Jason Mraz's Blog, page 32
October 22, 2014
RE:GENERATIVE YESSES
The modern world is weird. And there’s plenty of reasons to get bummed out about it. Whether it’s war, famine, poverty, environmental negligence, or afternoon traffic, being human in this age takes courage to keep living, and calls for a lot of heart to care about it.
And, when it seems politicians are already bought and paid for, it will take the courage of our conscious communities to carry us to the polls in 2 weeks to vote on measures that matter.
Here are a few important pieces of legislature that need our support in the upcoming election:
1: Food Labeling laws. The right to know what’s in our food.
In Oregon: Vote “Yes on 92.” http://oregonrighttoknow.org/
Major foods brands who make up The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) actually invest millions of dollars into anti-labeling laws nationwide to prevent consumers from knowing about harmful ingredients and genetically modified organisms known as GMO’s. The GMA has even sued the state of Vermont to overturn a GMO labeling law passed there earlier this year. Super Weird.
If you are a new parent. Do not feed your child anything made of non-organic soy. Many baby formulas are made with GMO Soy, which has led to many new cases of severe food allergies & even autism.
In addition to voting, you can also boycott GMA members.
Download your wallet-sized boycott guide.
2: Preserve and Protect our Precious Environment.
No more fracking. No more drilling. No on anything degenerative. We now live in the age of information where we know it’s all about REGENERATIVE actions and products. REGENERATIVE power. REGENERATIVE agriculture and farming. Actions that help us sustain life! Vote against methods that diminish life. Vote against propositions that are degenerative and accumulate waste.
For example:
In Santa Barabara, CA – Vote “Yes on P” to protect our water. In a time of drought we need not risk contaminating or further endangering our precious water supply. “Yes on P” will help BAN fracking in the state. This is very very critical. http://www.voteyesonp.org/
3: End the Prohibition on Cannabis.
Today 33 states have opened their minds to medicinal marijuana and 2 states are now legal for recreational use. In those states, citizens now have a choice to combat illnesses with natural cures.
Cannabis is the origin of canvas and as a sustainable-regenerative product it has thousands of uses. Cannabis as a cellulose product has tens of thousands of uses, including bio-fuel and cancer-curing tinctures. In a world where alcohol & tobacco are celebrated, it makes no sense to ban a renewable resources like Cannabis.
For more than 40 years, the war on drugs has proven little to make the world safer against drugs. Each year 700,000 innocent people are arrested on drug charges, most of them young black men. And those arrests make it more difficult to get jobs and often limits their ability to receive an education. The police and the penal system are making a profit by incarcerating these innocent people, and society is losing. Big Time.
Do those drug laws protect us from ourselves? Addicts use drugs to treat pain and/or try to feel connected in society. Drug use is a symptom. The problem is whatever trauma or displacement causes them to need drugs in the first place. Arresting a cannabis user only adds more trauma and pain. Society needs more compassion. Not more prisons.
The time has come to legalize. Are we are the tipping point generation?
For more on this issue, check out The Culture High.
THANK YOU FOR VOTING.
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October 14, 2014
Announcing the ‘YES!’ Tour in Hawaii
Aloha! We’re happy to announce that we’ll wrap up the ‘YES!’ 2014 Tour this December with three special shows in Hawaii. We can’t wait to bring the #jasonandjane acoustic evening to the Islands!
Our special fan pre-sale begins tomorrow, October 15 at 10am HAST. Please be advised that our fan pre-sales have limited ticket inventory. Be sure to visit the Tour Page for the latest information, as well as the first tour dates of 2015!
FAN PRE-SALE PASSWORD: lovesomeone
11 Dec – Honolulu, HI at Blaisdell Concert Hall – Tickets (Public Onsale: Fri, Oct 17 at 10am HAST)
12 Dec – Honolulu, HI at Blaisdell Concert Hall – Tickets (Public Onsale: Fri, Oct 17 at 10am HAST)
14 Dec – Maui, HI at Maui Arts and Cultural Center – Tickets (Public Onsale: Fri, Oct 24 at 10am HAST)
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