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WOW In this blog I've been staying away from the huge torture debate going on in the US, figuring that the mainstream media is deliverin...

DISNEY TO PLANT 2.7 MILLION TREES IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON photo of forest near Vila Fortaleza in the western Brazilian Amazon The Brazilian ...

THOUGHTFUL David Leonhardt, the economics editor of the New York Times, gives us a lengthy and probing interview with US President Obama. A...

BOLIVIA: FASCINATING AND BEAUTIFUL boingboing tells us why Bolivia is to Lithium as Saudi Arabia is to Oil. Posted by Xeni Jardi...

SANTO DAIME FESTIVAL IN BRASILIA: Connecting the City and the Forest Brazil's national capital, Brasilia, is located in the great cerrad...

AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS And the Pursuit of Happiness is a wonderfully playful blog on the New York Times site. It combines beautiful ...

THE TRUTH WILL SET US FREE -- I HOPE! Some of the most no-nonsense probing and pointed commentary is being provided by one of the world...

HANDS OF LOVE As long as you are kind and there is love in your heart / A thousand hands will naturally come to your aid / As long as you a...

ceudoplanalto26@daime.brasilia The Santo Daime community of Ceu do Planalto has a new church and a marvelous festival has begun in Brasilia....

NEWSWEEK LOVES LULA Lula's secret seems to be making cordiality rather than conflict and welcome rather than war. The Crafty Superpower ...

EARTH DAY - 2009 I gotta admit that I'm pretty tired of listening to all the annual green-spins of Earth Day. The harsh fact is that the...

CEU DO PLANALTO AT 26 Today the Santo Daime community Ceu do Planalto celebrates its 26th year and newly renovated church in Brasilia, Brazi...

HOW TO BEST PRESERVE FORESTS AND ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE? Climate negotiators widely agree that, unlike in the Kyoto Protocol, incentives for...

PICTURES SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS Daniel Beltrá, who has freelanced with Greenpeace since 1990, is the winner of The Prince’s Rainforests Pro...

THE MUSICAL DOCTRINE OF SANTO DAIME: "The hymns are currents." Much has been written and posted on the Internet about the musical...