From the Chepherd, on travelling.

Hi there! Eddie Che/ the shepherd here

Zen and the Art – Only a few pages in, the narrator wanders from his road trip to lament the lack of quality in his modern-day America. And that is still true today. Chomsky is very well-liked here on the Streets. Thich Nat Hanh and Buddha, at essence. A spiritual awakening of America as much as anything.

Driving through fields of corn, hay, and wheat in Eastern Minnesota, I know the future of America hangs in the balance. It’s a scale GMO monoculture that is the realization of history, dominating forests with fields … industrial repair places. A single street that goes through everything. I know country.

Meanwhile, we have a president leaves the country like.. “whoops, the gas ran out” and we have a giant depression, he will be on the running for worst president in history. On the other hand, if we don’t go to war we can build solutions that work without oil. As the national geographic documentary held, biological imperialism, rule and coercion by the rich and powerful over the oppressed, in this case forests and trees that were there. In many ways the realization of America’s power in the Middle East has also been one of coercion and imperialism, forcing a “freedom” so long as they continue to remain US allies, and rule with martial law. Selling oil.

Gasoline is such a lovely quality, though: good energy and clean and oh so usable. That’s why we need a whole nation to bus to DC on that cheap gas and tell them that we need to find an alternative before the oil runs out. Thanks, America I knew you had my back. You’re going to.

 

Che

What brings quality? A walk in the woods, sunlight,

So, what’s going on with the banks?

How do I know my solutions are right? Because the others are not working!

Here’s what happened to the money:

Bills were printed. They were given to the banks. Then, the banks stole a lot of money. Net monetary contraction. The policy America needed anyways, given the scarcity of revenue. It was in net the right move for the Federal Reserve to contract the money supply thus– it kept a strong dollar in world Economies. In a perverse way of doing it, the net monetary contraction may lead to world peace.

The one thing I very much agree with Ron Paul is on the fact that military CANNOT overspend on funny money. It undermines world peace– both directly by there being more weapons available (more likely that someone is going to get shot) and use banks’ military-industrial economy method. Fuck that. The second way is that it inflates the money supply– dollar devalues. What this does is hurt everyone in the world who relies on the dollar. The backs we’ve built our empire on. Printing money hurts them economically in a consumerist system that they bought into… Economic History injustice.

http://www.ronpaul2012.com/the-issues/national-defense/

Oy!

A return to gold is one way that  we can stop a lot of the foolishness, or .. that the military can’t use the banks… occupy style. Is anonymous listening? Ron Paul is criticizing the banks… While serving in Congress during the late 1970s and early 1980s, Dr. Paul’s limited-government ideals were held in Washington.

He served on the House Banking committee, where he was a strong advocate for sound monetary policy and an outspoken critic of the Federal Reserve’s inflationary measures. He also was a key member of the Gold Commission, advocating a return to a gold standard for our currency. He was an unwavering advocate of pro-life and pro-family values. Dr. Paul consistently voted to lower or abolish federal taxes, spending, and regulation, and used his House seat to actively promote the return of government to its proper constitutional levels. In 1984, he voluntarily relinquished his House seat and returned to his medical practice.

Dr. Paul returned to Congress in 1997 to represent the 14th Congressional district of Texas. He serves on the House Financial Services Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee.

I encourage you to see my training on this below, or two indexes.

 

UC Teaches “Gardening with Bulldozers” Class Over the Holiday Break

Chancellor Claims Plants Refused to Respond to Pepper Spray
by Hannah DeLord, Pepper Spray Times January 2012
University of California (UC) Berkeley non-union contract workers showed up at 4:30 am just after Christmas to bulldoze the
decades-old community garden in the west end of People’s Park as their holiday gift to the gardening community.

“Bulldozers can get so much more done so quickly,” stated Janet Gilmore of the Public Affairs office. “We were able to destroy
fruit trees that would have taken days to saw up by hand.” Bystanders to the break-of-dawn project acknowledged that the speed and secrecy of the project to destroy the community garden had its utility, since easily a community of thousands of people had over the years put their backs into its creation. “If everyone who had ever planted a tree or bush or who worked on weeding or
building a bench had been contacted about the destruction of their work it would have been tough to find a room big enough to
listen to all their objections,” commented one observer watching as a giant rototiller destroyed a seven-foot maguey plant.
Another observer agreed, pointing out that most California students had seen films as schoolchildren regarding the thousand uses
of the maguey plant, and would be expected to insist that the plants be turned into the traditional tools, building materials, textiles,and foodstuffs one can make from the maguey instead of hauling almost a dozen of the spikey plants to the woodchipper.
“It’s much more effi cient this way,” acknowledged one of the dozens of Berkeley police officers guarding the fences.“It sure does explain the timing,” offered one People’s Park gardener as she watched the Council Grove, a circle of trees traditionally used for meetings, destroyed.

“Choosing the Christmas holidays, when people often travel out of town, and the middle of the night, when gardening projects
might be considered unconventional, ensures a measure of privacy that often suits UC Berkeley, especially in regards to
People’s Park.”

Members of the Community Advisory
Board for People’s Park agreed.

“Our board was specifi cally created to make sure issues related to People’s Park would have a broad community forum for
discussion,” stated one board member. “But we rarely meet at 4:30 am.” “It took me by surprise,” agreed another
board member. “I would at least have insisted that the historical elements in the west end, such as the Council Grove, the berms
of original asphalt, and the structures collectively built with UC permission from the recycled volleyball courts be maintained as
part of its historical city landmark status.” Gilmore agreed that UC fell short of giving the community any notice regarding its
landmark. “Yes, it’s true,” she stated. “That’s how we roll.”

Water into Wine.

Our first project hope will be nothing less of a miracle — that of turning water into wine.

A few days ago, the UC Berkeley plant spilled a large amount of diesel fuel out of ___ into the creek which runs down their campus. Strawberry Creek does not belong to anyone, but is rather the City of Berkeley’s. As a 99%, we’d like first of all to peacefully show and discover how Berkeley feels about it.

What can be done with the creek? While this question involves complex ecology, perhaps of UC biology staff + complex interactions, Native American medicine is bottom-up, affordable, and magical. Native Americans as the original occupiers have had to deal with this sort of encroachment for a long time. They’ve developed very old traditions of stewarding nature. If we can restore that creek, it can provide fresh drinking and healing for the community. It may take a

In Gaviotas, Colombia, a team developed a micro-water turbine to generate electricity. This could be a long-term cell charging station for the movement. The water could be a long-term asset.

APR — American Political Resistance.
“The world was in the hands of those who had the courage to dream — and to realize their dreams.”

#Occupy 12/25 Post

A lot of good medicine here on the West Coast. As the original big occupation camps break down, I’m seeing the spontaneous formation of a new sort of survival mechanism– it’s these small groups of folks that are finding friendship and survival in small circles or groups that will go out to different parks in and around the Bay area.

I had planned to go skiing in Wyoming before Christmas but after the crash… have ended up in Corvallis, Oregon! It’s cool here and, will probably see Eugene tomorrow on the way back down to Oakland. Eugene has disbanded camp because police keep making up reasons to… There’s a great story about the Valkyrie that tried to keep it together though each night. As well in Berkeley, I would stay up till at least 2AM trying to keep the peace. (De-escalate… everything… and most of all it’s best not to tell people what to do!) I’m happy to see family here in Corvallis, get a chance to rest a bit from it. It is interesting to know though that right here in Oregon there’s an occupy with so much in common as at Berkeley, my current home camp.

Not to count my chickens before they’re hatched but… there’s a group called Shepherd’s Gift that is in the talks to support me to support these East Bay camps with money for basic sanitation and first aid materials, so this seems like something that’s too important to leave just yet. Right now I’ll probably be headed on a return trip after the early Spring here– scheduled to be in April sometime that I’ll return. Who knows, though– trip’s been so epic so far and we must be flexible! It’s led to some great things so far. Namaste.

I see these small camps as an ideal way to develop new agriculture– sowing the seeds for a movement of organic farming. There’s a lot of folks that are underrepresented and unemployed here in the Bay area occupy movement, all of whom have a love and interest in gardening working group and growing plants so… if it catches on many of them might find good space to do it on and meet their needs. Isn’t that just too beautiful?

Anyways, I did want to mention that there’s an organization that might support me out here to do all this — I’m asking for $10k for the camp that we’re establishing (to be put into a credit union in the meantime) and $10k to replicate some sanitation and first aid infrastructure for the different potential sites in the East Bay. I hope it comes through!

PS. For agriculture, this could start seeds in, and then farm in the rest of the year. http://www.hightunnels.org/ForGrowers/SitePlanning&Construction/Articles/CareyHow-toBuild.htm

http://eddiemill.wordpress.com/

Occupy the Money – A Fresh Perspective on What’s Going on With our Macro-Economy

Hi there, Economics former student and now 99%-er writing here. I have a degree that includes international finance. I am also writing online. If you want a complete perspective about what’s going on right now, I recommend you get a book in Keynesian Economics – STAT. Long-term effects are always conjectures in Economics, so I assume no validity for the future. Legals aside, the bottom line is that we can save this Economy.

The banks stealing billions in money that didn’t actually exist = change on the money supply.

The fact that it’s not accounted for by now – fine, it’s just an overzealous credit swing. The effects of overzealous banks on the money supply? Net contraction of the money supply.

This counters the low-interest rate policyAmerica’s Fed has had for years here, with a zero % interest rate happening for years, encouraging corruption in corporate investment. Encouraging demand. And increasing the money supply. An expansionary monetary policy.

These stimuli policies – the banks steal a lot of money == Not many dollars, high value.

American pride can save the day here, quite fortuitously… The dollar has propped up the world for years in history, ever since it got involved in the business back at the end of the 1^st + second world war. We’re actually getting back closer to the gold standard. I recommend to everyone to support a strong dollar. Keep the amount of dollars in the economy low in circulation. Stop uneasiness in the public about wartime spending – staunch the flow. 

This is how you weather the recession.

In fact, these banks saved Barack Obama a presidency by doing this (if he’ll ever read my blog + get street smart…) because a strong dollar= world peace. Many are relying on us/them to not inflate away the future. Indeed, the dollar lifts all boats. We might thank the banks in retrospect.

What can Barack Obama not afford to do?

a)       Spend it on military. This destabilizes world peace. The Euro must remain pegged on a dollar to have some sort of international financial security. Printing money is bad for our creditors, but also bad for those 99 countries that rely on us, perhaps have been making big monetary investments in us over the last 10 years…

b)      Ron Paul version: This is an issue that all these bases and arms are going into different countries. They should not be doing that now, not after the effort to get out of two wars. Declare peace better, and work on the economy.

c)       Spend too much of it. The reason why is to not further inflate the money supply. Many government programs are exceedingly wasteful, and anyone even mentioning socialism should take a second look at the department of homeland security… not happening.

d)      With a bankrupt Economy and a pending global recession coming, there are those that tend towards wanting a war. And there are those that take the future in their hands and change things. Not representing the 99% (which are autonomous unless they concensed on), I can suggest that you keep an eye on visiting the movements. We are spending nothing-on-just-basics right now, and so we’ll let you know when the good and proper investments of public importance are.

The thing is the dollar is strong, too: it supports all the national currencies.

Barack Obama — Not everyone will come up to you with a BA in Economics and say to do these things. Other than this PDF .doc attached in email, I’ve been writing a long time; just search for “Barack Obama” on my blog at http://eddiemill.wordpress.com/. Maybe even tags. Or twitter…on a simple level of basic communications you should read all your twitter responses. 

This has been occupy (love the occupy movement to make the real change you want to see – wait until it settles into the 2.0 DIY respect ecology of nature peace n\/ sustainable people.. call peace first.)  But you have some basic responsibilities as a President, Sir. Peace is one of them that is really easy we’ve found so, I’m sure you can work it out with the diplomats of the world. Let’s go with good progress like the diplomatic ties you’ve accomplished, and give these one-pagers over to a more conducive communications method which creates Democracy. I also studied I.R. so let’s quietly stop so many guns (money) into Israel, no?

-Eddie Miller

Your Good angel says: all money is the evil of the world right now, where are the biggest flows going? Which is your ability to heal?

A From this post: Keeping a staunch flow of dollars out there in the Economy. Work for the dollars you spend or, design DIY solutions to your own unemployment (Economy).

http://eddiemill.wordpress.com/

Cain martial law war bill passes congress

Please act and forward — Obama must veto the bill!

This single act of peace would save countable people’s lives tomorrow morning– my friends here in the Bay area occupy! Just think, a day before the folks are going out there on the front lines, a war bill passes that can arbitrarily label people as terrorists; and detain them in Nazi-like “terrorist camps” with high walls indefinitely here in the US. Not conspiracy… check your law then call!

Office opens at 9AM tomorrow  ## 202-456-1111 ## http://www.infowars.com/indefinite-detention-bill-passes-senate-93-7/

The Jackson Elk Herd: Parks, Ecology, Business

On getting to Yellowstone and Jackson, Wyoming I was struck with a different way to coexist with plants and animals in a way that is part farming and part conservation. A new sustainable farming might produce value without destroying the lands on which it is based. A focus in conservation biology or habitat biology would secure the gig… so I’ll upload some pictures here and the theory and business plan idea docs after the <more> break.

I decided to stay a while at Jackson Wyoming, and see what I could come up with. It wasn’t long until I had my idea…

Migratory animals

Business Plan

The Elk Refuge was established by Federal government funds mid-century.

The Jackson Elk Herd — background

The Yellowstone and Grand Teton area in northwest Wyoming are blessed with a large number of (wild) Elk, bison, bighorn sheep, moose, deer, and other large ruminant (grazing) animals.

Native Americans lived with the Elk, indeed following herds is posited as a possible way they could have come into the North American continent. “Wherever they roam,” bison are the primary source of food and clothing and tools from the bones. Native ecology management included burning and other methods to bring lush pastures, which attracted the grazing animals.

Elk winter range is today maintained fertile by equal diligence: irrigation, planting of native grasses, and other methods deemed necessary and affordable by Elk Refuge and Game and Fish staff in the summer. Despite their efforts, in the winter the [thousands of] elk pack down snow and deplete the grasses, going to forage and then would otherwise seek outside range unless fed… in places they would not be welcome? Now, there is an impending threat of disease that is always fatal, with no known cure and has already been spotted in a moose near the feedgrounds (in Star Valley…). A court order demands that herd numbers be reduced, such that supplemental feeding can be phased off. The park agencies, the Game and Fish department, the refuge, the science, the Department of Interior and the Courts… all now want to spread out the elk into former feedgrounds and prevent the disease.

This is where I kick into play … !

With two years experience as a shepherd…

“If one reviews the abundant literature published by state, federal, and independent scientists over the past 75 years, the “problem” is the same: too many elk maintained on too little habitat.” That is the reality western Wyoming must address. (Bruce Smith, author of Where Elk Roam)

“For the most part, other seasonal ranges remain intact, it is primarily winter range that has been impacted.” (The Jackson Elk Herd, 161)

Community: 1) See thousands as “should be” in the refuge, and tourism. 2) care about a sustainable elk harvest, 3) many educational and research agencies and opportunities.

Wapiti require only four things: diverse, nutritious forage; perennial fresh water (or snow); shelter from the wind; and land to roam from this great Earth. (Petersen, Elkheart) perhaps fence, and legal okay?

So I’m launching towards conservation biology– trying to restore state Elk habitat between private “get off my lands” – area and keep wild bull elk, bighorn sheep, mule deer gets less snow than parts of refuge. I am Eddie and I am a shepherd. I study sustainability. See my blog at http://eddiemill.wordpress.com/ or email (allies, support, feedback or reporters welcome) at eddiemill@gmail.com

Next up:

Elk habitat, natural forage? In the national forest, Gros Ventre river

Other wild animals, permaculture habitat building and shepherding to gain experience?

Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

References:

The Jackson Hole News and Guide.

11/16/2011 : “The quest for elk forage.” Angus Thuermer Jr.

11/9/2011 : “Time to do right by the elk.” Bruce Smith

11/9/2011 : “Can elk migration routes be restored?” Thuermer Jr.

Petersen, John. Elkheart.

Murie, Olaus and Mardy. Wapiti Wilderness. Colorado Associated University Press, Boulder, Colorado. 1985.

Boyce, Mark S. The Jackson Elk Herd: Intensive Wildlife Management in North America. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK 1985.

Smith, Bruce. Where Elk Roam: Conservation and Biopolitics of Our National Elk Herd.

“Feeding the Problem” http://feedingtheproblem.org/ viewable at http://watch.montanapbs.org/

“Migrations: Examining the migratory paths of wildlife in Wyoming.” Geoff O’Grue. PBS. November 17th, 2011. US Fish and Wildlife Service : National Elk Refuge, Jackson, Wy, June 2010.

Grand Teton area travel map, Jackson Hole Picture Map, Bridger-Teton National Forest map, Buffalo + ranger, National Geographic greater Yellowstone Region map, Wyoming State Highway map, U.S. Forest and Wildlife service, “Oh Ranger” Grand Teton National Park.

Pictures included are a) elk winter range and feedgrounds, b&c) the East Gros Ventre Butte wildlife range (State owned area) d) the elk refuge and e) areas like these around Jackson and in the Gros Ventre river area could serve as additional winter grazing environment in coexistence with residents, tourism and animals. Let’s propose (in long term) to steward these animals in appropriate living environments? -EM . 440-935-5434. (need a strategic wildlife consultant?)

The East Gros Ventre Butte

Existing elk migration routes

Sheep Lawn Mowers, and Other Go-Getters

The original article below. My complete philosophy more on this blog.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/garden/sheep-lawn-mowers-and-other-go-getters.html.

November 2, 2011

By KEVIN ROOSE

OBERLIN, Ohio

IN this verdant lawn-filled college town, most people keep their lawn mowers tuned up by oiling the motor and sharpening the blades. Eddie Miller keeps his in shape with salt licks and shearing scissors.

Mr. Miller, 23, is the founder of Heritage Lawn Mowing, a company that rents out sheep — yes, sheep — as a landscaping aid. For a small fee, Mr. Miller, whose official job title is “shepherd,” brings his ovine squad to the yards of area homeowners, where the sheep spend anywhere from three hours to several days grazing on grass, weeds and dandelions.

The results, he said, are a win-win: the sheep eat free, saving him hundreds of dollars a month in food costs, and his clients get a freshly cut lawn, with none of the carbon emissions of a conventional gas-powered mower. (There are, of course, other emissions, which Mr. Miller said make for “all-natural fertilizer.”)

Transition to a New System: Index

A. Problem: System of industrial agriculture is fatal to consumers, rivers and lakes, genetic diversity, wildlife, community. We must not replace patriotism about our country for greed of large-scale industrial farming.

– The Economics of Low Price

– Scathing letter from an agvocate

– Obama has not helped organic farmers (Tumblr) (we have been penalized/ small farmers have not been helped/ however, these local and organic farmers are the hope for our future)

– What we know about GMO (Tumblr)

– Glyphosate (Roundup)

–  Leafy green problems , “natural” problems, Raw food raids

– Sustainability (lack of)

B. Organic agriculture was fastest growing sector, why? It’s entrepreneurial spirit, optimism, timely, news.

– What I am thinking is, Farm Economy

– Guest blogger Amanda Garant: A Farmer for Always

– Corn Planting around the corner: A Different Option for Farmers

– Organic is Modern

C. But we must go beyond the USDA certification to save small farming, the wilderness, and our wildlife. We must conquer a mechanistic and reductionist worldview, to understand that our food decision creates our children’s future.

Wendell Berry: ‘Soil is not usually lost in slabs or heaps of magnificent tonnage. It is lost a little at a time over millions of acres by careless acts
of millions of people. It cannot be solved by heroic feats of gigantic technology, but only by millions of small acts and restraints.’

– Response to @TheFarmersLife, High Tech Ag is Not Natural

– The need for “99% Sustainability:” John Jeavons and Ecology Action

– Some goals for the food movement to work with (global perspective, morals..)

– Parks, Ecology, Business

– Elk Migration Routes, and a Permaculture-Ecology Project

– How the Amish React to New Technology

– Government, Scientific, Technology adaptations for development (From the IAASTD)

D. Posit a new system. Method:

– “Anarganic” norms for the twenty-first century

– The #Organic Pages

– Beyond Organic

E. And ask them for seeds. Cook and grow your own food.

(Some of my favorite recipes: butternut squash, egg torta, best cornbread)