Just finished adding some new photos to the Merry-Go-Round Rock and Sedona Rouge sections of my photo website. Come take a look…

I’m very interested in helping local communities grow more of the food they eat, rather than relying on corporations to grow it for them and ship it from half a world away.  For me, this has included promoting permaculture, organic food, local farmers, community gardens, and private gardens. In Sedona, I created The Sedona Community Gardens Network, and Sedona Community Gardens Facebook Page. Last year, I helped Bruce Connolly, of Connolly’s Farmers Markets, get his community-minded market off the ground by creating a website for him, which now features weekly posts about new — mostly local and organically grown — products. An online mailing list and Facebook Page are also connected to the website. Bruce’s website is located here. His Facebook page is located here. And if you would like to receive updates whenever new updates are added to Bruce’s website, go here.

Here’s a website I’ve been wanting to create for a long time. It showcases a divination game that some friends and I have spent years perfecting. What makes this particular guidance tool different from other age-old divination systems is that it marries four principles that have emerged and merged during our particular time period: it combines the wisdom of diverse spiritual traditions; it draws upon the life experience, knowledge, and intuition of individual players (rather than shamans, religious authorities or holy people); it evokes the power of group consciousness and prayer; and it encourages people to infuse the game with deeper meanings by creating their own game decks, rules and rituals. Check it out.

Lately, more and more of my time has been spent supporting NHNE’s efforts to understand, share, and apply the universal truths emerging in near-death experiences, which have become a major global phenomenon. Along with doing two presentations in Sedona called “How Near-Death Experiences Are Changing The World“, I also put up a website to support NHNE’s efforts to inform the public. That website is called NHNE NDE. NHNE NDE features a mailing list to keep those who are interested informed about upcoming meetings and events, a news page that tracks NDE-related news from around the world, several fantastic NDE resource pages, links to other NHNE NDE resources, handouts and other resources from my Sedona talks, a calendar of past, present, and future events, and more. Check it out.

I’m continually adding new images to my photo website. I recently added new photos to these sections: Rancho Los Lagos, Trash the Dress, El Portal, Merry-Go-Round Rock, and Recent Additions. Come take a look…

It’s been a long time coming, but my photo website finally has a “Trash the Dress” section. Come take a look…

Just finished adding a few photos from Lauren and Drew’s wedding to my photo website. Lauren and Drew were married at Merry-Go-Round Rock in cooperation with Weddings in Sedona. Uqualla was their Native American officiate. Their reception took place at Heartline Cafe…

Just finished adding a new section on my photo website for El Portal, another beautiful location for getting married in Sedona. Come take a look…

I just finished posting the photos from this year’s Sedona Celtic Harvest Festival. Click here to take a look…

Saturday evening August 20, 2011 the documentary, “Farmageddon”, was presented to a packed house at the Sedona Public Library. The movie, which was organized by Sandy Boyce of Sandy’s Produce, was followed by a panel discussion and a request for those who attended to sign a petition for a “Local Food Ordinance” for Sedona. The petition is located here. And here is what the petition says:

“We the People of the City of Sedona have the right to produce, process, sell, purchase and consume local foods, thus preserving family farms, and local food traditions.

“We have faith in our citizens ability to educate themselves and make informed decisions. We hold that federal and state regulations impede local food production and constitute a usurpation of our citizens right to foods of their choice.

“Producers or processors of local foods in the City of Sedona are exempt from licensure and inspection provided that the transaction is only between the producer or processor and a patron when the food is sold for home consumption.”

I just finished signing it and encourage those of you who live in Sedona to do likewise.

I also encourage those of you who missed the movie, to track it down. It was a must-watch eye-opener! You can find more information about the movie here:

http://farmageddonmovie.com/

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Click here to view the embedded video.

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Finally, to give those of you who missed the big event a sense of what happened, I’ve posted some photos from the gathering here.