Eat, think, live, love and the pursuit of happiness-our human rights
Posted by Jubie at 5/15/2008 8:18 AM and is filed under Immigration,Amnesty International,food shortages,Human Rights,Gardens 
I keep my garden website and my garden blog going to encourage others to start growing food. The big picture for me, is to support growers, learn to grow and spread the word until it reaches everyone on the planet. The blog demonstrates how I am starting my world vision in my backyard apartment patio garden this year.
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I believe one of the most basic human rights is the right to food. Many of you who are reading this blog post may not be sure where to begin in lending a hand to end the human rights crisis around the world because it is so overwhelming. I say consider growing a garden, learn more about growing and pass on your knowledge to others. It's a great way to start and to contribute to a unity for all. We all need to eat. We all have that in common. Grow with others around the world! Spread the growing word!
I lived in Bolivia, South America near the border of Brazil and Bolivia (Pantanal to the Amazon) for 11 years. I have witnessed poverty first hand. I was an educator in Bolivia and worked with kids as a teacher and a coordinator in a private English speaking school (SCIS International School) located in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Additionally, I taught gardening and encouraged those students that attended the private school who are privileged Bolivians and students from around the globe, to go out in the world and get the best education they could, so that they could return one day and assist their country and countrymen to learn the basic needs for living and to better their lives. I have always believed that gardening is a way to touch everyones lives and to share the food that is grown.
photo courtesy of www. progressio .org. uk
I have worked with immigrants in the United States in my main profession now for close to a decade. But cannot really talk too much about the cases I have handled. I can tell you that some of the immigrants I have worked with were asylum victims of oppression due to social and political injustice. Many people who have been fortunate to immigrate, understand that the opportunities in a first world country are astounding. If given the opportunity to obtain asylum or other benefits to immigrate, many pledge to give back to others who are less fortunate. They believe it is an obligation that should be met.
photo courtesy of www.ferminrocker.com Refugee camp
You are truly living when you dedicate a part of your life to strengthen yourself in order to bring others around you up to a capacity of that same strength and confidence so that they in turn can help others less fortunate. Grow plants, talk to people, become a part of a true obligation to bring every living person on this planet to a better existence. Remember that human rights such as the basic rights to eat are an entitlement to everyone. Stay strong, improve your life and then help others to improve theirs. Keep growing!
photo courtesy of www.fao.org
I believe one of the most basic human rights is the right to food. Many of you who are reading this blog post may not be sure where to begin in lending a hand to end the human rights crisis around the world because it is so overwhelming. I say consider growing a garden, learn more about growing and pass on your knowledge to others. It's a great way to start and to contribute to a unity for all. We all need to eat. We all have that in common. Grow with others around the world! Spread the growing word!
I lived in Bolivia, South America near the border of Brazil and Bolivia (Pantanal to the Amazon) for 11 years. I have witnessed poverty first hand. I was an educator in Bolivia and worked with kids as a teacher and a coordinator in a private English speaking school (SCIS International School) located in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Additionally, I taught gardening and encouraged those students that attended the private school who are privileged Bolivians and students from around the globe, to go out in the world and get the best education they could, so that they could return one day and assist their country and countrymen to learn the basic needs for living and to better their lives. I have always believed that gardening is a way to touch everyones lives and to share the food that is grown.
photo courtesy of www. progressio .org. uk
I have worked with immigrants in the United States in my main profession now for close to a decade. But cannot really talk too much about the cases I have handled. I can tell you that some of the immigrants I have worked with were asylum victims of oppression due to social and political injustice. Many people who have been fortunate to immigrate, understand that the opportunities in a first world country are astounding. If given the opportunity to obtain asylum or other benefits to immigrate, many pledge to give back to others who are less fortunate. They believe it is an obligation that should be met.
photo courtesy of www.ferminrocker.com Refugee camp
You are truly living when you dedicate a part of your life to strengthen yourself in order to bring others around you up to a capacity of that same strength and confidence so that they in turn can help others less fortunate. Grow plants, talk to people, become a part of a true obligation to bring every living person on this planet to a better existence. Remember that human rights such as the basic rights to eat are an entitlement to everyone. Stay strong, improve your life and then help others to improve theirs. Keep growing!
Good and worthy thoughts. Your blog is much appreciated. We haven't been keeping up lately, being in the whirlwind of moving to a new house and village -- with all the work that entails -- but we're back online now and will keep up. Too bad we don't have a garden where we are now. So we do our best to support local producers, especially those with the green outlook (and there are many around here). Wine is the big deal in this region, and many vignerons adhere to environmentalist rules in growing and producing. Ditto for others, such as goat and cheese producers. Keep growing!
G & L
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Hi G & L, A big smile to you both! So happy to know you are supporting green growers. Thanks for stopping by and thanks for nurturing the growth!
Jubie
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That is quite a moving piece. And I agree - food is a basic that everyone should have. I am with you on this - and ever you need help - I am just an email away!
Benny
www.ya-ttitude.com
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Thanks Benny! The world needs you! You nurture people with your kindness! I'm with you on that! You have a great blog and FANTASTIC energy!
Good thoughts, good gardening!
Jubie
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A thoughtful, incisive post.
Dave">http://heartofdiamonds.blogspot.com">Dave Donelson, author of Heart of Diamonds
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Dave,
Thank you for your comment on my post!
Additionally, I thank you for sharing your world adventures as well as your endeavors to educate the world of the atrocities that take place and for providing ways to make a difference.
Keep nurturing and growing!
Jubie
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Keep Up yer Great Work F2G!!
I just saw a Baker in America who was urging people to dig up their Yards + Plant Gardens! No Kidding - the amount of $$$ we North Americans waste on LawnCare is obscene* But it's only when we feel a Pinch in the pocketbook for our Loaf of Bread @ Panera that we start Thinking about doing something*
Peace*
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Hi Billy!
Thanks for stopping by and nurturing the growth of the blog! I'll be posting updates soon on my patio garden and some other exciting stuff too!
Peace and prosperity through growth to you too!
Jubie
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