Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Quote of the Day -- "Accountability breeds response-ability."  - Stephen R Covey -- International Day of Biodiversity -- Today is International Day of Biodiversity. According to the Convention on Biological Diversity ( www.cbd.int ) " The United Nations proclaimed May 22 The International Day for Biological Diversity  to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues. " Last year's theme focused on invasive species - this year's theme focuses on green space development and poverty alleviation. So many plants and animals are threatened by human activities - that we have lost about 30% of the animal diversity in the last 50 years. Did you know that there is an unprecedented decline in the number of species happening right now, every single day? During the last century as much as 75% of our food biodiversity has died out and only 10% remains!! Every single one of us has played a role in this vast destruction - and yet, because this ...