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Help a friend recover from domestic violence. Give her some love and understanding. Hell, give her some money so that she can get away from the aggressor.

I have finally freed myself from domestic violence and believe that everyone should stand up against domestic violence.  It is sometimes hard and you have to make hard decisions, but no one has the power to stop you from freeing yourself from DV except you.  Do not give fear a foot hold in your life.  Free yourself and seek out help in your community.

There is no excuse for Domestic Violence!
"I am Sorry"
Just doesn't cut it.

Peace, Love and Life,
Lyra Jubb

Aloha Friends, Since you last read, I was in a state of turmoil. Things are starting to settle down as I am treading on new soil. Through the next few months I am working on developing the new website and request all of you to assist in gathering key information relating to the four elements of Earth College's principals. One Ocean One Air One People One Planet All four categories have specific needs and everyone can make a difference in their daily lives. All of the different suggestions offered through our Poll taken last year have to be highlighted with useful, real, basic solutions which anyone can perform. I hope that you will help me to develop Earth College as a on-line environmental education platform with practical no nonsense solutions. Peace, Love and Life, Lyra Jubb Founder of Earth College

Dear Friends,

I know that it has been a while since I have been active in the community.  My life has been going through some serious changes and I have had to leave my husband.

In the chaos and confusion of the battle that has ensed, I have been financially strapped and  have been unable to keep the website active.  It has gone on long enough that all of the information has been locked up and I have no way of paying the web host for keeping the site up.

I need help and in a really big way.  Earth College has been my life's work, keeping me sane in times of chaos and insanity.  My ex has now started selling magnets and using the money for his own purposes, leaving me without any recourse.

Anything that you can do to help revive this wonderful work would be greatly appreciated.

Peace, Love and Life,
Lyra Jubb
Founder of Earth College

Aloha Friends,

If the calander is blurry and you aren't quite sure what day it is, that is because neither are we.  This is the way we have been living for the past two months.  We started our journey with a dream, a hope, a little money, and many a prayer.  It brought us across the country, through rain storms, hot sunny summer days (which lead to the water pump braking down in Williams, Arizona), and many a kind stranger to help us with gas, much need resting space, and food near the end of our journey.  We made it but we have found no home to live in and our Section 8 is no longer valid.  Everything fell through and we are left with nothing but our witts, skills, and crystals we dug in Arkensas.

We had planned on writing a daily log of our journey, but time never seemed to be convinient.  We were so cought up in the journey that we were unable to focus on the retelling of it.  It is my hope that in the next month I will be able to retell the trials and tibulations, as well as the empowering and exciting events which colored and prolonged our journey here.  Everything happens for a reason, and even though we may not know what that reason is at the time, it usually is revealed before too long.

We are still on the road today, staying in a motel courtesy of the Ukiah Community Center, and we will be moving on tomarrow to a camping site.  We have been spreading envrionmental education; selling and giving magnets away by the dozens.  Our desire to continue is strong and we can only hope that our will is as strong.  There is not much work out in California, and so we are making our own work.  We have been going to fairs to sell magnets and share the vision, in the hope to find the right people to work with building the physical location of the school.  In the mean time we have been camping at the state parks, but those are mostly closed now, some of the permenantly from the word in the parks.

Upon arriving to Fort Bragg, we found ourselves surrounded by mystical forces which pulled us in direcitons we had not planned on.  This has lead us to learn more about ourselves and those around us.


Many of the videos and photos are on memory cards with no readability, so we are not able to continue the video blog from beginning to end.  We can get some video material, which I will share at a later date.  For now, please add your rating to our video shares and spread the word.

Peace, Love and Life,

Lyra Jubb

This is a written and video documentary of our declaration of independence from the cold, depressing hell we have been living in for the past six years.  We are still on the road a month later and this is a recount of our adventure so far.  We are currently winging the last leg with the help of charitable organizations such as the Holy Ghost Church in Alberqurerque, NM, kind police officers through Travlers' Aid, and generous truck drivers.  May this journey be completed before the week is out.

Saturday, June 27, 2009 12:09 PM

"We thought that we could begin a new life there, but much to our surprise, it wasn’t so. Maybe a mirror DID get broken and that damn myth IS true, but after nearly six years of bad luck, it was time to leave. And so the next journey begins.

Not a moment too soon… actually many moments too late, but that was then, right? The last week has been spent sleeping on a set of bunk-beds in a room barely big enough for them, at what otherwise was really a blessing for all four of us. I know that is not what many would call the John Graham Emergency Shelter in Vergennes, Vermont, though. These last couple of days has really made it clear to us, though, that we need to make a break; and today is that day. Everything is sorted, packed or crapped, shrink-wrapped like you wouldn’t believe (another story altogether) and shipped. Once those pallets are on the truck, our path is set.

Not to back-track, but a little history never hurts. This ‘adventure’ really began six years ago, when Quinn was only four months old. We picked up our family and moved from Maui, Hawaii, to Bristol, Vermont. Not something you can do with a van and a U-Haul. This original move was work induced… (a whole other story).

So this time we are going with NO expectations, much less job prospects. We simply want to work on being self-sufficient, and that requires a real growing season to begin with. It is our hope that our Section 8 Voucher has been extended for a rare third time. That would be greatly instrumental in having a home when we arrive in Mendocino County. At the moment, we are in suspense on the issue because the notices are sent out to our mailing address, which remains in Ripton until we get to California.

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My husband and I got Google Earth and were looking at the polar caps.  There is a special feature from the NSIDC, which shows the rate of snow fall and ice over the past thirty years.

 Above is a time lapse video of the North Pole snow and ice concentration from 1979-2008. Alarmingly, almost half of the North Pole has melted or broken off, and about 250 MI in circumference is gone from the South Pole. (I just cannot find that one again.)

And, this it just the tip of the ice berg!

Did you know that there are many volcanoes erupting in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands?

Do you remember the oil spill of 1989? It wasn't until August of last year that Exxon agreed to pay 75% of the cost of clean-up.

Did you know that there is a huge island of trash in the North Pacific Ocean estimated to be larger than the Continental US?

There are real human and wildlife disasters erupting all around the world, mainly due to lack of knowlege about our effect on the planet, and yet, only 10% of the global population has met the challenge to create little to no negative environmental impact while living on this amazing planet.

I was recently turned on to a book called "The 100th Monkey A story about social change", which talks about how, on an isolated island, one monkey learned how to wash the sand off a sweet potato. She taught her mother and others this trick and, when the 100th monkey leaned, all of the monkeys in the island chain knew how. Now, there are far more people on the planet than monkeys and so it will take considerably more people learning the same methods of sustainable living before the whole world will be keyed into this restorative method, but anything is possible.

Although our governments are doing their best to keep the status quo, there is much more that needs to be done and we do not have time for these 'birds' to get with the real program.  Please help us reach the tipping point of human consciousness before Earth reaches the tipping point of life.  Join us now and connect with other people driven to carry the wave of information about sustainable living for a sustainable future across this beautiful planet we all call home.

Peace,
Lyra Jubb

Co-founder of Earth College

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You have signed every petition to get the government to make clean energy a priority.  Now it is time that we give them the direction and policy to keep the government and electric companies accountable for making clean energy available now.  Please take a moment to sign this petition and foreward it on to everyone you know. The Zero Emissions Energy Mandate was developed several months ago in response to the plethora of petitions about energy solutions of today.  If you feel that there needs to be something added to this mandate please contact me.

Thank your for your commitment to a clean energy future NOW.

Sincerely,

Lyra Jubb

Co-founder of Earth College

Aloha Friends,

I apologize for not having been actively involved here for a while.  I have been unable to get on the internet for a while due to computer and internet difficulty.  On top of all of that, my husband has been in the hospital for the past week with an undetermined seizure-related problem.  This is effecting the whole family in different ways.

I have been trying to be strong through all of this...Our son has contracted a viral strain of hives, which is effecting his legs and things are just becoming very chaotic.

It is evident that our problems are small in comparison to those of people in Zimbabwe, but I am asking that you please include us in your prayers.

Peace, Love, And Light
Lyra Star Mist Jubb