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  Why Are We Averse to Authority?

  It seems many of us do not like the government telling us how we should conduct our lives.

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  Red Carpet

  Nature is kind and playful. And her beauty is powerful.  

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  TED Talks: "Let's Make The World Wild Again"

  Earth, humanity and nature are inextricably interconnected. To restore us all back to health, we need to "rewild" the world, says environmental activist Kristine Tompkins.

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  Poem: Even After The Rivers Stop
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  Love Note on Mother Nature

  " At my best of times, at my worst of times / I have always turned to and received the comfort and reassurance / of Mother Nature."

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  Happy Earth Day! - Award-Winning Film About the Yamuna River Streams for Free for 10 Days

  Every year on April 22, Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. Celebrate the occasion by watching 'The Stolen River' film about the plight to preserve and restore the holy river Yamuna -- streaming for free for 10 days.  

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  Moose in the Neighborhood

  These days, by a reversal of fortune, we are the ones that are locked in like zoo animals, while they are the ones that can roam free. Good for them. They have deserved some break after all the millennia of mistreatment and abuse they had to suffer by our hands. 

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  Young ISKCON Activists Take Part in Global Climate Strike

  Over four million people around the globe walked out of their schools and workplaces on Friday September 20^th to demand an end to the age of fossil fuels. The protests were organized by young people led by 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg. The campaign has seen students walk out of their schools on Fridays to demand their political leaders take urgent action to address climate change.

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  For First Time Ever, Scientists Identify How Many Trees to Plant and Where to Plant Them to Stop Climate Crisis

  The researchers calculated that under the current climate conditions, Earth’s land could support 4.4 billion hectares of continuous tree cover. That is 1.6 billion more than the currently existing 2.8 billion hectares.

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  Whale Populations in New York Harbor Are Booming—Here's Why

  As water quality improved and pollution levels fell, tiny oceanic life-forms such as algae and zooplankton bounced back, providing a crucial food base for a resurgence in menhaden, a schooling fish favored by whales.

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  France Is the First Country to Ban Plastic Cups, Plates, and Cutlery

  Every year,  4.73 billion plastic cups are thrown away in France. Only 1% of these are recycled. The bold ban aims to drastically cut levels of plastic waste, and drive innovation in biodegradable products.

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  Amazon Tribe Wins Lawsuit Against Big Oil, Saving Millions Of Acres Of Rainforest

  This is a major win for indigenous tribes all over the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest. This has definitely set a new precedent regarding indigenous peoples’ rights over the land they live in and offers them a glimmer of hope in protecting their cultural heritage.

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  The Jaguar’s Story Wins Two Children’s Book Awards

  The Jaguar’s Story, a children’s book written by Kosa Ely (Kosarupa Dasi) and beautifully illustrated by Radhe Gendron, has received two prestigious awards this week. 

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  The Thread of Life

  When we forget that divine connectivity and try to harness nature for our separate and selfish purposes, she sometimes unleashes her divine fury.

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  Scotland’s Karuna Bhavan to Host European Farm Conference

  The ISKCON Ministry for Cow Protection and Agriculture (IMCPA) is busy bringing Krishna conscious farm projects around the world together to share best practices in a series of regional conferences. They hope to hold gatherings in six continents by 2020, culminating in a global summit.

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  New Children’s Book “The Jaguar’s Story” Inspires Care for Mother Earth

  The Jaguar’s Story, a brand new children’s book by Kosa Ely (Kosarupa Dasi) about the plight of Jaguars in the Amazon rainforest, was released on April 21^stat the Earth Day Festival in Orlando, Florida. The book, which inspires care for Mother Earth, had its own booth at the festival’s Kids’ Zone, with large posters of its stunning artwork attracting passersby

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  Do Animals Have Morality?

  There have been a number of scientific studies recently that try to analyse if animals have any form of morality. The subject is important to many people because there seems to be various beliefs with vested interests in the interpretations.

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  Zero Waste Mayapur

  The managers of the spiritual city of Mayapur are doing their best to keep the ISKCON premises clean from garbage waste.

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  World Water Day: Award-winning Film About the Yamuna Released for Public Screening

  On this occasion, the production team of ‘The Stolen River’, a 40-minute documentary about the sacred Yamuna, has made the film available for public screening for communities, temples, educational- and other organizations.

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  Yamuna Film “The Stolen River” Gets U.S. Premiere in Gainesville

  “The Stolen River,” which deals with an issue that has been of deep concern to devotees as well as environmentalists for years now, about the pollution of the Yamuna river, received its world premiere in India in October 2015. Since then, it has won Best Green Film at the LIFFT India Filmotsav, and was in the official selection at many other film festivals.

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  With Ancient Flora, UP Plans to Revive Govardhan Parvat

  The Govardhan Hill's green cover had shrunk over the years and it was necessary to preserve its sanctity.

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  Tribal Care, An Initiative of Love and Care

  India’s tribal people are currently undergoing a crucial phase of identity crisis. ISKCON Mayapur's Tribal Care Initiative reaches out to the tribal communities of India, which comprise around 9% of India’s population – over 104 million people.

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  Parliament of World Religions on Climate Change

  Recently, the Parliament of World Relegions issued a statement.

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  Paris or No Paris, Can't Snatch from Our Kids Their Right to Have a Clean Earth

  Says Narendra Modi.

• Sivarama Swami - Change Earth's Future
• The Eight Elements: A New Book by Ranchor Prime

  In the 1960s Ranchor Prime left home to find God. He has been searching through nature and the spirit ever since. In this beautiful book, he reflects on his journey and, one by one, introduces the reader to the eight elements of ancient Hindu cosmology. For more information visit: https://issuu.com/fitzroviapress/docs/elements_issuu_1

• ISKCON Gita Nagari Farm

  Gita Nagari is a 350 acre farm situated in scenic Port Royal, Pennsylvania. The community lovingly engages in farming and caring for their cows, focusing on the Supreme Lord as central to their existence. A video by Ananta Vrindavan. Music "Madhava's Lullaby" by Jahnavi Harrison.

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  Plants Can See, Hear and Smell and Respond

  Plants perceive the world without eyes, ears or brains. Understanding how can teach us a lot about them, and potentially a lot about us as well.

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  Devotees Attend Environmental Leadership Training

  Three ISKCON devotees participated in a week of faith-based climate change leadership training in New Orleans last month. Gopal-Lila Das from England, Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies’ Bhumi Project, was a facilitator at the training. Joining him as attendees were Sarita Telhan, who works on green initiatives at ISKCON of Washington D.C.; and Archana Prasad, who serves at ISKCON of Towaco, New Jersey and is taking her Masters in environmental/sustainability science.

• "Simple Living High Thinking": Beekeeping for Beginners

  A video by "The Vedic Way." 3D model download: http://www.thevedicway.org/beekeeping/

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  New Zealand Grants a River the Rights of Personhood

  In a landmark case for the Rights of Nature, officials in New Zealand recently granted the Whanganui, the nation's third-longest river, with legal personhood.

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  North American GBC Supports ISKCON Environmental Initiative

  ISKCON Communications Director Anuttama Das and Bhumi Project Director Gopal-Lila Das presented a proposal for a new ISKCON Environmental Initiative at the North American GBC meetings in Chicago this August. The proposal was unanimously accepted, and if successful will see ISKCON temples reducing waste, and increasing renewable energy use.

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  ISKCON Devotees Attend Rome Environmental Convergence

  Young religious environmental leaders from around the world, including four ISKCON devotees, attended an environmental “convergence” and march in Rome at the end of June. The event was put on by Our Voices, a New Jersey based international organization created to encourage religious communities to put pressure on political leaders for the upcoming 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris.

• Man - Animation by Steve Cutts

  Animation created in Flash and After Effects looking at mans relationship with the natural world.

• Dear Future Generations: Sorry

  Prince Ea: An Apology Letter to Future Generations.

• Nature Is Speaking – Robert Redford is The Redwood

  A video by Conservation International.

• Nature Is Speaking – Lupita Nyong'o is Flower

  A Conservation International film.

• Nature Is Speaking – Edward Norton is The Soil

  Julia Roberts, Harrison Ford, Kevin Spacey, Edward Norton, Penélope Cruz, Robert Redford and Ian Somerhalder all join forces to give nature a voice. A short film series by Conservation International.

• Nature Is Speaking – Penélope Cruz is Water

  Conservation International video with the voice of Hollywood actress Penelope Cruz. 

• Nature Is Speaking – With the Voice of Julia Roberts

  A Conservation International film.

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  New Govardhana Begins Final Stage of Self-Sufficiency Plan

  In the picturesque Tweed Valley in New South Wales, Australia, ISKCON’s New Govardhana farm began work on the final stage of its five-part self-sufficiency plan in late May of this year. Once the plan is complete, it won’t immediately render the community fully self-sufficient; however it will set the farm on the path towards gradually reaching that goal.

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  Unnatural Solutions Cause More Problems

  Last month a cover of New Scientist had emblazoned on its cover, “Move over nature, we’re taking control” Interesting, I thought. Have they discovered some way of checking the force of hurricanes?

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  The Storm We Chase

  Sometimes we want to chase the storm. Sometime the storm shows who's in charge and chases us. The power that Mama Nature has over us is a constant reminder of the dark and the light in our personal spiritual journey.

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  World Watches While Brazil Balances Booming Economy and Protecting Biodiversity
  Already one of the world's largest suppliers of breathable air, Brazil is an agricultural superpower, poised to become a leading exporter of fossil fuels. The evolution of Brazil's environmental policies is vital to the health of the planet as the country balances (or fails to balance) its booming economy with its responsibility as caretaker of 20 percent of the world's biodiversity.
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  A Hindu Sect Devoted to the Environment
  The settlement — like scores of others that dot this harsh landscape — is populated by members of the Bishnoi, a community that traditionally reveres and protects nature.
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  Getting Back to Nature is Child's Play
  Schemes are growing up around the UK that seek to reconnect inner city children with nature by encouraging them to appreciate the bugs and birds on their doorstep. "We want to let people know that they can just go outside their front door to see wildlife," says Isabel MacLennan of Nottinghamshire Wildlife trust.
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  Trees, Images, and ISKCON
  We seem to be losing our sense of love for nature. Man and nature, particularly trees, have a natural mutually fulfilling relationship. Man receives the Mother Earth’s bounty, and offers back respect and care. Yet, modern civilization at its worst abuses this relationship, and even at its best tends to make the relationship an economic one.
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  Humans Vs. The Environment - A Thought Experiment
  Protecting the environment isn't a "liberal" idea; it's everybody's business. Liberal or conservative, the environment provides life support for us all, and if we fail to recognize that, we are truly doomed as a civilization.
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  Germs in Soil Might Give Learning a Boost

  Mice exposed to the bacteria got through mazes twice as fast, researchers report.

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  Tribes of Amazon Find an Ally Out of ‘Avatar’
  Stopping the Belo Monte dam in Brazil has become a fresh personal crusade for James Cameron, the director, who came here as indigenous leaders from 13 tribes held a special council to discuss their last-ditch options.
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  'Green' Exercise Quickly 'Boosts Mental Health'

  Just five minutes of exercise in a "green space" such as a park can boost mental health, researchers claim.

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  Living Near Green Lowers Anxiety, Study Finds

  People living near gardens, parks and other green spaces have lower rates of anxiety, depression and poor physical health than those living in urban areas, Dutch researchers found.

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  Poll: Children Losing Touch with Natural World
  Children have lost touch with the natural world and are unable to identify common animals and plants, according to a survey. Half of youngsters aged nine to 11 were unable to identify a daddy-long-legs, oak tree, blue tit or bluebell, in the poll by BBC Wildlife Magazine.
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  Natural Disaster Strikes New Govardhana Festival
  At the beginning of every year a gathering takes place at the ISKCON New Govardhana Community in Australia. Devotees come from all around the world to hear thoughtful classes, dance in the blissful kirtans and honor the sumptuous feasts offered to the Supreme Lord with love and devotion. This year’s schedule ended up a lot different from previous years as unexpected flash flooding was a prominent theme.