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VegNet.net LINKS are compiled from posts made by the VegNet staff, readers and communitarians. The posts reflect a variety of veg/an interests and concerns and do not necessarily reflect the views of VegNet. The LINKS is a public viewing space and as such VegNet.net cannot be responsible for how the information is used.

Topics to date:

  • SPIRITUALITY
  • HEALTH
  • ELECTRICITY
  • ENVIRONMENT
  • SOLAR
  • FOOD ISSUES
  • GENERAL
  • RAW FOOD

SPIRITUALITY

  • Documentary film on vegetarian Christians: An award-winning documentary film company intends to show the Christian vegetarian movement in a positive light. Currently they are looking for Christians whose faith led them to become vegetarians & those that are members of the Christian community who aren't necessarily vegetarians but are very concerned with the treatment & well-being of animals. If you would like to be interviewed for the film, please contact christianvegetarians@gmail.com 

 

  • Treasury of Mystic Terms   Affordable, beautifully presented, well written, the Treasury invites one to dip in and browse on worldwide mystic traditions, many of them vegetarian.    ($50 only, 6-vol hardback set, including airmail postage!)    http://scienceofthesoul.org/Treasury.htm  

  • The 1930s classic, Path of the Masters, for $9 only, including airmail postage, direct from the non-profit vegetarian publishers:   http://www.rssb.org/publications.php


HEALTH

Long-time veg/an Chloe, the Founder and Developer of the Resonance Repatterning system, answers questions live and does mini-sessions over the telephone as part of the web radio show. Call in: 1-866-472-5795.   Listen to archived shows any time and download transcripts: www.ResonanceRepatterning.net   

  • BREATHE your way to better health - it's free! Incredible - literally thousands of "worldly" westernized wealthy Mumbai residents - along with thousands of others, from scholars and professionals to the very poor - get up in the early hours in order to attend the 6am pranayam sessions taught (free) by yogi Swami Ramdev whenever his tour program takes him to Mumbai. Why? Because the daily practice of his pranayam system has helped thousands of people all over India achieve extraordinary health, overcoming conditions like diabetes, overweight, high blood pressure, heart problems, cancer and more. CDs/DVDs available at www.divyayoga.com  including "Yog Science Part 1 and 2: Pranayam and Yog Asan" (basic breathing and yoga postures).

  • Gabriel Cousens's TREE OF LIFE Rejuvenation Center in Patagonia, southwestern Arizona, about an hour from Tucson - surrounded by mountain views and conservancy land. Well known for its vegan health programs (diabetes treatment), eco-facilities, spirituality and veganism, community, vegan vacations, and more. www.treeoflife.nu

  • The Q-LINK pendant by the well-known research company, CLARUS     The pendant consists of three parts: a tuner, an amplifier, and a vibrating cell. "The tuner aligns with the frequencies of your own natural bioenergy field. The amplifying coil (75 feet of coiled copper wire) augments your energy; and the vibrating cell creates a resonant field. The tuner, amplifier and vibrating cell combine to neutralize the effect of interference from outside electromagnetic forces, essentially by amplifying your own electromagnetic signals..." - March 2007 issue of Resonance Repatterning eNewsletter  - available at the eStore of www.ResonanceRepatterning.net

In support of vegetarians who are seriously unwell and who feel they have no alternative but to follow their doctor's advice and eat "good" protein (meat, fish, eggs):

  • If your doctor makes you feel afraid and undermines your principles, you may want to go to another doctor. Seriously!
  • The vegetarian and vegan Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine has just published a 900-page Nutrition Guide for Clinicians  www.pcrm.org/shop    Give a copy to your doctor - and read it yourself.
  • If you (or your doctor) need a reality check on the "goodness" of eating meat, fish and eggs, and milk and milk products from non-organic sources, read vegetarian John Robbins' Diet for a New America. Very readable and well documented.
  • PCRM has now established a website with vegetarian medical advice, for consumers and healthcare providers alike:   www.NutritionMD.org  They also have a Preventive Medicine and Nutrition page http://www.pcrm.org/health/prevmed/index.html
  • Chloe Faith Wordsworth, the vegetarian founder of the Resonance Repatterning system, has just written Quantum Change Made Easy, an inspiring and practical book on 9 Keys for changing your resonance and your health for the better.  www.ResonanceRepatterning.net
  • Vegetarian Dr Richard Schulze claims his herbal remedies and cleanse programs are strong enough to turn your health around even when everyone else has given up on you getting well:   www.herbdoc.com 
  • There are many live-in vegetarian clinics - the Hippocrates Institute... Gabriel Cousens's Garden of Life... Dr Jensen's... Dr McDougall's...  Some of them are reasonably priced and some offer internships and/or teach you how to prepare nutritious food.

The bottom line: There is always a healthy alternative to the meat/fish/eggs dilemma. Don't give up! Explore the possibilities. Get the help you need.

ELECTRICITY

Tip from a reader - SAVING ON ELECTRICITY COST AND USAGE: Cool down your house at night - if necessary, use the AC or fans all night in the off-peak hours when electricity is as little as 1/8 the price of daytime usage. Then do without AC and minimize fans during the day. Even in the desert of AZ with no insulation in the walls, we only turn the AC back on at 4 or 5pm - the house remains cool enough all day (yeah, it does warm up, gradually reaching high 80s). Including refridgerator (on the lowest setting), tepid showers and AC, our peak-hour electricity consumption is conservative and the bill impressive at $40 when the outside temperatures are daily 110 degrees and more!  [Aug07]

ENVIRONMENT

  • CLEAN WATER RESTORATION ACT OF 2007   Check  www.earthjustice.org  for advocacy campaign and much more.

Many of them have brilliant ideas at their websites for nature trips, camping and nature-supporting vacations.

   

SOLAR

  • REAL GOODS in Hopland, Ca for all your solar needs:  www.realgoods.com or call 1-800-919-2400.  [AW24June07]              
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

FOOD  ISSUES

  •  MSG or "Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein" is used in thousands of foods as a food preservative, right? Wrong! It is used for its addictive property - and researchers (with studies going back to the 1970s) know it causes obesity as well as making you want more of any product containing MSG.  See John Erb, The Slow Poisoning of America. [29Aug07]

  • AN EASY WAY TO PARTICIPATE IN MAINTAINING YOUR FOOD RIGHTS:  The Center for Food Safety (CFS) is a non-profit public interest and environmental advocacy membership organization established in 1997 for the purpose of challenging harmful food production technologies and promoting sustainable alternatives. 

CFS makes it easy to participate in a range of advocacy campaigns on such matters as the clear labeling of: 

    • IRRADIATED FOODS
    • CLONED FOODS
    • GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS 
    • ARTIFICIAL HORMONES IN MILK 

Believe it or not, to label or not to label is a current issue. So is "ORGANICS"  -should the USDA give the public more than 7 days to comment on ORGANIC FOOD ISSUES?   CFS is on the ball with email form letters that you can edit and add to. Join their member list to receive emails with the latest info on WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR FOOD.      http://ga3.org/cfs/advocacy.html      For action, the time is now.

  • HEALTH FREEDOM PROTECTION ACT:     Read about the new bill,    HR 2117      proposed by Ron Paul MD (Representative-TX)          http://tinyurl.com/3xwmjm    

  • GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS: The Future of Food, the award-winning film by Deborah Koons Garcia, shows what is happening on the farms of North America and which government agencies and individuals are financially involved in the multinational corporations seeking to control the world's food system.  The bottom line: Do we have a right to know what is in our food?    www.thefutureoffood.com

  • THE GOOD NEWS:  PCRM, the vegetarian and vegan Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine, is donating a copy of their new 900-page book, Nutrition Guide for Clinicians     www.pcrm.org/shop     to every second-year medical student in the US and Canada in 2007 - 19,000 copies! - and plans to update and continue to donate the book every year... We'll soon have a new generation of doctors who know from personal experience the role of veg/an nutrition in the prevention and treatment of disease. Wow - what will that look like.

           
       
                                                  GENERAL


      

RAW  FOOD

  • Raw Food Festival in Sedona, AZ October 12-14, 2007. Check  www.RawSpiritFest.com for a large array of photos of speakers, musicians, chefs and more - or phone 928 776-1497 for information.

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