Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Quote of the Day -- “ In 2005, Americans used and discarded 14.4 billion disposable paper cups for hot beverages. If put end-to-end, those cups would circle the earth 55 times. Based on anticipated growth of specialty coffees, that number will grow to 23 billion by 2010—enough to circle the globe 88 times. Based on hot cup usage in 2005, the petrochemicals used in the manufacture of those cups could have heated 8,300 homes for one year .” http://www.metaefficient.com/bioplastics/innovation-biodegradeable-coffee-cups.html -- Conscious Celebrations -- April is an incredibly busy, and exciting month - so many proactive actions happening across the globe... We've done our best so far to celebrate activities and celebrations for April; Poetry Month , Library Month , Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month , Prevention of Child Abuse Month, Autism Awareness Month ... and we'll continue to offer great tips, interviews and resources for these celebrations all month long on our blog...