Guitars and Crow Bars: Building the Green Stairway to Heaven - by Willi Paul

The self-fulfillment first , self-interest makes right, trickle down Apple gizmos for the masses have given a few bankers and dirty arms dealers war profits and overflowing landfills over the years. Capitalism got us into this greenhole but we cannot continue to live in this hideousness crack as we know it.

The next Earth, if we fight to create it, will be a magical place of healing arts and soul, clean oceans and urban gardens -- not Wal-Mart aisles contaminated with rubber stamped sustainable plastic crap made in China.

China is hell. Why live here?

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Humans have perpetrated some heavy duty changes on the planet along the way to a messy and expensive global meltdown. Look how far the wheel has taken us! The printing press -- have you ever seen one? Organ transplant surgery, micro wave pop corn. The Alaskan pipeline; the mini skirt. Pot stores! As an out, many bloggers, high school teachers, Sunday alchemists and our kids are echoing for a very different kind of evolution: in our consciousness.

Not about hybrids in the garage, not about fresh coffee and recycling coffee cups at Peet's Coffee. Close? More about putting some food in the food pantry box; walking to work. Do you have a consciousness? The rant is "collective consciousness!" But where? How?

In the alchemy of making music and environmental collaboration.

Back to the tribe.

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I'm at peace, I'm the man
Buying stocks on the day of the crash
On the loose, I'm a truck
All the rolling hills, I'll flatten 'em out, yeah
It's herd behavior, uh huh
It's evolution, baby

I am ahead, I am advanced
I am the first mammal to make plans, yeah
I crawled the earth, but now I'm higher
2010, watch it go to fire
It's evolution, baby
Do the evolution
Come on, come on, come on

Do the Evolution
Pearl Jam

Whether you ping-pong to hip-hop or melt to the fires of the Grateful Dead, bands are calling for a Higher Being. A cosmic place shared by all and anger for the profit punch we have suffered for too long.

Herd behavior . You know this can be good,- your brother taught you to dance with the sisters. The Gods are calling you now?

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"i am in an anaesthetized place where there is no gravity
my fingers become free and do what they will
music becomes effortless
we are swept up by some powerful wave
the feeling is completely addictive
and total release is rarely achieved
still...."

Steve Kilbey Interview in PlanetShifter.com

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Rock music excites and educates us. Myths expand our awareness and consciousness. What groups can we join in 2010 to make the planet better?

A tribe is essentially a group . A group is a set of users who share common interests. We gave it the name tribe as we believe it reflects more the ethos of our brand. Tribes can be started by anyone and anyone can join any tribes (unless specified otherwise). It is up to the tribe moderator and the members to "feed" that tribe.

Seven Bean Soup and Detroit Prayer Songs: The CoolTribe.com Interview

A myth is a vehicle for communicating an idea without any regard to its historicity, plausibility, predictability, or factual truth; David & Goliath, King Arthur, the Big Bang, and the Industrial Revolution are all mythological because they are all stories that address the purpose and meaning of human life.

Green Symbols and Myth Making in the Sustainability Age" - GreenSource Knowledge Paper #7 - based on the Event Circle Interviews by Willi Paul

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Two Events to Join with Love in 2010:

I. Green Generation Campaign – Earthday.net

Earth Day Network's "Green Generation " campaign is a two-year initiative that will launch in 2009 and culminate on the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day in 2010. Similar to "The Greatest Generation" that confronted the challenge of World War II, who inspired the major societal changes that followed, the Green Generation includes ordinary people who are engaged in individual and collective activities to improve their health, to improve their schools, to participate in building a solution to urgent national and global issues, such as climate change or the world's water crises.

II. Imagine, Connect, Act - Idealist.org

For the first time in history we can build a global network that will serve and support all those people who want to make the world a better place. A network, a movement, an ecosystem that will allow people and organizations everywhere to imagine, connect, and act:

• Imagine a better world, a better community, and a better life
  
• Connect with others, and share skills, ideas, and resources
  
• Act on our good intentions, and help others to act on theirs

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I've got no self control
Been living like a mole now
Going down, excavation
High and High in the sky
You make me feel like I can fly
So high
Elevation

A star
Lit up like a cigar
Strung out like a guitar
Maybe you can educate my mind

Explain all these controls
Can't sing but I've got soul
The goal is elevation

Experience not purchase
Love not greed
Family is the gang
Stop the bleed

Elevation
U2

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"We hear and see symbols through rock music and art. Band names and titles of records and songs contain important cues, many political or humorous, but some for "mythic punch." Album art work is the first to be interpreted and often carries the same meaning all over the world. When musicians combine song lyrics with complimentary symbols, mythic meanings are reinforced and deepened. Symbols and metaphors are the seeds, our invitation to the feast. And many symbols, like numbers and colors, have ancient meanings and universal power. Campbell might have asked at this point: Do we know the power of these symbols? Have we lost our connections to the mythic reservoir?

It is clear that if mythology and rock music can guide us through a confusion of bent traditions, shooting matches at City Hall, and TV-centered materialism, must learn to distinguish between our heroes and the clowns. We are always standing at the crossroads.

We learn how man has treated this planet though the myths and folklore of our ancestors. And now we rework them for our children. Jung and Campbell might be saying that we should combine the forces of good and evil into a unity (or understanding); nurture and share all sources of world spirituality; and begin to work for a healthier planet."

From: the reservoir: rock music and mythology by Willi Paul