GAIA Action Saturday

Today was the first GAIA Action Saturday(GAS) for myself and Andra. GAS is a day in which everyone in IICD works doing upkeep of the complex. For example today I helped with chopping up all the various goodies that go into compost, stacking and storing the picnic tables for winter and working on the water tank. Nothing is as satisfying for the soul as hard labor!

Once everything is finished the rest of the day is ours to work, play, explore or sleep. I think I will satisfy my needs by walking endlessly to wherever I please once I'm finished with this post.

Lately I have fallen in love with Woody Guthrie, he was a hobo, socialist, and known around the world for his most famous piece "This Land is Our Land". Below I will post some of my personal favorites. I think his music is inspiring and for those who are less educated in the history of the USA(not the slanted views we learn in primary school) it's important to listen and research into the struggles he sings about. We owe everything to those Americans that stood up, struggled, died or survived in the face of oppressive circumstances (and the few who still do or the youth that will in the future). Woody was a hobo and an American jewel who sung about those struggles. I plan to be a part of those few, I guess it's not a choice but a living consciousness that any critical individual can obtain on various levels when you open your mind to knowledge and the infinite ways of analyzing situations in the world. I'm going to work on a presentation to give to the school about this American jewel, I'll post the power point on the blog for the world to see as well.

It's nearly been two weeks since I arrived here! I've been leaning a lot about myself and my abilities. I really miss my family (Winklers and Lowes and all the doggies) and I can't wait to see everyone around Christmas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDd64suDz1A&feature=BF&list=QL&index=21 (About Colorado strike)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbulO_FB2ZI&feature=BF&list=QL&index=19

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNKg54bvObQ&feature=BF&list=QL&index=4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwcKwGS7OSQ&feature=BF&list=QL&playnext=1

http://www.youtube.com/watchv=EDS00Pnhkqk&p=C425022EBD3EACB0&playnext=1&index=4