On November 19, 2010, NBC aired a very special movie, "Harmony: A New Way of Looking at Our World," which was inspired by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and produced by by Stuart and Julie Bergman Sender. A trailer of the movie can be viewed by clicking on HARMONY and the movie itself can be seen in its entirety by going to the NBC archives video.
I have been so moved by this movie and its message that I want to recommend it to all who visit this site on a regular basis. Lest you have any doubt, this is not a movie about Prince Charles. It is a movie about how we can return to sustainable environmental practices that will preserve the earth for our children, grandchildren, and future generations. Feeling passionately about this subject, I could write about it endlessly, but I think it's best to let the movie speak for itself. I hope you will not only enjoy it, but conclude in the end, as I did, that we must all do more to protect the fragile resources that we have been allowed to use for our limited years on earth.
To give you a flavor of some of the topics discussed in the film, I am setting forth a few quotes from Prince Charles, as well as some relevant quotes from other thinkers such as Einstein, Gandhi, E.F. Schumacher, and Stephen Jay Gould. May you find the same inspiration that I have found.
I have been so moved by this movie and its message that I want to recommend it to all who visit this site on a regular basis. Lest you have any doubt, this is not a movie about Prince Charles. It is a movie about how we can return to sustainable environmental practices that will preserve the earth for our children, grandchildren, and future generations. Feeling passionately about this subject, I could write about it endlessly, but I think it's best to let the movie speak for itself. I hope you will not only enjoy it, but conclude in the end, as I did, that we must all do more to protect the fragile resources that we have been allowed to use for our limited years on earth.
To give you a flavor of some of the topics discussed in the film, I am setting forth a few quotes from Prince Charles, as well as some relevant quotes from other thinkers such as Einstein, Gandhi, E.F. Schumacher, and Stephen Jay Gould. May you find the same inspiration that I have found.
Remember that our children and grandchildren will not ask what our generation said, but what it did. Let us give an answer, then, of which we can be proud.
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We have lost something very precious. That is an understanding of our interconnectedness with nature and a world beyond the material.
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Carrying on as if, fundamentally, it is "business as usual" is no longer an option. We cannot solve the problems of the 21st Century with 20th Century solutions.
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Visionary people have a vital role to play in helping the world to find the strength needed to address its problems.
HRH The Prince of Wales
Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.
Einstein
The best friend on earth of man is the tree. When we use the tree respectfully and economically, we have one of the greatest resources on earth.
Frank Lloyd Wright
We still have to learn how to live peacefully, not only with our fellow men but also with nature and, above all, with those Higher Powers which have made nature and have made us.
E.F. Schumacher
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
Gandhi
Our world has enough for each person's need, but not for his greed.
Gandhi
Whatever befalls the earth, befalls the people of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it.
Chief Seattle
Human consciousness arose but a minute before midnight on the geological clock. Yet we mayflies try to bend an ancient world to our purposes, ignorant perhaps of the messages buried in its long history. Let us hope that we are still in the early morning of our April day.
Stephen Jay Gould
For those who are interested in pursuing these ideas further, Harmony: A New Way of Looking at Our World is also available in book form (see header photo) and can be purchased from either Amazon or the Harmony movie website.
A JOYFUL AND PEACEFUL WEEK TO EVERYONE!
