What's New . . . August 2006
GreenBuilt Tour Highlights Sustainable Building Methods; Dr. John Demartini Giving Seminars & Free Talks: The Whole Being Weekend Celebrates Its 36th Year; Drug Industry Critics Examine Influence of Marketing Tactics in Hard-hitting Documentary; Medical and Holistic Communities Applaud Side Effects
GreenBuilt Tour Highlights Sustainable Building Methods
On Saturday and Sunday September 16–17, San Diego EarthWorks will host its fifth annual GreenBuilt Tour, a self-guided tour of San Diego homes and businesses that feature sustainable building practices, including ecologically sound, renewable construction components and technologies, water- and energy-efficiency features, and the innovative use of recycled and re-used materials. These structures, both new construction and rebuilds or retrofits, demonstrate that energy and resource-efficient design and construction are the right way to build.
Do you have a residential or commercial site that illustrates sustainable building methods, alternative energy use, zeriscaping, or any other “green” architecture or construction techniques? If so, your site may qualify to be part of the GreenBuilt tour.
There is no charge to have the site on the tour. However, all sites must be staffed with knowledgeable individuals who will describe the features and building techniques to tour participants.
To find out about having a site added to the tour, or about sponsorship or advertising opportunities, please contact EarthWorks at (858) 272-7370 as soon as possible. Further information is available at www.EarthDayWeb.org .
Dr. John Demartini Giving Seminars & Free Talks
Dr. John Demartini is the Best-Selling Author of the Hay House 2006 book titled Count Your Blessings . This wonderful new book asks some profound questions about your life and provides some stimulating and thought-provoking answers as well. Some examples are: Do You Know the Golden Rule?; Your Actions Determine Your Results; Plant Flowers or Forever Pull Weeds; and The Truth Is...If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. This book is available at all bookstores or online at www.hayhouse.com .
Dr. Demartini is offering a free public talks on The Breakthrough Experience. He will share his wisdom on combining growing wealth and enduring love relationships. The first talk is in Los Angeles on Tuesday, August 15, 7:30–9:30pm at the Courtyard Marriott in Marina del Rey. The second talk will be in San Diego on Thursday, August 24 from 7:30–9:30pm at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina.
You may also attend his talk at the Agape International Spiritual Center in Culver City on Friday, August 18 from 7:30–9:30pm. The cost is $20 per person, and seating is limited. For Directions Call 310-348-1260 x 628.
Dr. Demartini is also offering The Breakthrough Experience in both Los Angeles and San Diego. The topics are the “Secrets of Love and Wealth” and “How to Make One Hell of a Profit and Still Get to Heaven.” Those seminars will be held August 19 and 20 at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport, and August 26 and 27 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina. For Reservations and Info: 1-888-DEMARTINI or www.drdemartini.com.
The Whole Being Weekend Celebrates Its 36th Year
The annual community gathering known as The Whole Being Weekend will celebrate its 36 th year beginning with a Preview Party on August 19, 7pm–midnight at The Sunset Temple, 2906 University Ave., San Diego (near the North Park sign). It's only $5 and includes: Food and connections, 7–9pm, and dancing to live music and DJ, 9–midnight.
Then come join the The Whole Being Weekend in the beautiful San Jacinto Mountains of Idyllwild, at Buckhorn Camp on September 22–24, with dozens of free workshops (including meditation, movement, massage, Sufi dancing, nutrition, creativity, communication, drumming, yoga & spirituality), community celebration, delicious vegetarian cuisine and music concerts* with Jeanne & Karl Anthony, Larisa Stow & Gathering Guru, The Temple Bhajan Band, and much more!
Participants can enjoy and experience a diverse array of both informational and experiential workshops, five vegetarian meals (mostly organic), lively and heart-centered music, and two nights of lodging or camping all for one all-inclusive low price (starting at $119 for early registration). This event is open to singles, families, adults and children and brings together over 600 people for a weekend of transformation, community and fun. It is a weekend designed for the mind, body and soul, and you will likely leave feeling re-charged, with a greater sense of connection to the world around you.
The Buckhorn Camp is a short drive from San Diego, Orange County and Los Angeles, The Whole Being Weekend begins on the evening of Friday, September 22 and concludes on the afternoon of Sunday, September 24 with an unforgettable outdoor closing ceremony. (One-day-only registration is also available.)
For registration and more information, please visit at www.thewholebeingweekend.com or call 619/297-3846.
The Whole Being Weekend is an environmentally-friendly event produced by The San Diego Center for the Moving Arts, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
For registration information, visit www.thewholebeing weekend.com .
( *Performers are subject to change.)
Drug Industry Critics Examine Influence of Marketing Tactics in Hard-hitting Documentary
LOS ANGELES, CA – Medical experts and pharmaceutical critics expose the drug industry's unsafe tactics that are affecting today's health care system in the timely documentary, Money Talks: Profits Before Patient Safety , which is now available on DVD. The film explores drug industry influence on various levels through interviews with key opinion leaders from Harvard, Columbia, UCLA and more.
This is Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau's second film about the issues within the pharmaceutical industry. Her debut film, Side Effects , was a fictional approach to exposing the issues, based on her decade working as a drug sales rep for two of the nation's top pharmaceutical companies. Because of the overwhelming response from people all over the world, Slattery-Moschkau felt there was a need to leave Hollywood behind and present a more informational, academic approach to the topic.
“ Side Effects generated such an outstanding dialogue on the issues of drug promotion and ethics that we felt compelled to go to the experts,” said Slattery-Moschkau. “ Money Talks is the straight-shooting answer to a lot of the questions that consumers need to know.”
In Money Talks, Alex Sugarman-Brozan, JD, of Prescription Access Litigation shares sweeping statistics about the pharmaceutical industry's marketing force. He cites that there are over 80,000 pharmaceutical sales reps employed in the U.S. alone, or one for every four doctors.
Dr. John Abramson, author of Overdo$ed America , explains how the pharmaceutical companies are taking us away from evidence-based medicine. He shares eye-opening information about how the Federal Drug Administration and the New England Journal of Medicine , as well as other respected organizations, are no longer trusted sources for unbiased information on prescription drugs.
Other featured interviews include Dr. Bob Goodman of Columbia University, who founded the program No Free Lunch, and Dr. Jerome Hoffman of UCLA Medical School.
For more information on the important issues raised in Money Talks , visit www.moneytalksthemovie.com .
Medical and Holistic Communities Applaud Side Effects
LOS ANGELES, CA – Based on filmmaker Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau's decade of experience working as a drug sales rep, Side Effects examines the pill-pushing tactics of the pharmaceutical industry's leading companies. Side Effects has conscientious consumers around the world thinking twice about popping their next pill.
For those who missed the storm of buzz during its rolling theatrical release, the DVD of Side Effects is now available online at www.sideeffectsthemovie.com and www.Amazon.com , and is being sold at major retail outlets across the United States.
“ Side Effects tackles these issues head-on and does it with remarkable candor, humor, and balance.”– Tony Cecala, The Holistic Networker
“The film will serve as an eye opener for doctors and patients alike.”– Stephanie Lysaught,– The Yogi Times
“The action goes from amusing to savagely funny.”– Jeanne Lenzer, British Medical Journal
“Drop-dead fascinating.”– Deborah Ray, Healthy Talk Radio
True to her position since the beginning, Slattery-Mosckau continues to take a reasoned approach to the issues surrounding the drug industry.
“We need to acknowledge that we need prescription medications, but understand that the current system is broken—these are the first steps toward progress,” says Slattery-Moschkau.
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