FUKUSHIMA FEED
Here we are GROWING INTO
the meaning of what we have seen
and heard in Tohoku...
With its many layers and tentacles that reach outward and pull inward; indeed the situation in Japan represents a microcosmic example for all of us that live in this vast Cosmos.
The question of POWER--from every angle of meaning--affects us all. How can we Re-Shape and
Re-Imagine the use of POWER in every way --Personal, Public, Political, ... and Nuclear !
How do we Evolve and Align with the fundamentally creative energy of such Evolution ?
Can this kind of Global Social Witnessing help to accept a new paradigm of Human Consciousness?
When what is thought ( and lived AS ) an imperishable world
...suddenly perishes into a transitory one ... What Happens ?
色即是空空即是色 ...
Is this enough anymore ?
It seems our work is to first INTERPRET all of this raw material
...and then somehow EMBODY and SHARE it in a form that can gradually become USEFUL toward the RE-CODING & CO-CREATION
of a better and more sustainable World.
But How ??
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ありがとう。。。
Arigatou from RIKUZENTAKATA JAPAN
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Remembering Rikuzentakata 2017
RIKUZENTAKATA 2016
City of the Future !!!
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ゆめちゃん COSMIC AGENT
KAMOME
The Boat of Hope
by Amya Miller, Lori Dengler, Amy Uyeki
PLEASE READ !!!
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RIKUZENTAKATA , JAPAN
Special Thanks to Amya Miller, Takata High School, & Takaki Shigekawa !
Special Thanks to Amya Miller, Takata High School, & Takaki Shigekawa !
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FUKUSHIMA FUTURE
AN ARTICLE BY BOB STILGER :
http://www.opendemocracy.net/transformation/bob-stilger/fukushima’s-future
ANOTHER ARTICLE by BOB STILGER and YUKA SAIONJI
"Enspirited Leadership in Japan"
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ALONE IN THE ZONE
Produced, Directed, Camera, Sound, and Edited by
IVAN KOVAC and JEFFREY JOUSAN
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FUKUSHIMA IS HERE ?
Raising Fukushima Consciousness
The San Francisco "Beach Mural"
PHOTO: Fukushima Response.org
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MAYOR FUTOSHI TOBA of RIKUZENTAKA
talking with school children about their hopes
and dreams for City restoration…
https://www.facebook.com/RikuzentakataCity
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http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/kodawari/data/2013/11/13nobiru/
350 SHINGON MONKS Blessing the Ocean.
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KESENNUMA :
For the City of Forest, Ocean, and Mountain Project
Energy Alternatives are working...
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KOIZUMI LIVES ON ...
“即ゼロがいい”
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KOIZUMI'S REVOLUTION...
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A message from tsunami-hit Rikuzentakata:
MAKE THE TRIP.
by Amya L. Miller
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TSUNAMI BOAT from RIKUZENTAKATA washes up on the shore of Crescent City California.
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NHK WORLD BROADCAST
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The 4th Edition is now available on Amazon HERE
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WONDERFUL FILM by ALAIN DE HALLEUX
Internatiional "Gold Panda" Awards for Documentary
Best Society Concern Award
Part 1 ONLY. Check YOUTUBE for the rest 2 - 5 !
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INTERESTING PROJECT !!
by GLOBAL GIVING FOUNDATION Inc.
"From the angles of both “restoration” and “raising disaster awareness”, there are many valuable lessons to learn for people coming from outside to stay in the region. Given this, we would like to create accommodation within the integrated facility to enable as many people as possible to come and visit the area."
PROJECT UPDATE !!
This project was completed.
Please read more HERE !
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Peer-to-Peer Science:
The Century-Long Challenge to Respond to Fukushima .
Solving the Fukushima nuclear crisis will require rethinking our whole approach to science, social media, and public diplomacy.
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MINAMISOMA CHANNEL
The city governement led by Mayor Sakurai made their own Channel ! Is this believable information ?
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PLAYGROUND of HOPE PROJECT
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BUT STILL...
As OUTSIDERS bringing in outside energy and attention...
How do we continue to support the people in Tohoku ?
How to keep the "good" energy moving forward...
How to impress ? / influence ? /support ? the people to
create a Future THEY want...and not just Re-Create the past ?
How to offer creative alternatives ?
How to complement Local initiatives ?
Is it too soon to hear the Evolutionary Impulse ??
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FUKUSHIMA EVACUEE LOCATION MAP :
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THANK YOU FROM JAPAN
BACK TO MINAMISOMA
Nothing has changed for the Save Minamisoma Project.
The twice monthly trips continue .... as there is still NEED !
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BUT IS IT ART ???
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TOKYO AS USUAL...
(except for Fridays)
HYDRANGEA FRIDAYS : Voices from the Heart
by Jacinta Hin (The Accidental Protester)
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SAVE MINAMISOMA PROJECT ....More !
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BACK TO JAPAN
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THANK YOU
To the Albuquerque Peace and Justice Center
for agreeing to be our Fiscal Sponsor.
DR. PING CHEN - Li Yin Medical Center
for offering to donate all seed money for the project.
AND
Kenji Tanaka
Kellie Murphy
Adjua Serwa
Meta Hirschl
Kathy Evans
Jigen Sakai
Gala Rinpoche
Mystical Arts of Tibet
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TOKYO RALLY IS BIGGEST YET ...
Taking to the streets is a NEW phenomenon in Japan....
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CONTINUING to TRY....
Word from Japan is that Temporary Housing areas NEED community.
People were suddenly uprooted from their homes and neighborhoods ...and now live beside each other. It is not the nature of Japanese
people to easily communicate with those they do not know.
Is this an area where we could help generate a sense of Community ?
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ARTISTS HELP JAPAN
A Wonderful effort that has raised over $ 235,000 US Dollars.
This is primarily for the RECOVERY phase of this disaster.
HOW CAN ART CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE ?
HOW CAN ARTISTIC EFFORT BE SUSTAINED ?
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DOGWOOD PROJECT :
As a symbol of Friendship AND as a way to express its continued support for Japan's recovery; The US is "drawing up a plan" to present Japan with 3000 DOGWOOD Seedlings.
After all, 2012 is the 100 Yr. Anniversary of the Japanese gift of Cherry Blossom trees to Washington.
As a symbol of Friendship AND as a way to express its continued support for Japan's recovery; The US is "drawing up a plan" to present Japan with 3000 DOGWOOD Seedlings.
After all, 2012 is the 100 Yr. Anniversary of the Japanese gift of Cherry Blossom trees to Washington.
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SOME TRADITIONAL JAPANESE ...ENGAGED ART...
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PROJECT: WORLD PEOPLE RISING
This effort is a PROCESS FOCUSED attempt.
The PROCESS is more important than the results.
(FOR NOW.)
It is an Exploration of numerous things...
We are citizens of the World who share the same
problems...
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THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR THOUGHTS ....
Upon return from Japan this time, there is one thing that is clear.
We have to GROW INTO the meaning of what we have heard and seen.
Indeed what is Life.
What is the purpose of our lives on this planet...
and HOW can we (each?) best Fulfill it ?
There is a deeper Evolutionary Intention that has been stirred.
As with any disaster, there is a first stage of ....recovery.
The Earthquake and subsequent Tsunami are uncontrollable
"NATURAL" disasters of NATURE.
But what REALLY to make of the ONGOING Dai-Ichi Discussion ??
We appreciate all of you who have dared to contemplate this issue.
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HOW TO HEAL JAPAN....
and the WHOLE WIDE WORLD
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NOW WHAT ??
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Back to New Mexico filled full with so much information.
But what was really happening in Japan ...and to Japan.
So much mystery still.
Relief efforts were ongoing but is anything working ?
It has now been over 1 year since the Disaster....
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NPO & NGO
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TOMODACHI PROJECT
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RADIATION
By now most people have had to take their own initiative.
Everyone has hand held devices to measure radiation.
This includes all children who carry them to and from school.
Movement of Citizens for Radiactivity Measuring Station.
Amazon.co.jp ¥ 4536 ($ 50.00)
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3.11 PORTRAIT PROJECT
by NOBUYUKI KOBAYASHI - 小林伸幸
THE POWER OF PHOTOGRAPHY.
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RIKUZENTAKATA ....
Washing Found Photos Project.
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SAVE MINAMISOMA PROJECT
仮設住宅
Delivery process begins in Tokyo at the Second Harvest Food Bank.
More food is picked up at another warehouse around sunset.
The Truck leaves Tokyo at 11pm and begins the drive to Fukushima. There is a pit stop at a rest area around 2am --before arrival at sunrise. From 7am there is a meeting point with the local crew before arriving to the first Shelter.
7 a.m Meeting point with the Local Crew.
This Project is particularly successful because of the LOCAL people who join in with the Project. Without them it would not work.
Thank You Sousa Family.
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After much time, thought, and consideration;
we decided to join the SAVE MINAMISOMA PROJECT.
This project delivers safe drinking water and food DIRECTLY
to the residents of Minamisoma City who are in continuing need
of assistance. Deliveries are made every 2 weeks to those who have lost their homes and were forced to evacuate due to the Fukushima
radiation. Multiple temporary housing shelters have now been built
all across the region. Many have also lost their livelihood due to the
radiation contamination of farmlands and they receive very little
additional support for daily living expenses...
It is significant that approximately half of the Organization is made up of Foreign Volunteers.
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK
One Example of Participation and Engagement with Tohoku.
First Food Bank in Japan ...established in 2002. Thank You to
Mr. Charles E. McJilton, the Executive Director and Team Manager.
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DECONTAMINATION EXPERTS OUTLINE THE BASICS
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BACK TO JAPAN
Tokyo is totally back to normal...
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Citizens’ forum queries nuclear ‘experts’
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Japan gets vital chance to rethink energy policy.
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FUKUSHIMA – The mayor of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, expressed his desire Monday to create an international forum in the city for firms and people from all over the world to contribute their expertise on how to tackle nuclear crises as well as alternative energy development.
“I want my city to become the (global) center of industries that will transcend nuclear power generation,” said Mayor Katsunobu Sakurai.
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POSITIVE ACTION & RESPONSE FROM THE SPORTS WORLD.
Pro Athletes have stepped up donate charity monies to the Disaster.
(It may be problematic that they do not know exactly where the funds will go. This kind of "giving" is new to Japan.)
M. MIYAZATO, A. MIYAZATO, M. UEDA
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HARUKI MARUKAMI SPEECH :
"AS AN UNREALISTIC DREAMER"
(Speech for the Catalunya International Prize 2011)
B R A V O
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QUESTIONS REMAINED...
Who are we ?
Do we need to get involved more ?
What could we possibly do ?
Why ?
Outside ? Inside ? ....or combination of Both ?
How dangerous is the Radiation and how long will it last ?
Who/What can "help" at this initial STAGE 1 effort ?
Media ? Art ? Policy ? Environment ? Science ? Business ?
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VISITING SHELTERS ...
Distributing the Jizos (directly) was coordinated by Mayor Sakurai.
But the question lingered. Who were we anyway ?
And why did we come all this way with hand made goods ?
(BTW...our Individualized efforts were deeply appreciated by some...and harshly lectured by others. Also, mistrust of the the Government was just beginning and association with the Mayor was not OK with some.)
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MEETING the MAYOR
KATSUNORI SAKURAI, Mayor of Minamisoma
To do something as an INDIVIDUAL (as opposed to a group)
is mostly non existent in Japan.
And yet it was exactly this Individual effort that got us in
to meet the Mayor...
VERY INTERESTING PERSON and MEETING.
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FINISHING TOUCHES ...
We could find only one Hotel. Here we stamped and stuffed the boxes.
We felt safe from Radiation because there were no windows....
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JIZOS TRAVEL TO MINAMISOMA
(Amidst a rain storm...and lots of Self Defense Forces ....自衛隊 .)
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JIZOS TRAVEL TO TOKYO
May 2, 2011
Despite popular opinion we decided to go ahead and make the trip to Japan.... Tokyo was first. While people were still in some shock
( and had stocked up on water, toilet paper, and noodles supplies);
basically Life as usual had begun to return for most.
Engaging in active support of an unknown community of unknown people ... is still a newer kind of thinking in Japan. It was not until the devastating Kobe Earthquake that struck in 1995 that this kind of thinking emerged.
A common sentiment has been ... "Volunteering and nonprofit sector is a Western and Foreign idea"..."It does not work in Japan"; ... "The Government takes care of everything in Japan and people need not do such things .... "
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JIZOS for JAPAN..... (made in New Mexico)
And so our thoughts were....
Lets get to Work.
Start where we are.
One Jizo at a Time.
Once Person at a Time.
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Arrangements to go back to Japan were completely discouraged by ALL family members and then the Temple too...
News was sporadic and unreliable at best...
The city of MINAMISOMA broke thru with new information...
This use of Social Media and YOU TUBE marked a very FIRST for a
Japanese Government Official to turn to the OUTSIDE WORLD for help. It received HALF A MILLION viewers from around the World .
The Mayor was subsequently flooded with offers of help and assistance. (There was almost no reaction from inside Japan.)
This message marked the BEGINNING or our Journey to ENGAGE.
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DEEPENING CONCERN for the PEOPLE and the ENVIRONMENT....
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MARCH 11, 2011 ...
東日本大震災
(EASTERN JAPAN GREAT EARTHQUAKE & DISASTER.)
What shall we do ? What can we do ? What Should we do ?
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