HEALTHY MIND BODY PLANET TOUR

Encouraging Broader Community Dialogue
Nourishing Our Minds and Bodies
http://www.rabble.ca/rpn/podcast.php?id=boi

Boiling Frog and Greenspiration -- a cross-Canada multi-media tour, celebrating the most current information, analysis and inspiration related to mental, physical and planetary health. We will look at the reasons for the recent rise in depression, and at the myriad of treatments available, including pharmaceutical and holistic, within the context of Big-Pharma and corporate culture.

Has presented in 17 (of 23) cities/towns across Canada, and have just 6 to go. Tell your friends in Jasper, Vancouver, Victoria, Roberts Creek, Calgary and Edmonton that they can still catch the presentations. Event details here

TOUR BLOGS http://www.greenspiration.org/blog.html
We're struck by the wisdom that Canadians have, their healthy skepticism of the drug industry, their common experience of being fed drug after drug -- like guinea pigs -- by their physicians without being warned of potential adverse effects, and by their hunger for alternative therapies for treating depression.

AUDIO PODCASTShereThe newest podcast is a "Critical Dialogue with Dr. Michele Brill-Edwards" a whistle-blower and former senior physician with Health Canada, shares her first hand experiences with how Big Pharma influences and interferes with government regulators in their work to protect Canadians health.
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VIDEO PODCASTS here
e.g. Halifax Abridged here

Listen to an INTERVIEW in Saskatoon with CFCW Community Radio here

To hear a mind-blowing audio interview with Percy Schmeiser on Pharma-crops, or the introduction of pharmaceuticals in plants, produced by
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PERCY SCHMEISER
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Percy Schmeiser is an elder who has stuck it out over the long haul, and his efforts are now playing out internationally. He was interviewed on his farm in Bruno, just east of Saskatoon. This farmer is a gem, an eco warrior par excellance. When Monsanto's genetically modified seeds contaminated his fields through cross-pollinisation, Monsanto sued him for theft. He defended himself through the courts - and lost! He went all the way to the supreme court and lost there too - even though no one disputes that the GMO seeds got there through unplanned for cross pollinisation. It's beyond belief, certainly beyond rationale, that our judicial system would support the rights of transnational corporations over Canadian farmers. His outrage took him all the way to the United Nations World Court where he presented his case just last week, charging Canada for stiffing farmers and consumers. A decision is expected within a few weeks. In the meantime he's working with other governments in Europe and elsewhere to develop moratoriums on GMO products.

PsychRights.org
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There is a branch of psychology called EcoPsychology, which suggests that there is a synergistic relation between planetary and personal well being; that the needs of the one are relevant to the other. … Given the tragic environmental decline we're witnessing - climate change, species extinction, deforestation, genetic mutations - plus chemical warfare, massive social inequity, and an economy concerned not with life but with money, it's a wonder we're not all depressed!
A Doctor of Homeopathy spoke about how homeopathic medicine treats every patient as a unique individual with different symptoms requiring different treatments, in contrast to allopathic medicine that has a handful of drugs from which it chooses to treat patients. Homeopathic doctors consider a wider range of aspects of the patient's condition - personality traits, physical features, the effects of a variety of environmental influences, patterns of disease within families, and family and social relationships. This same doctor also mentioned that the Indian subcontinent recognizes 6 different modalities as primary health care treatments, in contrast to North American health care (or sick care) systems that only recognize allopathic medicine as legitimate.
A physician spoke eloquently about Integrative Medicine, a branch of medicine that aims to integrate allopathic (western or conventional) medicine with complementary and alternative (eastern or holistic) medicines. … Unfortunately, our health care system only recognizes the value of allopathic medicine and its treatment of choice - pharmaceuticals - to the detriment of millions of Canadians who want access to treatments other than drugs, drugs and more drugs. … Connecting with the inner self, quietly, privately and in community, can provide a resting space for the heart and mind. Rituals communicate beyond words, and can wake us up to ourselves in a penetrating way, allowing transformation, healing and awareness to emerge.
People are continually telling me that our public presentations affirm their experience with drugs. … Doctors' Continuing Medical Education is provided by drug companies. The drug industry spends $20,000/doctor/year in Canada "educating" physicians. … This propaganda encourages doctors to "reduce patient drop out" by giving prescribing physicians all the arguments to convince patients to continue antidepressant drug treatment, without even so much as mentioning the potential adverse reactions to these drugs.
Traditional diets of indigenous communities around the world where cancer is unheard of, are much more raw, basic and bitter. How can we expect to have healthy minds when we feed our bodies a steady stream of processed, fatty, genetically modified, artificially enhanced, chemically laden, sugar-laced foods that have zero nutritional value and stress our systems? British researchers have shown that healthy diets improve children's capacity to learn, focus, and read.

Eulogies for Tooker and Stories for a healthy mind, body and planet
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