We are all acutely aware and alert to the imperative nature
of tackling climate change. Those who are feeling it more
acutely are the generation who will deal with the appalling
neglect and consequences of previous generations actions
today....

GetUp is proactive and proud to invite US to Australia's first
national youth climate summit, "Power Shift 2009." Thousands
of motivated young Australians from across OUR nation will
gather in Sydney from July 11th-13th.. They will be training
and mobilizing to safeguard ALL of our futures.

Check out this video message from Ian Thorpe..

linkwww.getup.org.au/campaign/ClimateActionNow&id=669

Young people have been at the forefront of almost every
social movement in history, from women getting the vote,
to those who marched and died for civil rights, to outing
dictators worldwide.

In this century, Australia's youth are ready committed and
active and prepared to take genuine responsibility for dealing
with climate change and it's consequences.

We can only solve the climate crisis if we solve it together as
Ben Lee says " we are all in this together"..The generation born
in the last 30 years are alert alarmed and deeply committed to
living the dream of a sustainable life.. They are creating the
future in their own vision...

If you or someone you know is aged, 14-30, click on the link
above to register for "Power Shift today." This is a must do..

"We all have the opportunity to step up and join something bigger
than any of us the growing tide of the youth climate movement.For
those of us who've celebrated our birthdays more than 30 times, we
can still play a role in supporting the next generation with the
tools they need to safeguard our future..

Don't ask who is sustaining the world ask what role one is
is playing to sustain and evolve the world

Vita

Flashback Vintage Fabrics have arrived on the mountain

Those in the know are aware and aroused when they
are wrapped in "Flashback Vintage Fabrics. This very
very gorgeous boutique in the village, has all things
fabric and soft for ones body, and quality interior
vintage wall papers.

Time at Flashback Vintage Fabrics will often soothe
the soul and offer insight into how frantic and very
self determining a "sole trader" needs to be.

Just being there reminds us of the past and the future.
Yet importantly what consume and replenish is indeed
very sustainable..The past can be integrated into the
present and on and on."Flashback Vintage Fabrics" has
a long tenacious very memorable history in the Westgarth
Village..(Melbourne Australia..)

The owner has traveled from New York to Niddrie to
collect supply and sell her wide variety of divine
fabrics and wall papers..

Not only does Flashback Vintage Fabrics have divine
products the owner and staff are just as divine!!

Click on the Flashback link below and browse her very
extensive range of vintage fabrics and wallpapers.Pop
some products in the shopping cart and wait with awe
and enthusiasm for it's arrival at ones home.

Or if one can not bear the anticipation of the BIG wait,
and your in the "Westgarth" hood, slip elegantly into
the Flashback retail outlet and feel the past fabrics
in a very NOW environment..

Select some vintage wallpaper to compliment ones very
"naughties" home. Select a fifties fabric and whip up
a frock for our southern spring at the Botanical
Gardens in South Yarra...Or be so ready for walks in
Central Park, New York in the northern summer or fall!!

>link www.flashbackfabric.com.au/shop/index.php

Flashback Vintage Fabric logo is at the top of this
page in my banner section below Vita's mountain..One
will need to REFRESH THE PAGE see all Vita's clients
Or click on "Flashbacks" "com" above.As they say at
"Flashback" "It's all about shopping and good quality,
sustainable fabrics and wallpapers...

Always weaving the future and wrapped in exotic
fabrics

Vita

Black Pepper publishing has arrived at Vita
in 2009, with juicy stories wild and very
well placed voices.

Black Pepper is the absolute ultimate of
what one understands to be genuine brave
visionary behavior.. A commitment that is
unsurpassed in the publishing world. They
are so across loving who they are and so
very dedicated to loving what they create
and supporting the writers they have given
us.

They are sublime and well versed in all
that truly matters..and of course all
things publishing, profound yet amusing..

The Black Pepper publishing team always
give their fullness of spirit and love too
and for the other. They are impeccable, in
their attention to poetry and prose,
at this extraordinary publishing house.

An Australian publishing journey that now
spans 2 centuries.. We must commend and
appreciate how far Black Pepper Publishing
have come in their journey the late part
of the 20th century into the 21st century.

This small publishing venture is based in
North Fitzroy Melbourne Australia, and "is
dedicated to nurturing the ‘new flowers’ of
Australian prose and poetry writing.

Click on their logo on Vita's front page
for more more more. Or go to Vita's
Clients and click on their "com"

ROTATING LOGO'S FOR VITA'S CLIENTS
One will need to refresh the page as
All vita's logo's rotate ..Share ones
genuine love around and around as we
say here at Vita.....

See their range of brilliant prolific
and tenacious writers and ALL the many
successes of the Black Pepper Publishing
team .....

Snuggle down with a Black Pepper Publication
join their mailing list and be with us at the
cutting edge of independenat publishing in
Australia. Support the Australian Independent
publishing world NOW!!

Don't forget to smell the Gardenia the
scent of Black Peppers books

Vita

"Kevin Rudd announced last week more than a billion
dollars in extra handouts for big polluters, on top
of the more than $7.4 billion already announced and
that we'll have to wait until after the next federal
election, before the Carbon Pollution Reduction
Scheme begins.

The emissions reduction target remains the same a
pathetic 5% unless other countries drag us to the
unlikely new upper limit, 25%."

Meaningful and committed action on climate change
is being whoa fully neglected by this Australian
Federal Government. WE as a whole need to address
this issue NOW!!! Not later Kevin...Right NOW!!

"Experts" and those that are conscious have long
been VERY AWARE and have mentioned...HELLO, that
this delay costs the economy and the environment.

We are ALL very aware of the solution Get ups
survey distributed earlier this year to members/
taxpayers US/concerned citizens, recognized that
"a massive investment in renewable energy' is our
overwhelmingly number one priority.

"GETUP are launching this simple commonsense ask:
"Invest more in renewable energy than you handout
to big polluters"

Click here to sign the petition.

linkwww.getup.org.au/campaign/
ClimateActionNow&id=638?dc=719,86439,2

A massive investment in renewable energy means
we can stimulate the Australian economy & with
a visionary and clear direction will NO DOUBT
create hundreds of thousands of clean energy jobs,
starting right now. We just need to do it Kevin!!

This is the most USEFUL way we can break free
"from the shackles of the dirty coal industries
foul smelling strangle hold, fear based threats
about job loses.

That is WHAT is holding us ALL back KEVIN dear.
Not to mention the wheeling and dealing of so
called "political donations", that just adds
to the problem and cloud this imperative need
to what should be committed to and what isn't
being committed too by this Federal Government...

Getup on the trading scheme

"The emissions trading scheme will now not start
before the next election, but clean energy jobs
are so there for the taking today. We can move
forward and create new ways of building a cleaner
future and build new cleaner jobs...

With so many Australian jobs under threat from
the boogey global financial crisis, the world
can NO LONGER afford NOT to invest in renewable
energy.

This is not rocket science KEVIN dear..YET this
Government's just not taking the message onboard..
So we must ALL tell OUR elected Federal Government
today: By signing the petition above...

To genuinely tackle climate change we ALL need
to wean ourselves off OLD dirty energy that
steals not renews our world..That's what this
emissions trading is for.

More importantly, we need to make renewable
energy a priority and affordable.An investment
in new clean energy technology is the future..
This will indeed be a catalyst for ensuring
new industries that can lead to NEW jobs and
a new future for All of US.

Just take the next brave step on the clean
mountain of change Kevin!!

Vita and the Getup team creating clean
futures together.. It is a must do...

Chipping in and doing ones bit counts

"IT'S BACK."
"That's how The Age announced news we've been
dreading to hear: Gunns is close to finding off
shore investors for its controversial pulp mill
in Tasmania and may begin construction soon.

Gunns just won't give up on this destructive mill,
so far together we have foiled their every attempt.
We've fought too hard to give up now. Without any
international finance, or funding from a overseas
joint venture partner, the pulp mill will indeed
be history.

That's why we need to pull out all stops and publish
a massive newspaper ad this week in the European
Financial Times: the paper we know hits every bank
in Europe." This ad below needs our urgent attention
and input... So get involved and make a difference

linkwww.getup.org.au/campaign/NoPulpMill&id=622

"Last year when we showed Gunns' long-time banker ANZ
the weight of opposition against the mill, they pulled
out. In the spirit of fairness we sent an advance copy
of this ad to all banks considering financing the mill
to give them a chance to declare otherwise.

Within days, three of the four main contenders have told
us they will not finance the mill. We know this ad works.
But to stop the remaining contenders we need to show the
weight of public opinion against this project.

Thanks to efforts from all of us, no Australian bank will
touch this project. This ad, hitting the desks of every
financier currently contemplating giving the green light
to a project we thought long-dead, will no doubt send
shock waves around the European finance community."

Lets chip away and be part of a long term solution,
Don't ask what others are doing for the world
ask ones self what one is doing for the world??

The GetUp Team and Vita

The Foot Reader-Our feet reflect our journey

"Such are the intricacies of the human foot that
the great Leonardo Da Vinci described it as “a
masterpiece of engineering and a work of art”.

GUERIN GROUP AND THE FOOT READER
The Guerin Group have just produced a documentary
for broadcast examining the benefits of the health
practice of reflexology, and the emotional physical
joys that it can brings to the human spirit.

"The Foot Reader" has been produced and directed
by the lovely and talented independent Melbourne
filmmaker, Brendan Guerin..This wee documentary
is a loving look at our feet and their journey.

ELISE'S JOURNEY
The film documents the journey of a 71-year old
woman Elsie Chapman who turned to reflexology
after her own doctors admitted they could no
longer help in her battle against Osteoarthritis,
Osteoporosis, diabetes and other chronic aliments.

We follow Elise’s six weekly one hour reflexology
sessions Elsie speaks of her remarkable improvement
with her health and emotional state.The film examines
the practice of reflexology and its vital role in
modern health practice. An ancient practice given
new life in the 21st century. This documentary is
an exploration into the subtle work of reflexology
and how our feet reveal the hidden parts of us…

The documentary speaks to how the work of reflexology
influences ones well being."What kind of person we are,
how we perceive our self. From an emotional perspective
and indeed the benefits reflexology has on our health.

The “Foot Reader” shot in 2008 and completed earlier in
2009 a 10 -minute documentary on the beliefs aspirations
and passion of an Australian practitioner Lyn Fava.
A “champion” of the fledgling reflexology industry.

LYN FAVA ON REFLEXOLOGY
"According to Lyn, reflexology is an effective and safe
way to improve blood circulation, energy flow and natural
healing in the human body. “Reflexes are located on the
hands and feet that correspond to all the glands, organs
and other body parts. Using ones finger and thumb pressure
techniques on reflex points, one can stimulate the body’s
natural ability to heal.”

“From an emotional perspective, one foot represents the
past while the other represents the present and you can
see if there’s been a change in a person’s life,”.
LYN FAVA

Lyn worked as a trained nurse for 20 years before concluding
that the traditional western approach to medicine was simply
not enough for some people. Reflexology is now filling that
void.

linkwww.perfectharmony.com.au/therapists.shtml

While scientists remain skeptical about the benefits
of reflexology, Elise Chapman and many others who
have benefited from reflexology would beg to differ.
Extensive research is under way in Europe and in
Scandinavia, "that those in the know and see" will
no doubt validate the technique and help lift the
industry.

For more on the Guerin Groups work and to find out
more on this must see documentary click on their
link in Vita's client.. Or click on their logo
on the right..(you may have to refresh the page as
my logo's are rotated...)

Vita

Adam Elliot and his Producer Melanie Coombs
"Melodrama Pictures" latest collaborative
production "Mary and Max", has arrived on
the screens of the world.(their first joint
feature film)

We are proud to say Mary and Max's debut was at
Sundance Film Festival’. Mary and Max launched
Sundance in January this year the first ever
animation film to do so.

Mary was beside herself with awe and pride,let alone
the Producer who was thrilled to the tree tops. Given
this encouraging response to this larger than life
venture.

MARY AND MAX TRAVEL
The film then moved across to the continent too the equally
prestigious Berlin Film Festival. In Berlin, Mary and Max
received a special mention in the Generation 14plus section.

THE MAKING OF OF MARY AND MAX
This film has been a grueling yet exhilarating two years
in full production. By all accounts an inordinate, amount
of muffins, were loved and consumed, by the crew of well
over 50 talented and dedicated members, during the making
of this beautiful crafted, heartfelt film… Blessed be the
caterer and may she too be constantly fed herself!!

MARY AND MAX'S EPIC JOURNEY
Mary and Max is an extraordinary film that explores the
fragility and vulnerability of the human spirit. The film
gives humanity to all it's characters, through the director
Adam Elliot's beautiful hilarious dialogue created for his
very lovable chunky characters.

This film is a visionary film that speaks from the heart of
two brave souls that are prepared to go vision questing to
find answers to the conundrums in their very different worlds,
Mary and Max share their differences and their sameness..

Mary and Max build a friendship that spans 20 years and could
well last several life times.A brave compassionate production
that as Adam rightly says “show’s all the wobbly bits’. A film
that explores truly being a human being and accepting what is
and what isn't.. And still accept what may come…

Mary and Max has returned home to Australia and has been
opening audiences heart Chakra’s from coast to coast with
it’s preview season now in full flight. This film is an
enormous journey, from it‘s meticulous production detail
to the life and times of these impeccable 2 main characters..

It is interesting to note that others have simply seen Mary
and Max as flawed and damaged individuals; In fact, both have
extraordinary spirits a bravery and remarkable tenacity that
keeps then moving on the path of their lives. Unlike some of
the other minor characters who sadly let their lives go by
without question or exploration...

Mary and Max actually are on their journey and genuinely try
to make sense of what it is to love and accept ones self and
to love another. They have both faced the world alone yet
through Tibetan magic and the ripping of a page find each
other. Sharing unspoken truth in themselves and each other…

How flawed can that be, they accept each other.Even coming to
terms with hurting each other’s sensitive untouched truths at
times. All the while owning their role in those situations The
release of this inner pain sets them free and creates dialogue
and trust between them...As old life’s die new ones begin….

TRUST HEART AND INNER WORLD'S
Their love is unconditional.Both Mary and Max face their
demons in different ways and look for guidance in the other.
We share their inner worlds that leaves one weeping with
heart felt pain.In other lovable moments we are touched by
the absurd hilarity of their worlds and joy they share.

Bethany Whitmore is divine and gives Mary her heart.The
lovely Phillip Seymour Hoffman allows us to fall in love
with Max every time one views this film Mary and Max is
a film one absorbs not observes.

An epic taking one through the fears and joys of living
bravely while not judging the other, Mary and Max genuinely
gives us the opportunity to grasp the reality of loving who
one is and who one wishes to become..

It is a true warrior’s film one that loves the other as one
would have ones self loved…As the lovely Adam Elliot says
himself, ‘This is a film for everyone.’

Opening at Cinema’s across Australia on April 9th 2009
Running time: 92 MIN.

To see more about Melodrama Pictures click on the banner above
(One may have to refresh the page as Vita has several banners
that rotate) To see the Mary Max website click on the link in
Vita’s right hand quick links. OR go to Vita’s Clients also on
the top right hand side of this page

This truly is a brave must see Australian film in 2009
Several times if your an absolute glutton for magical
genuine love connections...

The quality of our life is the quality of our relationships
Vita