are taking full-responsibility for the fact that they can't handle the problem. All religious books talk about end times full of destruction and suffering but why do we have to follow this program when there is an alternative to hatred, mayhem and death? Why are our leaders following the program of destruction and death rather than exploring the alternatives? It seems that any mainstream politician, priest or academic are only interested in supporting the RULES OF THE DIVIDE, that maintain the haves and the have nots. For 200+ years, 99% of the world population have been so trained to pass on their responsibility for themselves, others and the earth, that the 1% of the population that make up the leaders of the rest of us are making all the decisions leading to the destruction of all of us and the earth. Let's not forget the education system that brainwashes the 99% of the population that we are free and have equal rights while, in fact, we are feathering the nests of those at the top.
At the root of all our problems is self-centredness, an unwillingness nurtured by the Establishment that keeps us concerned only with our own needs rather than the needs of others around us and the Earth. Instead of creating and releasing acts of love for those around us as gifts to benefit them and the earth, we take, take and take, until there is nothing left. The whole point of the Love for Life website is to show people the root of all our problems and to share the remedy. The extensive research library is there to attract browsers and to provide access to information not available through mainstream channels. If the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies can, after careful examination of our work, prove that anything we are saying is wrong, we will be happy to accept their proof. If they cannot, and they are still insistent on closing the website down, they will be showing themselves to be traitors to MAN because they are not interested in pursuing any avenue that can end the suffering in the world.
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If we truly want peace on earth and freedom for all, we have to let go of all that which keeps us divided, and come together as MAN, conscious living co-creators of creation. The Love For Life website offers a remedy to the problems we all face in the form of DO NO HARM COMMUNITIES: http://loveforlife.com.au/node/3641 For more details see here: http://loveforlife.com.au/node/6511 and here: http://loveforlife.com.au/node/3385 - We also highly recommend that everyone read the brilliant Russian books called The Ringing Cedars: http://loveforlife.com.au/node/1125 - The Love For Life homepage/front-page also provides lots of inspiring remedy based information: http://loveforlife.com.au - If you want to be kept up to date with our work please register to the Love For Life mailing list here: http://loveforlife.com.au/campaign_list We usually send two postings per month. Presently there are over 5000 registrations reaching over 200,000 readers globally. The website now receives over 2 million strikes per month with June 2009 heading close to (or over) 3 million strikes.
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17th June 2009