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Photos: DC EcoWomen Looks Back on 15 Years
By Alyssa Ritterstein, DC EcoWomen Blog Manager and Communications Committee VC
More than 15 years ago, two women hatched a plan to launch EcoWomen. Today, there are more than 5,000 women in the DC EcoWomen network. Here are a few photos to showcase DC EcoWomen through the years. I hope you enjoy them!
Alisa Gravitz, CEO of Green America, was the speaker at our first EcoHour – a free event where successful women in the environmental field discuss their work (left). In 2005, we heard from various women during our EcoHours. Juliet Eilperin, Environmental Reporter at Washington Post, was one of them (right).
In 2006, we held a Green Halloween Fundraiser. Here's a picture of our board members at the event at Madam's Organ (right). In May 2007, we had a spring fundraising date auction at Ireland's Four Fields (left).
Eco-Outings hiked Old Rag in November 2008 (right). In December 2008, they went ice skating in a sculpture garden (upper left). By March 2009, Eco-outings took archery lessons (bottom left).
Here's our Five-Year Gala, held at the National Botanical Garden in June 2009.
In August 2009, DC EcoWomen went tubing (bottom right). We had fun at our 2009 Holiday Party (left), and enjoyed our wine tasting and networking event in April 2010 (upper right).
Our November 2010 EcoHour featured former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, seen here with Kelly Rand, former DC EcoWomen Chair.
Our Spring Wildflower Hike in April 2011 (upper left). In July 2011, we held an EcoMoms meeting (bottom left). By November 2011, former DC EcoWomen President Jessica Lubetsky instructed 20+ women on how to improve their resumes at our resume building workshop (right).
DC EcoWomen volunteered at the Walker Jones urban farm in July 2012 (right). In November 2012, we held a Craft, Chat and Chocolate event (left).
This picture was taken during a session at the May 2013 DC EcoWomen conference – I'm Here, What's Next?
Our book club – a time when women discuss a book or series of small articles, blogs and podcasts with an environmental angle – met in May 2013 to discuss Silent Spring at the Navy Memorial/National Archives.
DC EcoWomen members tabled during the 2013 Green Living Expo DC (upper left). Our members volunteered at a 2013 coastal cleanup with Women's Aquatic Network (bottom left). In October 2013, we hosted a locavore potluck (right).
DC EcoWomen coordinated a mentor tea at Hillwood Estate in 2014 (left). We also put on a clothing swap in fall 2015 (right).
DC EcoWomen went behind-the-scenes during a tour of the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Sept 2015 (left). We held a rock climbing event in February 2016 (right).
This picture was taken during our August 2016 Board Retreat.
Our Women's Suffrage Parade Walking Tour in March 2017 (left). We participated in the People's Climate March in April 2017 (bottom right). We also coordinated a Working Women in American History Bike Tour in May 2017 (upper right).
The Skills-building Leveling Up Workshop in December 2017 (left). DC EcoWomen and Department of Energy's May 2018 event, which showcased two of the world's first commercial hydrogen fuel cell cars (right).
Back to where it all began, an EcoHour! This picture is from February 2019 and includes members of our Professional Development Committee and our speaker Stephanie Ritchie, Agriculture and Natural Resources Librarian at the University of Maryland (third from left).
Alyssa Ritterstein is a driven communications professional, with a proven track record of creating and executing successful communications and media relations strategies for nonprofit organizations, associations and a public relations firm. Her career spans various climate, energy and environmental communications work.
Sustainable Baby Steps
By Cameryn Aliya Burnette, Co-Founder and Vice President, Howard University Water and Environment Association
Going green can be difficult to commit to due to the sheer variety of choices you're faced with in the process. I was confronted with many new questions when I first went green. Natural materials or cruelty-free? Do organic labels matter? and Am I really bout to drop a band on just one dress? I dived into sustainable living headfirst so you don't have to.
Here's my list of first steps to going green. These steps are designed to take some of the pressure off any aspiring earth-warriors who would love to be doing a little more to help the cause but don't exactly know what doing a little more looks like. If that sounds like you, you're in the right spot – and there's no cliché stuff like "turn off the water while you brush your teeth."
Get with like-minded people
Great minds think alike! There are other people out there with ideas on how to live more sustainably. Find a thread on social media, a club on your campus, or a group that meets for dinner monthly. Eco-living looks different for different people, and this is a way to find out how others best incorporate sustainability in their daily lives.
Buy reusables
I know y'all know what reusable water bottles are, and you should be using those, but I have to put you on to reusable plastic bags, reusable straws, and travel utensils. Yes, it is a little extra work to wash these things after using them. But, in addition to reducing pollution, you will save money usually wasted on plastic bags and utensils. Reusables pay for themselves. You won't need to replace them until they break!
BYOB! Plastic is bad for the earth and you look so much cuter carrying a cool canvas bag back from Barnes and Noble or Trader Joe's than you do with a bunch of plastic bags.
Here are some honorable mentions for the category of things-that-shouldn't-be-disposable – cleaning rags, shaving razors, and menstrual products. Paper towels, plastic razors, and pads are things you forget at the store and always seem to run out of during an emergency. The reusable alternatives will last you longer and save you money.
Thrift your wardrobe
Ethical/sustainable/artisan boutiques are hella expensive. There's a reason that you mostly see influencers and celebrities wearing Reformation. Luckily, there is an alternative you are very familiar with: thrifting! I could go on for years about why you should ditch the mall for a Value Village next time you go shopping, but here's the bottom line: 1. You save money. A thrift store fit costs 10 dollars on a bad day. 2. You look good. Follow trends if you want, but you will find more unique, one-of-a-kind items at a thrift store. 3. Less stress. Thrift store clothing has already been tested out by someone else, so you won't have to worry about color fading, garment stretching, or texture changing. 4. Thrifting is fun! Really, there's no way thrifting can go wrong, so there's no reason not to get into it already.
Make a shower playlist
This is my favorite sustainable baby step, even though it's the most basic! Yeah, we need to save water by taking shorter showers, but having to watch the clock or set a timer detracts from the whole experience. The best way to track how long you've been in the shower is to make a playlist with 3-5 songs with a total run time of however long you need to get clean. My standard playlist 10 songs, 37 minutes long, and when I hit "Summertime Magic" (song 4), I know it's time to get out. You can make multiple playlists to spice up your routine or make the same songs part of your everyday routine. Disclaimer: I am not advocating for half-hour showers, but I got a lot of 3c hair to clean, comb, and condition, so best believe I need that extra time on wash days.
Living an eco-friendly, sustainable lifestyle is about transitioning to living within a set of principles, not just a few actions. It will take more than a day to fully commit to this lifestyle and everyone's circumstances will not allow them to be '100 percent green'.
Everyone will have a different opinion on these suggestions. The lifestyle is about doing what's feasible for you. Any step, even a baby step, is a good step! The bottom line – continue to educate yourself and remember change doesn't happen overnight. Get out there and find how to make it work!
Cameryn Aliya Burnette is an undergraduate student at Howard University studying Civil and Environmental Engineering. She is the co-founder and vice president of the Howard University Water and Environment Association. Have friends, will travel: She's a native Houstonian, but you can find her running through the streets of any major city, from New York to Berlin, with her crew.
Photo Credits: Pexels, Ecodallaluna CC-BY-SA 2.0, Cameryn Aliya Burnette
A Reflection on 15 years of DC EcoWomen
By Nicole Bateman, DC EcoWomen Board Member
Nearly two years ago, I arrived in D.C. from Seattle. Fresh out of graduate school, I was anxious to become active in a community of environmentally minded people in the District. DC EcoWomen was immediately recommended to me by a former graduate school colleague. During my first event, the Fall Meet and Greet, I spoke to one EcoWoman about recycling and composting and then another about in the ins and outs of proposed carbon pricing models in Washington state. I walked away knowing I had found a community of (nerdy?) women with a passion for these issues to match my own. Within a year of becoming involved with the organization, I was so completely sold on its mission that I applied and was fortunate enough to be selected to join the board.
As we celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of DC EcoWomen's first EcoHour this month, it's important to reflect upon all the organization and its members have accomplished. Since that first EcoHour, more than 150 EcoHour speakers have shared their professional insights and expertise with nearly 5,000 EcoWomen.
But the organization has also grown beyond its signature event. EcoWomen have learned how to write an eye-catching resume, negotiate salary with confidence, master public speaking, and communicate their professional brand at our many professional development workshops. Our mentor dinners have also given members an opportunity to meet with and learn from environmental women leaders in a more intimate environment.
Professional development is great, and central to our mission, but DC EcoWomen also knows that actually experiencing the environment we all care about reminds us why this work matters. We encourage our members to get outside with events like the Anacostia River tour and foraging in DC. And with events like clothing swaps, bike workshops, and sustainable food and drink events, EcoWomen have an opportunity to live our eco-values.
What else does DC EcoWomen do? Well, there are book clubs, holiday parties, fitness fundraisers, board meet-and-greets, and so much more. Nearly 100 DC EcoWomen members like me decided to get involved with the organization on a deeper level and have served as board members!
Although the organization has expanded to engage more women in more ways, we have not lost sight of the goal of DC EcoWomen's founders, Leda Huta, Alicia Wittink, and Tracy Fisher, as they organized the first EcoHour – to create a space for women in environmental fields to build relationships. Those relationships are still the centerpiece of our work and we look forward to the next 15 years of building.
Nicole Bateman is on the research team at the Brookings Institution. She is passionate about protecting natural places and the people who enjoy them through equitable and science-based environmental policy. Nicole has a Master's in Public Administration, with a specialization in Environmental Policy and Management, from the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington.
By Leda Huta, EcoWomen Co-Founder and Endangered Species Coalition Executive Director
More than 15 years ago, my friend Alicia Wittink and I hatched a plan to launch EcoWomen. We recognized a need in Washington, D.C. for a space to build relationships among women in environmental fields. While it was in its infancy, we roped in our friend Tracy Fisher to help grow the organization.
We had heard that other efforts to do something similar had sputtered out. But there wasn't much to lose, except perhaps our pride. We organized the first event – the very first EcoHour – and invited our first speaker—Alisa Gravitz, CEO of Green America. We had no idea if anyone would show up. But 15 or so women did. Today, there are more than 5,000 women in the DC EcoWomen network, and 1,000+ women who attend the chapter's events each year. There are also four more EcoWomen chapters around the country.
The best decision we made was not allowing the organization to become personality-driven. We didn't want it to succeed or fail based on one person. We took succession planning seriously, making sure that many women played leadership roles, so that any one of us could step in and chair our board. And we always had exceptional, powerhouse chairs of the board.
We quickly created a volunteer board of talented and hard-working women. The discussions and decision-making processes were always energizing. It felt great to be in the presence of these women and jointly grow an organization. The organization's strength has always been this diversity and collaboration. It is a community based on openness, respect and connection. And it is a model of leadership that should be expanded.
Our signature event was, and has always been, the EcoHours—happy hour with a dose of eco-inspiration from veteran women leaders in the movement. We had some of the most extraordinary speakers—one of the first female National Park Service rangers, the first woman to have a whole neighborhood transplanted because of toxic pollution, and the first Minister of the Environment in Iraq's Interim Government. We also had accomplished women speakers who went on to play even more important roles in protecting our environment—continuing to become a Member of Congress or the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Hearing from these heroes gave us hope and they still do today.
Now, EcoWomen is stronger than ever, with amazing leaders taking charge. It is so much bigger than Alicia, Tracy, and I envisioned it could become. It offers women so much, not only in building their professional networks, but also in creating community. Environmental work is hard. This community is incredibly restorative. These smart, cool, funny and able women really do have the power to change the world.
Leda Huta, EcoWomen Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Endangered Species Coalition, has 25 years of environmental experience, managing grassroots, national, and international projects. At Endangered Species Coalition, she leads staff across the country in protecting imperiled wildlife, from the charismatic gray wolf and grizzly bear to less visible species, such as Rusty patched bumblebee. Previous to her role at the Endangered Species Coalition, Leda was the Acting Executive Director for Finding Species, an organization that uses photography to advance wildlife and wild lands conservation. Through this work, she had the good fortune to spend time in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Her work at Resource Conservation Alliance protected forests using a "markets" strategy, working with university presses to shift to eco-friendly papers. Leda has a Bachelor's of Science degree in environmental science and environment and resource management from the University of Toronto. She is currently studying environmental law at Vermont Law School. www.huffingtonpost.com/leda-huta/


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My thanks to
Lisa for tagging me. Her post(s) and blog(s) can be found here:
What is the working title of your book? Fractions of Existence (Book 1 of the
Existence series)
Where did
the idea come from for the book? The
characters told me to write it. I put it off. Then they got demanding about it.
genre does your book fall under? Book
1 is an Urban Fantasy. (Though the characters would like to point out that you
can't prove they do not exist.)
actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition? This is a difficult question because I see my
characters so clearly in my mind. It's also difficult because I'm not sure I'd
want that many "cooks in my kitchen" making this into a movie.
Xavier– He's a wealthy handsome man of Irish decent. One of the
most important characteristics is his smile, especially his sexy half-smile. A
great example would be Jensen Ackles, though I'm not certain he can still pass
for early 20's. Xavier is also taller than Jensen. Another possibility is Chad
Michael Murray.
Gwendolyn– It isn't going to be as much about the actress as it will
be about the make-up artist. Gwendolyn (or Wend as she's better known) will
have a few dramatic transformations. A soft voice would be the only quality
difficulty faking, so I guess that would be the key.
He's tall. His skin looks like he was born from fertile grounds, not so much a
tan like those kissed by sunrays, but a soft brownness. His muscles are
undeniable. Where some men break a brick to impress, Heath could break an
entire building, and it would not impress anyone more than when a bulldozer
does the same task. There is a stillness about him, to the point that his every
move seems purposeful. The nearest actor I have seen would be Jason Momoa.
To look at Jez is to view equal parts of innocence and naughty. Red hair can
faked, but that certain look that sucks one in and causes the moral dilemma-
that is the quest. The feeling one gets when staring at flame long enough to
suddenly be confident that it can be touched without getting burned- that is
what a sexy look from Jez feels like. I'd love to see Dakota Fanning in this
role, but it might be a bit of a long shot to get her. As another choice, I
would nominate Arielle Kebbel for this role.
Tred is shorter than Xavier. He isn't especially handsome nor is he terrible to
look at. He's an average guy who the reader is meant to teeter back and forth
between hating and accepting. I think Danny Strong would be able to pull the
roll off well.
Jun– He only has a small appearance in the
first book, but he is a critical character of the series. He's a Japanese
American, so that narrows down the casting. A notable talent Jun has is
dancing, so it's imperative that the person playing him is able to do that
well. I recommend Harry Shum Jr.
Caleb –
This character would appear in the movie, but there might not be a need to cast
any person. Read the book and you will probably understand. (If not, you'll
catch on in the second book, so don't worry.)
Introduction– There is an introduction which should be narrated. A main
character that appears later in the series is the one that should read it. That
character has always been played in my mind by Don Cheadle (using the same
accent he did in the Ocean's Movies).
*All of the above
pictures are the responsibility of the pages on which they appear. No
compensation has been exchanged. I make no claim to the rights of these photos,
thus they appear in link form only. These links are not an endorsement of any
page or photographer.
What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book? He
must find her and then transcend the lashing
rains and howling winds to regain her heart, or the eyes from the shadows may
finally destroy our world.
Will your book be self-published or represented
by an agency? It
is my intention at this time to seek out an agent. However, I find several
things about self-publishing to be very appealing, most notably the input an
author has on design of the cover of the novel.
How long did it take you to write the first
draft of your manuscript? Six weeks. Time to edit that draft… about ten months.
What other books would you compare this story to
within your genre?
I would much rather hear what others compare this too. Once the audience
figures out what my characters actually are, I would love to hear someone tell
me that they've read something with these sorts appearing in the same approach
as I have written them.
Who or What inspired you to write this book? It
is dedicated to those I miss the most. Though we may never meet again in this
lifetime, the light of our memories shall shine on. That is who most inspired
me to write this.
What else about your book might pique the
reader's interest?
The introduction video I created at What-Are-They.com is designed to pique the
reader's interest. My blog has several posts related to the characters which
should also stimulate one's curiosity. My loyal Twitter followers may recall a
few excerpts I posted in November 2011. The elevator pitch, "What if Love
forgot that you exist?" is meant to be intriguing, though it touches on a
larger portion of the series. (And yes, Love is used here as a proper noun.)
My five tagged volunteers: (For Week
14: The Next Big Thing)
2- Susan Taitel susantaitel.com
3- Maria Sadowski www.scifiromance.info
4- Kd Rose
5- Tamara Pratt
for those who have been tagged:
***Answer these ten questions about your current
WIP (Work In Progress) on your blog
***Tag five other writers/bloggers and add their
links so we can hop over and meet them.
Ten Interview Questions for The Next Big Thing:
What is the working title of your book?
Where did the idea come from for the book?
What genre does your book fall under?
Which actors would you choose to play your
characters in a movie rendition?
What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
Will your book be self-published or represented
by an agency?
How long did it take you to write the first
draft of your manuscript?
What other books would you compare this story to
within your genre?
Who or What inspired you to write this book?
What else about your book might pique the
reader's interest?
So, to recap, on your blog you will post:
First- a link with a mention to the person who tagged you
Second- the rules
Third- the questions with your answers
Fourth- the links to your 5 tagged volunteers
Tagged for next week – you're it!


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FAMILIES of airmen killed when their RAF plane exploded over Afghanistan were paid £15m compensation by the ministry of defence.
Three Merseyside servicemen were among the 14 fatalities when the Nimrod spy plane burst into a fireball on a reconnaissance mission.
They were Flt Lt Steven Swarbrick, 28, of Formby; Flt Lt Allan Squires, 39, of Clatterbridge; and Sgt John Langton, 29, of Garston.
An independent review last year concluded a design flaw in the aircraft allowed overflow from a fuel tank to come into contact with a hot air pipe shortly after air-to-air refuelling. It caused the aircraft to blow up in mid-air in September 2006.
Shortly after the review, which was completed by aviation law specialist Charles Haddon-Cave QC, the then defence secretary Bob Ainsworth told the House of Commons the deaths were preventable.
The critical report found that, between 1998 and 2006, financial targets began to distract from safety in a cultural shift at the MoD.
Before that at an inquest into the disaster, coroner Andrew Walker said the aircraft had "never been airworthy" and the MoD had a "cavalier approach to safety".
At the time, the deaths of the servicemen were the heaviest loss of life to be suffered by British forces in a single incident since the Falklands War.
The compensation will help give the relatives they left behind a more secure future.
Widows will reportedly get around £800,000 each, with other relations getting between £5,000 and £30,000.
Last year, relatives of Flt Lt Squires received the Elizabeth Cross in his honour.
Sgt Langton, known as "Langy", was a weapon systems operator who had hoped to become an RAF pilot. He had a partner, Kate.
Flt Lt Swarbrick left his mum Pamela, who still lives in Formby, and a brother.
Mrs Swarbrick told the ECHO she was unaware any payout had been made. She said: "I have not heard anything. I think it is all separate to be honest."
But an MoD spokesman confirmed compensation had been paid out, although he would not say how much.
He said: "The MoD passes on its sincere condolences to the families of those killed in the Nimrod accident and can confirm compensation has been paid, which will help ensure their future financial security.
"When compensation claims are submitted, they are considered on the basis of whether or not the ministry of defence has a legal liability to pay compensation.
"Where there is a legal liability to pay compensation we do so."


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Later today we'll post our Restaurant Roll Call for May, a compendium of all the openings and closings in town over the past month -- and there have been plenty.
But already, June is shaping up to be a very busy time for restaurants. Two new places have dates with the Department of Excise and Licenses on their liquor-license applications today.
See also: - Pouring craft beer, pulling Strings: Our Restaurant Roll Call for April - Best Customer Service 2013: Denver Department of Excise and Licenses - The ben best stores on Tennyson Street
Li's Asian Bistro is going into 1355 Santa Fe Drive; Okinawa Sushi plans to open soon at 3927 Tennyson Street, which is becoming a hot strip for restaurants.
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GRASS GIS 6.3 Windows-Native Experimental Project
Table of Contents
GRASS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) is a free, open source Geographical Information System (GIS) capable of handling raster, topological vector, image processing, and graphic data.
GRASS is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Visit the GRASS GIS main web site at http://grass.osgeo.org/
WinGRASS is a GRASS Development Team project, with the goal of creating a Microsoft Windows native binary port of GRASS.
WinGRASS is an experimental project, still at an alpha stage, and it can't be considered a complete and fully working release of GRASS for Windows. Some features are missing (see Missing Modules section in this document), some known bugs still need to be fixed (see Known Issues section) and other features may not work.
If you need a robust, bug-free release of GRASS on Windows you should install the Cygwin version of GRASS 6.3.0, available at http://grass.osgeo.org/grass63/binary/mswindows/cygwin/.
See also http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/WinGRASS_Current_Status.
The current release of WinGRASS, based on GRASS 6.3.0, has been built on Windows Vista in the MinGW environment and contains parts of the following open source (GPL compliant) softwares and libraries:
* with Libjpeg support enabled
** with GEOS, Expat, PostgreSQL and SQLite support enabled
The current package contains a complete build (libraries and executables) of all the items listed above, except for PostgreSQL, for which the package provides only the main dynamic library.
All the above softwares and libraries have been built from sources with the exception of:
The current release of GRASS has been built with the following configuration:
NVIZ: yes
BLAS support: no
C++ support: yes
DWG support: no
FFMPEG support: no
FFTW support: yes
FreeType support: yes
GDAL support: yes
GLw support: no
JPEG support: yes
LAPACK support: no
Large File Support (LFS): yes
Motif support: no
MySQL support: no
NLS support: no
ODBC support: no
OGR support: yes
OpenGL support: yes
PNG support: yes
PostgreSQL support: yes
Python support: no
Readline support: no
SQLite support: yes
Tcl/Tk support: yes
wxWidgets support: no
TIFF support: yes
X11 support: no
MacOSX application: no
WinGRASS 6.3.0-1
First binary release of GRASS 6.3.0 for MS Windows native
WinGRASS 6.3.0-2
Fixed the bug #143 [WinGRASS Installer fails retrieving the user name on some XP versions]
WinGRASS 6.3.0-3
WinGRASS 6.3.0-4
|To install GRASS launch WinGRASS-6.3.0-4-Setup.exe and follow the instructions in it.
If installed into a directory that has spaces in either its name or the path of directories leading up to it,
some functionalities of GRASS might be hampered. We would highly appreciate if you tried and reported any problems,
so that we can fix them. However, if you want to avoid any such issues, we recommend that you choose a simple
installation path without spaces, such as
The WinGRASS Installer has been made using the OpenSource NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) software, available at: http://nsis.sourceforge.net
There are three options for launching GRASS, described as follows referring to the GRASS Start Group menu:
|Click on this icon (in the GRASS Start Group or on the Desktop) to launch GRASS with the standard Tcl/Tk GUI.
|Click on this icon to launch GRASS in text mode on the Windows command line.
|Click on this icon to open the GRASS MSYS console, that will let you work within a unix/linux-like shell environment.
As install option, you can also download and install the following GRASS sample data sets:
North Carolina Data Set
Used as sample data in the book "Open Source GIS: A GRASS GIS Approach", 3rd edition, this data set is a comprehensive collection of raster, vector and imagery data covering parts of North Carolina (NC), USA (map), prepared from public data sources provided by the North Carolina state and local government agencies and Global Land Cover Facility (GLCF).
South Dakota Data Set
Also known as Spearfish data set, it contains raster, vector and point data of South Dakota, USA (UTM projection, Clarke66 ellipsoid, NAD27 conus)
The sample data files will be installed into a directory called GIS DataBase, that will be created in your Documents folder.
|To uninstall GRASS click on this icon in the GRASS Start Group menu and follow the instructions in it.
We would highly appreciate if you also tested the new GRASS Python GUI.
To do that you'll need to download and install the following additional third-party software components:
|Download the Python installer
Install to
%PROGRAMFILES%\Python to your
PATH system variable.
|Download the Python Extensions installer
Just launch the installer, it will automatically set the correct install path.
|Download the wxPython installer (Win32 Unicode)
Install to
|Download the NumPy installer
Install to
Finally, to start GRASS with the new Python GUI, open the GRASS MSYS console, type
grass63 -wxpython and then enter.
Please, note that the new GRASS Python GUI is still at a highly experimental stage, and that the vector digitizer is disabled in it.
See also http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/WxPython-based_GUI_for_GRASS
The following modules are missing in the current WinGRASS release:
See http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/WinGRASS_Current_Status#Known_Issues
We would highly appreciate if you contributed to WinGRASS project by submitting bugs to http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ or informing us about them through the Windows GRASS Mailing List (http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-windows).
The smartest and easiest way to build GRASS from source is to use the GRASS MSYS Environment: it contains all the files needed to build GRASS as Windows native binary application in the MinGW environment.
|Download the MSYS installer
Install to
At the command prompt question for post install, type
n and then enter.
Download the MSYS coreutils package (required by some GRASS modules and scripts):
|Download the MSYS coreutils package
Unpack it to a temporary folder, then copy all the content of the
coreutils-5.97 folder to
(overwrite the existing files when asked)
|Download the MinGW installer
Select "Download and Install Current Version";
Install only "g++ compiler" and "MinGW Make";
Install to
|Download the GRASS MSYS Environment
Unpack it to
Build GRASS referring to this section of the GRASS Windows Native Binary Building Guide
|Information on how to build your own GRASS MSYS environment on Windows are available at http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/BuildingOnWindows
The GRASS Development Team is a multi-national group consisting of scientists and developers participating from various fields.
For more information, see http://grass.osgeo.org/community/team.php
WinGRASS project has been created and is currently developed by the GRASS Development Team.
The WinGRASS self-contained binary package (including all the builds and the installer script) is provided by Marco Pasetti.
This document has been written by Marco Pasetti, in agreement with the GRASS Development Team.
To contact them, e-mail to: GRASS Development Mailing List (http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev).


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The son of former Dallas Cowboys offensive tackle Erik Williams is one of two men arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder, multiple media outlets reported.
Cassius Shakembe Williams, 20, and Rozman Rah-saan Shannon Jr. have been charged in the shooting deaths of Jacob Bradley Hollett and Dalton James Prater on June 12 in Mesquite, Texas, per reports.
Per the Fort Worth Star Telegram, the Mesquite Police Department announced that arriving officers located Hollett, 19, with several gunshot wounds in the driver's seat of a gray Nissan following what appeared to be a drug deal gone awry. Prater, 18, was found shot to death sitting in the driver's seat of a red Dodge pickup truck, according to the newspaper.
Williams was booked into the Dallas County Jail on Sunday and his bond was set at $1 million. The two would be facing the death penalty if convicted, per TMZ Sports.
The younger Williams played defensive tackle at his father's alma mater, Central State University, in Wilberforce, Ohio.
The elder Williams played in the NFL from 1991-2001, including 10 seasons with the Cowboys -- with whom he won three Super Bowls and earned four Pro Bowl selections. He played five games for the Baltimore Ravens in 2001 to close out his NFL career.


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Most often than not, when you are stressed, you feel various physiologic reactions or symptoms and one of them is back pain. Most especially, when stress is related to work, back pain commonly emerges as a complaint. However, is there really a connection between stress and back pain? And how does stress lead to back pain?
Back pain related to stress is medically known as Tension Myositis Syndrome or TMS. It is most popularly known as stress-related back pain. Stress-related back pain is more of a psychosomatic illness in which physical symptoms are felt in response to emotional and mental problems or stress. Even if there are no physical pathology of the condition, people experiencing stress may still feel as if something is wrong with the back.
Tension Myositis Syndrome is actually synonymous in characteristics with spinal irritation and other spinal conditions that lead to back pain; however, there are really no problems in the physiology of the back that may lead to such complaints.
So how Does Stress leads to Back pains?
Stress may cause back pains through various mechanisms. Most often than not, these lead to physical symptoms of pain at the back that may be attributed to most back problems such as slipped disc, scoliosis and lumbar pains caused by spinal irritation.
Stress may lead to back pains because of the following mechanisms:
• Stress causes big and small muscles to tighten
Stress leads the body to produce certain hormones such as cortisol in response to the flight and fight response. These stress hormones usually tense the muscles, which leads to muscle spasms. When muscles go into spasms, it limits the flexibility of the muscle fibers that may cause back pains when someone tries to perform some activities involving the back. Through the muscle tightening alone, people who are stressed may feel a heavy feeling along the spine that may progress to back pains when stress is not managed early.
• Stress increases the perception of pain
Stress also lead to the increased perception of pain along the affected areas of the body. This is due to the release of various stress hormones that cause the nerves to be highly sensitive to any discomforts. For instance, a person who has been working in front of the computer may suddenly feel a heavy feeling because of the prolonged position. The increased perception of pain then makes the person feel back pains in lieu of this heavy feeling.
• Stress causes spinal nerve irritation
Muscle spasms from stress also further lead to the impediment of the nerves at the back. As a result, the slightest muscle tension or scar formation at the back may compress the spinal nerves leading to back pains. The most common areas of pain during stress are the thoracic and lumbar areas because of the compression of the nerve bundles in the area.
Stress-related back pain is a never ending cycle unless the source of stress is removed. Stress hormones lead to muscle tension that leads to back pain. On the other hand, pain may intensify the muscle tension leading to further back pains. In this line, stress-related back pains should be managed promptly not by physical treatments alone, but as well as emotional and psychological approaches.


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Canadian lawmakers revealed Monday that of the 13 Canadians detained in China since December, many have not been told what charges they face.
Canada is demanding China release two of its citizens, former diplomat Michael Kovrig and entrepreneur Michael Spavor. The two were detained in the communist country after Canada arrested Huawei Technologies CFO Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver in early December.
Canadian and Chinese officials engaged in what Canadian Senator Joseph Day told reporters was a rather frank meeting Monday in Shanghai regarding the detentions.
"The gist of the message is that the executive branch of Canada has asked for their immediate release," Day said, according to The Guardian. "They haven't been informed of what charges there might be against them, they haven't had open access to their lawyers. We told them [the Chinese officials] that by any international standard that is not fair."
Three of the detentions, Kovrig, Spavor and Sarah McIver, have been made publicly known, but a statement from Global Affairs Canada according to CTV News revealed that China has detained an additional 10 Canadians in the past month, of which eight have been released.
McIver, who was teaching English in the country at the time of her detention, has been released.
China in turn demanded to know why Meng was arrested Dec. 5 in Vancouver. The U.S. requested the arrest as it investigates whether Huawei violated U.S. trade sanctions, a move that angered Beijing and reportedly may have triggered the Canadian detentions in China.
Meng, the 46-year-old daughter of the company's founder, was detained while changing planes and now faces extradition to the U.S. on fraud charges.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discussed various diplomatic and political issues on the phone Monday, one in which involved the two leaders reportedly vowed to respect the rule of law while not outwardly mentioning Meng's name.
Trudeau thanked Trump for his "strong statements of support" in response to China's "arbitrary detention" of Kovrig and Spavor.
"The two leaders agreed to continue to seek their release," a summary of the phone call stated.


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Headlining this weekend for the Nike Fleet Feet Racing Team from Huntsville is Christy Scott, who will be tackling her second 100 mile race at Heartland Spirit of the Prairie in Cassoday, Kansas.
Locally, the first race of the Huntsville Track Club 2010-2011 Gran Prix Season will be held on Saturday with the Fleet Feet Monte Sano 15km. This race always brings out the best of the best and this year the team will be represented by Donald Bowman, Eric Charette, Marty Clarke, Heather Day, James Falcon, Joe Francica, Eric Fritz, Whitney Hollingsworth, Candace Jacobs, Rick Maehlmann, David Purinton, David Rawlings, Lisa Rawlings, Linda Scavarda, Brad Schroeder, Blake Thompson, Tim Vinson and Rob Youngren.
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Stoned Cat Gif
I just got an email from reader Ben who had seen this post from a few months ago of a triptych of a cat ripping a massive bongload, and made this animated gif of it.
I'll admit, I woke up with a horrible hangover, and looking at this hurt my head massively.
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Seduction is all about trying to trick someone into thinking you're not freaking the fuck out at how awesome it is they're letting you touch them, so it's really refreshing to see someone's face betray their 100% exact emotions at that moment.
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Candy Bracelet Tough Guys
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From September 25th and until Friday November 7th 2014, people across Ireland are invited to access and complete the survey online at www.yourplaceandmine.ie.
The survey aims to gather the views of the general public across Ireland and will take just 20-30 minutes to complete. In October the research team will work with local research leaders, on the ground in parts of Ireland to gather further views.
'Your Place and Mine' survey survey consists of five sections, exploring different aspects of people's homes and local area, their views on building and the built environment in Ireland, participation in the discussions and decisions on the built environment and people's knowledge or and experience with architects.
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Dreamscaping Services
Lawn Care
We don't just "mow" your yard. We used top-quality equipment and crosscut, which means we mow your yard twice every time we mow it. Now, this may take a little longer, but it ensures your yard looks amazing. See some crosscut lines in the images to the left. At Outdoor Dreamscaping, we provide the best lawn care service.
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A green and organic lawn looks amazing, doesn't it. We take care of that for your lawn by using the best products for weed control and fertilization Omaha. No need to call another service provider. We use the highest quality chemicals to ensure the safety of your family and beloved pets while greening your yard, and don't ever worry about weeds either. We have you covered. Call Troy at (402) 850-4400.
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We don't want your lawn to have bare spots of dirt and we doubt you do either, so we overseed it as needed and where needed. We believe all of your lawn should be beautiful. We believe in providing all of the lawn maintenance services to ensure you enjoy your lawn, always.
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Power Raking is the process of removing thatch and other things in your yard… blah blah blah. We know you don't really care about what it is – what it does is ensure your lawn looks beautiful. At Outdoor Dreamscaping, we have all your local lawn care service needs covered. Call Troy at (402) 850-4400.
Yard Cleanups
Whether a tree falls in a storm, or leaves cover your beautiful lawn, Outdoor Dreamscaping is here for you. You don't have to call another company, we check your lawn after storms, because we are the best lawn care service Omaha. You don't have to rake the leaves – watch some football and enjoy family time. Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall, all you have to do is call – Troy at (402) 850-4400.
Sprinkler Systems
Overwater your lawn and you have a mess. Underwater your lawn, and your lawn looks yellow and dies. We design, install, and maintain your sprinkler system to ensure your lawn is always beautiful. We offer sprinkler system repair Omaha. Since we're at your home weekly, we alter your sprinkler system settings based on rainfall, sun, and the way it feels and looks. Outdoor Dreamscaping does it all so you don't have to.
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Flowers | Potting
Flowers & Flower Pots with automatic watering systems add colorful vibrance to a home. We believe they make people smile. Actually, we get the most compliments from our customers and their neighbors about the flower designs, selections, planting and maintenance we perform in Omaha, NE. It isn't Dreamscaping without flowers.
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Beautiful Landscapes Start With Us, and we start by designing a layout of complimentary plants, shrubs and trees. Of course, we maintain them, prune them, and ensure they grow healthy and strong and fit the decor of your landscape. We plant the proper selection of trees to endure Nebraska winters but ensure beauty yearlong. Call Troy at (402) 850-4400 to transform your lawn into a Dreamscape. Tree services Omaha.
Mulch is a beautiful way to give your landscape definitive areas and create transition between different sections of your lawn. With properly landscaped areas, mulch becomes a healthy part of your yard. We believe in mulching without plastic barriers, as the natural qualities of mulch prevent weeds, add color, transition landscapes, and allow water to penetrate to ensure trees, plants, shrubs and flowers grow wonderfully. Mulch Omaha.
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Retaining Walls
We add integrity to your outdoor spaces with Omaha retaining walls that are often necessary to change steep landscape designs or with altering levels of lawns. Since we do it all, the big things and little things, we ensure your lawn looks beautiful after we have installed retaining walls; most contractors go in and build a wall tearing up sprinkler systems and grass. We handle everything so we ensure your lawn and systems look amazing and work well after your wall is installed. Call Troy at (402) 850-4400 for more information.
Paver Patios | Walkways | Driveways
We believe that pavers add the highest quality finish and fit to landscapes. We design and build quickly and again have your entire outdoor space in mind. We will ensure that the design allows water flow, and design flow within your landscape. We invite you to enjoy the spaces we design and build for you.
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Fire Pits
Fire Pits allow you to truly enjoy your outdoor spaces, by providing warmth and ambience for you, family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues to enjoy on cool evenings or cold winter days. Love your landscape year round!
A pond can add surprising fun to your landscape. Add some fish and frogs, and kids will actually find time to put down their iPads and see some fun outdoors. Call Troy at (402) 850-4400 for some creative ideas and designs to add life to your landscape.
We get big compliments from our installation and maintenance of water features. Whether you want to add a large waterfall as a visual feature, or just place a few smaller water elements to add some calming and tranquil sounds to your outdoor spaces, Outdoor Dreamscaping will help you enjoy your landscape. Beautiful Landscapes Start With Us.
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A swimming pool in your backyard can refresh your spirit and allow you and yours to enjoy hot Omaha, Nebraska summer days. What more is there to dream about than a pool party for your family, friends, neighbors and colleagues. We do more than just design and install swimming pools, we make them "Outdoor Dreamscaping" worthy – with waterslides, waterfalls, in-pool bars, and even hot tubs. Call Troy to get some creative ideas, and then plan your pool party (402) 850-4400.
Winter Snow & Ice
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From the start of a snowstorm, we have all our trucks running and over 50 employees removing snow with snow plows, blowers, and even shovels. We do it right. We work through the nights and days. We may clear your driveway three or four times throughout the storm. This is the Outdoor Dreamscaping difference. Imagine your driveway, walkways, and livable areas all clear of snow.
Ice Management
We believe your safety is critical; don't slip and fall. When there is an ice storm in the forecast, we are out covering your sidewalks and entryways with de-icing products. We're prepared for your safety.
Storm Services
Often we need to remove snow and ice from roofs or other outdoor spaces for safety reasons. With large ice storms, trees can fall, and damage can occur to your home. We take care of all your outdoor needs with year-round service!
Be Prepared
Call Troy now at (402) 850-4400 to get signed up for your Winter needs. Remember, all our trucks, 50+ workers, and the best equipment to ensure you can enjoy the winter storms from inside your home. And if you do have to leave, Outdoor Dreamscaping will clear the path.
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Holiday Lighting
Everyone loves holiday lighting, but it sure can be a pain to install and uninstall the lights – how to select the colors, where do we plug them in, what brand do we buy? At Outdoor Dreamscaping, we are an authorized distributor, designer and installer of Brite Ideas Lighting. We use top-quality Brite Ideas LED lighting on your home, we install accent pieces on trees and yards, plus we also make your entrances grand with wreaths, garland and more. When we remove them, we store them for you until we re-install them next season. In addition, we now offer interior Brite Ideas decor design services. Instead of dealing with the cold weather, trying to make family and friends happy, just call us for a one-stop solution – Troy (402) 850-4400.
Pest Control
Why are we better then the "fence companies?" No matter the type of fence – privacy, security or invisible dog fencing, we design for your needs and always have your landscape and family in mind. We are mindful of your property and minimize damage as we always repair damage to any turf or landscaping. We use only the best products to ensure your new fence keeps that new look for its lifetime with maintenance when needed. We also repair fences from fallen trees or wind damage. One-stop solutions at Outdoor Dreamscaping. Call Troy at (402) 850-4400.
Drainage Systems
By definition water is a colorless, transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of life. We can all accept this, but when water enters your home during heavy rainfalls you might change your thoughts on dealing with water entering your home. When we design landscaping, we think about water and how it will affect your home and landscape. Our well thought out plan requires us to install once, and we do it correctly so you never have to worry about costly expenses and hassles of your basement flooding. Do not be fooled by companies that take the "shouldn't be a problem with the water" approach because often times these are the people that call us to "fix and re-do" what should have been done in the first place. See some of our photos to the left on how we recently redid another company's drainage system.
Swimming Pools
Let's face it, YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE! Pools are great for entertaining and a way to truly relax during your down time. Make lasting memories with your significant other, kids, grandkids, friends and entire neighborhood with a grand pool. Outdoor Dreamscaping will plan the perfect placement, design it, utilize family friendly options to ensure you love it, and build it to suit all your desires. Whether it's a slide, waterfall, or even an pool bar, we have you covered. Call Troy for some fresh ideas about how to love your landscape with a new pool design Omaha. (402) 850-4400.


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In commentary to the flap about no black actors being nominated for this year's Academy Award, actress and Fox News commentator Stacey Dash opined that the USA should get rid of Black History Month. No biggy to me. Symbolic gestures have their place, but sometimes they are pointless and BHM has become that.
Here's the deal: what good does it do to learn long-ago black history if black men and women don't make sure that their children understand how important their more recent heritage is? And how is that accomplished? By getting married. As things stand right now for black Americans in 2016 and for the last 50 years, there are as many black ancestry lines which disappear into a fog as there were back before the Civil War.
Back on topic. Dash is part black and because of her opinion, comedian John Fugelsang--who is white--had this to say about her.
Just because Stacey Dash abandoned melanin doesn't mean the rest of us need to abandon Black History Month.
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) January 20, 2016
He's getting quite the pummeling--including from me--but I'm guessing that he doesn't understand the reaction at all. And to be honest, I wouldn't know where to begin to explain because, likely, his faulty assumptions are Legion.
I can only think to go to the foundation: [insert tribe here] supremacism. All tribal supremacism doctrines hold that tribes -- or races, if you will -- have certain individual ways of thinking which are DNA-specific, to all members of an individual tribe and which have rank; some tribes' ways of thinking are better than others, that is.
This is Fugelsang's unconscious assumption, unconscious being the operative word. Another one is that, no matter what year it is, it's always 1968. He probably feels persecuted, poor thing.
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Educating for the Anthropocene: Learning Science in an Informal Environment
Political decisions in the Anthropocene require an understanding of the interactions between humans and the physical environment, as well as how to make them sustainable for future generations. These decisions cannot be limited to a small group of scientist advisors; … Continue reading
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The Politics of the Anthropocene Part 2: The Data
Back to trying to politicize the Anthropocene. The key, as I see it (May 3, 2016), is that all of us must learn how to speak and listen in the same "language" (within English, Spanish, French, etc.). To do so … Continue reading
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The semester is almost over, so I needed some sort of challenging take-home message for my Climate Change course. The course is part of an upper-tier general education program, open to students of all disciplines. One aspect that I have … Continue reading
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Great explainer Jackson. A few thoughts:— Chris McCoy (@chrisamccoy) January 18, 2018
1/ IOTA is an example of claiming to use a really good technology (DAG) but then introduce a "coordinator" node so all transactions must pass through it making it *fully* centralized.
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Construction has started on the third high-speed railway connecting Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, with Shanghai that will halve travel times between Shanghai and cities in the southern part of Jiangsu, according to Jiangsu Railway Group.
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Compared with the southern cities, cities in northern and central Jiangsu have poor railway infrastructure and transportation.
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On June 7th, 2015 we gathered to reconnect our self-care to the earth. Mamá Maíz and Sacred Moon Medicine came together to guide those who participated in this ancient Mayan medicine. We both prepared and basked our medicines under the energy of the full moon before our ceremony and her energy was present that night. As many of us know this traditional practice has been used for many generations by Mayan curanderas and parteras. Bajos have been used to assist mujers during postpartum and/or to assist with female reproductive health. The further I look into the use of this medicine the clearer I can see the benefit fit for all, not only mujers.
When you sit with the different herbas and get to know how they can assist you, you begin to become aware of what your body needs. You connect with your body in a way where many of us have yet to explore. We have come to believe that only a doctor is capable of looking into our vaginas and tell us whats going on.I believe its time we shift this idea and when we decide to take our health, our reproductive health into our own hands we begin to hear and understand things that we never have before, we begin to decolonize our medicine!
Bajos bring heat to the pelvic floor then gently to our womb, this increases circulation and begins to move energy. It is important to remember that our ancestors have been using herbas in many ways. When some of us think of herbs we think herbal teas but in all reality we must remember that we have been burning (smudging) and steaming herbas for many moons now. The infused water nurtures your body and spirit as it begins to release its water vapors, this is where the gentle medicinal properties of the plants are carried and begin to comfort you. Once we bring that heat arrives to our wombs we begin to stimulate circulation to the pelvis, this nurtures, tones and cleanses the body while healing genital tissue. As womb carriers our vaginal tissue is the most absorbent in our entire bodies, benefiting from the plants properties and volatile oils.
Bajos may also assit with digestive issues and trauma. I have worked with many who feel disconnected to their bodies due to past experiences and this ceremony of self care have assisted many to heal their spirit has well as bodies.
We must remember the water we is sacred, the herbas we use have spirit and the earth on which we kneel on during ceremony is life. All is sacred and this ceremony gives you the opportunity to become apart of this medicine, to become connected to your body and the earth for we are one.
How to prepare bajo
you will need about a quart of water, depending on the bowl you will be using, use this bowl only for ceremony.
If you have herbs in your garden you can harvest from them and start a relationship with these plants, they are our ancestors.
Remember to be humble when gathering, never take more then you will use.
Typically you may prepare a cup or two of dried herbs, and about a quart of fresh herbs. You may also mix dried with fresh.
If possible you may gather herbs and have them sit in water over night. You may sit your herbas, water or both under the energy of the moon over night.
The following day use the herbas for ceremony, before you begin to simmer sit with the medicine. You may share a prayer, song or your intention for the medicine. Remember the water and herbas are alive and will assist us with our needs, we must always show gratitude to them.
Bring the herbs to a gentle simmer and allow to sit for 20 min. If possible let the plant material steep for another 20 min. with lid on.
While you wait you may light candles, journal, write your intentions and or prayers. Remember this is time for you turn off all distractions and take a moment to yourself.
We prepared an alter at our gathering, you may also smudge the area you will be holding ceremony.
Once medicine is ready you may kneel (childs pose) lifting and lowering your pelvic floor, finding a comfortable position.
Before settling in test the heat with the palm of your hand, making sure the heat is comfortable.
Remove any clothes from the waist down, remember it is important to keep heat in the body during ceremony but always make sure you are comfortable. You may keep top and socks on if needed.
Wrap your body with a sarape or blanket. We want this moment to represent us being in the womb of our mother earth, or a temazcal for example.
Gently lower your body to the steam, please be careful to not burn yourself.
If needed make a small opening if for whatever reason you become uncomfortable, listen to your body. You may stop when ever needed.
if you are comfortable sit under steam for 20-30mins. Enjoy this moment, connect with yourself, the plants and the earth.
When you have completed ceremony lay for at least 20 mins, I recommend 30 mins if possible. Keep warm, wrapping yourself with the blanket and keeping heat in the body. You may place your hands on your belly or womb staying connected.
When you are done always make sure to return the water and herbs you have used to the earth, it may be in your garden or small potted plant, this is how we show gratitude.
It is best to hold ceremony at night, before bed so that we may keep the warm energy in our bodies, if you have to step outside please dress warmly.
Traditional herbas used
~Rosemary is a plant traditionally used for protection, a very loyal and loving plant. Rosemary increases circulation, assisting in moving and stagnant energy and fluids out of the body. She is also antiseptic and purifying.
~Mugwort is a sacred dream herb that has been used to bring one closer to the dream world. Mugwort is also a mild sedative calming the nerves. She also has an affinity to womb health. Her medicine may assist with bringing on delayed moon cycle.
~Damiana is a loving feminine plant, bringing out warrior goddess in you. Mild aphrodisiac connecting you to the energy within. Damiana may also assist with balancing hormonal imbalances.
~Red Raspberry Leaf is a wonderful uterine tonic, gentle medicine while tonifying the womb. Wonderful for postpartum care.
Herbs to use during postpartum (please wait a week or 2 depending on how your body heals/episiotomy/natural tearing), promote fertility and in cases of miscarriage
Lavender, Rosemary, Marigold, Lemon Balm, Ruda and many others.
please contact me with any questions.
Bajos may assist with
*irregular moon cycles
*painful cycle
*ovarian cysts
*cleansing the body
*natural tearing/episiotomy
*scar tissue
*uterine weakness
Take a moment for self care, join me in this movement of decolonizing our medicine..the time is now.
***Note that it is not recommended to steam if pregnant, if you are on your cycle, have open wounds or sores or if you have an infection, or if you are using a UDI.***


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