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Islandwood, a true green built, earth stewardship school
“What if” thinking is the best! “What if” is the thought that gives birth to every great creation and invention. This is the story of how anyone with enough faith in their “What if…” can change the world. This could be and probably is/will be you! THE COLLECTIVE HEART & GENIUS OF HUMANITY IS UNSTOPPABLE……everybody is needed!
How do I describe the beauty of pools filled with enormous Egyptian Yarrow plants….and where am I? One of the most delightful experiences I have ever had was walking into a glass building named, “The Living Machine” where I was transported from a soggy Pacific Northwest morning to the shores of the ancient Nile. I found myself surrounded by the smooth green hoods under the 8 foot tall umbrella like leaves of sweet scented Yarrow stalks. Their bulbous roots floated obviously in three pools spread throughout this oasis and the last pool sported some very large, very well fed goldfish! Where was I? I was in a natural waste water reclamation greenhouse on the grounds of IslandWood; http://islandwood.org/about the 255
- Earth stewadship, Harry Potter style! Children particapated in this design! Can you tell?
acre earth stewardship, “School in the Woods” heart/brain child of Paul and Debbie Brainerd You know, the mega successful Paul Brainerd who’s dot-com created the first desk top publishing program, “PageMaker”. So, he’s creative, innovative and a total “What if….” thinker and this is how he Payed it Forward. After he made millions, he dedicated the rest of his life to philanthropy and the environment. So, I was standing in one room of a campus in the woods, dedicated to showing us how gorgeous and doable sustainable living is! Would you like to check out what smart, environmentally designed and yep, I’ll say it again, gorgeous solar/sustainable buildings/homes of the happening now future look like? Click here; http://islandwood.org/about/sustainabledesign! Paul and his wife Debbie made millions and gave back ten-fold to a future that is already serving us all! Now that’s what I’m talking about!!! That’s “Paying it Forward”! Oh, and the whole place STARTED WITH A “WHAT IF….” What if inner city kids who never get to spend time deep in the woods had a place to experience first-hand earth stewardship? Just take a look at what transformations some kids have experienced. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4ljg4aW4rM&feature=channel
Just in case you were wondering, it’s not all about what mega-millions can do. It is about expecting our core dreams to make a difference in the world and remembering that our actualized dreams ignite others. Pay it Forward, or as I like to say, “Play it Forward!”
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TRANSITION TOWN, www.transitiontowns.org an idea whose time has come!
Exceptionally Inspiring People…Like You! 
Have you heard of Transition Town http://transitionus.org/? Talk about visualizing and manifestation!!! Talk about positive visions of the future and working/playing/dancing towards it! This is a super viral (good type) movement that starts with imagining from the heart what we want the future to be and to back engineer from that imagining, the steps we need to take to reach this lovely, humane, sustainable, joyous future. It takes a hugely positive and literal approach to issues in the economy and peak oil. It uses real techniques, gets practical and is now on the New York Times best sellers list, “The Transition Handbook, From oil dependency to Local resilience” by Rob Hopkins (see www.transitionculture.org). The lovely man who started it was a permaculture teacher and so smart about what makes human organic systems and structures thrive. In utter brilliance he created inclusive self regulating and self creating systems (just like Mama Nature does it) to assist us all in taking steps towards a doable and deliciously wonderful to live, vibrantly good for the planet future!
Now, the mama in me has to jump up and down….on May 2 & 3 ‘09 my 16 year old boy became the first teen in Washington State to become a Transition Town facilitator………and the whole movement is about creating positive sustainable empowering futures for all of us! One of their stated purposes is to assist people to work and vision collectively!!! OHHH, THIS IS MY HAPPY, HAPPY JOY, JOY PLACE……THIS IS ONENESS IN PRIME ACTION! It goes way beyond politics and goes straight to the heart, the heart of what all people carry as a dream for their future and yours!
I will be sharing people and groups that inspire me….to inspire you….and ‘cause it’s fun!
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In case you haven’t heard this from me anywhere else, I am the worst person to ask to say something good about something I don’t believe in. 30 years ago when I was an actress, my agent would try and send me out on commercial auditions, he gave up after a sponsor called him up asking why the little actress auditioning for the commercial was asking him if his product was really good for people and why was she choking on the copy. Copy is the word for commercial scripts. My agent, bless his heart knew me well and said, if she thinks it hurts people or anything else on earth, she’s liable to choke. Well, I don’t like choking up. My body was teaching me well and I listened. If I don’t believe something is worth your while, you aren’t going to hear about it from me.
One of my favorite sponsors of the Dr. Pat Baccili Radio Show www.thedrpatshow.com and the Holistic Makeover is Perf Go Green, biodegradable plastic bags and plastic products. www.perfgogreen.com 
Okay, first they are made from post consumer plastics. This is huge because making plastic uses oil, you know the stuff we are running low on and gauging the planet to get and fighting wars over…..that stuff, so using what we’ve got is better, don’t you think! Also the process of making plastic is toxic to air and water….so, reusing what we’ve got, in a process carefully constructed NOT to mess with our planet is better and that’s Perf Go Green!
What Dr. Pat didn’t know is that I, uhh, taste tested the Perf Go Green bags. Perf Go Green plastic bags completely biodegrade to NOTHING in two years, leaving nothing toxic behind. Well, there are bags that biodegrade faster….so, I compared. Perf Go Green wins by a mile! Why, because the other bags fell apart right away. Perf Go Green bags are stronger than non-biodegradable plastic bags and light years stronger than all the other biodegradable bags I tried……some of which started to disintegrate on contact with water, not good!
Oh and Perf Go Green makes cat litter box bags too. You know how important that is to our household, remember, we have 3 cats and 2 rabbits. For the uninitiated, rabbits LOVE litter boxes. I LOVE Perf Go Green.