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Completing a circle

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I first learned about the Wet’suwet’en peoples in British Columbia when I saw this YouTube video, Coastal Gaslink Evicted from Unist’ot’en Territory, January 5, 2020. Having worked so hard to protect water from the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, I was amazed to see this peaceful eviction of a pipeline company.

From that day I closely followed any news I could find about the Wet’suwet’en peoples. Not surprisingly there was almost nothing in the mainstream news. As a result, people involved in the conflicts continually asked us to use social media to spread the news of what was happening there. I try to do that as much as I can. I was in contact with those at the scene to send them news of what we were doing in Iowa. And validate what I was hearing from other sources.

February 8, 2020
“We need you.”

All eyes needed!…

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Japanese Proverb #2

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井の中の蛙大海を知らず

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A frog in a well knows nothing of the sea.

The meaning of the proverb is that most of us see the world only through our limited perspective.

We tend to consider ourselves smarter and more important than we really are. But this is just something due to our ignorance of what’s out of our direct sight and experience.

We must always remember that we are a part of a bigger, interconnected Universe.

Let’s expand our knowledge, experience, and awareness.

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Power returns to Lebanon after 24-hour blackout – BBC News

But even before the latest shutdown people were often receiving just two hours of electricity a day.

Saturday’s blackout meant the whole of Lebanon was depending on private diesel-powered generators for power.

These however have become increasingly expensive to run amid the lack of fuel, and cannot cover for the lack of a nationwide power grid.

The army has agreed to hand over some of its fuel to get the power stations working again until more can be imported. 

Source: Power returns to Lebanon after 24-hour blackout – BBC News