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In Taos, a community of ‘voluntary anarchists’ is taking off-the-grid living to the next level

Taos House

In Taos, a community of ‘voluntary anarchists’ is taking off-the-grid living to the next level

Just a few miles from where New Mexico’s Route 64 crosses the Rio Grande, a collection of alien looking buildings stand out in the otherwise desolate landscape. These houses—79 in total—are built partially into their natural surroundings, each with a wall of windows facing directly south.

While the houses, with their rounded corners and colorful walls made of cans and bottles, may look more like spaceships than human dwellings, the opposite is true: The buildings are even called “earthships.” Located just outside of Taos, this community—known as the Greater World Earthship Community—provides full-time housing to at least 130 people. Under the name Earthship Biotecture, it also hosts an academy in partnership with Western Colorado University, an internship program, and a visitor center open to the public.

Earthship Biotecture is almost completely self-sustainable—and it wants to teach you how to live off the grid, too.

https://roadtrippers.com/magazine/earthship-biotecture-off-grid-living/

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Australian astronomer wins major US science award

Lisa Kewley

Quietly tucked away in Canberra, Australia, is one of the world’s most influential astronomers right now.

Lisa Kewley has been awarded the James Craig Watson Medal by the US National Academy of Science in recognition of her work’s impact on understanding how galaxies formed and evolved over the past 12 billion years.

Her pioneering research in theoretical modelling sheds light on power sources for galaxies, what happens when they collide, the history of stars forming, and how oxygen is distributed throughout the Universe.

https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/australian-astronomer-wins-major-us-science-award

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Man Outdoes His Wife’s Expectations When Asked to Take More Photos of the Kids

Cow Bunny Boy

In early 2015, Phillip Haumesser’s wife Natasha gave him a simple request. She wanted him to take more pictures of their children. After all, the two kids were growing up fast—before you know it, they’d be graduating high school. Like many parents, Haumesser and his wife captured special moments on their phones, but she wanted more artistic family photos. So for his birthday, Natasha bought him a camera that could do just that.

https://mymodernmet.com/phillip-haumesser-artistic-family-photos/
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A Note To The Truth Tellers

Apparently the two most dangerous things you can do are to help people and to tell the truth in the face of popularly held false beliefs. I have been guilty of both.

I had an amusing phone call this morning from a low toned individual. It’s interesting how low toned individuals try to bring you down but if you know the laws of life and universes you can take it as a compliment!

I share this for those friends on my communication lines who are on the front lines battling lies and ignorance so you can take a win when someone tries to invalidate you.

The gentleman who called me this morning said, “We’re on a different wavelength.” and hung up.

He did not introduce himself. (Ill mannered)
He was generalising, not specific on his point of disagreement. (Suppressive)
He did not give me the opportunity to respond. (Low confront)

So he was rude in not introducing himself, a coward on not wanting to identify himself and not allowing time for a response and wanting to be destructive by virtue of being someone who is not specific and wants to put others in mystery (the bottom of the scale).

So his only product was to make me feel validated for being on a different wavelength to and therefore unlike him!

Have a great day, truth-tellers!