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Saturday, 29 May 2010
Stories From A Settled Tribe: Coming Soon
14:22 | Posted by
Louise Sopher
"If it is possible I want to stand in front of millions of people and say:
"The jungle is the most important thing for human beings.""
NELSON KELESAUINTRODUCING: 'STORIES FROM A SETTLED TRIBE - THE PEOPLE OF LONG LAMAI'
Between April and May 2010 I lived with the Penan of Long Lamai, teaching English and learning about their way of life. Beforehand, on a plane journey from Kuching to Miri, an idea came to me that I would collect stories from the local people about anything they want to say; anything that matters most to them; any message they want to share with people in the West; anything they want future generations of Long Lamai to remember - anything at all. These stories would be collected in a book, published, sold, and given as a gift to the village. The proceeds would go towards the village for things such as:
- sending children to the next level of education
- allowing families to collect materials so that they can extend their homes and build homestays for tourists
- health care in a remote area
- building materials such as screws, and diesal for the longboats and the generators for electricity
Stories range from how we should respect the jungle to Penan music and traditional skills, to personal struggles and collective struggles - with education; money; jobs...and the loggers, to jungle myths, to jungle medicine and the Penan 'Writing Without Words' - a jungle language unique to them.
"I will come with you to the cities with nothing: how do you survive?"
Look out for the link of where to buy the book from, which will be sold on lulu.com, as it is coming soon.
"Money can finish.
Our forest? Our jungle?
Not finished.
Never ends."
James Lalo' Keso, Long Lamai
Our forest? Our jungle?
Not finished.
Never ends."
James Lalo' Keso, Long Lamai
"When the government thinks about Penan life, they can save the jungle for us if they want to."
Aint Lungah, Long Lamai
Saturday, 1 May 2010
Eat Rubbish, Feel Rubbish
OUT comes another problem with the fast food industry: it buggers up your thyroid.
Yep, so it's not just that they make you fat; clog up your arteries; taste disgusting; make you feel sick and kill the jungle and murder animals in the process: it makes you fat and gives you hypothyroidism.
Brilliant, right?
Of course the two go hand in hand. Low thyroid means low metabolism and that means low everything else (except for the amount of space your body takes up) ....unless you eat so little because you have no hunger level whatsoever.
An article on About.com Thyroid Disease, by Mary Shoman, explains new research which "apparently" proves that fast-food restaurants such as Burger King and McDonalds have a low iodine content in their food. For those who don't know, not enough iodine in the blood leads to hypothyroidism. Too much iodine, on the other hand, leads to hyperthyroidism.
According to the article and the results of the research, the findings go hand in hand with an overall reduction in iodine content in people's blood in the US paired with an increased consumption of fast-food.
So what's the point? Basically; quite simply; obviously, here is yet another reason why we shouldn't eat fast food!
Click here to to view the article.
Yep, so it's not just that they make you fat; clog up your arteries; taste disgusting; make you feel sick and kill the jungle and murder animals in the process: it makes you fat and gives you hypothyroidism.
Brilliant, right?
Of course the two go hand in hand. Low thyroid means low metabolism and that means low everything else (except for the amount of space your body takes up) ....unless you eat so little because you have no hunger level whatsoever.
An article on About.com Thyroid Disease, by Mary Shoman, explains new research which "apparently" proves that fast-food restaurants such as Burger King and McDonalds have a low iodine content in their food. For those who don't know, not enough iodine in the blood leads to hypothyroidism. Too much iodine, on the other hand, leads to hyperthyroidism.
According to the article and the results of the research, the findings go hand in hand with an overall reduction in iodine content in people's blood in the US paired with an increased consumption of fast-food.
So what's the point? Basically; quite simply; obviously, here is yet another reason why we shouldn't eat fast food!
Click here to to view the article.
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