Community Spirit - May 2019

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IN THIS ISSUE WE CELEBRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING
IN HARMONY WITH ALL LIVING BEINGS ON PLANET EARTH
This issues articles
Do they really care about marine life at the Oceanografic?
Fostering animals out of shelters in Valencia
It's a Cat's Life: Sterilizing wild cats
The Rise of Climate Change Anxiety
Electric Car Review
Customer review of Delta o2: Oxygen
Therapy
Macrobiotics Healthy Recipes

IN THIS
ISSUE
Founder's Message
Dear Readers,
I've find that being able to rise above all the drama that
happens in community living is essential in order to allow
everything to natuarally fall into place.
So now we have a name change to 'Community Living'
emazine. We've gone through an upgrade and are now
focusing on readers who are interested in living healthy
lives, and co-creating abundance and sharing it in the
community. Valencia will lead the way, and we will also be
including stories from time-to-time from other inspiriing
communities around the world.
All the Very Best,
Richard T. Voller
WhatsApp - 602.564.973
emazinemedia@gmail.com
DO THEY REALLY CARE
ABOUT MARINE LIFE AT
THE OCEANOGRAFIC?
We get a guided tour of the
Oceanogràfic of Valencia which is the
biggest aquarium in Europe. We get to
speak with Mari Carmen Fuentes,
Marketing Manager and learn about all
the conservation work they are doing
and giving support for marine life on site
and in the local area.
FOSTERING ANIMALS OUT
OF SHELTERS
As we know, there is a real problem with
animal well-being in Spain and that is
also true for dogs and cats in the city of
Valencia. By fostering an animal out of a
shelter, you do your share by freeing up
some valuable space and resources so
that the shelter can welcome more
animals in need.
THE RISE OF CLIMATE
CHANGE ANXIETY
Experts have predicted, that by 2050,
the amount of plastic in the ocean will
weigh more than the amount of fish in
the ocean. Climate change anxiety as a
term is relatively new. It is described
as an anxiety about the future and a
trauma we haven’t yet experienced but
we know is coming at some point.
This a fear about our survival.
Community Living

Contents
Healthy Living
The Rise of Climate Change Anxiety!
Macrobiotic Healthy Cooking
Animal Magic!
Fostering Animals in Valencia
Sterilizing wild cats
The caring nature of the Oceanografic
Community Living
Customer review of Delta o2
Discover Hidden Gems
Money Matters
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OCEANOGRAFIC
Do they really care?
We get a guided
tour of the
Oceanografic in
Valencia !

W h e n I w a s i n v i t e d b y M a r i C a r m e n F u e n t e s , M a r k e t i n g M a n a g e r o f t h e O c e a n o g r a f i c i n
V a l e n c i a f o r a g u i d e d t o u r o f t h e s i t e , I t h o u g h t t h i s w o u l d b e a g r e a t o p p o r t u n i t y t o
r e a l l y g e t t o u n d e r s t a n d t h e c o n s e r v a t i o n w o r k w h i c h t h e y a r e d o i n g a n d a l s o l e a r n m o r e
a b o u t h o w t h e r e w e l f a r e p o l i c i e s f o r m a r i n e l i f e o n s i t e .
Y o u h e a r a l l s o r t s o f r u m o u r s a n d p e o p l e h a v e p r e - c o n c e p t i o n s o f w h a t g o e s o n h e r e , s o I
t h o u g h t i t w a s t i m e t o d i s c o v e r t h e t r u t h .
W h e n I w a l k e d i n t o t h e f i r s t p a r t o f t h e m u s e u m
w i t h M a r i , s h e s h o w e d m e a s t o r y b o a r d t h a t w a s
o n t h e w a l l d e p i c t i n g t h e j o u r n e y o f h u m a n i t y
a n d o u r c o n n e c t i o n w i t h m a r i n e l i f e . I t s h o w s
h o w w e h a v e d i s c o v e r e d m o r e a b o u t m a r i n e l i f e
o v e r t h e c e n t u r i e s , a s o u r t e c h n o l o g y h a s b e c o m e
m o r e a d v a n c e d f o r u s t o g o d e e p e r i n t o o u r
o c e a n s . B u t t h e m o s t a l a r m i n g p a r t i s t h a t w h e n
y o u g e t t o t h e e n d , a s i t s h o w s t h a t i f w e d o n ’ t
c h a n g e o u r d e s t r u c t i v e b e h a v i o u r s o o n , t h e n b y
2 0 5 0 , t h e r e w i l l b e m o r e p l a s t i c i n o u r o c e a n s
t h a n f i s h ! I t ' s a b i g w a k e u p c a l l a n d t h e f i r s t
t h i n g t h a t y o u a r e m a d e a w a r e o f w h e n y o u v i s i t
t h e c e n t r e .

T h e r e a s o n f o r d o i n g t h i s i s t h a t t h e O c e a n g r a f i c w a n t t o
m a k e i t s v i s i t o r s a w a r e o f t h e p r o b l e m s t h a t w e a r e c a u s i n g
f o r m a r i n e l i f e b y t h r o w i n g w a s t e p l a s t i c i n t o t h e s e a . Y e s ,
w e a r e c o n t r i b u t i n g t o t h e p r o b l e m ! W e n e e d t o b e m o r e
c o n s c i o u s a n d t h r o w o u r r u b b i s h a w a y i n t h e c o r r e c t m a n n e r
a n d e v e n b e t t e r , r e c y c l e i t .
I w a n t e d t o k n o w f r o m M a r i w h a t t h e O c e a n o g r a f i c i s d o i n g
t o h e l p m a m m a l s a n d e s p e c i a l l y o n e s p i c k e d u p f r o m t h e
w i l d . S h e i m m e d i a t e l y e x p l a i n e d t h a t t h e r e w a s a l a w f r o m
1 9 9 2 , w h i c h m a k e s i t i l l e g a l t o t a k e m a m m a l s f r o m w i l d l i f e
a n d p u t t h e m i n a q u a r i u m s f o r t h e l o n g - t e r m , s o n o w t h a t i s
c l e a r !
M a r i e x p l a i n e d t h a t t h e y g e t m a m m a l s s u c h a s t u r t l e s a n d
s h a r k s f r o m t h e s e a w h i c h h a v e b e e n p o i s o n e d o r w r a p p e d u p
i n p l a s t i c . T h e y d o w h a t e v e r i s n e c e s s a r y t o g e t t h e m b a c k t o
h e a l t h a n d t h e n t h e y p u t t h e m b a c k i n t h e s e a . T h e y m a k e i t
i n t o a s p e c i a l o c c a s i o n b y i n v i t i n g l o c a l s c h o o l c h i l d r e n a l o n g
s o t h e y a r e e d u c a t e d a n d i n s p i r e d t o b e t h e c h a n g e .
S i n c e t h e O c e a n o g r a f i c w a s o p e n e d i n 2 0 0 3 , I t h a s
e s t a b l i s h e d t h e f o l l o w i n g k e y c o n s e r v a t i o n p r o j e c t s :
- R e c o v e r y C e n t r e f o r M a r i n e F a u n a ( A R C A d e l M a r )
- P r o p a g a t i o n o f e n d a n g e r e d s p e c i e s
- M o n i t o r i n g a n d f o l l o w i n g u p h a b i t a t s
- S u s t a i n a b l e f i s h i n g
M a r i a l s o e x p l a i n e d t h a t t h e y h a v e a n ‘ E n v i r o n m e n t
E n r i c h m e n t ’ p r o g r a m m e w h e r e t h e r e a r e s p e c i a l t r a i n e r s
a s s i g n e d t o l o o k a f t e r a n d p l a y w i t h t h e d o l p h i n s , w h a l e s ,
s e a l i o n s a n d s h a r k s t o k e e p t h e m s t i m u l a t e d a n d a c t i v e .
T h e y a r e s o i n v o l v e d w i t h t h e m , t h a t t h e r e w a s o n c e a
s i t u a t i o n w h e r e t h e t r a i n e r s w o r e s p e c i a l a p p a r a t u s t o h e l p
o n e o f t h e w h i t e w a l e s g i v e b i r t h !
I f y o u w o u l d l i k e t o v i s i t t h e t h e O c e a n o g r a p f i c a n d d i s c o v e r
t h e t r u t h f o r y o u r s e l f , t h e n c h e c k o u t t h e i r w e b s i t e f o r m o r e
i n f o r m a t i o n :
w w w . o c e a n o g r a f i c . o r g / e n

ANIMAL
MAGIC!
Above: Toffee
It's a Cat's Life!
Written by Sandra
The colony is close, something akin to an extended
family. On a cool morning four or five adults snooze on,
all bundled up together. Toffee, Iggy and Panterita sit
together on the roof of their shelter, soaking up the
early rays. Cielito Lindo, the dominant male and the only
ex-domestic in the group, takes a walk with Sakura.
They rub bodies to transfer scent. There is little
aggression in this colony of some twenty feral cats;
1
friendships are nurtured and social routines respected.
More meerkat than feline, Sakura strikes a sentinel pose
at the merest hint of human intrusion, her pretty
head bobbing or cocked to one side. Running through
the grass in the large lot, she scampers and bounces,
light and bright as cherry blossom. Sakura is one of five
sterilised females.
Sterilise, neuter, spay—ugly, clinical words that can spark
emotional debate.
What happens when feral cats are left intact?
A quick search online produces many graphic
iterations of a popular but unsubstantiated claim
that a single breeding female will produce
30,000 to 370,000 cats in just seven years. More
reliably, a US study reported 1.4 litters per
season with an average of three kittens per litter,
while Celia Hammond in the UK provides a
simpler perspective: ‘a cat and a litter of kittens
can easily grow to a colony of fifteen to twenty
within a year and forty the next’ . 3
A female cat can reach puberty at just four
months of age. I learned this recently when
fostering two motherless siblings. This means
that a young queen 4can have her first litter at six
or seven 5months, when she is really no more
than a kitten herself. A sexually active female
can have two or even three litters in one season.
2

L E F T T O R I G H T :
B A T H S H E B A , P A N T E R I T A , M A X A N D
T O N Y
Even nursing mothers are not immune to
pregnancy. And with females going into heat
every two or three weeks from spring through to
autumn, there are plenty of opportunities for
resident and wandering tomcats.
This season in Valencia, we are seeing litters of
four or five. Clearly, not all kittens are female
and not all survive the first six months. Our own
calculations suggest a slightly lower rate of
expansion than Hammond’s, but a considerable
one nonetheless.
1 The colony was observed from an apartment overlooking
the vacant lots over a period of 7 months.
2 academic.oup.com/jmammal/article/91/2/482/901982;
feralcatproject.org/truths-about-feral-cats
3 celiahammond.org/index.php/about-us/feral-cats
4 a sexually active unspayed female
5 gestation is around 61-65 days
Sandra is a
founding member
of Sindigato del
Carmen,
a non-profit association
which supports and
cares for street cats.

I T ' S A C A T ' S L I F E
What is the size of the problem?
In 2014, the RSPCA described the UK cat
population as being at ‘crisis point’. Here in
Spain, Alicante reports some 6,000 ferals,
while Barcelona recognises 700 colonies with
a population of 9,000. Valencia, counted 500
colonies or 12,000 individuals in 2016.
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6
9
7
More recently, studies using computer models
have promoted the use of TVHR (trap–
vasectomy–hysterectomy–release) as an
alternative. With their sexual drive and social
status intact, the treated males continue to
defend their territory and ‘mate’ with the
colony’s females rather than leaving a vacuum
for wandering toms to take advantage. But this
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What are the options for population
control?
Removing cats does not work. Other ferals
move in and take their place. 10Besides, even if
animal shelters had room for ferals, these
are outdoor cats. They hate to be confined
and most are too wild to be homed except as
farm cats. In the past, they were often
euthanized as a result. Trap–neuter–return
(TNR), now the preferred approach in many
communities around the world, more
humanely returns sterilised individuals to
their home territory and their kin. In Spain
this is known as CES (captura–esterilización–
suelta).
It’s also worth noting that owner reluctance
to sterilise domestic cats contributes greatly
to feral overpopulation as many kittens end
up being abandoned. The RSPCA report
advocates a 92% rate of domestic
has yet to be properly trialed and may not be
effective in urban neighbourhoods.
What’s in it for the cats?
Quite a lot, it turns out. Despite common
misconceptions, there is no scientific evidence
that neutering cats renders them more
susceptible to disease. On the contrary,
sterilised females and males are far less likely
to contract STDs and there is a reduced risk of
uterine, ovarian, breast and testicular cancers.
Repeat pregnancies with little time in between
are exhausting for queens. They can become
malnourished and diseased as their immune
systems are weakened by the physical toll of
gestation and nursing. Intact males—as their
human neighbours will readily attest—fight for
dominance. Many tomcats sustain injuries that
become infected, causing pain and suffering.
Territory, food and charity are finite resources.
Stabilising a feral population so that numbers
reduce over time means that cats are less likely
to starve or attract the wrong kind of attention.
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sterilisation to maintain a stable population.

It's a cat's life - references
6 faunalytics.org/tackling-the-cat-crisis-a-collaborative-approach-to-neutering-2/
7 enelnombredelgato.com/metodo-ces-y-7-respuestas-proteger-los-gatos-la-calle/
8 elpais.com/elpais/2016/05/02/inenglish/1462175657_400475.html
9 lasprovincias.es/valencia-ciudad/201605/11/medio-millar-colonias-gatos-20160511000420.html
10 animalsheltering.org/page/community-cats-scientific-studies-and-data; aspca.org/animalhomelessness/shelter-intake-and-surrender/closer-look-community-cats
11 avmajournals.avma.org/doi/abs/10.2460/javma.243.4.502 ; now.tufts.edu/news-releases/feral-cat-study
12 avma.org/public/PetCare/Pages/spay-neuter.aspx; smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/cats-get-breastcancer-too-and-theres-lot-we-can-learn-it-180954732/
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Director: Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, Lilly Wachowski
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up with him; a genetically engineered worker in 2144 feels the forbidden stirring of human
consciousness -- and so on.
As souls are born and reborn, they renew their bonds to one another throughout time.
W A N T T O P L A C E Y O U R A D V E R T H E R E ?

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FOSTERING
Written by Celine and John - Postcards from Valencia

Looking for a way to do your part in making the world a better place? Fostering a
dog or cat is a great way to start.
By fostering an animal out of a shelter, you do your share by freeing up some
valuable space and resources so that the shelter can welcome more animals in need.
Some people think they should foster once they are ready to adopt. That is not the
case. Fostering can be for a short time and it plays such an important role in
successfully re-homing dogs and cats. You will be saving a life when you open up your
home. Fostered homeless dogs and cats learn what it’s like to be part of the family
which helps in finding their forever home.
One of the great benefits of fostering is the length of commitment. It’s up to you. For
some of the people I interviewed for this article, it seems to be quite a mix.
In the case of our friend Aj, someone reached out to her because they found 2
puppies in a bin. At the time, Aj was away skiing with her son in France but offered to
take over as soon as she was back home. She is a kind-hearted soul and committed to
keeping the puppies until they were at least 10 weeks old and ready to be adopted.
The puppies have become a wonderful addition to her home and The Art of English, a
school she runs in Xativa. On certain days, she brings the puppies to school where the
children learn to interact with them including feeding them with a baby bottle. Her
students learn about responsibility and gentleness along with learning English. For
Aj’s 7-year old son Taran, it has meant a new playmate along with the rest of their zoo
that includes a white German shepherd, 2 cats and a rabbit.
With our other friends, Wolfgang and Agata, someone must have known they love
animals because someone tossed 5 kittens into their garden along with some food.
Sadly, they couldn’t keep them because they too have a zoo that includes a large
shepherd dog, 2 cats and a turtle. Happily, they were able to find forever homes for
all 5.
Our other friend, Lisa, travels a lot for work and in spite of her busy schedule and
having 3 grown cats of her own, she somehow finds the time to volunteer at animal
shelters around the world…..wherever her work takes her. Whenever she travels, she
makes sure someone is available to look after her cats. As of this writing, she is
fostering 4 kittens until the middle of May. I asked her what fostering means to her
and she answered: “I love fostering and feel like it is my way of helping with the
irresponsibility of humans who do not get their animals spayed. It is so important to
spay your animals so they do not have more kittens or puppies.....there are too many
in the streets and many suffer or have to be euthanized in terrible circumstances.

Humans domesticate these animals and it is our responsibility to take care of
them. I am weary of people who only want a kitten and so we have to
interview them more than someone who wants an adult cat. I see so many
people dump their cat or dog for the most selfish of reasons (a vacation, the
pet gets big/older, etc.). There is a reliable website to get house-sitters to
stay with your pet if you go on a trip
(https://www.trustedhousesitters.com/house-and-pet-sitters/).”
So as you can see, fostering is a great way for people to experience what its
like to have an animal at home and vice versa. As a foster, you will learn
things about the dog/cat (sleeping habits or favorite toys) helps gives
potential adopters more information that can lead to better matches and
successful adoptions.
Also, staying in touch with the fostering contact to ensure that expectations
are met. An example could be the experience requirements for fostering a
special needs animal (i.e., do you have time and experience for a special
needs animal (kittens who need to be fed every 4 to 5 hours, dog that needs
socializing).
Ready to get started? Here are 2 puppies that will need a home…
Please note: children are not included
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Community Living / May / 2019
T H E R I S E O F C L I M A T E C H A N G E
A N X I E T Y
Written by Karen Tate
Photo credit Bob Blob on Unsplash

a CBT therapist, Occupational Therapist and Mindfulness teacher, who has significant experience of working with people with
Is
variety of physical and mental health conditions. She is English speaking and lives in Valencia city. She has over 17 years
a
of working within the NHS and more recently private practice.She works work with a range of treatment models –
experience
Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Compassion focused therapy and Mindfulness based interventions. Typical mental health
CBT,
she works with include, depression, generalised anxiety, panic disorder, social anxiety, body dysmorphic disorder, selfesteem
issues
issues, OCD, phobias, eating disorders and psychosis.
WHAT IS MY OWN EXPERIENCE
OF ECO-ANXIETY?
My own low waste journey started a few years back with the introduction of recycling bins in the UK.
At that time we were given one big blue bin from the local council and were told we could only recycle
paper, tins, foil and some plastic. This was revolutionary and it certainly made me start to think,
probably for the first time about what I was putting in my landfill bin.
Jump forward to 3 years ago when I was packing up my house and getting rid of a lot of “stuff” I’d
accumulated from a number of houses, 3 children and a lifetime of keeping stuff “just in case”.
So how easy was it, to get rid of all my stuff? Getting rid of all that stuff wasn’t that easy at all. I
recycled towels to the local homeless shelter and thought I could give them my lovely clean bedding.
But they weren’t allowed to take that.
I was finding it really difficult to get rid of those broken toys and little things that kids collect and
never play with. What on earth was I going to do? I took as much as I could to the local charity
collection and I then had to take stuff to the local tip. There they have skips where you can separate
the rubbish, but I was quite annoyed and worried seeing how much was going into landfill.
My husband and I lived on Ibiza for a couple of years and spent a lot of time on the beach. It wasn’t
unusual for us to pick up lots of rubbish and even whilst out kayaking, it was difficult to escape from
the floating bits of mainly plastic. So much so we would take out a fishing net and bucket to pick up
stuff as we paddled.
It’s only recently that I have reflected, that over the past few years I have developed worry about the
amount of plastic we use, landfill waste and how much people seem to care little about the
environment.
It got me thinking and I have started looking into Climate anxiety a bit more.
‘Climate change is here; it’s happening,” seems to be the overwhelming
sentiment. After yet another summer of heatwaves and historic wildfires,
devastating hurricanes, typhoons, and tsunamis, scientists are reporting rising
sea levels. Glaciers are melting at an alarming rate.
On hearing of these natural disasters people are describing ” a sense of loss,
sadness and anxiety”
T H E OVERWHELMING VIEW
Karen's Bio

PLASTIC
more recently I have been doing my own little
Much
into just how much plastic we use. We recycle as
survey
as we can and its scary how much plastic there
much
We know this, don’t we? I’m using the “we” but
is.
how much does the average man or woman
actually
is really useful and we use it every day, but it’s
Plastic
estimated that more than five trillion pieces of
been
are in the world’s oceans and it can take years
plastic
it to break down. Plastic isn’t biodegradable, it
for
break down and rot like paper or food. Each
doesn’t
400 million tonnes of plastic is produced and 40%
year,
that is single-use – plastic we’ll only use once before
of
binned.
it’s
horrific to think that more than eight million
It’s
of plastic enter the world’s oceans each year
tonnes
most of that escape from the land. It can be blown
and
the sea from ships and beaches, or carried there
into
the river. People are still flushing plastic down the
by
toilet!
have predicted, that by 2050, the amount of
Experts
in the ocean will weigh more than the amount
plastic
“SO FAR, THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN POSITIVELY CHILLING. WHEN
PRESIDENT TAFT CREATED GLACIER NATIONAL PARK IN 1910, IT WAS
HOME TO AN ESTIMATED 150 GLACIERS. SINCE THEN THE NUMBER
HAS DECREASED TO FEWER THAN 30, AND MOST OF THOSE
REMAINING HAVE SHRUNK IN AREA BY TWO-THIRDS. WITHIN 30
YEARS MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE PARK’S NAMESAKE GLACIERS WILL
DISAPPEAR.” (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC)
PHOTO BY JON TYSON ON UNSPLASH
really care?
of fish in the ocean.

change anxiety as a term is relatively new. It is described as an anxiety about
Climate
future and a trauma we haven’t yet experienced but we know is coming at some
the
in the US and UK, there has been a big increase in people accessing therapy
Both
reporting climate change anxiety as the main problem.
and
is not a fear of how my body looks or am I popular enough. This a fear about our
This
survival.
we know more than ever about global warming. It is most certainly an
Today
problem, therefore people will feel intense anxiety and depression.
overwhelming
warming is a major concern because we’re limited in what we can do on an
Global
basis.
individual
might have given up plastic, gone vegan, and swapped to low-energy bulbs years
“We
but if power players are continuing environmentally friendly practices, the
ago,
feelings of hopelessness and powerlessness, combined with the need to do all
Those
can, can spiral us down into anxiety and depression. The constant bombardment
we
news headlines and social media posts highlighting just how bad the situation is,
of
and do exacerbate mental health symptoms.
can
IS CLIMATE ANXIETY DIFFERENT FROM OTHER
TYPES OF ANXIETY?
point.
The term Eco-Anxiety is sometimes used and can be
described as a “chronic fear of environmental
doom”. (American Psychological Society ) .
planet is still on track for disaster. ” (Metro.co.uk)

eco-anxiety is high with millennials, there is a glimmer of hope. Anxiety, while
While
is an effective motivator. Although we do have our work cut out for us,
unpleasant,
next generation has a high level of awareness of the
“The
at hand when it comes to the health of the planet,
challenges
it’s heartening to see so many people taking action in their
and
lives,” said Dave Fanger, CEO and Founder of Swell
day-to-day
“But there’s more to be done at the company level
Investing.
it comes to investing. Think about it this way. You can
when
actions to protect the earth at home. But when you put
take
investment dollars behind environmentally responsible
your
– Swell investing 2018 , BBC
References
Metro.co.uk 2019
2019,
Tate is an English speaking
Karen
Behavioural Therapist in
Cognitive
who works with a range of
Valencia
health issues.
mental
IT’S NOT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM
people are doing something about the negative emotions they are
many
with the majority of people addressing climate change in their day-to-
experiencing,
day lives.
companies, you’re voting for the future you want to experience.”
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EV
Jonny Smith takes us on a tour of the Geneva Motor Show electric cars. 5 years ago
there may have been one or two cars on display with a plug. Now there are dozens. Next
year there will be 100's.
Some are fantasies that will never se the light of day, some are already in production
and thankfully Jonny has the experience to tell the difference.
Next Generations Matters

is the cereal of Spring
Barley
macrobiotic point of view.
from
nourishes the liver and helps
It
detox the body. Helps with
to
and intestine
cholesterol
Has fiber, Vitamin B, is
problems.
and
antioxidant
with a lot of
reminearalaizing,
potassium, and other
iron,
minerals
fiber, potassium, folate,
Barley's
Vitamin B6 content,
and
with its lack of
coupled
all support a healthy
cholesterol,
Barley is an excellent
heart.
of fiber,
source
cup barley
1
cups water
2
of salt
pinch
corn
sweet
onion 1/4
carrot 1
capers
veganaise
Bring to boil the barley
-
the water and when it
with
boiling for around 5
is
add pinch of salt,
minutes
it and lower the flame
cover
minimum and let it
to
for around 30-40
simmer
minutes.
cup of soy milk
1
cups of sunflower oil
2
salt
lemon juice
half
(optional)
garlic
all the ingredients until
blend
the texture you like, if you
get
thicker add more oil.
prefer
P R I N G R E C I P E
S
Written by Laia, Yoga, meditation cooking class, counselor, catering chef in
your house and for groups in English
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Ingredients:
- cut the onion and the carrot in smaller cubes
and blanch it.
Blanch: bring to water to the boil with a pinch
of salt, add first the onions and when change
color around 2 to 3 minutes take it off and add
the carrots. Will need a little more time like 5
minutes. When it's cold, mix all the ingredients
with the veganaise
Veganaise
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In the Children's World
“The secret, Alice, is to surround yourself with people who make your heart
smile. It’s then, only then, that you’ll find Wonderland"
A child to her single mother:
“Mum, I think it´s time to find a husband”
“Why do you think so?”
“Oooo, it will be very pity if my children wouldn´t have a grandfather!”
***
Summer time and the children are with their grandparents. It is the second
day of their holiday and almost all the homework is done.
Sara, ten-year-old girl, told her grandmother: “I am not going to cry for you
this time you are leaving us…..”
***
Victor to his father: “I would like to draw a picture.”
“Ok. Go and take a piece of paper.”
He didn´t take just one or two….
“I told you 1 and not 100…”
“Yes, but the number 1 is a part of 100….”
***
“Mum, tomorrow we are going to have sport at school. And I will take my
lipstick and perfume.”
Is it allowed?
No, it is not, but it is just for my self-confidence…..” (five-year-old).
***
“How much pasta would you like for dinner?
The quantity doesn´t matter, the important is to be a lot.”

the Children's World
In
***
“What do you want to be when you grow up?
It doesn´t matter what exactly – but to be a good person.”
***
Together with my 6-year-old daughter we are preparing ourselves to go to yoga class
but she doesn´t like to dress up with almost nothing I am offering her.
“I don´t like your attitude, young lady! It is awful.”
“Why do you think so?! Just normal woman mood.”
***
One of my students tried to understand what his 1-year-old brother was talking to
him but didn’t catch anything. They were from Bulgaria and speaking on their native
language. Immediately he turned to me “I have to ask my mother if he is Bulgarian.”
***
One of my students, he is 6 years old:
“I found an album with photos in the house of my grandparents. I think all their world
was black and white when they were young”
***
During the weekend I have prepared a chicken fricassee for lunch. My son, who is 4
years old told me:
“Mum, the meat is delicious…. (after a pause) and this white space slime as well.”
***
Next Generation Matters

DR BRUCE
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You are a Community, not a single person!
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Bruce Harold Lipton (born October 21, 1944 at Mount Kisco, New York), is an
American developmental biologist best known for promoting the idea that gene
expression can be influenced (via epigenetics) by environmental factors i.e. people have a
greater impact on their health than genetic research has previously determined. He is the
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40 years ago, when Valencia decided to create a beautiful garden
instead of a motorway…
Written by Laurence Lemoine
Once upon a time there was a
horrible motorway project that could
have existed in Valencia, but thanks
to good fairies, the projet was finally
abandoned. Instead, was born an
iconic park, the famous “Jardine del
Turia”, this beautiful “green flow” that
has become the lungs of the third
largest city in Spain and that
everyone envies.
The tale of the “Jardin del Turia” is a
tale that starts badly, but ends well!
It began with a river that regularly
overflowed during periods of heavy
rain, up to October 1957, when the
floods were more deadly than ever,
with a death toll of 81. This “riada”,
was one to many, this forced the
authorities of the time to make the
decision to divert the course of the
river to prevent it from going though
the city.
A completely new riverbed was
therefore built on the outskirts of
Valencia: which left, a dried up
riverbed, full of bad memories, a sort
of useless scar. It was necessary to
make something of this new space …
But what?
A 6-lane highway as the authorities of
the time wanted? A long and large green
park with playgrounds for the
population? … The debate was animated
and the mobilization and the obstinacy
of the inhabitants made the difference:
with the slogan, “the riverbed is ours
and we want it green”(” el cauce es
nuestro y lo queremos verde “) the civil
society has lobbied and obtained the
rejection of the highway project.
Thus, just 40 years ago, in 1979, in a
Spain that discovers democracy, the
mayor Ricardo Pérez Casado (1979-
1989), with a simple signature put an
end to years of uncertainties and
especially gave reason to the good
sense of a majority of valencianos.
What would Valencia be without its
famous “Rio Seco”?
40 years and a few million pesetas and
euros later, “el rio” or el “cauce” (the
riverbed del Turia) comes first place in
the ranking of the best parks in Spain
that Google has just published.
These 110 acres of green land, bike
paths, playgrounds, sports and
conviviality are simply unique in the
world and are now part of Valencia’s DNA.
Each year, 3 million people take advantage of
this Mediterranean vegetation composed of
olive, orange and palm trees, pines and
cypresses to mention only the most
noticeable since hundreds of plant species
cohabit harmoniously.
Between the decision in 1979 to make it a
green zone and the first shovel in 1986, many
political, financial and technical problems had
to be solved, but every year, stretch by
strecth, section by section, kilometer after
kilometer, the riverbed is also used as a
haven to build emblematic infrastructures
such as the Palau de la Musica, Gulliver Park,
and more recently the City of Arts and
Sciences, Opera or also Hemisferic …
There are still a few kilometers left to go, the
last, so that the 18 sections (a total of 12
kilometers are planned) are developed and
allow to connect Mislata to Nazaret … For
this, a few years and a handful of million
more euros will be needed, because it will be
necessary, among other things, to bury
railway tracks …
In the meantime, the spectacular park of
Valencia, whose existence seems obvious
today, continues to welcome enchanted
visitors who sometimes, even, do not know,
that not so long ago, a river ran through it.
May | 2019

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APRIL 2019
Arrancapins … Do you know?
Written by Laurence Lemoine
Centric, but not over crowded, fashionable, but not (yet?) “Hipsterized” … This is Arrancapins, the urban area of Valencia that is
moving up, up, and up …
Spotlight on this “barrio” that is beginning to attract attention, because when it comes to Ruzafa, Ensanche, Cabanuyal and
Carmen they are not necessarily the most popular when you are looking for a neighborhood that is easygoing and not to hard
on the budget, and the wheel keeps turning … Today, this district located between the Gran Vía Fernando el Católico and the
Avenida Pérez Galdós (Extramurs district) evolves quietly, imposing itself as a lively, pleasant, cosmopolitan and practical
district, because perfectly connected by metro and buses. Unlike Ciutat Vella or Ruzafa, Arrancapins is not a victim of mass
tourism and offers a nice balance between family life, neighborhood life, shops, bars and restaurants, all near the center and the
famous “Rio Turia”, this riverbed diverted to become an 8 kilometers long park.
While randomly walking through the streets of this area you will be surprised by the number of bars and famous restaurants
found there! Starting with the famous Raussel (Calle Angel Guimera 61) celebrating its 70th anniversary, a bar of “toda la vida”
as they say here! Not far away, a good Basque restaurant, Easo Berri, honors Spanish cuisine as also do Orson, Cracovia, Paula’s
Taula or the famous Pamibori Tapas.
Among the hotspots, is the famous Abastos market, where there now is a sports center (with an indoor swiming pool), a police
station, a school and an annex of the town hall. Inaugurated in 1948, this market was an arrival and distribution platform for
fresh products for the whole city. Another interesting building is the famous “finca roja” located in Calle Jesus (not very far from
“Dulce de Leche” for true pastry lovers!), one of the emblematic building of Valencia, because besides its red-ocher color, and its
imposing facades, the “Finca Roja” completed in 1933 contains nearly 400 homes with a large community area in the center.
Arrancapins has a discreet charm, but is attracting more and more attention , proof of this is the steady rise in real estate prices,
both for renting and buying: the average price is 1,928€ per square meter, which is 5.85% more than 3 months ago, the price of
the average square meter, all areas combined, is established in the city of Valencia around 1 200 euros.
A lively Neighborhood and interesting by its geographical position almost strategic (nothing is far!) Arrancapins is begining,
slowly, but surely to make its place in the sun.
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O W T O B E R I C H
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This year I feel that everything is just naturally falling into place. I am
trusting more now in the Universe, as there seems to be some sort of
Divine Plan at play and it seems to have a better idea of what is going on.
Living at my Hapi Zen sanctuary (off grid) near the mountains of Chullilia, is
a perfect location for doing lots of writing, creating and planning... as well
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and enjoy being yourself.
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no matter what you are facing! Problems become challenges which you
know you can overcome. Life becomes a learning experience from which to
grow. And friendship evolves into a supportive, caring and thriving
community spirit.
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more insights into how I perceive reality, how I transform my reality
through positive thinking and how I get into action experiences special! So
let's dive straight in to what is happening with me at the moment.
Understanding the importance of negative energy
Quite often- I hear people who are on their spiritual journey saying that we
need to put our boundaries in place and disconnect from all negative
people. Well I think this is BS to be quite honest, because the truth is that
we all have negative and positive energy within us. Actually everyone of the
50 trillion cells in our body is negative on the inside and positive in the
outside (ref Dr. Bruce Lipton). Our body is actually like a battery. So we
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and a dark side. Most of us just want to see the good things in us and don't
want to see our ugly side.
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person. So we become a mirror.
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observe them, then I can tune into my own feelings and workout why
emotions have been triggered in me? And what I need to do to heal them
so I can release the uncomfortable energy from my body and return to a
place of harmony and balance. Or I might not feel anything and all I can
feel is love in the moment.

AWARENESS IS
KEY
So if we just accept them for being angry, abusive and rude towards
us, then we understand that actually their behaviour has nothing to
do with us. It is about the way they have been brought up and the
way that there groups of friends have allowed them to be, so they
think that there behaviour is OK towards everyone.
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become aware of the 'mirror' and this then brings you into a place
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Our journey through life is not about how much money we can
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