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Both sides of this are arguable, but which is the morally correct option. Perhaps it is inevitable, but if it is, then the same amount at least needs to be spent on renewable infrastructure. - Ryan Leech

Truth. A heavy reality to soak in to my fortunate western body. Hopeless suffering. I can't imagine. This plucks my heart, but not to the degree that is necessary. Perhaps a prayer or meditation on this would be useful in order to feel the pain as deeply as possible. - Ryan Leech

Great to see competition in this industry, seems that there should be a healthy future for solar companies, even with the oversees competition... - Ryan Leech

Gimicky but fun and informative! - Ryan Leech

It's my wife that keeps me grounded! - Ryan Leech

The stunning image combined with the fact it was taken in my parents him country brought a certain yearning. - Ryan Leech

After seeing this brilliant public speaker at the Green Show in Toronto, I have been curious to watch where his career leads. This article was helpful in shining a light on the inside strategy and struggle of charities. - Ryan Leech

I am curious right now about whether eating meat, particularly red meat is addictive, this article was interested, but didn't specifically speak to that curiosity... - Ryan Leech

If we do things that are unhealthy while being unconscious, we are simply a chimp as well, - Ryan Leech

My heart shiines a little brighter every time I read bicycle friendly lifestyles, yet I know that to make this a reality, I have to start in my own back yard. Funny I read this tonight, because I decided to skip the local VACC meeting. This Winter, I'll make it my goal to get more involved in my local advocacy group... - Ryan Leech

"Join 18 of today's most inspired visionary teachers as we explore what it means to consciously participate in the evolution of ourselves, our culture, and our world." - Ryan Leech from Bookmarklet

"And while the sky shakes with the songs of their love-making, the waters splash with the adult salmon rushing through the waterways after their ten thousand mile adventure even as their cousins, the tiny salmon smolts, innocently slip past them in the other direction as they prepare for their own ocean journey." - Ryan Leech from Bookmarklet

"Evolution is a messy process. So anybody who really wants to make the effort to strive for something new is going to have to be willing to make mistakes, take wrong turns, even to fail, but never give up. The simple truth is this: if not failing is more important to you than genuinely succeeding, you’re never going to make it. If you really want to succeed, you have to have the big heart, heroic will, tenacity, courage, and commitment to fearlessly engage with the evolutionary process until something profound, mysterious, and extraordinary happens that cannot be undone." ....same can be said for progressing in riding, except those failures result in bodily injury!! -RL - Ryan Leech from Bookmarklet

"The Vancouver 2010 Olympics deserve a bronze medal for climate protection initiatives, the David Suzuki Foundation concludes in a "climate scorecard" released Wednesday." - Ryan Leech from Bookmarklet

Hmmm, I think I'm sold, just don't know how I'll hold it when I'm say, sitting in an airport lounge. Do I put it on my lap or ?? - Ryan Leech from Bookmarklet

"The bottom line is this: If our spiritual practices do not tangibly help us grow in integrity—that is, in right relationship with others, our world, and the future—then the pursuit of enlightenment and the quest to free ourselves from troubling emotions (via witnessing them to death) can lead to narcissism. Spiritual practice thereby morphs into metaphysical masturbation." - Ryan Leech from Bookmarklet

"Rather, the aim was to encourage people to step off the treadmill of accumulation, to define themselves by what they give as well as by what they possess." - Ryan Leech from Bookmarklet

"Take fifteen minutes out of your day and listen as Marc Gafni offers a special prayer for Haiti. Invoking both God's Tears and God's Laughter, Marc's prayer helps us to digest the overwhelming emotions, to cut through the paralysis of helplessness, and to rededicate ourselves to serving the perpetual emergence of our perfectly flawed world." - Ryan Leech from Bookmarklet

Awesome mix. Going to buy some of the songs for my yoga class playlist. - Ryan Leech from Bookmarklet

"Google, Mr. Chopra said, is likely expecting an acceleration of the current era, where advanced smartphones are increasingly displacing, or replacing, desktop PCs and laptops – many of which use the ubiquitous Google search engine." - Ryan Leech from Bookmarklet

Haaaa. I think we should get stoked in 2010 every now and then, how about you? - Ryan Leech from Bookmarklet

"45 Nano Cases are made from reclaimed cassette tapes, gutted, routered and rebuilt to fit your 4th generation iPod nano. Limited edition" —Love the originality RL - Ryan Leech from Bookmarklet

My buddy Marc just launched his new photography website. Congrats buddy, you're rockin' it! - Ryan Leech from Bookmarklet

"takes a stop along the rugged coast line of the USA's smallest state, Rhode Island.  Jeff Lenosky is anything but small and he is joined by Dylan Korba and Mike Stedley for a natural trials extravaganza." - Ryan Leech from Bookmarklet

"It will be the young people of today who will lead the movement, invent the technology, and build the political will that brings an end to the climate crisis. Those great minds are teens and even preteens now." - Ryan Leech from Bookmarklet

"Now there is a two-minute silence, formalized by a unanimous motion passed last week by members of the House of Commons asking Canadians at home, at work, in school, on the street, to pause to mark those who died for Canada." - Ryan Leech from Bookmarklet

"These individuals may have originally thought they were choosing Vegetarianism for the compassionate or moral reasons, but if analyzed there could be completely egocentric or narcisistic reasons why they were doing it before.  These were probably an unconscious motivations, or if conscious, definitely not ones that anyone would admit out loud:" - Ryan Leech from Bookmarklet

"“If kids are exposed to it all the time, it's going to make them more anxious,” said Dr. Boer, chief psychologist for the York Region District School Board. “Sometimes you've got to tune it out.”" - Ryan Leech from Bookmarklet

"America faces a crisis of obesity and diabetes. New York started summer street closures – 7 miles of Park Ave. “I want to see many yellow checkered bikes” she said that they have been looking at the Montreal bixi system." - Ryan Leech from Bookmarklet

Some much needed optimism that I think will be contagious to Canadian politicians. Thanks again for the brilliant words President Obama. —RL - Ryan Leech from Bookmarklet