When a dream takes hold of you...
We cannot separate the health of the individual from the health of the family, the community, and the world.
Much more than simply a medical center, the Gesundheit! Facility will be a microcosm of life, integrating medical care with farming, arts and crafts, performing arts, education, nature, recreation, friendship and fun.
Gesundheit! has grown out of a deep concern for the quality of peoples' lives. We want to subvert greed and selfishness and replace them with compassion and care.
We don't want to be a Band-Aid for ailing health care; we want to change the system, to bring about a peaceful revolution.
We cannot separate the health of the individual from the health of the family, the community, and the world.
Much more than simply a medical center, the Gesundheit! Facility will be a microcosm of life, integrating medical care with farming, arts and crafts, performing arts, education, nature, recreation, friendship and fun.
Gesundheit! has grown out of a deep concern for the quality of peoples' lives. We want to subvert greed and selfishness and replace them with compassion and care.
We don't want to be a Band-Aid for ailing health care; we want to change the system, to bring about a peaceful revolution.
-Patch Adams
Ted came over last night really excited about his discovery of
Patch Adams and I have to agree his vision for healthcare is Good! Disregard the Hollywood movie and check it out!
Patch Adams and I have to agree his vision for healthcare is Good! Disregard the Hollywood movie and check it out!
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Happy birthday, Rachel. Hope you had lots of fun.
Happy birthday Rachel.
Some "Permaculture-inspired ideas for healthcare after peak oil"
http://peakoilmedicine.com/index/2006/10/08/peak-oil-and-healthcare-relocalisation/
The links down at the bottom are worth checking out too.
Thanks Felicity- ou should get a blog happening...
Thanks for the link Jason I will have to check out!
Hi Rachel,
Your blog entry is dated the day after Patch Adams was speaking in Sydney. Did Ted go? What did he 'rave' about?
I know nothing about the lecture... but I thought the Hollywood film was quite nice.
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