Finding new ways of getting our energy and .............

[justin]

I read Partnering with Nature: The Wild Path to Reconnecting with the Earth, a which won the top prize for Social Change in the “Best Books 2010” competition and the book highlights a shift in the way we work with nature and the environment. From solar energy to harnessing the natural cleaning powers of nature used in a “Living Machine”, that transforms waste water to potable water using plants sunlight, the book explores some of the most promising bio-industries of our time...it also highlights the rising incidence of eco-entrepreneurs and bio-technologies that can transform the way that we live and work.

"Partnering” also makes the link between human health and the environment - citing a recent study which found that Americans spend less than one hour a week outside!!! and asserts that this is leading to all kinds of physical, emotional and spiritual ailments…..

I got a copy of the book at Amazon.com (http://tinyurl.com/yh4pkam) and find the author's ideas to be quite revolutionary... Catriona MacGregor is seen as a leader in a rising Eco-consciousness movement… While I do not agree with everything – the book has a powerful message that illuminates the fact that our connection to nature is a vital part of our existence.

[roster]

I never had to waste any time reading a book to tell me it is fun and healthy to get out in the woods, deserts, streams, rivers, mountains, gorges, lakes, bays, and oceans.



But suit yourself.

[robysue]

Rooster,

Love that picture. Where was it taken?

And I agree with you 100%

[roster]

Pisgah Inn on Blue Ridge Parkway in NC. http://www.pisgahinn.com/views_from_mt_pisgah.asp

I stole that shot off the internet, but I have hiked up there many times and taken shots with my little camera.

[roster]

Looking Glass Rock in that area is another great hike.



Again, stolen photo.

[robysue]

No wonder the first photo (as well as the second) pulled at my heartstrings: I spent the second half of my childhood in the Shenandoah Valley in Va. The Blue Ridge (and it's surrounding areas) are gorgeous.