Fermentation of water extracts
-increases nutritional value and bioavailability of nutrients
- preserves infusion for longer period of time
-introduces friendly flora for the digestive tract
-increases and synergizes herbal constituents not available in infusion by water alone.

Recipes on the site.

An effective recipe from Mountain Rose Herbs that’s a safe alternative to commercial bug sprays.

“The Evolution of Targeted Currencies and an Introduction to OS-Earth
The following text has been extracted from a presentation, and provides an overview of evolved ideas regarding incentives and how currencies create markets.

This page also introduces OS-Earth, our vision for a platform to support the efficient and sustainable use of resources within and between communities.

Understanding Currencies - 
Currency and currents come from the same root, the Latin verb Correre, meaning “to run.” They are about movement and flow. When we speak of currencies, we mean “the tools for catalyzing currents.”

Currency should NOT be equated with money. Monetary currencies are a small part of a much larger framework.

Flows of trust, reputation, knowledge, information, value, goods, services, resources, gifts, admiration, and the experience of acceptance or belonging are just some of the kinds of things that you can activate with currencies.”

A presentation by Arthur Brock for the Free Currencies Playshop. We’re remembering what matters.

““America gives participants an opportunity to explore global perceptions of America within the context of “distributive justice,” a concept borrowed from the fields of economics and philosophy that concerns the ways in which a society forms a consensus on the just distribution of wealth. The Internet-based game focuses specifically on views of America and is accessible on the computers in the center of the exhibition room or online from anywhere in the world. As they play the game, participants create and juxtapose two views of America: that of Americans and that of non-Americans.
While earlier manifestations of Distributive Justice have focused specifically on economic and ethical questions pertaining to the just distribution of wealth, Distributive Justice: America is concerned with practical rather than theoretical issues. “It is,” says Kuluncic, “primarily focused on day-to-day events and actions (or non-actions) including short-term and long-term consequences.”

““America gives participants an opportunity to explore global perceptions of America within the context of “distributive justice,” a concept borrowed from the fields of economics and philosophy that concerns the ways in which a society forms a consensus on the just distribution of wealth. The Internet-based game focuses specifically on views of America and is accessible on the computers in the center of the exhibition room or online from anywhere in the world. As they play the game, participants create and juxtapose two views of America: that of Americans and that of non-Americans.
While earlier manifestations of Distributive Justice have focused specifically on economic and ethical questions pertaining to the just distribution of wealth, Distributive Justice: America is concerned with practical rather than theoretical issues. “It is,” says Kuluncic, “primarily focused on day-to-day events and actions (or non-actions) including short-term and long-term consequences.”

“Since their inception, video games have been steadily invading our screens, playing increasingly significant roles in all aspects of American life. Known for their entertainment value more than for their educational benefits, video games are still infrequent inclusions in the American classroom. At the Science Education Initiative event The State of Games in the American Classroom on April 17, 2012, Scott Lachut, director of consulting at PSFK, presented the Future of Gaming Report as a resource and an inspiration for educators to begin considering games less as a mindless medium and more as an innovative, interactive tool to increase student achievement. The Future of Gaming Report, which emerged from PSFK’s analysis of patterns in the development and use of games, identifies promising trends in gaming and analyzes gaming’s expanding role in bettering the individual and society. At this event, Lachut focused on the education-related aspects of the report, discussing the growing impact of gaming on students inside and outside of the classroom….”

This important book is coming out this Fall. You can read more about it on the link.

“Ethical Economy (Columbia University Press), written by Adam Arvidsson in collaboration with Nicolai Peitersen, introduces to ethical economics and interprets the beginning of a new, radically different economic system in which production is mainly collaborative and social, and in which the value is based on the quality of social interactions and relationships rather than on the quantity of productive time. The book however is not only made of theories. The authors’ approach, which makes everything much more interesting, is based on the need to make this paradigm to work, real projects like for example the development of a software that allows the declaration and the transparent rating of their own values, and their use in a community of reference. “

‘Give me control of a nations money supply, and I care not who makes it’s laws’ ~ Amschel Rothchilds

This article explains why many of the new digital currencies are not alternative currencies at all.

“This month Canada announced its new ‘digital’ currency: A few weeks ago the Royal Canadian Mint rolled out MintChip, a digital currency that is “better than cash.” It isn’t an alternative currency in that it’s a digital representation of the sovereign currency — the Canadian dollar. Cash cannot easily be tracked, but MintChip will allow computer tracking of every financial transaction, no matter how small.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/05/mintchip/

By going digital it will allow the Central Banks to ‘reset’ the value of the new currency with one keystroke (along with another possible false flag event) to get out from the massive debt they created and convert us all to a digital currency system….”

“Über Trade buyers are motivated to trade and will always check Über Trade first before spending cash with a nonmember. Whether you are filling empty hotel rooms, unneeded timeshare weeks, airlines seats or conference space, this new found revenue that you would not have had otherwise can be spent on a multitude of direct businesses expenses….

…connect-online strategy embraces the latest technology to give you the ability to make the timely trades that would benefit you…”