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Diet and Culture of Abkhasian Centenarians

The Abkhasians had a way of life that is out of reach for modern man, or so it seems! One of the arguments that is often used to promote modern medical technology (vaccinations etc) is that we are living to be much older than we used to. I must point out that even with all of our advanced medical technology, we still haven’t managed to extend our lives, with most of our faculties (including sexual vigor!) still intact, as long as the Abkhasians or other long-living peoples (110-130 yrs) managed to do without any of our medical intervention.

There is No “Sustainable Biofuel”

There is No “Sustainable Biofuel”

Small farmers that came together in Japan recently have come up with some very practical and do-able solutions. La Via Campesina--The International Peasant Movement--posted this press release from the biodiversity conference last month: Small Farmers’ Solutions to the Biodiversity Crisis (Na ...

History & Resources – On Guerrilla Gardening

History & Resources – On Guerrilla Gardening

The 17th of April is the International Day of Peasant Struggle. On April 17 1997, after three months of protest for the defence of Mother Earth and for the cultivation of the coca leaf in Bolivia, seven indigenous peasants, including a child and its mother, were massacred. Today is the day, around ...