2 Friends Doing Good Things
Submitted by Leila Conners on May 27, 2009 - 12:30pm
2 Events That Bring Up The Work of 2 Friends
"For the first time in human history," Britain's The Independent reports today, "ice is on course to disappear entirely from the North Pole this year." This is unthinkable, and an event that climate scientists warned about, but had said was going to occur in the future, not today. But it’s happening, and beyond reading the news, I have a first-hand, eye-witness account from my friend, Sebastian Copeland, who just a few weeks ago, trekked to the North Pole on a pair of cross country skis with one other person.
His trip was arduous; but what made the trip exceedingly difficult was that the ice was so thin for so much of the trip; that he had to ski with a wet suit on in case he fell through the thinning ice. Some thin ice was anticipated, but not so much. He also encountered a swift ice drift … so at night, when he slept, the ice would drift and float in the opposite direction … sometimes in one night he’d lose 10 kilometers. All in all I think he lost 60 kilometers to the drifting of the sea ice.
To read up on his incredible journey, I include his website link below. Sebastian is a direct witness to the rapid changes we are experiencing due to climate change.
The other event in the headlines of late is the HINI virus known as the Swine Flu. When the outbreak first happened, our expert from The 11th Hour, Paul Stamets, emailed me that he was sending down some of his “Host Defense,” a spray made from mushroom mycelium that you can spray in your mouth that then defends you from bacterial or virus invasion, especially when you are travelling on airplanes or when you are in closed spaces. And I thought that I should share this information with more people. If you have not heard about the work of Paul Stamets, check out his website (link below).
Paul for many years has researched mycelium and their ability to take apart/digest/deconstruct anything from toxic waste, nuclear waste, to pathogens in the body like viruses. His work is being closely studied by the National Institute of Health (NIH) and his extracts have been seen to be successful against everything from the Bird flu to small pox to I think also HIV.
The change toward our new, sustainable and just world is made up of all of us that follow our passion to make a difference as both Sebastian and Paul have done.
Links:
Sebastian Copeland’s Trek to the North Pole
http://www.myspace.com/sebastiancopeland
Paul Stamet’s Website of Solutions Derived from Mycelium
http://www.fungi.com/
The Independent article on the disappearence of north sea ice
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-c...
"For the first time in human history," Britain's The Independent reports today, "ice is on course to disappear entirely from the North Pole this year." This is unthinkable, and an event that climate scientists warned about, but had said was going to occur in the future, not today. But it’s happening, and beyond reading the news, I have a first-hand, eye-witness account from my friend, Sebastian Copeland, who just a few weeks ago, trekked to the North Pole on a pair of cross country skis with one other person.
His trip was arduous; but what made the trip exceedingly difficult was that the ice was so thin for so much of the trip; that he had to ski with a wet suit on in case he fell through the thinning ice. Some thin ice was anticipated, but not so much. He also encountered a swift ice drift … so at night, when he slept, the ice would drift and float in the opposite direction … sometimes in one night he’d lose 10 kilometers. All in all I think he lost 60 kilometers to the drifting of the sea ice.
To read up on his incredible journey, I include his website link below. Sebastian is a direct witness to the rapid changes we are experiencing due to climate change.
The other event in the headlines of late is the HINI virus known as the Swine Flu. When the outbreak first happened, our expert from The 11th Hour, Paul Stamets, emailed me that he was sending down some of his “Host Defense,” a spray made from mushroom mycelium that you can spray in your mouth that then defends you from bacterial or virus invasion, especially when you are travelling on airplanes or when you are in closed spaces. And I thought that I should share this information with more people. If you have not heard about the work of Paul Stamets, check out his website (link below).
Paul for many years has researched mycelium and their ability to take apart/digest/deconstruct anything from toxic waste, nuclear waste, to pathogens in the body like viruses. His work is being closely studied by the National Institute of Health (NIH) and his extracts have been seen to be successful against everything from the Bird flu to small pox to I think also HIV.
The change toward our new, sustainable and just world is made up of all of us that follow our passion to make a difference as both Sebastian and Paul have done.
Links:
Sebastian Copeland’s Trek to the North Pole
http://www.myspace.com/sebastiancopeland
Paul Stamet’s Website of Solutions Derived from Mycelium
http://www.fungi.com/
The Independent article on the disappearence of north sea ice
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-c...
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