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So today is World Water Day . The Japanese researcher Dr. Masaru Emoto, chief of the Hado institute in Tokyo was in Burlington, Vermont on May 13th 2006 for the second annual "Wake the Lake" Waterfest. He is the author of many books concerning the phenomenon of ' Hado'. The two ideograms comprising this expression Hado (pronounced hadou to rhyme with shadow) literally mean "wave" and "move". The following definition is how Dr.

An incredible day today. Meaty, relevant and exhausting. We heard some great biology stories today and Dan, Daron and I are all pretty weirded out. Jeffrey, did you have a conversation with Dayna and Janine about what we are doing back at the Seventh Gen ranch? We talked a lot about telling a story, not just giving facts and figures. What a great day. I love my job!

Recently, a valued employee and Seventh Generation parted ways. This story is told with thoughts of that employee, and an expectation of learning and growth at our company. The Cygnet (A Story) In the rolling hills of a richly forested Northern country lies a pond. Nestled among trees of strength and wisdom, the pond is fed by brooks of pristine water, and its surface is a deep blue.

Mimicking nature in product design? How cool is that? Biology? Product Design? I'm a quality geek (sans the pocket protector), how will this relate to what I do?

Good News! The Seventh Generation Team has made it all the way to Great Falls, Montana and from there to a brief thought of civilization named Dupuyer (which Dan Googled and found means 'bison back fat' in French). All of us were active at 4:00AM this morning and now that it is midnight our time, Penny and I are pretty drained. Dan however is ready for a hike.

Gregor is on the road this week, but he took a quick break today to phone home with some news about two wonderful programs we're helping out and some dedicated change-makers who are working to build a new and better future. powered by ODEO Here’s more information on both the Community Change Program and Green Across the Pacific.

I am hours away from my flight from Burlington, Vermont (my home and headquarters of Seventh Generation) to Great Falls, Montana- the closest commercial airport to the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch in Dupuyer, MT. That's where I'll be participating in the 6 day workshop: Biologists at the Design Table (BaDT). There I'll be joining 2 other co-workers (Penny and Dan) and from the looks of it, 13 other participants.

Father Edilberto Sena, who Gregor and I visited last month in Santarem, Brazil, Is taking his fight to preserve the Amazon to the world stage. Check out this great story from Britain's newspaper, the Independent, on how Cargill is trying to eat the Amazon and how Father Sena and the local community are fighting back! Greenpeace is working hard on this issue as well. You can find out what they've found out here.

"Stories in words are among our oldest, most powerful, most mysterious tools. Through mere sounds on the air or squiggles on the page they give us what no other technology can, ourselves." -Rafe Martin

This week I met with Ellen Fox and Heather Belcher at their place Sweet Clover Market, a start up local-organic-natural market in Essex, Vermont. Ellen sent us (Seventh Generation) a letter back in January inquiring about a loan to help get the market off the ground. The idea of working with a local start-up that is focusing on helping build a local economy is really exciting.