The
Earth's safety seat belt is the Honey Bee who is gradually being destroyed through a
new class of pesticides known as
neonicotinoids to the extent that 40 to 50 percent of the hives needed to
pollinate many of the nation’s fruits and vegetables could collapse: Allen L
Roland
This Earth Day, I am again reminded that my
greatest teacher is nature who I return to time and time again in order to
witness the living design of a loving plan in action as well as my humble
part in expressing and sharing what I see and
feel.
Fed up with the violence of the main stream
press and the worship of the military, I am increasingly drawn to love and hope centered messages which express the fragility of
life on earth and how we can protect it.
One of them is the "wear your seat belt" ad the UK did
in 2010 ~ started by a person who was not hired to do it, but because the cause
was so personally important to him ~ he came up
with the idea, and it became rapidly hailed
across the world as a 'beautiful' wordless commercial. It actually
became so popular with the general public that people began to forward it to
friends and family on their own ~ and quickly it spread all over the world and in a very short time went viral.
Watch it and forward it to people who mean a lot to you ~ as I have with you, dear reader. ( 2 minute Video ) Click on ~ http://embracethis.co.uk/
Watch it and forward it to people who mean a lot to you ~ as I have with you, dear reader. ( 2 minute Video ) Click on ~ http://embracethis.co.uk/
The analogy of the auto seat safety belt and
the honey bee must be made because without the honey bee, mankind is
recklessly driving toward an ecological disaster and
a fatal accident.
The New York Times reported last week
that Soaring honey bee deaths has caused a coalition of beekeepers as well as environmental and
consumer groups to sue the E.P.A, saying it exceeded its authority by conditionally
approving some neonicotinoids ~ "The agency has begun an
accelerated review of their impact on bees and other wildlife. In addition, the
European Union has proposed to ban their use on crops frequented by bees. Some
researchers have concluded that neonicotinoids caused extensive die-offs in
Germany and France." See article ~ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/science/earth/soaring-bee-deaths-in-2012-sound-alarm-on-malady.html?pagewanted=2&emc=eta1
"Dance of the Honey Bee" narrated
by Bill McKibben, takes a look at the determined, beautiful and vital role
honey bees play in preserving life, as well as the threats bees face from a
rapidly changing landscape. "Not only are we dependent on the honey
bee for much of what we eat," says Bill, "there is, of
course, a grace and elegance they bring to the natural world that would
diminish us all were they to disappear." Video 6:41
Meanwhile
the German pesticide maker Bayer and Swiss company Syngenta lobby
are battling furiously against the European Union's efforts to limit pesticides
and save the bees. See Story ~ http://www.prwatch.org/node/12066
The
death of Honey bees are the obvious canary in the coal mine as well as
nature's safety belt and
a warning to humans that we are slowly being poisoned by
powerful and greedy chemical companies and that we
must eventually embrace the natural loving plan of nature in order to fully
embrace the earth ~ as well as survive as human beings.
Allen
L Roland
Freelance Alternative Press Online columnist and psychotherapist Allen L Roland is available for comments, interviews, speaking engagements and private Skype consultations (allen@allenroland.com )
Allen
L Roland is a practicing psychotherapist, author and
lecturer who also shares a daily political and social commentary on his web log and
website allenroland.com He also
guest hosts a monthly national radio show TRUTHTALK on www.conscioustalk.net
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