Yuri Smirnov's Blog (165)

Imagine spending your ENTIRE life being of service to others and the community, and yet, never getting that “breath of fresh air” that signifies that YOU as well get to thrive and must not live like a homeless person.

If you want to help a family in need:

* Click on the link for more info and to make a donation:…

9 superior choices for sustainable living:

* Grow your own food that heals the body and feeds the soul: https://ecominded.net/heirloom-seeds

* Restore your health with healing foods: https://ecominded.net/organic-grains

* Enjoy the…

September is a good time to replenish your seed stocks for the next year. Take your chance to get heirloom seeds with upto 50% discount (https://ecominded.net/coupon) - directly from our organic garden and from sustainable family homesteads (Kins domains) of our friends. Collected with love, they produce old-fashioned plants with the same traits planting after planting, season after season, generation after generation.…

Eco-Minded off-season specials! Get upto 20% discount on wooden crafts handmade by Russian craftmasters: https://ecominded.net/handcrafts/wooden-crafts . Coated with beeswax & oil, it has very pleasant wood aroma. Siberian cedar (Pinus Sibirica) is also known for its healing properties. Cedar crafts are absolutely eco-friendly, great to use for children and may be a perfect handmade gift for your…

Dear friends,

Take adventage of these permaculture tools created specially for organic gardeners: multipurpose flat-cutters (ploskorez Fokina), including the lifelong one, made of titanium; ploskorez "Heart" and what they call "Super-Spade" which is not actually a spade - great tool for loozening the topsoil. Please feel free to place an order here:…

Hey Folks, My friend Alësha is a Bio-Architect who has created a step-by-step online training in Dome home construction ( www.bioveda.co/my-home) as well as Water Self Sufficiency (www.bioveda.co/water). He is building a self heating & cooling bio-shelter for cold Canadian and Russian climate (www.bioveda.co/wautillarium) I…

Dear friends,

This message from ascended master El Morya was received for me by a clairvoyant friend in 2008. It has touched my soul and I kept it close to my heart all these years. Now I feel that the World has changed dramatically and it's time to share this message with everyone. Please read and share it with friends as much as possible:…

My dear friends,

If you had a chance to evaluate all the advantages of ploskorez (flat-cutter, Fokin hoe), then you will surely appreciate this new option - a flat-cutter made of Titanium that you only need to buy once in your lifetime: https://ecominded.net/flat-cutter-titan It is very strong, rust-proof and 1.7 times lighter than a…

Hey folks,

I am sharing the video of Russian miracle-spade at work:

With this heavy duty garden tool you can work 3 times faster and easier than with a usual spade.

Great for digging and loosening…

My dear friends,

I finally took the time to put in a word for Putin, please enjoy my new article: https://ecominded.net/word-for-putin

They say: A man is judged by his deeds. Being out of Russia for several years, I had a chance to look at Putin with fresh eye and the more I watch his deeds the…

Please check and support a new amazing book by permaculture guru and educator Paul Wheaton and Mike Haasle: SKIP: A book connecting industrious people with land owners

Lots of young people have a great aspiration but have no money to start a homestead, whereas millions of elderly farmers…

Grow old-fashioned vegetables, greens, flowers and medicinal plants that have been passed down through generations. Get heirloom seeds from Russian family homesteads (Kins domains) that produce plants with the same traits planting after planting, season after season, generation after generation. Place an order:…

Breaking news from Russia: Putin requested completely banning shipment of unprocessed timber of coniferous and valuable hardwood species out of Russia starting January 1, 2022 Click here to read: https://ecominded.net/putin-stops-illegal-logging…

Get heirloom organic non-gmo #seeds from Russian family homesteads (Kins domains) : https://ecominded.net/heirloom-seeds * Apply coupon codes to get 10 to 50% discount: …

12 years ago Sepp Holzer, the Rebel Farmer of Austria shared his Open Letter (published in Space of Love Magazine in January 2009) which stays relevant through these challenging times! Please read and share: https://ecominded.net/sepp-holzer-open-letter…

My friend Kumar Alzhanov, the artist, has become very popular among Anastasia readers for his amazingly beautiful pictures, inspired by the Ringing Cedars of Russia book series: https://www.pinterest.ru/vestnikra/ringing-cedars-inspiration/

And now he is looking for like-minded entrepreneurs/publishers…

My friend Kumar Alzhanov, the artist, inspired by the Ringing Cedars of Russia book series, is offering his artworks for sale.

Please enjoy the photos of his works: https://www.pinterest.ru/vestnikra/ringing-cedars-inspiration/ Some pictures are available here:…

Yury Smirnov here, eco entrepreneur, sustainable homesteader, inspired by the Ringing Cedars of Russia book series. Striving to live in harmony with nature, the people and my own self. Please read about my life path here: https://ecominded.net/your-guide-and-translator…

On my spiritual journey I have read hundreds of books on spirituality, self-development and sustainability. And of all that variety of books I selected just a few, best of the best in my spiritual library, those that combine deep sense of spirituality with practical skills and knowledge: https://ecominded.net/recommended-books - you can order them on Amazon! Some of these…