| Climate Change & Conservation |
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Climate
Change & Conservation
| Actions that we have taken ( to stimulate ideas for what Anyone
Can Do! ) in the areas of:- Solar electricity and
solar water heating
- Rainwater harvesting, water purification and potable water
- Hosting
beehives to ensure cross-pollination of our fruits, vegetables and grains, and to
combat Colony Collapse Disorder ( CCD )
- Landscaping
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Noteworthy & Educational
Films on DVD
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Above-average informative & instructive films [ All available from DVD & Streaming
rental services ] about:- State of planet Earth
- Water & its privatization
- Soil
depletion
- Bees, the essential cross-pollination of fruits, vegetables, etc. &
colony collapse disorder ( CCD ), including, from intro to advanced:
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| Culture & Education |
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Desert Island
Potpourri: Films & Books |
3,000+ films in all categories that we have seen, and believe worth
seeing at least once or more ( Note: We have not censored any for subject matter
( no porn!), language, etc. View at your own discretion! |
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Noteworthy Films about Music on DVD: |
About, but not necessarily performances of, music and musicians:
Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence: Abbado and others on music and conducting
House of Magical Sounds: Animated musical interpretation of Claudio Abbado's book on his
musical background
Jazz on a Summer's Day: Vibrant snapshot of West Coast jazz at the Monterey Jazz
Festival
Note by Note: The Making of the Steinway: The step-by-step construction of a piano by
hand, from tree to the finished product
Tocar y Luchar: Venezuelan national project to foster children & youth orchestras and
choirs in every town and city in Venezuela
Touch the Sound: Evelyn Glennie, a completely deaf but highly innovative percussionist
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Japanese Swords &
Swordsmanship |
Sources of information about Japanese swords and swordsmanship
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| Language |
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English-Japanese
Aikido Lexicon
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