Thank you, Mom and Dad, for helping me know what is most valuable! You asked me, “What could humanity accomplish if it didn’t matter who got credit!” You co-created a dreamer, a doer, and a miracle maker! You created a steward of the Earth!

Left to right, Sadic Khan, Doc -Dr. Sarah Larsen aka Sarah, with Mom- Farida Khan
Photo Credit: Diana Kelly of Top Doctors

Every Saturday find a place on Earth that needs Cleaning

Saturdays are “Clean up the Earth Days!”

JOIN US ON YOUR NEXT VISIT TO SANTA MONICA

Santa Monica Beach~ South of Santa Monica Pier

Join us
“open house/ open beach”11:11 am to 11:11 pm  
every Saturday in Santa Monica just south of the pier!

DJ crew usually begins at 3:33 pm

(Join any time- leave when you are complete) 

Plan your journey -write to me here to learn more!

Contact:

Thank you, Will Sharer and Lily for beginning this gathering!

We have our weekly Saturday beach clean-up. They began in early 2020 with safe social. environmental and health practices to use all of their “extra” time and energy during “LOckdown” in Los Angeles.

Small groups clear the beach of trash and walk back to the live DJ’s on break distanced and dancing in the sands of time!

There is a dancing with friends vibe.

You can pack a picnic!

In the weeks I have been there to clean our big Earth, we have discussed other world-transforming projects.

The works, people, and ideas shared here you will probably love to collaborate on. 

Projects you may be invited on include: with groups or people include: Time Is Now, Miracle Makers, Eco Joe &
(me) Dr. Sarah Larsen

   

What you need to know:

Use public transport or Drive to Santa Monica Pier.

Park near the south side (Venice side) of Santa Monica Pier!

Clean up Santa Monica especially to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day

What is celebrated on Indigenous Peoples Day?

Indigenous Peoples’ Day honors Native Americans, their resilience and their contributions to U.S. society in the face of generations of assimilation, discrimination and genocide.

 Many indigenous peoples had language for the  force that holds electrons together.  Yes, it is the same force that is you – a unique expression of love

Hi!
Did you ever consider how everything you love is part of every story?
I am going to give you an example of this now! REady, set, go!

I am going to tell us a story in every email we share.

Just know.

You can open all emails you and I create for you because you’ll get insights into making better decisions, especially for your health!

 Or you can just experience the ones that you feel called to open because darling you know when to open them!

Today’s story begins with the incredible words of Alan Watts.

He begins by telling you this, 

 “I’ve been dwelling this morning on the first word, which is “Tao,” and so comes up this second word, “Te.” And this word, again, faces us (Text sourced from https://www.organism.earth/library/document/swimming-headless) with some serious problems with translation. Ordinarily translated “virtue,” but virtue as we understand it today isn’t at all appropriate. The nearest kind of… when we speak of the “healing virtues of a plant,” that’s nearer to the meaning of this word “Te.” The Japanese pronounce it toku [?], the Cantonese duk, and the Northern Mandarins approximately te. And in the section of the Lao Tzu where this is really introduced, the text says something like this: “The superior virtue not virtue, thus it has virtue. Inferior virtue can’t let go of virtue, thus not virtue.” And we more or less paraphrase that by translating: “Superior virtue is not conscious of itself as virtue, and therefore it is virtue. But inferior virtue is so hooked up with being virtuous (or hooked on being virtuous) that it’s not virtue.”

 What is highly virtuous is a virtue that is not conscious of itself as virtue. The moment it’s conscious of itself as such, you see, it fails. So in this way, we love to see a child dancing all by itself, lost in the dance and not performing for an audience. And we say, “Oh, if only I could dance like that! If only I could become like a child again. Innocent!” But then, soon, you know, when parents notice how beautifully a child dances, and they all approve of it and say to this child, “Dance for us,” the child begins to lose this power and it puts on airs. It knows it’s noticed. And we don’t like that. We say that’s affectation. That’s showing off. That’s phony. What we want you to do is to dance as if you had no audience, not even yourself—which, of course, puts the child in a double bind because it says to the child: we require you to do something that will be acceptable only if you do it as if it wasn’t required. We do that all the time to our children and to each other. “You must love me.” After all, you promised to do so when we got married, didn’t you? And so on. So this is the difficulty. But somehow, a very great artist in the maturity of his life somehow is able at least to give the impression that he does what he does without playing to the gallery, without self-consciousness. It seems perfectly natural. So how does he get there?”

With Respect and appreciation!

Love,

My parents call me Doc
Dr. Sarah Larsen
Sarah
Shahina

I have lots of names I love being called!

Extra love:

Save the date Oct 29th for a special zoom!

Extra extra love

Let me also say, it is a pleasure to meet you here -in this note and I look forward to our next interaction!

Extra cubed Love
Yes, you considered how everything you love is part of every story because love is the core virtue of where you give your attention.
Please give more of your attention to what you truly love. You may find yourself letting go of everything else. You don’t even have to say it outloud!
Letting go into flow is what is Earth’s activity! Twice a year – dressed in all her vibrant colors, she dawn deep rich hues in the fall season on the northern hemisphere this time of year and the most vibrant hues of life for the spring in Earth’s SOuthern hemisphere. Awe, the daaance of lif3. Done as a kid does for the joy of Life herself!

Extra love to the fourth power of love
Hey, does a desert star light filled night delight you? Booking sessions in Yucca, Ca now!

Also, a Retreat in Las vegas: Nov dates – Please let me know if you want to meet in Vegas….

Extra love to the 3th dimension of love aka Love till the sursolid.
Each extra love up above is my way of saying P.S.:  I miss you already and thanks for reading this far!  <3 From my smiling heart to yours! <3

MORE DETAILS ABOUT SANTA MONICA Clean up

Cars not allowed to get closer than

1633 Ocean Front Walk

Santa Monica, Ca 90401

Thus park and you’ll easily find us.

We are directly in front of 1633 Ocean Front Walk

Closer to the Ocean…

Look and listen for music/DJ on the beach beginning at 3 33 pm! 

Sun coverage for the day

Have warm layers for the night!

What to expect and Bring:

1: PACK SOME COMPOSTABLE BAGS

• You can pack several compostable bags in your carry-on to the beach.
  We promise they don’t take up much more room than a pair of socks!
  
• Dr. Sarah Larsen uses a large wicker basket.

2: SATURDAYS CLEAN-UP RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE

• If you can’t make it to the beach, clean-up your neighborhood!
• Schedule the clean-up on your Saturdays, so it becomes part of the experience or any cold, sunny, or cloudy day is any day obviously is for picking up trash.
  

3: STAY SAFE – WEAR GLOVES, SUNSCREEN, AND DRINK WATER

• Wear gloves if you think you might be touching unsanitary items. You must pack these.
• Don’t forget to lather on some biodegradable reef-safe sunscreen
• Beach clean-ups can be a lot of work and you may just work up a sweat. Keep a water bottle handy. We recommend the glass bottles, or if you’re somewhere with limited clean drinking water, we recommend the Wayfarer or the Berkey Sport, which both have built-in water filters.

4: LOOK OUT FOR “MICRO PLASTICS”

• Be on the lookout for smaller plastics and take the time to grab them – they are more easily ingested by small animals (like birds, crabs and insects) than a full plastic coca cola bottle.

5: PROPERLY DISPOSE OF WASTE

• You can put trash in any trash receptacle you see.
  You can bring it home and recycle it as needed!
  
  
  
  In 1990 – I heard John Paul 11 speak on the importance of being a steward of the Earth!
  In 1992, I helped preservation of Turtle habitats in Costa Rica!

Getting Away From Throwing Away: NRDC Is Going Zero Waste

October 09, 2019 Maria McCain

Where does your trash go when you throw it “away”?  The reality is “away” doesn’t exist. On average, you will send an estimated 43,000 pounds of waste to the landfill during your lifetime. It is due to these individual impacts that the United States’ landfills and incinerators are filled with over 171 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) each year.[1] MSW landfills and incinerators pose a significant threat to public health and the environment:

• Landfills are not designed to breakdown waste. Once filled—typically in 30 to 50 years—the waste can stick around for another 500+ years emitting greenhouse gases, contaminating groundwater, and displacing approximately 30 to 300 species per hectare of flora and fauna.[2]  
• The incineration of 1 ton of MSW produces roughly 1 ton of carbon dioxide (CO2).[3]
• Both landfills and incinerators have been linked to birth defects, respiratory illness, and cancer.  

How can we move away from landfills and incinerators?

In Vision 3 of the NRDC Sustainable Operations Plan, we make a commitment to achieving zero waste. We strive to divert at least 90 percent of solid, liquid (excluding wastewater), organic, and hazardous waste generated from incineration and landfills. We see zero waste as both limiting the total amount of waste generated and responsibly managing all unwanted or unusable materials at NRDC offices.

As an organization, we have increased our diversion rate from 75 percent to 82 percent from 2013 to 2019. We have also been strategic in maintaining overall increase in diversion rate and reduction in per capita waste generation (Figure 1). In 2018, we celebrated our Santa Monica office reaching operational zero waste.  Even with this positive trend, it is clear that obstacles to organizational zero waste remain.

What role does the NRDC Zero Waste Directive play? 

The NRDC Zero Waste Directive (ZWD) is designed to address common obstacles through actionable solutions. The solutions, which are reflected in the ZWD strategies, incorporate:  

• Monitoring. Knowing our baseline waste production is crucial to tracking the progress of the ZWD strategies. A baseline is derived through recording and assessing existing waste streams, waste stations, and availability of staff/visitor education.
• Evaluating office design and flow. We design our offices in accordance with the path of least resistance to minimize waste and encourage sustainable practices. This includes understanding and reacting to both occupant behavior and the flow of goods delivered and discarded at NRDC offices.
• Improving waste station consistency. It is important to have waste stations sized appropriately (i.e. all recycling, compost, and landfill bins are sized to accommodate the quantity and type of waste generated in each office) and clearly labeled. When space allows, these waste stations contain all discard streams (recycling, compost, landfill, and alternative recycling) and educate the users on our waste goals.
• Educating staff, visitors, and vendors. We educate staff and visitors on organizational waste practices, diversion rate, and other waste reduction strategies. Education is central to sustained practice and positive ripple effect.
• Purchasing sustainably. When purchasing products, we assess: production (requirements to make a product), use (how use of the product impacts humans and the planet), and post-use (how disposal of the product impacts the planet). We support nearby manufacturers that produce long-life, recycled content, and low-embodied carbon products free of harmful chemicals. Manufacturers are requested to use packaging that is recyclable or reusable and minimal shipping material. Additionally, manufacturers share opportunities for product repair and end-of-life options (recycling, take-back program, reuse, etc.). To align our food purchases with our mission, we created the NRDC Catering Policy.
• Reducing and disposing of construction waste responsibly. We minimize and divert all construction waste by applying a Construction Waste Management Plan as outlined in the NRDC Design & Construction Protocols. 
• Purchasing carbon offsets based on our environmental impact calculations. To help offset the emissions associated with NRDC’s waste, carbon offsets are purchased annually. We do not see carbon offsets as a solution; it is only used to help mitigate our impact until we reach our zero-waste vision. 

Seeing the light at the end of the landfill.

Businesses, communities, and governments are pursuing zero waste goals and policies, ranging from restrictions on distributing single-use plastic products to setting specific percentage goals on waste generation/diversion. These types of changes are prompted by people like you. Reach out to your local representative and urge your company to follow suit. Together, we can make landfills and incinerators obsolete.