Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

How do you stage an international art show with work from 100 different artists? If you're Shea Hembrey, you invent all of the artists and artwork yourself -- from large-scale outdoor installations to tiny paintings drawn with a single-haired brush. Watch this funny, mind-bending talk to see the explosion of creativity and diversity of skills a single artist is capable of.
Shea Hembrey: How I became 100 artists
www.ted.com/talks/shea_hembrey_how_i_became_100_artists.html

This guest post about time-lapse landscape astrophotography is written by Christoph Malin from Austria. He has been a Nikon NPS Photographer for many years doing mainly outdoor, landscape and sports (bicycles) photography for various international magazines and bicycle manufacturers:
Guest post: Time-lapse Landscape Astrophotography
nikonrumors.com/2011/06/14/guest-post-time-lapse-landscape-astrophotography.aspx/#more-20710
Here’s a webinar Michael Reynolds, inventor of the Earthship Concept, did last year.. he talks about the latest Earthship model and all aspects of Earthship Biotecture, including how to bring Earthships to the world today:
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As tourists rushing from the Underground to the nearby bistros and theatres paused to take in the spectacle of more than a hundred people planting themselves on the earth to appreciate a half-hour of mindfulness, it was easy to believe that more than a few paradigms shifted before the practitioners faded back into the passing crowd.
(Anyone want to do this in Chicago this summer?)
Notes from a London Meditation Flash Mob
www.shambhalasun.com/sunspace/?p=22160#more-22160

Calling all visionaries, evolutionaries, change leaders and heart-centered humans to Global Activation Day 2 on June 22, 2011:
This is your opportunity to give your highest gifts in creating a Planetary Birth Experience that can shift our consciousness and evolve our world.
Join us for this historic event in which leaders from major movements aiming to reach 1 billion people come together and share how the Birth 2012 vision can be a great point of unification for planetary change!
This June 22nd Global Activation event takes place 18 months before the day these luminaries and others are declaring as our Planetary Birth Day - the symbolic start of a new era in human evolution.
Co-Creating a Planetary Shift with Barbara Marx Hubbard | Birth 2012
birth2012.com

Sometimes there are things you can encounter on your spiritual path that may surprise and puzzle you. About a year ago I started to notice that bright circles of light, “orbs,” were showing up in the photos people took of me at speaking events. (For a prominent scientist’s view of the fascinating phenomenon of orbs, check out the work of Klaus and Gundi Heinemann in their book, Orbs: Their Mission and Message of Hope.)
The Wayne Dyer Blog: Nothing Out There Is Impossible
www.healyourlife.com/blogs/wayne-dyer-blog/nothing-out-there-is-impossible
Together we can inspire 10,000,000 people with this video – please share it with people you care about!
www.Spiritual-Short-Stories.comThis video combines beautiful pictures, inspiring music, and a touching story to help empower people to live more fully.
Hay House Events proudly presents the I Can Do It Conferences
Click here for the official I Can Do It websitethe mind | body | soul retreat
Expand your mind, nourish your soul.
Now you can spend the weekend listening to some of the most inspiring authors of today in a unique setting, the I Can Do It! Conference.
See and meet your favorite authors.
You can meet your favorite authors and see them live. You will enjoy the opportunity to listen to them speak in either keynotes or workshops, for either one day or an entire weekend event with optional pre-conference workshops.
Reconnect with your true self.
This annual conference gives you the opportunity to relax and enjoy a forum where each speaker offers the opportunity for spiritual and body enlightenment. Don’t miss this highly recommended and unforgettable experience at the venue of your choice. We are looking forward to meeting you there!
(please use this link if you decide to go as it helps support this site)
This Earth Hour 2012: 8.30pm, Saturday 31 March, celebrate your action for the planet with the people of world by switching off your lights for an hour, then go beyond the hour.
From its inception as a single-city initiative — Sydney, Australia – in 2007, Earth Hour has grown into a global symbol of hope and movement for change. Earth Hour 2011 created history as the world’s largest ever voluntary action with people, businesses and governments in 135 countries across every continent coming together to celebrate an unambiguous commitment to the one thing that unites us all — the planet.
www.earthhour.orgEarth Hour 2011 embraced 5,251 cities and towns in 135 countries and territories and reached an estimated 1.8 billion people worldwide. Our new video, backed by acclaimed Icelandic rock band Sigur Rós, showcases the passion of this year’s Earth Hour participants from all corners of the globe, celebrating the planet and taking action Beyond the Hour.
Here are some videos about Earthships, radically sustainable homes built with recycled materials that create zero carbon footprint. Ever since I discovered these years ago, I’ve been fascinated with the concept. The systems used in Earthships allow complete self-sustainability – this is the future of homes that allow us to preserve our planet’s resources.
These first couple of videos are pretty old though describe the basic technical concepts and Earthship systems pretty well. The getting started video adds a little more about the newer model.
Earthships 101:
Earthships 101 (part 2):
Earthship Design Principles:
Getting Started:
These videos below are more about the concept, philosophy, and the current need for homes like Earthships in today’s world. Check out this first one below especially: Earthship Biotecture founder/architect Michael Reynolds talks about when he went to the Copenhagen Climate Conference and the reality we are currently facing.
Copenhagen / This is Action:
One Day on Earth submission:
Found Footage: Visiting Greater World Earthship Community:
Virus concept:
more videos can be found at youtube.com/user/earthship
the official Earthship Biotecture site is: earthship.org
In 2003, the Hubble Space Telescope took the image of a millenium, an image that shows our place in the universe. Anyone who understands what this image represents, is forever changed by it.

download the original at: hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2004/07/