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The SUE Scale & The Modern Energy Chart

The SUE Scale (Subjective Units of Experience, Hartmann 2009) is the subjective version of the Modern Energy Chart which forms the basis for all of Modern Energy. With use, the SUE Scale & The Modern Energy Chart harmonise and become one and the same.

Added Jun 30, 2021 | Silvia Hartmann |  10,557 Reads

The SUE Scale & The Modern Energy Chart Created by Silvia Hartmann

The SUE Scale (Subjective Units of Experience, Hartmann 2009) is the subjective version of the Modern Energy Chart which forms the basis for all of Modern Energy.

With use, the SUE Scale & The Modern Energy Chart harmonise and become one and the same. 

 

 The Modern Energy Chart In Brief

 

-8 = The Extremely Low Energy States

• -8 to -10 describes the extremely low energy states that can become life threatening.
• It takes seriously destructive energy events for energy bodies to become so critically low on energy that they literally collapse in on themselves.
• This can be observed in the natural dying process of old people, but also in people following extreme emotional disturbances.
• At -8, we find all the symptoms previously associated with severe depression. The person at -8 literally has no energy to help themselves or perform even routine physical functions.
• A person at -9 is withdrawn, incapable of making connections with others, incapable of communicating and indeed, struggling to survive at all.
• Depending on the circumstances, people will recover slowly as the energy system strives to repair itself, but if the damage is too severe, the person might never fully recover.
• -10, the complete extinction of the energy body, leads to physical death shortly after. This is the mechanism by which people die of a broken heart.

 

-7 = The Emergency State

• When energy flow has become critical, an emergency response is triggered in the energy system which will throw the last remaining reserves of energy into the system as a survival effort.
• The affected person will explode into rage or other uncontrollable emotions such as having a panic attack, throw themselves around in a “nervous breakdown” or may attack bystanders randomly.
• There is an explosion of energy at -7 which has confused people for a long time.
• The emergency generator is not a high energy state, it is a critical survival emergency state that should not be used unless it is really a life or death situation, as we would find in the final struggle of a prey animal caught in the teeth of a predator.
• This dangerous energy state is called “Rage Syndrome” in animals.
• In humans, the absence of coherent, logical thought, any understanding of moral values or long term consequences of actions in this state makes it particularly dangerous.
• Further, there will be an energy collapse after the emergency system has been triggered, into the extreme low energy states, and the health of the energy body may be permanently jeopardized.

 

-5 = Fear

• Around -5 we find high stress, anxiety and fear.
• This denotes an extremely de-stabilised energy body that is on the verge of flipping into the -7 emergency state, where all emotional control is lost.
• The person at -5 and -6 will be incapable of controlling their thoughts or directing their attention.
• They will be paranoid, fearful, startle easily and find it impossible to concentrate.
• They have lost their ability to function correctly in social relationships.
• Their mental abilities and faculties of reasoning are strongly impaired, which can lead to very bad decisions.
• They will typically experience strong 6th Sense sensations, such as shaking, trembling, stomach churning, back aches, headaches etc.
• Their physical performance will be strongly impaired, making it much more likely that accidents will occur.
• When the 6th Sense sensations become overwhelming, individuals might turn to self mutilation to override the psychosomatic pain from their emotions.

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3 = Stress

• Uncertainty is the big keyword for the energy body states between -2 and -4.
• This is where the vast majority of the modern population exists on average.
• Feeling unsure, unbalanced, not quite right, being easily distracted and not feeling entirely at home in one's own physical body are among the many negative side effects of ongoing low energy states that are deemed to be normal.
• Social functioning and communications are strongly impaired.
• Self doubt is a constant feature of this state.
• A person at this level will feel the need to “follow a stronger energy system” and/or turn to external authorities for guidance and leadership.
• Here we also find pretending to be happier/better/stronger than a person really feels inside and an ongoing rat race of competition as hungry dogs would fight over the a bone.
• This is a chronic stress state that relies on applying will power the whole time to create a false outward appearance of functionality and achievement.
• Under the old systems which did not factor in the states of the energy body, these stress states were deemed to produce maximum effort from the stressed people involved and were mistaken for “good stress.”
• On the Modern Energy Chart, this is a dangerous energy body stress state which will produce inferior performance across the board in mind, body and spirit.

 

0 = The Zero Point Of Nothing

• Having ZERO emotions, feeling nothing at all, feeling neither good nor bad, is the deluded and entirely erroneous goal of the old schools of emotional suppression and mismanagement.
• ZERO is not a place of balance. When you have zero money in your account, zero food in your fridge and zero friends in your address book, this is what you have – ZERO. Nothing. Nada. Zilch.
• Likewise, we also have ZERO intelligence and ZERO logic in this place that doesn't understand people, doesn't understand emotions, and produces truly inhumane systems that will destroy the people who pass through them.
• Getting beyond the Zero Point of Nothing, explaining to people that this isn't good enough, it's NOTHING, actually, is the great challenge of Modern Energy.
• Yes, it is bad to suffer from negative emotions.
• Having no emotions is not the cure for the human condition.
• We need to move forward, into the higher energy states and the realms of positive emotions.

 

 

+3 = Awakening

• When energy flow finally improves beyond Zero, and the energy body wakes up, so does the person whose energy body this is.
• Now, a person may have some ideas about the future, might want to improve something, make positive changes, start a project.
• It is important to note that at the low positive ranges, there is enough energy to think, dream and talk about projects, but not enough energy to actually enact them through ongoing, daily, reliable physical labour and high energy activity.
• At the social level, a person's social capabilities increase at +3 and they become more attractive to others.
• They also become more open-minded, mentally flexible, and able to learn more easily as well as remember better.
• As they are now energy positive, they have energy left to give to others.
• This is a good first step towards real energy body health which we find not at +3, but at +10 instead.

 

+5 = Inspired Action

• When the energy body gets to +5, we have the energy to take ACTION.
• To make anything happen in the real world, we need to put in our ENERGY: effort, labour, physical activity, and we have to keep it up on a regular basis.
• Many people have good ideas, but to turn these ideas into something real takes a lot of energy, every single day, and the next day, and the day after that.
• There will be set backs of course that will drop us down the Energy Chart and we might get angry, stressed, afraid or depressed for a while; but we can bring up our energy average back to above +5 so we can take the action we need to take in the real world in order to succeed.
• A very common problem is seen when people have good ideas, are inspired, get started, but then something bad happens and they drop down the energy chart. With energy being now too low to do the work that needs to be done, the project must fail.
• Serial failures in everything from learning via relationships and business success come from this cycle, which we can finally both understand, as well as break, with Modern Energy knowledge.

 

 

+7 = Success

• The previous stage, +5, is the set up for success.
• Working with lots of energy on something we are excited about, not giving up when there are set backs, having good relationships with others and fully engaging with our projects will lead to success.
• Success is a new level of accomplishment and achievement, and it brings many further rewards.
• It raises self esteem, and also allows a person to do energising things, and enrich themselves with objects, activities, environments and people that can further raise their energy.
• A +7 person becomes a natural leader as people will follow those with higher energy states than themselves, and gather a high energy team about them.
• From the earthly standpoint, +7 is as good as it gets.
• The person has good relationships, is successful, financially abundant, has many friends and to all intents and purposes, is a role model for success.

 

+10 = Freedom

• There is a tremendous threshold shift from +7 to +10.
• At +10, the energy body fires on all cylinders and this brings a tremendous increase in emotional, physical and mental health.
• For as long as human beings have been around, these states were deemed to be incredibly rare, and people who obtained them by accident or incident were thought to be prophets, saints, geniuses, or otherwise blessed by the stars.
• Often, they would bring back a single good idea from these high energy states, where true organic intelligence and real logic are accessible, where cause-and-effect become apparent, where the nature of reality itself becomes revealed to a human being.
• Many times, these people would start a revolution, or a religion, or became famous leaders, artists and scientists revered across the ages.
• The extraordinary truth is that all normal human beings attain +10 states, that everyone has experienced them already.
• Not only that, +10 states are easy to achieve once we know that we are simply dealing with the living energy body.
• All we have to do is to feed our energy body, and the +10 experiences cease to be a rare event, and instead, become the structural solutions to our individual problems, and those of the human race as well.

 

To raise our energy average and to experience MORE +10 events is the goal in Modern Energy.

Modern Energy 101 - The Modern Energy Chart In A Nutshell

Never heard of Modern Energy? Check out this 5 min intro that might just change your life! Here is how to do "emotional wellness" "emotional intelligence" and how to get from stress to success in the real world. Like and share!

Subscribe to The Guild of Energists for more +10 videos! GoE.ac/SubscribeYouTube

 

Power Gems from a Friend (First of Possibly Many Posts)

This page is a very much shortened version, small sections of a page by, well, I will call him as he calls himself... mistershortcut.. This page found at archive.org  (click for full page)

'luck' is acronymic for
Laboring Under Correct Knowledge.

true and great power is YOUR choice, at any given moment

Focusing on producing an answer is power...until the moment that the light bulb goes on and you have a great idea for a solution, a resolution of issues.....it goes on because you programmed your subconscious mind with your conscious mind.

...the power of the light bulb is a conscious, intentional use of the programming capabilities that were hard-wired into your system before you were even born, still in the development stage.

a powergem that touches every facet of your life:
ASK BETTER QUESTIONS TO GET BETTER ANSWERS.

What was a week's worth of research just ten and fifteen years ago is now do-able in mere minutes. This is your time, because the tools that YOU need most are, for the most part, already within your ambit and control. Fewer opinions, less speaking... and more doing.

 "prioritization review"

When we know where we are going, we have power. When we know how we are going to get there, we have more power, greater power.

It is when we do more than we say, where the volume of our actions exceeds the volume of our words - both meanings of "volume," that our powers grow into full-fledged mastery....it means you are controlling at least a majority of your outcomes. This is power!

This document is a call to you. You're not paying cash for it, you're not being solicited to buy tapes and videos and time-coded CD's. You're being solicited for nothing more than one percent of your time; devoted exclusively to your happiness. It is so much easier than you might ever have realized. Just tap more into what you already have in order to have more to tap in to....

Ask more people, and ask those people more.
Ask for it, and you shall receive it.

Whether we like it or do not like it, ninety percent of us, no matter what education level we've got, tend to read only one or two chapters of a book, barely making use of the instantly transferable power found in its pages.

Remember: It's not what you know, it's what you DO with what you know that determines your success or failure in everything you do

Identify what you want, and in the next five days, produce 100 or more ideas for making it happen. You simply cannot comment upon it until you've given it a fair shot. In every single case, the person who produces 100 ideas within 100 hours always and consistently thinks better, faster, and smarter... leading inexorably to better results. Most of the ideas will probably be unworkable, or unaffordable, etc. However, every single time that you use this phenomenally powerful tool, there will be a few very good ideas, and one or two that are genius-like. It works every time, for every human being who puts it to use.

Those who write 5 or 10 ideas per day will DEFINITELY accomplish more this next month than you have in the past 6 months.

UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED SuperShortcut: the person who writes five or ten new ideas every day for achieving any imaginable human goal will produce more in the next 300 days than you have produced in your entire life. Guaranteed every time.

If you ignore 99% of all the wisdom and foolishness in the world and use this one fantastic trick, this immensely powerful shortcut every day for even twenty or thirty days, you will find magic happening in several areas of your life.

Prove that you understand by having just enough discipline to set aside a solid, uninterrupted five minutes per day just for you and your inner thoughts.

Well, this IS your life, and what you've done in this past 24 hour period, and the one before that, and the one before that, all add up to where you are now; add up to who and what you are now, and if you have any interest or desire to see your repute and your results go up tomorrow, you can bet the family farm that you need to make some adjustments today.

Five uninterrupted minutes (just imagine if you should extend it to ten full minutes, hm?) will absolutely begin creating an entirely new set of circumstances and results, no matter what it is you're most focused upon.


If you wish to become fantastically successful, you'd have to invest a full ONE percent of your time... .... fourteen point four minutes per day of the 1,440 minutes that you're issued every 24 hours. Fourteen minutes focused exclusively on one thing that you really love to do, and are willing to seek ways to get paid for doing.

...see for yourself. Better and faster results something like 99.4% of the time. How can you beat odds for success like that? My goodness -- we're handing it to you on a silver platter here. Thanks to the masters and millionaires, champions and billionaires who have paved and pioneered the way for a Masters Path of Winning to be crafted so accessibly to most of us, YOU get to beat the odds, YOU get to increase the odds and probabilities of success.

We already know at this precise minute that you are living by your written plan, or you're living by someone else's written plan. No exceptions, kiddo.

The one catch/obstacle to you making radical improvements in your life is nothing more, or less, than making a decision to actually do it!

... inarguably, the single number one power and PowerGem of all the days of your life. The decision to begin a new effort to get _____ or to be _____

There are dozens & hundreds of ways to do 99% of everything you'd ever want to do.  Finding the "how" is rarely ever a problem, my friend. The dream-breaking problem is finding a "why." Get through this first step, and you will come to understand IN THE NEXT 10 DAYS that you really ARE making big, big changes in your life. One thing we know for sure: when we have a strong enough "why," we always find a "how."

 WHEN IT WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH, You managed 'impossible,' DIDN'T YOU??!!

What do YOU want? Why do you want it? For example, this page contains information. If you understand it, and see its power, big deal. If you see the power, and USE it... you win.  Printing this page is worth much more than you may realize.

What are the first 6 ideas for getting my wish to become reality?

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Opening up relatively dormant areas of your mind is a key feature of practicing the Masters Path of Winning, and, as you well know, practice makes perfect.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220203031413/http://www.mastersandmillionaires.com/power.html

Good Things Happening In The World In 2025 (and earlier years)

 

From CNN:

Story by The Associated Press
Thu January 30, 2025

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being.

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand

 

Tiny village makes name for itself as world's first zero-waste island

from 2023 The cooldown.com

 

You may not have heard of the little Greek island of Tilos, but big things are happening on it. Thanks to the collaborative efforts of its citizens and circular economy company Polygreen, the island has almost eliminated waste. After the resounding success on the island, they want to help other places do the same.

 

Local Hero Single-handedly Repopulates Endangered Butterfly Species
article & youtube

One person can make a world of difference. Tim Wong, a senior biologist at the California Academy of Sciences, single-handedly brought a struggling butterfly species back to his home city of San Francisco. 

 

Rescuing the Mar Menor

youtube & main podcast website
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An extraordinary story of how a people’s movement in Spain led to the Mar Menor lagoon being granted legal rights, becoming the first natural entity in Europe with this recognition. From heartbreak over environmental collapse to the gathering of over 600,000 signatures, from grassroots mobilization to national legislation...

Pachamama Alliance: A Global Gaming Community Comes Together for the Amazon

Pachamama

 

 From November 21–23, a global community of gamers, creators, and supporters came together online for Love Tropics, an annual 48-hour charity livestream. Hosted across Twitch, YouTube, and a custom Minecraft world, this year’s event raised over $36,000 for EVA—The Living School of the Amazon, an educational initiative supported by Pachamama Alliance. 

 

 

 

 

10 things to Exit the Depression Cycle and Be Happy from Joe Rubino

This is an email sent out by Joe Rubino. I had no idea the numbers were so astounding.  If this post helps even just one person, beautiful : ). 

Joe Rubino is a personal Coach, so hiring a coach is included in his 10.  This post is to put the information out, not to advertise hiring a coach, be it Joe Rubino, or any personal coach.  The information was just so powerful, I share.

The Numbers Are Staggering.

In the United States alone, it estimated that 18.8 million people suffer from a depressive disorder in any given year. That translates into nearly 10% of the US population. Worldwide, that number is estimated at more than 120 million.

According to the American Medical Association, more than twice as many women (estimated at 25% of the population) experience depression as men (estimated at 12%), regardless of racial background or financial status. 

The US Commission on Mental Health concluded that 14% of the people living in the US will require treatment for emotional disturbances at some point in their lifetimes.

A study by the World Health Organization entitled the “Global Burden of Disease” showed that major depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide among people age 5 and older. It is the leading cause of disability in the USA for ages 15 to 44.

A survey by the Employee Assistance Professionals Association found that depression ranks as the third most prevalent challenge in the workplace, following only family crisis and stress.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the estimated cost to employers in loss of productivity and absenteeism from work is $51 billion per year, not counting the cost of treatment or prescription medications.

The Center for Mental Health Services estimates that 12% of school age children are maladjusted showing signs of clinical depression and as many as 6% suffer from psychoses.

The American Society on Aging reported that there are three suicides for every two homicides. Up to two-thirds of older adult suicides are attributed to misdiagnosed or untreated depression.

Suicide is the third leading cause of death among 15 to 24 year olds and the fourth leading cause of death in 10 to 14 year olds according to the American Association of Suicidology.

People with depression are four times more likely to develop a heart attack than those without a history of depression reports the National Institute of Mental Health.

Brown University Long Term Care study reports that about 6 million elderly suffer from depression but only 10% of them receive treatment.

Research shows that children of depressed mothers score lower on mathematical achievement tests. Children between the ages of two and four with depressed mothers are more likely to display delayed development. Chronic depression results from long-term addiction to sadness. Allow me to explain…

As human beings, we all are wired to react emotionally to stressful situations in one of three predominant ways…with anger, fear, or sadness. This reactive nature likely began early in childhood for those who find themselves chronically depressed…when someone said or did something to “make” them sad. In that incidence, the person bought into something negative or made something up about themselves, others, or the world in general that “made them sad” and diminished their self-esteem. From that point onward, they began the habit of accumulating evidence to  reinforce whatever they decided, attracting situations and people that strengthened and compounded their addiction to sadness.

Much like a heroin addict addicted to that drug, the chronically depressed person proceeds to scan for and find reason after reason to become depressed. She or he actually becomes adept at buying into the negativity of others or interpreting situations in such a way that reinforces whatever it was that caused them to feel sad during previous upsetting events. Depressed individuals even unwittingly tend to attract people and circumstances that allow them to “get their fix” of sadness.

Those who develop this addiction to sadness often abdicate responsibility for creating a different reality because of all of the frequently invisible, contrary benefits they receive by being sad. These include…

*  They get to feel sorry for themselves.
*  They get to evoke the sympathy of others.
*  They get to be victims.
*  They get to avoid responsibility for turning their situations around.
*  They get to be right about how unfair things are.
*  They get to make others wrong about something.
*  They get to control others with their depression or avoid being dominated by them.

Now, don’t get me wrong. Chronic depression is a very real condition…
so real that brain chemistry becomes altered and if left untreated, can cause the depressed person to spiral downward into a self-destructive, debilitating state.

The Antidote to Depression

If you find yourself succumbing to this addiction to sadness and worsening depression, here are 10 things you can do to turn your situation around:

1. Take responsibility for doing whatever it takes to honor your most important core values. Your values are the threads that form the fabric of who you are at your core. If love, creativity, freedom, belonging, adventure, respect, security or other key values are being dishonored, identify what is needed to live in a manner that honors them.

 

2. Manage your negative thoughts. Create empowering interpretations for all daily events. Know that every challenging situation holds for you a gift for your personal growth and development.  Embrace life as a continual learning process and look for the wisdom that will come from every problematic situation and difficult person.

  

3. Adopt an attitude of gratitude as you go about your day. It’s impossible to be grateful and feel self-pity simultaneously. Look for the good in every situation. Make every day your personal Thanksgiving day!

 

4. Take on an empathetic point of view during all upsetting situations. Remind yourself  that everyone operates in alignment with how they view the world and in an effort to protect themselves from hurt and harm. Ask yourself, “What must it be like in the other person’s world to have them say or do what they did?” Decide to find the behavior of other people as interesting rather than offensive.

 

5. Give up your right to take things personally. Don’t buy into the negative opinions or distorted perspectives of others when they don’t support your happiness. Counter anger with love and fear with understanding. 

 

6. Decide to forgive those who hurt you. Know that every experience – and especially the traumatic ones – contains insights and gifts that contribute to your level of  wisdom and empathy. Adopt the interpretation that you need the experiences to add to your spiritual growth so that you could use this acquired wisdom to contribute to the lives of others. By forgiving others, you complete with your past pain and open the door to being able to forgive yourself and move on to happier times. 

 

7. Hire a coach to support you to embrace the process of personal development. Realize that every experience has prepared you to gain in your ability to contribute your gifts to others. Have the courage to decide to live from a newly invented declaration that represents the person you have decided to be rather than what the negative evidence of the past dictates. Fall in love with the learning process as you become a student of your own behavior and that of others.

 

8. Create a powerful and inspiring vision for your future. Write out your vision for your life in 1, 3, 5 and 10 years, describing in details what you will have, do and be known for as well as who you will contribute to.
Describe in detail all 6 key areas of your life including your health and appearance, wealth and finances, job or business, relationships, personal and spiritual development, and how you will have fun, recreate and pursue your passions.  Take daily actions that support those goals that align with that compelling vision.  

 

9. Decide to have fun and live with passion. Hire a fun coach who can challenge you to add fun activities to your daily life. Explore new hobbies, interests, and develop new passions and friendships. Do at least 1 new fun activity every single day for yourself.

 

10. Take the focus off yourself and your own petty concerns. Find other people or worthwhile causes to contribute your time and energy. Decide to make everyone’s day a bit better than you found them.
Volunteer at a homeless shelter, nursing home, or hospital. Give to others freely and watch what you’ll receive in return.

When you make the daily conscious decision to be happy moment by moment and manage your addiction to sadness by shifting your thought process the moment you feel the least bit blue, your world will miraculously transform for the better.

Good things Happening In the World 2024 ( to be updated periodically )

From: Freetheocean April 2024
A Historic Leap for Whale Conservation:
Recognizing Whales as Legal Persons

In a groundbreaking move that bridges ancient wisdom with modern conservation efforts, Indigenous leaders from Polynesia have paved the way for a future where whales swim the oceans not just as majestic creatures but as entities with legal personhood. This transformative approach to whale conservation marks a significant shift in how we perceive and protect these gentle giants of the sea.
Ancient Wisdom for Modern Conservation

For centuries, the Indigenous peoples of Polynesia have revered whales, viewing them as sacred spirits that connect all life. The Māori of New Zealand, for instance, regard whales—or tohorā—as guides that led their ancestors across the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean. Today, these communities consider themselves the guardians of these magnificent beings, underscoring a deep-rooted commitment to their protection.
A Treaty of Protection

In a historic gathering, Indigenous leaders from New Zealand, Tahiti, and the Cook Islands signed a treaty recognizing whales as legal persons. This unprecedented move is not merely symbolic but a strategic step towards compelling national governments to enforce stricter protections for whales. Spearheaded by the Hinemoana Halo Ocean Initiative, this treaty, known as He Whakaputanga Moana or “declaration for the ocean,” is a testament to the power of traditional guardianship in the face of modern challenges.


Got Broken Stuff? The Tool Library Has a Fix
Buffalo’s Tool Library is chipping away at throwaway consumerism, one fix at a time.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, Americans throw away nearly 40 million tons of such items each year. Repair cafes — of which there are now more than 3,000 across the world — offer an economical and environmentally friendly solution: Fix your broken stuff, instead.

From Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature: 2024 Year in Review GARN

This year, the Rights of Nature saw progress in Perú, Spain, the U.S., India, Mexico, the Netherlands, Brazil, Ecuador, Germany, Colombia, Argentina, and more

📍 Marañón River, Perú

The Peruvian Court made history by recognizing the rights of the Marañón River thanks to the tireless efforts of the Kukama Indigenous women.

📍 Mar Menor and Serra de Outes, Spain

Lawyer Teresa Vicente was awarded the Goldman Prize for her fight for the rights of the Mar Menor lagoon, and the Tins River in Serra de Outes became the first river in Spain to be granted rights.

📍 Aruba

Aruba Minister of Nature submitted a draft amendment to recognize the Rights of Nature in their National Constitution.

📍 Minnesota, North Carolina and Virginia, United States

A Minnesota bill recognized the rights of wild rice, and a North Carolina bill was introduced to recognize the rights of the Dan River ecosystem. The Rappahannock Tribe in Virginia became the first U.S. Tribal Nation to adopt Constitutional Rights of Nature.

📍 India

The Indian Supreme Court ruled in favor of forest protection and the Rights of Nature.

📍 Mexico City, Mexico

Mexico City’s Congress recognizes the Rights of Nature in its local Constitution.

📍 Netherlands

A Rights of Nature motion was submitted in the Netherlands, after last year Eijsden-Margraten became the first municipality in the Netherlands to adopt RoN.

📍 Vermelho River, Linhares and Pico do Itambé, Brazil

Vermelho river in Brazil was granted legal rights by Goiás City Council, waves were recognized as a subject of rights in Linhares, and Pico do Itambé and its mountain range in Brazil were declared a subject of rights by an amendment to the Organic Law of the city of Santo Antônio do Itambé.

📍 Machángara River, Ecuador

Machangara River in Ecuador was recognized as a subject of rights. A specific plan for the restoration of the river, with a basis on the Monjas River case, was established.

📍 Germany

A regional court in Germany recognized the Rights of Nature in Diesel Emissions case, quoting the Machangara case.

📍 Ranchería River, Colombia

Colombia passed a law declaring the Ranchería river as a subject of rights.

📍 Francia Lagoon, Argentina

Argentina recognizes the Rights of Nature for the first time: The judiciary in Resistencia, Chaco declared the Francia lagoon a subject of rights.

 

Good things happening in the world from 2023 going into 2024

 These first happenings came from a newsletter from Anita Sanchez

(There is another Anita Sanchez who has beautiful books as well)

 

The Netherlands built five artificial islands specifically for the conservation of birds and plants.  Two years later, there are already 30,000 birds living there and 127 plant species are growing.

Thai supermarkets have abandoned plastic bags and started wrapping their groceries in banana leaves. 

 

Rice farmers around the world are starting to use duck fields instead of pesticides. Ducks eat insects and nibble on weeds without touching the rice.

 

The Netherlands plants the roofs of hundreds of bus stops with flowers and plants - specifically for bees.
 

South Korea organizes dance parties for people over 65. Fighting dementia and loneliness.

In Rome, you can pay for a metro ticket using plastic bottles.  Thus, 350,000 bottles have already been collected.

 

She  listed more...

 

More can be found on this page: The Year in Cheer 

(and on this site, each snippit has a link to more details)

 

Volunteers have given new life to more than 100,000 abandoned bicycles, shipping them across the globe to people who need them. 

 

Eighty percent of new cars sold in Norway are electric.

The biggest dam removal project in US history — currently underway on the Klamath River — will open up 400 miles of fish habitat. 

 

Sixteen schools in Braunschweig, Germany, include happiness as a subject in their curriculums.

 

Washington is the first US state to put money toward climate change education in K-12 public schools — and at least 11 other states are following suit.

 

In Minnesota, more than 1,500 seniors signed on for a state agency’s free online fitness program.

 

Over 10,000 physicians across Canada have written “green” prescriptions instructing patients to spend more time in nature.

In France, anyone who opts to repair their clothes can now get a bonus of up to 25 euros.

 

In 2022, the Apparel Impact Institute ​​cut 316,451 tons of emissions and saved 2,903,575 cubic meters of water by helping fashion brands be more sustainable.

 

The Hunger Project is serving about 35,000 people in Uganda — fighting hunger by teaching them how to grow their own food

 

The UK government offers parents 30 hours of free childcare per week.

A Tunisian school’s solar panels produce four times the power the campus needs, allowing the school to sell energy back to the grid, which funds classes in robotics.

 

A company in the UK rents out 1,000 living Christmas trees each year so they don’t end up in landfills.

 

New Zealand banned the use of single-use plastic produce bags – preventing the use of an estimated 150 million plastic bags annually.

Six US states recently passed legislation for universal free meal programs.

 

There are now 158 protected ocean ‘Hope Spots’ around the world.

Among California’s 25 largest school districts, more than two-thirds now serve non-meat, non-dairy entrees a minimum of once a week.

In 2022, FoodCycle’s pop-up cafes served nearly 500,000 meals to 62 communities across the UK, saving 209 metric tons of food from going to waste.

One hundred fifty hairdressers in West and Central African cities have become “mental health ambassadors.”

 

These are a small fraction of the Year in Cheer.  There are many truly great things listed.

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From: The Cleveland Health Clinic

Why Giving Is Good for Your Health
Helping others can boost your heart and mind

 

We all know that giving helps others... But did you know that the warm and fuzzy feeling you get from helping others is actually good for you, too? That’s not just some “good vibe” theory, either. There’s science behind it.
...
Health benefits of giving:

As you help someone or give a gift, your brain secretes “feel good” chemicals such as:

Serotonin (which regulates your mood).

Dopamine (which gives you a sense of pleasure).
Oxytocin (which creates a sense of connection with others).

Physical and mental health benefits associated with giving or serving can include:

Lower blood pressure

A longer lifespan
Less stress

Gift-giving or volunteering can reduce your levels of cortisol, the stress hormone that can make you feel overwhelmed or anxious.

A ‘helper’s high’
Giving can stimulate your brain’s mesolimbic pathway, or reward center, while releasing endorphins. That can lead to a “helper’s high” that boosts self-esteem, elevates happiness and combats feelings of depression.

 

 from:our-choices-matter.blogspot.com

 

Click to Donate - Free Way to Help the World

This is a list of sites found online. Because so much division exists in the  world now, and people may feel offended seeing some of the click to donate sites, I made the choice to limit this site to politically neutral charities. All possible click to donate charity sites had been included, no matter their politics, religious affiliation or other, as all beings have beauty within them and deserve love and comfort.  I believe all are worthwhile, and at the same time, realize emotions can get very high. Leaving this page only with neutral charities may allow more to feel comfortable clicking, thus having a far greater beneficial effect.

Just clicking (usually a button or image, clearly marked) donates funds to the charity.  These donations are paid for by advertisers and sponsors.
 

It is from the numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.
Robert Kennedy

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And beyond these sites, there is a search engine called www.goodsearch.comwhich donates $.01 for each click to your selected charity.

Below these click to donate links are a variety of petition links

Help Poverty
 
Polish Hunger Site
The Hunger Site (may require cookies)
Donate Bread(Click Loaf)
Feed Veterans (may require cookies)
Feed Hungry in Brazil 
Click for Children - scroll to middle of page (requires cookies)
Hunger - scroll to middle of page (requires cookies)

Health
Greater Good (may require cookies)

The Literacy Site (may require cookies)

Polish Heart (click red button)

Alzheimer's Research (may require cookies)
The Breast Cancer Site (may require cookies)
Kids Autism

Give Free Books Literacy Site (may require cookies)
 
Polish Autism

Prevent Breast Cancer - scroll to middle of page
Stop Violence - scroll to middle of page
Veterans
Dutch Emergency Assistance (not currently active)

Fund a Scholarship (click chest) (may be inactive)

Enviroment                                     
Help Ocean  
Forest Watch
The Rainforest Site
Help Forest

Clean Air, Save U.S. Land, Save Mexican Rain Forest

Protect the Earth
Oceans
Rainforests
Reefs
Water Pollution

Solar Energy (may not be working)

Clean Your Country (may not be working)

Plant an OAK Tree (may not be working)

Animals
Animal Rescue Site

Help Individual Animals
Animal Web Action - Donate Blankets to Animals

Animal Web Action - Donate Pellets to Animals

Animal Web Action - Donate Canned Food to Animals 

Animal Web Action - Donate Dry Food to Animals 
Free Kibble Donate Dog Food

Help Animals (temporarily down)
Clicanimaux Help Horses (temporarily down)
Clicanimaux Help Dogs (temporarily down)

Clicanimaux Help Cats (temporarily down)
Clicanimaux Help Ducks / Geese (temporarily down)

Free Kibble Donate Cat Food

Free Kibble Donate Cat Litter 

(C)Big Cats
(C) Dogs - South Africa
(C) Wolves
(C) Various Animal Causes 
(C) Animal Testing
(C) Stop Dog Fighting
(C) Ivory Trade
(C) Primates
(C) Sea Turtles
(C) Trapping
(C) Whales Dolphins
(C) Stop the Yulin Festival (

Feed a Big Cat (may not be working)

 

Grouped Charities

Greater Good (listed above in separate sections) all together

Petitions & Legislation

Big Cat Public Safety Act

The Big Cat Public Safety Act is a federal bill that would address two of the biggest sources of abuse of big cats by ending owning big cats as pets and stopping exploitative roadside zoos from offering cub petting and photo ops. Big cats purchased as pets are dangerous and typically end up living in inhumane conditions. Cubs used for petting and photos are ripped from their mothers at birth, physically punished to diminish their natural behaviors, deprived of sleep, then often discarded a few months later when they are two big to pet, with no tracking of what happens to them or how many die

The Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act (TEAPSPA) would prohibit the use of wild animals in traveling shows such as circuses.

Wild animals used in circuses spend their lives in cramped cages, forced to perform unnatural and sometimes painful tricks, day in and day out. These animals endure constant stress and are denied the opportunity to engage in natural behaviors. Wild animals have complex behavioral, physical, and emotional needs that cannot be satisfied by traveling shows designed for human entertainment.

The Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act (TEAPSPA) amends the Animal Welfare Act to end the use of wild animals in traveling shows, like circuses, with limited exceptions for certain entities such as accredited zoos, wildlife sanctuaries, and rodeos.

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The Animal Legal Defense Fund - Federal Bills

The Animal Legal Defense Fund works at the state and local levels to advance important legislation. We advocate for laws that promote or protect the lives and interests of animals, and we oppose legislation that would be detrimental to animals’ well-being.

We also work closely with the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s other programs to identify opportunities to create model legislation that address strategic legal issues in the areas of civil and criminal law, and monitor legislation that impacts animals at the federal, state, and local levels

The Humane Cosmetics Act (Federal)
Farm System Reform Act (Federal)
Big Cat Public Safety Act (Federal)
Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act (Federal)

Captive Primate Safety Act (Federal)
Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2021 (Federal)
The Save America’s Forgotten Equines Act (SAFE) Act (Federal)

 

INTERNATIONAL PETITION:
Support making ECOCIDE an International Crime
Mass damage and destruction of ecosystems (ECOCIDE), committed repeatedly over decades and permitted by law, has led to global climate and ecological crisis. Treaties, agreements and civil lawsuits have all failed to prevent this.

"We call on all governments to declare support for making ecocide an  international crime, in the knowledge that many countries must stand together to put this law in place for the long-term protection of all life on Earth."

 

Care2.com

Get 'Forever Chemicals' Out Of Bottled Water! by Consumer Reports
Forty-three of the 47 bottled waters Consumer Reports tested had detectable levels of PFAS. These chemicals have been linked to cancer, birth defects, and other serious health problems in people with prolonged exposure. The EPA has refused to set limits on these 'forever chemicals,' but that shouldn't stop the bottled water industry from getting them out of the water they sell.

(Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are very stable manmade chemicals that can lead to toxicity and health issues)
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Care2/ The Petition Site -  Animal Welfare Petitions 

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Oceana - Protecting the World's Oceans

This page leads to a page with petitions, including "Save Marine Life From Single-Use Plastics," " Tell Amazon: Give Me a Plastic Free Packaging Choice" & others.

 
Factory Farming Is Killing the Planet, Our Health, and Our Commitment to Humane Animal Treatment. Ban Factory Farms Now!
Laws called “ag-gag” or agriculture gag laws make it illegal for people to film inside factory farms and expose the brutality these animals experience every day. That’s the biggest reason we don’t know the full extent of how much farm animals are suffering.

If you think laws preventing the exposure of animal abuse need to go, visit  The Humane Society of The United States to find out how you can help end them.

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Hawaii may take the lead in the U.S. by passing legislation to go fur free

The bill (SB 1350), which was just introduced by Senator Mike Gabbard, would ban the manufacture and sale of certain fur products in the state, in addition to banning the import of fur products for sale or distribution. 

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Pets Are Legally Classified as Property Rather Than Living Beings in Most Places

...there is hope!  An article here talks of how pets are being considered more as children than mere property in divorces. This upgrade in their legal classification actually gives pets more protections. Now we just need to get all states to make this change! There is no question that this change just makes sense. Animals are not objects, they are living beings and they are a part of our families.  

 

Follow New York's Lead - Ban Cat Declawing Now!

 

Put a Stop to Live Animals in Keychains and Mobile Phone Trinkets in China!

Vendors are sealing turtles, fish and small amphibious animals into plastic bags and selling them as keychain and mobile phone trinkets. The trinkets are supposed to bring good luck, but clearly bring only bad luck to the trapped animals.

The animals can survive for days in the bag, but eventually suffocate or starve to death.

Read more at this link. 

Read the article The Sad Truth About Free Pets On Craigslist (article link)

Ban Cat Declawing in Canada - Change.org

Stop Cat Declawing in California

Many Petitions for Animals - Lady Free Thinker