Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet Peace Podcast

Avis Kalfsbeek discusses falling off the vegan wagon with a pepperoni pizza and finishes reading Henry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism – Chapter 10  Vegetarianism and Social Reform. In this chapter, Henry is bold as usual. He states that vegetarianism can't save the nation without a societal redistribution of wealth, but that doesn't make it any less important.  “In the first place, I think we shall do wisely in not claiming too much. The unhappy condition of the lower classes is brought about by many complex causes, which can scarcely be remedied by any single reform. The evil lies in the inequality of the laws which regulate the distribution of wealth, rather than in any actual dearth of means of subsistence. It may therefore be fairly questioned whether, to gain a final and permanent relief, it would not be necessary to go beyond individual food-thrift, and to place the whole system of the production of wealth on a really equitable basis.  On the other hand, we must not fail to claim for our system the immense importance to which it is justly entitled. Though Vegetarianism may not be the only reform that is needed, it is none the less true that no other reform, without it, can be really and permanently successful.” Henry Steven Salt   Digital book Henry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism (there are others, easily searchable): https://www.mkgandhi.org/ebks/plea-for-vegetarianism.pdf Earthing Ed's book How to Argue With a Meat Eater (I am not an affiliate): https://www.amazon.com/s?k=how+to+argue+with+a+meat+eater&crid=DKR5MXWZSDOK&sprefix=how+to+argue+with+a+%2Caps%2C278&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_20 Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Get the Books/Join the community: www.AvisKalfsbeek.com or https://linktr.ee/aviskalfsbeek Get the Audio Book https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us

Avis continues reading Henry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism – Chapter 9 The Philosophy of Cannibilism (and the Carnivore)  “It is indisputable that there have been, and indeed are, savage tribes who deliberately prefer human flesh to other food ; and it should not escape our notice that these people, in defence of their dietetic peculiarities might use, and probably have used, arguments similar to those now-a-days brought forward by flesh-eaters in justification of their system of diet—'It has always been so;' ‘it is the regular rule of our society ;' ‘ our medical men approve of it ;' ‘we are strong and healthy on this diet ;' ‘it is evidently the law of Nature ;' ‘it is much kinder to the victims than to leave them to die of a lingering old age ;' ‘the world would be over-run with old and sick people if we did not ​eat them ;' ‘it is absolutely necessary at times to take life ;' ‘we must be practical, and not give way to humanitarian sentiment'—all these are fallacies which must surely have been employed by many a patriotic cannibal, as well as by the Englishmen who are determined to see no fault in their native beef…So, without wishing to weaken the just detestation in which cannibalism is at present held, I should like to inquire a little into the reasons on which this abhorrence is based, and to see if they do not lead us to wider and fuller conclusions than those hitherto reached by well-meaning anti-cannibalistic flesh-eaters.” Henry Steven Salt Digital book Henry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism (there are others, easily searchable): https://www.mkgandhi.org/ebks/plea-for-vegetarianism.pdf Earthing Ed's book How to Argue With a Meat Eater (I am not an affiliate): https://www.amazon.com/s?k=how+to+argue+with+a+meat+eater&crid=DKR5MXWZSDOK&sprefix=how+to+argue+with+a+%2Caps%2C278&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_20 Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Get the Books The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us (One More Year, Book 1 on Audio, other books coming soon on audio)

Avis continues reading Henry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism – Chapter 8 Sport (killing animals for fun) “The essence of so-called sport " consists in the excitement derived from the pursuit and killing of animals. It seems that there are two warring instincts in men's minds—one, the brutal passion, which prompts them to pursue and slaughter innocent and helpless creatures, a passion which, unfortunately, has been so strengthened by centuries of habit, that in some persons it is engrafted like a second nature ; the other, the gentler, and surely not less natural feeling, which bids us pity, sympathise, and save. I believe that this latter instinct is des- tined eventually to triumph over the former, and the triumph would be the speedier, were it not that certain attendant circumstances com- bine to throw a fictitious charm over our national field-sports, and so prevent us from realising the great cruelty that underlies them.”  Henry Steven Salt Digital book Henry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism (there are others, easily searchable): https://www.mkgandhi.org/ebks/plea-for-vegetarianism.pdf Earthing Ed's book How to Argue With a Meat Eater (I am not an affiliate): https://www.amazon.com/s?k=how+to+argue+with+a+meat+eater&crid=DKR5MXWZSDOK&sprefix=how+to+argue+with+a+%2Caps%2C278&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_20 Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Get the Books The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us (One More Year, Book 1 on Audio, other books coming soon on audio)

Avis continues reading Henry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism – Chapter 7 On Certain Fallacies (Myth-busing carnivore attacks on vegetarianism)  “The absurd assertion so often made, that animals were ‘sent' us as food may be classed under this same head. The mere fact that we ​have been accustomed to eat flesh-food, no more proves that animals were created for this purpose than the existence of cannibalism proves that missionaries are “sent” to the South Sea Islands solely as an article of food, or the existence of slavery that black men were “sent” to be the slaves of white. In barbarous times cruel practices are originated, and afterwards are confirmed by centuries of habit, till at last, when humanity raises a protest against them, men are so blinded by custom as to attribute to God or nature that which is in reality only the result of their own vice and degradation.” Henry Steven Salt Henry Stephen Salt's 11 Fallacies - Carnivores Arguments Against Vegetarians 1)    The Teeth 2)    Vegetarianism is impossible in cold climates 3)    Vegetarianism involves too much thinking about one's food 4)    Vegetarianism is bullshit (“a mere crotchet”)  5)    We ought to eat meat for the sake of others 6)    What should we do without leather? 7)    What would become of the animals? 8)    It is better for the animals themselves to live and to be killed, than not to live at all. 9)    Is it right to refuse to conform to the dictates of nature? 10) The necessity of taking life 11) The scriptural argument Digital book Henry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism (there are others, easily searchable): https://www.mkgandhi.org/ebks/plea-for-vegetarianism.pdf Earthing Ed's book How to Argue With a Meat Eater (I am not an affiliate): https://www.amazon.com/s?k=how+to+argue+with+a+meat+eater&crid=DKR5MXWZSDOK&sprefix=how+to+argue+with+a+%2Caps%2C278&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_20 Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez.  Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW  Get the Books The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at www.AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us (One More Year, Book 1 on Audio, other books coming soon on audio)

Avis continues reading Henry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism – Chapter 6 Sir Henry Thompson on “Diet” (Surgeon Sir Henry Thompson: “It is a vulgar error to regard meat in any form as necessary to life.”  Thompson also wrote (1879) “…it is a fair computation that every acre of land devoted to the production of meat is capable of becoming the source at three or four times the amount of produce of equivalent value of food, if devoted to the production of grain. In other words, a given area of land cropped with cereals and legumes will support a population more than three times as numerous as that which can be sustained on the same land devoted to the growth of cattle.” Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Get the Books The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us (One More Year, Book 1 on Audio, other books coming soon on audio) Digital book Henry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism (there are others, easily searchable): https://www.mkgandhi.org/ebks/plea-for-vegetarianism.pdf Earthing Ed's book How to Argue With a Meat Eater (I am not an affiliate): https://www.amazon.com/s?k=how+to+argue+with+a+meat+eater&crid=DKR5MXWZSDOK&sprefix=how+to+argue+with+a+%2Caps%2C278&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_20 Illustration: Britishfoodinamerica.com 

Avis continues reading Henry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism – Chapter 5 Medical Men and Food Reform (Are Doctors prejudiced against vegetarians?)   “The commonest obstacle to Food Reform, as indeed to every other Reform, is prejudice…The influence of medical men, both on public and private opinion, is unquestionably very great, and at present nearly the whole weight of this influence is thrown into the scale against us. What answer are we to make to the question, so often asked—'Why are so few doctors Vegetarians ?'” (H.S. Salt 1886) Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Get the Books The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us (One More Year, Book 1 on Audio, other books coming soon on audio) Digital book Henry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism (there are others, easily searchable): https://www.mkgandhi.org/ebks/plea-for-vegetarianism.pdf Earthling Ed's book How to Argue With a Meat Eater (I am not an affiliate): https://www.amazon.com/s?k=how+to+argue+with+a+meat+eater&crid=DKR5MXWZSDOK&sprefix=how+to+argue+with+a+%2Caps%2C278&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_20 National Library of Medicine Article: “Vegetarian and Vegan Diets: Beliefs and Attitudes of General Practitioners and Pediatricians in France” https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9370229/ Science Direct Article: “Removing barriers to plant-based diets: Assisting doctors with vegan patients” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214804324000156 Retire There Podcast Episode with Janet Christian (moving to Spain cures her pancreatitis at Minute 12:30): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retire-there-with-gil-gene/id1538684576?i=1000540228466 Meatless Mondays Benefits – Johns Hopkins University https://meatlessmonday.publichealth.jhu.edu/resources/benefits-eating-less-meat-and-more-plants Reduces risk of heart disease  One study demonstrated that daily consumption of processed meats was associated with a 42 percent higher incidence of coronary heart disease.   Helps reduce cholesterol  Nearly 25 million U.S. adults have high cholesterol, but many of them are unaware of this, as high cholesterol has no symptoms. Animal products are the only source of dietary cholesterol; they are also the primary source of saturated fat in our diet, which is associated with higher blood cholesterol levels.  Helps prevent type 2 diabetes  Approximately one in three American adults has prediabetes—a risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes.   Kidney health In the United States, about 30 million adults have chronic kidney disease—and most aren't aware of it. One in three American adults are at risk for chronic kidney disease. Risk factors for kidney disease include diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, and family history.  Boosts immune system function  A healthy plant-based diet can help strengthen your immune system to aid in fighting viruses and help you recover more quickly from illness.   Supports a healthy weight Maintaining a healthy weight can reduce the risk of serious health problems. Substituting more plant-based foods in place of meat can help contribute to a healthier body weight.  Lowers greenhouse gas emissions  Nearly 15% of global greenhouse gas emissions come from the production of meat, dairy, and eggs—more greenhouse gases than the world's entire transportation sector—cars, trucks, planes, trains—combined. Eating more plant-based foods can help reduce emissions associated with meat production.  Saves water  Meat, particularly beef, has the highest water footprint of all foods. Eating a more plant-based diet has the potential to decrease agricultural water use by 50%.  Prevents deforestation  Livestock production uses 75% of the Earth's agricultural land. Shifting to a more plant-based diet reduces deforestation while decreasing agricultural land use by 80%.  Reduces species loss Livestock production is the biggest human contributor to species decline and has led to an over 60% decline in species populations since 1970.   Meatless Mondays Helps build healthy habits  Research suggests that people are more open to trying healthy behaviors at the start of the week. Monday offers a weekly opportunity to “reset” and get back on track. Studies show that people who restart a healthy habit at the beginning of the week are better able to maintain progress over time.  Fosters discovery of new foods Use Meatless Monday as an opportunity to explore new types of recipes, ingredients, and cuisines. Experiment with unfamiliar foods to find new favorites.    Saves money Foods like beans, lentils, and tofu are cost-effective protein sources that are typically less expensive than many types of meat, seafood, and poultry. One study found people saved 16% on food costs by switching to a plant-based diet.  Expands culinary skills  With new ingredients comes the need for new cooking methods. Try using different techniques like braising, air frying, stuffing, and puréeing to make meals more exciting.   Strengthens a growing movement Meatless Monday is active in more than 40 countries and available in countless schools, companies, and communities around the world.  Photo: www.twospoons.ca Recipe “Creamy Vegan Mushroom Pasta” https://www.twospoons.ca/creamy-vegan-mushroom-pasta/  

Avis continues reading Henry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism – Chapter 4 Some Results in Food Reform (or does vegetarianism keep you sober? “…of most pressing interest at the present day, is the remarkable fact that abstinence from animal food almost invariably brings with it abstinence from all alcoholic drinks.” (H.S. Salt 1886) Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book: https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us (One More Year, Book 1 on Audio, other books coming soon on audio) Digital book Henry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism (there are others, easily searchable): https://www.mkgandhi.org/ebks/plea-for-vegetarianism.pdf Earthing Ed's book How to Argue With a Meat Eater (I am not an affiliate): https://www.amazon.com/s?k=how+to+argue+with+a+meat+eater&crid=DKR5MXWZSDOK&sprefix=how+to+argue+with+a+%2Caps%2C278&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_20  

Avis continues reading Henry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism – Chapter 3 Good Taste in Diet. “How foolish and inconsistent it is to be vastly fastidious about the manner in which one's food is served up, and at the same time to be totally indifferent as regards the quality, from an aesthetic view, of the food itself! ” (H.S. Salt 1886)   Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book: https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us (One More Year, Book 1 on Audio, other books coming soon on audio) Digital book Henry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism: https://archive.org/details/pleaforvegetaria1886salt/page/n1/mode/2up Another digital book version of Henry Stephen Salt's A Please for Vegetarianism: https://www.mkgandhi.org/ebks/plea-for-vegetarianism.pdf An Introduction to the Aesthetic Movement by V&A Museums: https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/an-introduction-to-the-aesthetic-movement?srsltid=AfmBOoozKsaFv3ztaHWH1CQkQ_SisDvRIuJa7zy5BzSZSApuYF-URmL6 Earthing Ed's book How to Argue With a Meat Eater (I am not an affiliate): https://www.amazon.com/s?k=how+to+argue+with+a+meat+eater&crid=DKR5MXWZSDOK&sprefix=how+to+argue+with+a+%2Caps%2C278&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_20 Podcast cover image yellow plate: Hatsukoi https://hatsukoi.co.uk

Avis continues reading Henry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism – Chapter 2 Morality in Diet. “If, then, it be a degrading occupation to kill animals, how can the habit of eating them be other than degrading? If we condemn the ignorant and brutal butcher who supplies the flesh, how can we acquit the refined ladies and gentlemen who demand it? The thoughtlessness alone enables people to endure such a system. From infancy they are taught to ignore what "meat" really is ; until they hardly think of ​oxen and sheep in connection with beef and mutton.” (H.S. Salt 1886) Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Get Avis' Books The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the One More Year Audio Book https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us (One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio) Digital book Henry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism: https://archive.org/details/pleaforvegetaria1886salt/page/n1/mode/2up Another digital book version OF Henry Stephen Salt's A Please for Vegetarianism: https://www.mkgandhi.org/ebks/plea-for-vegetarianism.pdf Earthling Ed's book How to Argue With a Meat Eater (I am not an affiliate): https://www.amazon.com/s?k=how+to+argue+with+a+meat+eater&crid=DKR5MXWZSDOK&sprefix=how+to+argue+with+a+%2Caps%2C278&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_20 Korean Vegan Instagram @koreanvegan Cookbook: https://www.amazon.com/Korean-Vegan-Cookbook-Reflections-Recipes/dp/0593084276 (I am not an affiliate)

Avis reads Chapter 1 of Henry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism. In the first chapter of this collection of essays, Salt advocates for the adoption of a vegetarian lifestyle based on ethical, health, and environmental considerations. A fervent advocate for animal rights, Salt co-founded the Humanitarian League in 1891, promoting kindness to animals and opposing blood sports. He is considered a pioneer of animal rights. Digital book Henry Stephen Salt's A Plea for Vegetarianism: https://archive.org/details/pleaforvegetaria1886salt/page/n1/mode/2up Another link to the digital book version OF Henry Stephen Salt's A Please for Vegetarianism: https://www.mkgandhi.org/ebks/plea-for-vegetarianism.pdf Earthing Ed's book How to Argue With a Meat Eater (I am not an affiliate): https://www.amazon.com/s?k=how+to+argue+with+a+meat+eater&crid=DKR5MXWZSDOK&sprefix=how+to+argue+with+a+%2Caps%2C278&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_20 Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Get the Books! The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book! https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us (One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio)

In this episode, the Avis Kalfsbeek returns after a hiatus which includes a journey of overcoming alcohol addiction. She shares her insights on peace and the compelling interplay between peace and strength, with extraordinary depth drawn from her personal experiences in recovery. Avis explores the strength derived from women and the feminine force that permeates all beings. She further delves into history, examining the contribution of women to the Sikh tradition and their influence on peace by reading a 2015 Ms. Magazine article, "10 Badass Women in Sikh History," written by Lakpreet Kaur, to appreciate and highlight the unseen historical contribution of women's strength in peace-making. This sets the stage for the introduction of another significant Sikh woman, Niki Ganinder Kaur Singh, in future episodes. In her quest to share knowledge and deepen her practice, she introduces her outline for a new series, "Kaur of Peace," driven by the powerful stories of the women of Sikh tradition. Throughout this episode, the host fosters a sense of unity, enlightenment, and deep respect for women's vast contributions to peace, inviting listeners to join her journey in building a more peaceful world, one episode at a time. An absolute must-listen for those seeking to deepen their understanding of women's role in peace-making and the power of personal recovery in shaping our visions of peace. Badass Sikh Women in History, Ms. Magazine March 17, 2015: https://msmagazine.com/2015/03/17/10-badass-sikh-women-in-history/ Photo on Episode artwork is from Curly Tales, 5 Most Scenic Gurudwaras in India https://curlytales.com/visit-these-most-scenic-gurudwaras-in-india-to-find-inner-peace/ Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez.  Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Book 6 Mono Mutante is coming soon! Audio Books: You can listen to a free version of the Audio Book One More Year beginning at Episode 25 of this podcast through Episode 32. More audio books are coming soon! Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog. Your support inspires me on my writing journey to support these environmental and social issues and to promote peace. Thank you! I help women find land for regenerative and organic farming at www.AvisKalfsbeek.com .  Peace and Love, Avis Kalfsbeek

Please enjoy audio chapters 36 through 41 (THE END) of One More Year, Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet Primer 1 and a bonus, Pedro's Primer. “One more year -- keep your stuff longer, people” is Tilly's mantra as she trains for her first Ironman with her best-friend-coach, Camas. Set in an idyllic northwest town on a pristine glacier-formed lake, Tilly sets out to tackle an Ironman for an environmental cause to convince people to curb their consumerism to give the planet a fighting chance against climate change. Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog

Please enjoy audio chapters 31 through 35 of One More Year, Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet Primer 1. “One more year -- keep your stuff longer, people” is Tilly's mantra as she trains for her first Ironman with her best-friend-coach, Camas. Set in an idyllic northwest town on a pristine glacier-formed lake, Tilly sets out to tackle an Ironman for an environmental cause to convince people to curb their consumerism to give the planet a fighting chance against climate change. (Chapters 36 - 41 are coming in the next episode.) Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog

Please enjoy audio chapters 26 through 30 of One More Year, Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet Primer 1. “One more year -- keep your stuff longer, people” is Tilly's mantra as she trains for her first Ironman with her best-friend-coach, Camas. Set in an idyllic northwest town on a pristine glacier-formed lake, Tilly sets out to tackle an Ironman for an environmental cause to convince people to curb their consumerism to give the planet a fighting chance against climate change. (Chapters 31 - 35 are coming in the next episode.) Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog

Please enjoy audio chapters 21 through 25 of One More Year, Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet Primer 1. “One more year -- keep your stuff longer, people” is Tilly's mantra as she trains for her first Ironman with her best-friend-coach, Camas. Set in an idyllic northwest town on a pristine glacier-formed lake, Tilly sets out to tackle an Ironman for an environmental cause to convince people to curb their consumerism to give the planet a fighting chance against climate change. (Chapters 26 - 30 are coming in the next episode.) Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog

Please enjoy audio chapters 16 through 20 of One More Year, Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet Primer 1. “One more year -- keep your stuff longer, people” is Tilly's mantra as she trains for her first Ironman with her best-friend-coach, Camas. Set in an idyllic northwest town on a pristine glacier-formed lake, Tilly sets out to tackle an Ironman for an environmental cause to convince people to curb their consumerism to give the planet a fighting chance against climate change. (Chapters 21 - 25 are coming in the next episode.) Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog

Please enjoy audio chapters 11 through 15 of One More Year, Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet Primer 1. “One more year -- keep your stuff longer, people” is Tilly's mantra as she trains for her first Ironman with her best-friend-coach, Camas. Set in an idyllic northwest town on a pristine glacier-formed lake, Tilly sets out to tackle an Ironman for an environmental cause to convince people to curb their consumerism to give the planet a fighting chance against climate change. (Chapters 16 - 20 are coming in the next episode.) Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog

Please enjoy audio chapters 6 through 10 of One More Year, Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet Primer 1. “One more year -- keep your stuff longer, people” is Tilly's mantra as she trains for her first Ironman with her best-friend-coach, Camas. Set in an idyllic northwest town on a pristine glacier-formed lake, Tilly sets out to tackle an Ironman for an environmental cause to convince people to curb their consumerism to give the planet a fighting chance against climate change. (Chapters 11 - 15 are coming in the next episode.) Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog  

Please enjoy audio book chapters 1 through 5 of One More Year, Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet Primer 1. “One more year -- keep your stuff longer, people” is Tilly's mantra as she trains for her first Ironman with her best-friend-coach, Camas. Set in an idyllic northwest town on a pristine glacier-formed lake, Tilly sets out to tackle an Ironman for an environmental cause to convince people to curb their consumerism to give the planet a fighting chance against climate change. (Chapters 6 - 10 are coming in the next episode.) Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog

I'd like to share a birthday note I wrote to my friends and a recording I made on my birthday with a prayer of peace. “Closer than my varicose veins, nearer than my sagging turkey neck.” Peace is here now, my dear friends. Music: Una Manana and Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Sylvia Earle's Ted Talk Mission Blue: https://mission-blue.org/about/ Studs Terkel's 1970 Interview of Shantidas (Lanza Del Vasto) : https://studsterkel.wfmt.com/programs/lanza-del-vasto-discusses-his-book-return-source MC Yogi (featuring Matisyahu) – Heaven is Here: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/6BGX3CwRyogbkmXHlLb9pJ?si=gXggna2fQqWdLveJHtaSnAYouTube: https://youtu.be/sfqkbyJSuf0 Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us

“Everybody in the modern day and age wants to live like there house is its own tiny Target…” Join me to hear master spiritual clutter cutter, Kira Rodenbush talk about how we relate to our “stuff.” Her podcast is titled, “What's Up With Your Stuff?” and in this light-hearted interview she talks about a family “Bob-Ross-on-acid” painting that she has carried from home to home, how to approach those doom boxes in storage,  and how our children are the hope for the future to curb unbridled consumerism. Enjoy! Kira Rodenbush: Please check out Kira Rodenbush's podcast What's Up With Your Stuff, Conversations on the Consequences of Clutter. Here is a link to the show on Apple or search on your favorite podcast player. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whats-up-with-your-stuff-conversations-on-the/id1596381941 Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Wendell Berry – The Unsettling of America: https://www.amazon.com/Unsettling-America-Culture-Agriculture/dp/161902599X/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_i=161902599X&psc=1 More Peace anyone? If you ever think that a bit more meditation and time in nature and a little less phone would lead you to a more peaceful life, you might enjoy some simple tips in my free ebook Tree, Tea, no TV, the little book of big peace. Just go to my website www.AvisKalfsbeek.com to download it. Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us  

Avis Kalfsbeek's narration of philosopher, truth-seeker, dad-next-door-surfer Rob Bell's superb synthesis of the change we need now in gun policy, with music by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Link to Rob Bell Politics and Guns Episode 59: https://robbell.podbean.com/e/episode-59-politics-and-guns-part-6-we-can-do-this/ Pew Research – Americans and Guns: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/09/13/key-facts-about-americans-and-guns/ The Brookings Essay “The Promise: The Families of Sandy Hook and the Long Road to Gun Safety” by Matt Bennett:  http://csweb.brookings.edu/content/research/essays/2013/sandy-hook-promise-gun-safety.html The Most Powerful Story The Onion Every Wrote: https://www.wired.com/story/the-onion-mass-shooting-article/ Smart Gun Laws: https://giffords.org/lawcenter/gun-laws/ (formerly Americans for Responsible Solutions) Coalition to Stop Gun Violence: https://www.csgv.org/ Protect Children From Gun Violence – Sandy Hook Promise: https://www.sandyhookpromise.org/ Third Way: www.thirdway.org Gun Violence Archive for updated statistics: https://www.gunviolencearchive.org Podcast music is The Red Kite and Dalai Lama Riding a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW  Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at www.AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as a cup of coffee1` per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog   Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us 

“Why peace? Why now?” American University's International Peace and Conflict Resolution leaders ask. Learn more about the women faculty in this top-tier peace think tank. Study peace. Peace Studies: American University School of International Services – Masters in International Peace and Conflict Resolution https://www.american.edu/sis/ipcr/   Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW  Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at www.AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as a cup of coffee1` per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog  Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us 

Immanuel Kant's essay "Toward Perpetual Peace, a Philosophical Sketch” First Section Article 6 “No state shall allow itself such hostilities in wartime as would make mutual trust in a future period of peace impossible.” Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike and The Red Kite by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Immanuel Kant: The version  of Immanuel Kant's writing Toward Perpetual Peace I purchased is published by Yale University with introduction by Pauline Kleingeld, Translated by David L.  Colclasure with essays by Jeremy Waldron, Michael W. Doyle and Allen W. Wood. Avis Kalfsbeek's Amazon affiliate link to purchase the book is: https://amzn.to/3oL3t82 More Peace anyone? If you ever think that a bit more meditation and time in nature and a little less phone would lead you to a more peaceful life, you might enjoy some simple tips in my free ebook Tree, Tea, no TV, the little book of big peace. Just go to my website www.AvisKalfsbeek.com to download it. Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us

Immanuel Kant's essay “Toward Perpetual Peace, a Philosophical Sketch” First Section Article 5 “No state shall forcibly interfere in the constitution and government of another state.” Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Immanuel Kant: The version  of Immanuel Kant's writing Toward Perpetual Peace I purchased is published by Yale University with introduction by Pauline Kleingeld, Translated by David L.  Colclasure with essays by Jeremy Waldron, Michael W. Doyle and Allen W. Wood. Avis Kalfsbeek's Amazon affiliate link to purchase the book is: https://amzn.to/3oL3t82 More Peace anyone? If you ever think that a bit more meditation and time in nature and a little less phone would lead you to a more peaceful life, you might enjoy some simple tips in my free ebook Tree, Tea, no TV, the little book of big peace. Just go to my website www.AvisKalfsbeek.com to download it. Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us

Immanuel Kant's essay “Toward Perpetual Peace, a Philosophical Sketch” First Section Article 4 “The state shall not contract debts in connection with its foreign affairs.”  Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Immanuel Kant: The version  of Immanuel Kant's writing Toward Perpetual Peace I purchased is published by Yale University with introduction by Pauline Kleingeld, Translated by David L.  Colclasure with essays by Jeremy Waldron, Michael W. Doyle and Allen W. Wood. Avis Kalfsbeek's Amazon affiliate link to purchase the book is: https://amzn.to/3oL3t82 More Peace anyone? If you ever think that a bit more meditation and time in nature and a little less phone would lead you to a more peaceful life, you might enjoy some simple tips in my free ebook Tree, Tea, no TV, the little book of big peace. Just go to my website www.AvisKalfsbeek.com to download it. Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us

Immanuel Kant's essay “Toward Perpetual Peace, a Philosophical Sketch” First Section Article 3 “Standing armies (miles perpetuus) shall be gradually abolished entirely.”  Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Immanuel Kant: The version  of Immanuel Kant's writing Toward Perpetual Peace I purchased is published by Yale University with introduction by Pauline Kleingeld, Translated by David L.  Colclasure with essays by Jeremy Waldron, Michael W. Doyle and Allen W. Wood. Avis Kalfsbeek's Amazon affiliate link to purchase the book is: https://amzn.to/3oL3t82 More Peace anyone? If you ever think that a bit more meditation and time in nature and a little less phone would lead you to a more peaceful life, you might enjoy some simple tips in my free ebook Tree, Tea, no TV, the little book of big peace. Just go to my website www.AvisKalfsbeek.com to download it. Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us  

Immanuel Kant's essay “Toward Perpetual Peace, a Philosophical Sketch” First Section Article 2 “No independently existing state (irrespective if it is large or small) shall be able to be acquired by another state through inheritance, exchange, purchase, or gift.”  Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Immanuel Kant: The version  of Immanuel Kant's writing Toward Perpetual Peace I purchased is published by Yale University with introduction by Pauline Kleingeld, Translated by David L.  Colclasure with essays by Jeremy Waldron, Michael W. Doyle and Allen W. Wood. Avis Kalfsbeek's Amazon affiliate link to purchase the book is: https://amzn.to/3oL3t82 More Peace anyone? If you ever think that a bit more meditation and time in nature and a little less phone would lead you to a more peaceful life, you might enjoy some simple tips in my free ebook Tree, Tea, no TV, the little book of big peace. Just go to my website www.AvisKalfsbeek.com to download it. Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us  

Immanuel Kant's essay Toward Perpetual Peace, a Philosophical Sketch First Section Article 1. “No peace settlement which secretly reserves issues for a future war shall be considered valid.”   Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Immanuel Kant: The version  of Immanuel Kant's writing Toward Perpetual Peace I purchased is published by Yale University with introduction by Pauline Kleingeld, Translated by David L.  Colclasure with essays by Jeremy Waldron, Michael W. Doyle and Allen W. Wood. Avis Kalfsbeek's Amazon affiliate link to purchase the book is: https://amzn.to/3oL3t82 More Peace anyone? If you ever think that a bit more meditation and time in nature and a little less phone would lead you to a more peaceful life, you might enjoy some simple tips in my free ebook Tree, Tea, no TV, the little book of big peace. Just go to my website www.AvisKalfsbeek.com  to download it. Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us

Let's learn more about scholars, institutions, programs, classes, and individuals dedicated to peace. In this Peace Scholars episode, I read about the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, including a description of the programs and a few course descriptions. Go Leprechauns! Peace Studies: Read more about the academic peace programs and thought leaders at the Kroc Institute of Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame by searching up Kroc Institute of Peace Studies.  https://kroc.nd.edu  Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW  Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at www.AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as a cup of coffee1` per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us

A reading of John's Muir's Studies in the Sierra, Chapter 2 Origins of the Yosemite Valley, Part 2. “The Half Dome is usually regarded as being the most mysterious and unique rock form in the valley, or, indeed, in the world, yet when closely approached and studied, its history becomes plain.” John Muir You can read the full book, Studies in the Sierra by John Muir at The Sierra Club's site: https://vault.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/writings/studies_in_the_sierra/ Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW  Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at www.AvisKalfsbeek.com  and at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us

A reading of John's Muir's Studies in the Sierra, Chapter 2 Origins of the Yosemite Valley, Part 1. “It would require years of enthusiastic study to master the English alphabet if it were carved upon the flank of the Sierra in letters sixty or seventy miles long, their bases set in the foothills, their tops leaning back among the glaciers and shattered peaks of the summit, often veiled with forests and thickets, and their continuity often broken by cross-gorges and hills.” John Muir You can read the full book, Studies in the Sierra by John Muir at The Sierra Club's site: https://vault.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/writings/studies_in_the_sierra/ Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW  Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at www.AvisKalfsbeek.com  or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us

What do we know of “delusions of grandeur”?  Do we self sabotage when we identify with this phrase? And an excerpt preview of upcoming book 6. Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW More Peace anyone? If you ever think that a bit more meditation and time in nature and a little less phone would lead you to a more peaceful life, you might enjoy some simple tips in my free ebook Tree, Tea, no TV, the little book of big peace. Just go to my website www.AvisKalfsbeek.com  to download it. Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us

W.H. Hudson, Birds and Man, Chapter 1, Birds At Their Best, Part 3. This first chapter ends with the sentiment that our life's memories of nature we experienced may be our greatest peace. It is an exuberant and proud accounting of the over 200 bird descriptions and bird songs W.H. Hudson can remember from his distant homeland of Argentina and his reasons why. He also answers the question: “What is the charm which you find or say you find in nature?” and imagines how wonderful it would be to be able to magically transport his mind's beautiful visions of all the birds he has seen “at their best” into the mind of the other… “the unimaginable loveliness, the sunlit color, the grace of form and of motion…” This first chapter ends with the sentiment that our life's memories of nature we experienced may be our greatest peace. “‘What asketh man to have?' cried Chaucer, and goes on to say in bitterest words that ‘now with his love" he must soon lie in "the coldë grave—alone, withouten any companie.‘ What he asketh to have, I suppose, is a blue diamond—some unattainable good; and in the meantime, just to go on with, certain pleasant things which perish in the using.” W.H. Hudson Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Read W.H. Hudson's Birds and Man at www.gutenberg.org. More Peace anyone? If you ever think that a bit more meditation and time in nature and a little less phone would lead you to a more peaceful life, you might enjoy some simple tips in my free ebook Tree, Tea, no TV, the little book of big peace. Just go to my website www.AvisKalfsbeek.com to download it. Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us

A reading of Lucy Thoumaian's 1914 manifesto of peace, A Manifesto to Women of Every Land, a Pillars of Peace episode. Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Read Lucy Thoumaian's A Manifesto to Women of Every Land in the book Documenting First Wave Feminisms edited by Maureen Moynagh, Nancy Forestell. https://www.amazon.com/Documenting-First-Wave-Feminisms-Collaborations-ebook/dp/B007O0UQB2/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2DCSSQ4OIHPOP&keywords=documenting+first+wave+feminism&qid=1645832913&s=books&sprefix=%2Cstripbooks%2C140&sr=1-2 More Peace anyone? If you ever think that a bit more meditation and time in nature and a little less phone would lead you to a more peaceful life, you might enjoy some simple tips in my free ebook Tree, Tea, no TV, the little book of big peace. Just go to my website www.AvisKalfsbeek.com to download it. Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us

W.H. Hudson, Birds and Man, Chapter 1, Birds At Their Best, Part 2. Can we recall bird images and birdsongs from memory like it was yesterday? W.H. Hudson says yes. Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Read W.H. Hudson's Birds and Man at www.gutenberg.org. More Peace anyone? If you ever think that a bit more meditation and time in nature and a little less phone would lead you to a more peaceful life, you might enjoy some simple tips in my free ebook Tree, Tea, no TV, the little book of big peace. Just go to my website www.AvisKalfsbeek.com to download it. Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us    

W.H. Hudson, Birds and Man, Chapter 1, Birds At Their Best, Part 1. Birds are best viewed in nature, not stuffed in a museum. Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Read W.H. Hudson's Birds and Man at www.gutenberg.org. More Peace anyone? If you ever think that a bit more meditation and time in nature and a little less phone would lead you to a more peaceful life, you might enjoy some simple tips in my free ebook Tree, Tea, no TV, the little book of big peace. Just go to my website www.AvisKalfsbeek.com to download it. Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us          

Why Kant There Be Peace?  Excerpts from Immanuel Kant's essay “Toward Perpetual Peace, a Philosophical Sketch.” Comforting, practical, brave, and clear. First Section, Which Contains the Preliminary Articles for Perpetual Peace among States: “No peace settlement which secretly reserves issues for a future war shall be considered valid.” “No independently existing state (irrespective of whether it is larger or small) shall be able to be acquired by another state through inheritance, exchange, purchase or gift.” “Standing armies (miles perpetuus) shall gradually be abolished entirely.” “The state shall not contract debts in connection with its foreign affairs.” “No state shall forcibly interfere with the constitution and government of another state.” “No state shall allow itself such hostilities in wartime as would make mutual trust in a future period of peace impossible. Such acts would include the employment of assassins, poisoners, breach of surrender, incitement of treason within the enemy state etc.” Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike and The Red Kite by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW The version  of Immanual Kant's book Toward Perpetual Peace I purchased is published by Yale University with introduction by Pauline Kleingeld, Translated by David L.  Colclasure with essays by Jeremy Waldron, Michael W. Doyle and Allen W. Wood. Avis Kalfsbeek's Amazon affiliate link to purchase the book is: https://amzn.to/3oL3t82 More Peace anyone? If you ever think that a bit more meditation and time in nature and a little less phone would lead you to a more peaceful life, you might enjoy some simple tips in my free ebook Tree, Tea, no TV, the little book of big peace. Just go to my website www.AvisKalfsbeek.com to download it. Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us  

A reading of John's Muir's Studies in the Sierra, Chapter 1 Mountain Sculpture Part 3. Glaciers, flexible as the wind, yet hard-tempered as steel, domes, spires, poetry and peace in geology. The full writings can be found at The Sierra Club's site: https://vault.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/writings/studies_in_the_sierra/. Or find the book on Amazon https://amzn.to/3AK2h9y and other bookstores. Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW More Peace anyone? If you ever think that a bit more meditation and time in nature and a little less phone would lead you to a more peaceful life, you might enjoy some simple tips in my free ebook Tree, Tea, no TV, the little book of big peace. Just go to my website www.AvisKalfsbeek.com to download it. Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us    

A reading of John's Muir's Studies in the Sierra, Chapter 1 Mountain Sculpture Part 2. Cleavage, glaciers, domes, spires, poetry and peace in geology. The full writings can be found at The Sierra Club's site: https://vault.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/writings/studies_in_the_sierra/. Or find the book on Amazon https://amzn.to/3AK2h9y and other bookstores. Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW More Peace anyone? If you ever think that a bit more meditation and time in nature and a little less phone would lead you to a more peaceful life, you might enjoy some simple tips in my free ebook Tree, Tea, no TV, the little book of big peace. Just go to my website www.AvisKalfsbeek.com to download it. Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us    

A reading of John's Muir's Studies in the Sierra, Chapter 1 Mountain Sculpture Part 1. Glaciers, domes, spires, poetry and peace in geology. The full writings can be found at The Sierra Club's site: https://vault.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/writings/studies_in_the_sierra/. Or find the the book on Amazon https://amzn.to/3AK2h9y and other bookstores. Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio. https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us  

A reading on peace: “A confederation of Native peoples seek peace with the United States, 1786.” The full writing can be found at The American Yawp, A Massively Collaborate Open U.S. Textbook, www.americanyawp.com. Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez. Bandcamp: https://javierpekerodriguez.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Get the Books: The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book: One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio https://www.audible.com/pd/B09M8Z8DFY/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-286720&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_286720_rh_us People v Fossil Fuels: https://peoplevsfossilfuels.org/  

Enjoy this planet-inspired mother-daughter interview with van-life adventurer-poet, Jessie Leonard with topics of solo female travel, van building, small vans, remote work, living a small footprint, minimalism, ethical consumerism, fast fashion, traveling with a dog and more. Jessie Leonard: Follow @StrayWithMe; Get the poetry book, Journey to Find my Broken Pieces and buy beautiful naturally-dyed products: www.StrayWithMe.co. Music: Dalai Llama Rides a Bike by Javier “Peke” Rodriguez.  Javier "Peke" Rodriguez on Bandcamp.  https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QuyqfXEKzrpUl6b12I3KW Get the Books! The Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet book series can be found at AvisKalfsbeek.com or at your favorite online bookseller. Support the Peace and Planet messages by contributing to my Patreon for as little as $1 per month: www.Patreon.com/PedrotheWaterDog Get the Audio Book!  One More Year, Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet, on Audio

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