Solutions

I recently made a list of films and documentaries that I think people should watch if they'd like to learn about the current system that is devouring the planet. I thought I'd make another list here of all the films I come across that offer potential solutions... 

Sacred Economics with Charles Eisenstein.

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Chemical Farming & The Loss of Human Health - Dr Zach Bush

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Why Do We Make Life So Hard?

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Zach Bush MD: 2019 Rodale Organic Pioneer Awards Keynote

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Helena Norberg-Hodge - TED Talk: The Economics of Happiness.

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The Economics of Happiness.

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Kiss the Ground Film Trailer. (available on Netflix).

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Return To Eden

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Food Independence & Planetary Evolution: Zach Bush, MD

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Your Cells Are Conscious!

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The Need To Grow

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The Seeds of Vandana Shiva

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World Localization Day - full version. Be part of this inspirational movement for change!

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Step Inside The Circle

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Jason Hickel - The Paris Climate Target and the Post-Growth Imperative.

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Zach Bush MD: Saving The Soil, Saving Humanity

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Vandana Shiva: Not Globalization, Localization.

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Are Cows The Cause Or Cure For Climate Change?

Full length interview with Nicolette Hahn Niman from the filming of Sacred Cow

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The Earthing Movie: The Remarkable Science of Grounding

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Reality-based Economics with Renegade Economist, Kate Raworth.

Mask notes

Watch this. 

My partner's company provided us with masks, and they were awful. I couldn't breathe well in it at all. Very tight and thick. Isn't it ridiculous and irresponsible that 'fact-checkers' state authoritatively, 'masks do not limit oxygen intake'? That surely depends very much on the kind of mask!

Also, a lot of these fact-checkers state that masks do not 'significantly' limit oxygen intake. So there seems to be acknowledgment that masks of any kind are having an impact on normal human functions. It's just not a 'significant impact'. But that's surely impossible to know, long term? 

Even surgical masks have been shown to have a negative impact on the health of doctors doing surgery. Who knows what long-term cloth mask usage might be doing to our health?

It's pretty obvious that human beings are not meant to cover our faces from the world! So whatever the efficacy of masks, this better not be a new normal. We're just further separating ourselves from nature and we risk making ourselves sicker in the long run. Our microbiome requires interaction with the environment. Even if masks are definitely helpful in limiting Covid spread, I fear that the long term, negative impact of normalizing face coverings (and social distancing), could far outweigh any short term benefit. (Also, can it not be argued that it would be best to let the virus spread now, before winter?).

Some other issues with masks are brought up in this video, like the harmful and toxic material that some are apparently made out of, including microplastics.

And surely they collect so many germs? I doubt most people are washing them regularly. And aren't we touching our faces more? This 2015 study concluded that cloth masks actually increased infections and sickness.

We have also been advised to make our own masks, if we can't buy one, out of any old clothing that we have lying around. It seems no thought whatsoever has been put into what chemicals are on much of this clothing. Read here. 

Oh and then there's the environmental impact. 

And the psychological impact; what will the long term impact be on children, who're being made to see their peers as potentially deadly threats? And isn't it vital for their development that they see each other's facial expressions? If it's only very temporary, then maybe that's fine, but given vaccines are unlikely to be the magic pill many are hoping for, I'm concerned this will become the norm. And this is all because of a virus that is virtually no threat whatsoever to young people?!

And... is our entire approach to viruses based on centuries-old bad science? 

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A mask study may show that viral spread is reduced if a mask is worn. But to base a global policy on that is crazy! There are other things to consider!! Will people wear them correctly, wash them every day? No! They’ll put them down in dirty places, then back them back on their faces. They’ll touch their faces MUCH more. They'll wear the same dirty mask for weeks on end. What about the impact on deaf people who rely on lip-reading? What about the impact on our overall health? Funnily enough, we’re not designed to walk around all day with our bodily excretions sitting in front of our faces! The body wants to get rid of things, not constantly recycle it back! And what about the PFAS chemicals in these masks?! What about the psychological impact? What is all of this doing to our immune systems?

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If there’s studies showing that masks trap most of the SARS-coV-2 virus as you exhale, but the real world evidence indicates no positive effect from masks in terms of actually reducing COVID-19 disease, then this should surely raise big questions regarding the germ theory of disease!

‪...or at least just raise questions re the safety of masks. Are they compromising people’s immune systems? Meaning that any positive impact in terms of reducing virus spread, is outweighed by them weakening immune health and increasing susceptibility to disease?‬

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The clinical implications of elevated CO2 levels with long-term use of face masks needs further studies.

Study: Is a Mask That Covers the Mouth and Nose Free from Undesirable Side Effects in Everyday Use and Free of Potential Hazards?

Dangerous pathogens found on children’s face masks

Cloth Face Covering Wearers at Risks of Inhaling Abundant Respirable Hazards From Leave-On Facial Cosmetics

Study: the level of carbon dioxide inhaled by children wearing a mask considerably exceeds safety levels

Facemasks in the COVID-19 era: A health hypothesis

Covid-19: Important potential side effects of wearing face masks that we should bear in mind

Study: 'There is limited evidence for their effectiveness in preventing influenza virus transmission either when worn by the infected person for source control or when worn by uninfected persons to reduce exposure. Our systematic review found no significant effect of face masks on transmission of laboratory-confirmed influenza'.

Study: Penetration of cloth masks by particles was almost 97%

Blue surgical face masks are only 10% effective in preventing COVID infection, new study finds

Coronavirus: Face masks could increase risk of infection, medical chief warns

Lots of good points made in this video.

Coronavirus PPE likely to contain hazardous chemicals such as PFAS, NGO says

PFAS exposure found to increase risk of severe Covid-19

This article says 'unlikely' quite a lot. I did a quick search for 'mask headache' on Twitter and loads of people are complaining. 

'Cloths do more harm than good' - ex-Senior Chief Biomedical Scientist, Public Health UK

Read here

Are cloth masks actually increasing aerosolization? 

Study: "Speaking through some masks dispersed largest droplets into a multitude of smaller droplets..smaller particles are airborne longer than large droplets (larger droplets sink faster), a mask might be counterproductive."

Study: Cloths mask worse than no mask?

Virus spread in Tokyo, and herd immunity reached, with most people wearing masks?

There's been a trial on mask efficacy in Denmark - apparently the first and only randomized trial - and it looks like medical journals are refusing to publish it...

Masks, gloves don't stop coronavirus spread: experts

SARS-CoV-2 Transmission among Marine Recruits during Quarantine

Europe's Top Health Officials Say Masks Aren't Helpful in Beating COVID-19

Jay Bhattacharya - On masks

Masks Don’t Work: A Review of Science Relevant to COVID-19 Social Policy

Face masks for the public during the covid-19 crisis

Study: "Breathing through N95 mask materials have been shown to impede gaseous exchange and impose an additional workload on the metabolic system".

Facts about Covid-19

Are Face Masks Effective? The Evidence

WHO Mask Study Seriously Flawed

Face masks in radiation oncology clinics: based on evidence or source of mistakes?

PFAS chemicals!!!

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150422121724.htm

 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25903751/

 

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2029717#.X7SVO86fY4c.twitter

The clinical implications of elevated CO2 levels with long-term use of face masks needs further studies. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33858372/

"The results from the experiment demonstrate that heart rate, microclimate (temperature, humidity) and subjective ratings were significantly influenced by the wearing of different kinds of facemasks" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7087880/

"Breathing through N95 mask materials have been shown to impede gaseous exchange and impose an additional workload on the metabolic system". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4647822/

https://www.cugmhp.org/five-on-friday-posts/why-a-mask-is-not-just-a-mask/

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-news-face-masks-increase-risk-infection-doctor-jenny-harries-a9396811.html

 

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-03-masks-gloves-dont-coronavirus-experts.html

 

https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/8/4344/htm?fbclid=IwAR2oBbwrhR_5gDKigia7UslF_6DG7K4mWtIxhQqvt2ZGMTzEtP3ldusVsNA

 

https://chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv/article-details/60c74e910f50db810e397279

 

https://www.ecotextile.com/2021040127603/dyes-chemicals-news/exclusive-chemical-cocktail-found-in-face-masks.html

 

https://oceansasia.org/covid-19-facemasks/?fbclid=IwAR14DN0FKP4DDHUbvh9BFBHZaE4uyxRFfXg5aOFsXkj3hmTswrO21T1soJ4

 

https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m2003

 

https://www.cugmhp.org/five-on-friday/why-a-mask-is-not-just-a-mask/

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4647822/

 

‘needs further studies’ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33858372/

 

https://rationalground.com/dangerous-pathogens-found-on-childrens-face-masks/

 

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3865482

 

‘we found no significant reduction in influenza transmission with the use of face masks’ https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0994_article?fbclid=IwAR1prxSIVl0llcwoMzSdPJZ0mdOKrlx7VLzX8olL8dm8EO2RFVN_Wb1oTyk

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9914969/Popular-blue-surgical-face-masks-NOT-stop-people-infected-COVID-19.html

 

https://pfasproject.com/2020/05/06/coronavirus-ppe-likely-to-contain-hazardous-chemicals-such-as-pfas-ngo-says/

 

https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/pfas-exposure-found-to-increase-risk-of-severe-covid-19/4012992.article?fbclid=IwAR1ge2nW6oOuszvOi4orb25gFgFcd9jZrn2LtSGZacMmyBdDkKi8ESlfqpY

 

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12032-020-01403-8

https://www.sfgate.com/politics-op-eds/article/San-Francisco-policies-COVID-children-mask-school-16787963.php

Covid: what are we doing?!

I don’t understand what we’re doing. Covid is not going to be eliminated. It's extremely arrogant of us to think we can defeat nature. Flu shots haven’t eradicated flu. Also, a rushed vaccine will be rejected by most, and at best might only be 50% effective and temporary anyway.‬ (And will be mostly ineffective on those who're unhealthy).

‪Meanwhile, lockdowns cause all kinds of hell - 500 million people pushed into poverty, 71 million into extreme poverty, 10,000 more kids dying every month according to the UN, increase in domestic violence, increase in depression and suicides, increase in other illnesses as people fear going to hospital, destruction of small businesses and further enrichment of the 0.1%, etc etc. 

And I’m unconvinced masks do much, other than:

- disrupting vital human interaction with the world, (and thus damaging the microbiome/immune system)

- putting toxins from the mask material into the body 

- littering the ocean. ‬

If masks are so effective, how come Sweden is doing fine without them?

Covid is a threat to (predominantly older) people who have underlying conditions thnks to a poisonous food system. I think the best strategy going forward is to enable all those at risk to isolate/take early retirement, and to see a nutritionist, leaving the rest of us to continue life as normal; though many lessons must be learnt from all this - mainly that we must localize and revolutionize the food system with organic/regenerative agriculture.

A root cause approach is essential if there’s to be any hope for our species.

The companies developing COVID-19 vaccines are corrupt as hell

Here's some information about GlaxoSmithKline, one of the companies working on a vaccine for COVID-19. Amongst other crimes, the company failed to disclose the potentially dangerous side effects of a diabetes drug, which, according to the FDA (itself a highly corrupted agency), may have caused up to 100,000 heart attacks.

Other Big Pharma corporations working on Covid vaccines are similarly negligent, corrupt, deceitful - I will list some below, with links detailing just a few of the crimes that I've discovered from a brief bit of research. I fear I am only scratching the surface.

There is talk of mandatory vaccinations for Covid. Personally, there is nothing that will convince me of the safety of a Covid vaccine, when there has never been a safe Coronavirus vaccine previously, when they are now being developed under immense pressure, and when the corporations involved have appalling records of deceit and corruption. And in any case, is it not a bit insane to vaccinate people who are not at risk from this virus?! Is it not quite clear that it is only the elderly and those with comorbidities and nutrient deficiencies who're at risk? And isn't even that risk, quite low?

Why is the focus on vaccines and masks, rather than on enabling and encouraging people to improve their general health/immune systems? Not only is poor general health a key factor in Covid susceptibility, it also potentially makes vaccines largely ineffective! Even for healthy people, these vaccines may only be 50% effective, and are only really to reduce symptoms, rather than stop infection, according to this.  

This study suggests that having a healthy gut (i.e. having a healthy balance of bacteria) may reduce your susceptibility, potentially helping to explain the lower death rate in countries like Germany, Japan and Taiwan, where fermented food (eg sauerkraut) is a staple. And this study concludes that Vitamin D deficiency is a major factor. Wouldn't a highly effective, easy and cheap strategy to reduce Covid mortality, be to provide supplements to all vulnerable people? And to embark on a campaign to enable and encourage everyone to improve their diet/lifestyle? Dr Fauci, leading the US response to Covid, recently stated that he is taking Vitamin D supplements - why hasn't he formerly advised the pubic to do the same?

And then there is the environmental impact - a genocide of crabs and sharks is required to produce these vaccines, leading to potential destruction of ecosystems. Just what the world needs right now!

Is everything going on in response to Covid being driven by the need of the corporations to profit and grow, just as everything is - including our general medical system - under the current economic system? (Though, given that communist China, Cuba, etc, have responded similarly, I can't put it all down to capitalism. There seems to be a war mentality approach across the board). 

Watch this documentary. The World Health Organization helped to deny effective, natural malaria medication to Africa. It's pretty clear that it is, to some extent at least, in the pocket of the profiteering Big Pharma corporations. Are those interests driving their response to Covid?

And I realize this is an argument made by those described as 'anti-vaxx', but is it not possible that all these vaccinations are confusing our bodies? Might the rise in autoimmune diseases be linked? Some vaccines may help to save lives in the short term, but the long term impact of meddling with our immune systems to this extent is impossible to predict, and there have been many issues with some vaccines. Do we not need to move away from Germ Theory towards Terrain Theory? Do we not need to recognise that there are trillions of germs in us and around us, and consider the possibility that it is only human actions - our extreme meddling with nature and our poisoning of our bodies with toxic, unhealthy diets etc - that puts things out of balance and causes some to harm us? Is it not a bit insane to vaccinate the entire human race because of a virus that's of no threat to those who're reasonably healthy? Shouldn't we instead put this effort and money into healing the terrain of people and planet?

Is the debate around vaccines redundant because, as Zach Bush explains here, recent research in regards to the microbiome etc, has completely revolutionized understanding of human health?

In any case, we can’t shut down and wait for a vaccine every time a new virus comes along and causes harm - as will happen increasingly, precisely because of our current way of being. And especially in a globalised world where doing so has catastrophic consequences - the reaction to Covid is expected to push half a billion more people into poverty, and may lead to famines. And what’s even more upsetting is that most of these people, in the global south, seem to be far less susceptible to Covid - I assume, because they’re yet to have western ‘culture’, with our poisonous food system etc, imposed on them. And perhaps because of the hygiene hypothesis? 

We need to shift focus onto the terrain - most importantly, we need to change the food system. Industrial farming/junk food has wrecked both the environment, and our bodies, fueling disease and leaving us vulnerable. But with lockdown policies fueling yet more concentration of wealth in the hands of the corporations and billionaire technocrats, it seems likely that we will continue on the current suicidal path. 

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Johnson & Johnson

Johnson & Johnson opioids helped create 'worst man-made public health crisis in history,' Oklahoma says in court

Report: Johnson & Johnson Under Criminal Investigation For Concealing Cancer Risks Of Baby Powder

Johnson & Johnson Will Pay $70 Million Over Bribery Claims

J&J to Pay More Than $100 Million to End Over 1,000 Talc Suits

J&J downplayed the risks of addiction to opioids 

JohnsonandToxin

Pfizer

Pfizer fined $2.3 billion for illegal marketing in off-label drug case

Pfizer pays out to Nigerian families of meningitis drug trial victims

Tax Dodging Just One Part of Pfizer’s Corrupt Business Model

Did Zooloft make him do it?

Report Shows Pfizer May Have Known About Zoloft Side Effects

'thousands of reports linking the drug [Chantix] to mental health issues, including suicidal thoughts, hostility and agitation'.

Prempro Settlements to Result in $1.2B Payments for Breast Cancer

Research suggests that the blockbuster cholesterol medication Lipitor can increase the risk of type 2 diabetes

Pfizer faces negligence lawsuits over carcinogens found in Zantac

Pfizer violation tracker

Pfizer: Corporate Rap Sheet

Astrazenica

AstraZeneca takes $6m hit after 'faking conferences' to bribe doctors

"It came to light that during the approvals process, AstraZeneca covered up some of the major side-effects of Seroquel in order to get it easily approved”.

Justice Department probes claims that AstraZeneca bribed Iraqi terrorists to win contracts

Hidden conflicts? Pharma payments to FDA advisers after drug approvals spark ethical concerns

GlaxoSmithKline

UK firm tried HIV drug on orphans

Bribery, corruption, fraud

Glaxo fined £37.6m for 'illegal behaviour' over Seroxat deals

Glaxo conned the world in 2009

Big Pharma Companies Are Exploiting The World's Poor

will update 

We need to 'clean the tank'

There will be more crises, environmentally and in human health, until we start focussing on 'cleaning the tank' (see image below). We need to heal the natural world and heal ourselves. 

But the current economic system, with its need for profit and growth, prioritizes the interests of the mega, destructive corporations: the war industry, big pharma, big agriculture, big tech, etc. 

There are many people, organizations and businesses working within this system, to try and change things - for example, check out the regenerative agriculture movement. But it is difficult to see how things can change on the scale needed, until we abolish the economic system that has empowered a few destructive industries, with its need for constant and growing profit at any cost.   

Similarities between the War On Terror and the War On Covid. Vicious cycle of self-destruction

Read this 

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We can’t social distance and live in fear forever as every new virus comes along - as they will do increasingly, precisely because of our current way of being.

‪We need to focus on improving our general health and resilience, by enabling and encouraging all people to eat healthily, to exercise, to live fulfilled and stress-free lives. And by ending the neo-colonisation and exploitation of the ‘developing’ world, so that people there can be allowed to create their own systems that work in harmony with their local environment.‬

A healthy diet from organic, regenerative farms, and an end to exploitation, will not only make us strong, balanced and resilient, but will also be great for Mother Nature, so there will be fewer new viruses for our bodies to cope with. 

The same can be said about our wars: we can’t fight terrorism forever; terrorism that came about and has been exacerbated precisely because of our actions. We need to stop the war and plunder that fuels the terrorism; we need to cut the debts and provide (genuine, non-conditional) aid, not bombs and sanctions; we need to allow nations to figure out their own destiny rather than be constantly exploited, impoverished and provoked into violence. We need to allow them to heal. We need to deal with problems at their root. There are similarities between the 'war on terror', and this war on Covid. 

We’re in a vicious cycle of self-destruction, driven hugely by an economic system that requires perpetual growth and profit. Unless we swiftly get out of this cycle and start focusing more on the terrain and less on short-term thinking and fighting enemies, be they viruses or terrorists, I don’t see much hope for our species and millions of others.

The Clintons' medical advisor is 'anti-vaxx'?

Dr Mark Hyman, who I've referenced in recent posts, for his diet advice and criticism of certain vaccines - mainly those that contain Thimerosal - is a medical advisor to the Clintons. 

I guess elites are allowed to be wary of some vaccines, but we aren't? 

If what Dr Hyman says here is true - that Thimerosal is harmful, and has been banned in most vaccines in the US, but is still present in the vaccines that Bill Gates & co impose on the developing world - then wow, that is fucked up.