Brummet's Conscious Blog

Kudos A shout out to the Pollinator Partnership Canada organization.  This past summer their community planted thousands of habitat gardens with  5,500 native plants sown in West Toronto neighbourhoods alone.  Next year they are focusing on an exciting project - Bee City Canada - where municipalities sign up and develop resources, projects and programs to protect pollinators.  Check out some of the activities hosted by this organization via Instagram  and discover other places they can be found online via:  https://linktr.ee/pollinatorpartnership.ca ~~   Visit the Brummet's   Main Website Find them elsewhere online  HERE   ~~

Backyard Habitat  The Kootenays are filled with passionate gardeners and farmers but few are aware that there are amazing programs and how-to instructions that help people green their yards, roofs and balconies while creating diverse beauty and habitat for native and migrating creatures. One of the programs, the Backyard Habitat Certification, honours and celebrates those who have created a diverse backyard habitat with different types of landscaping, water sources, gardens and trees that provide food or habitat for bees, butterflies, bats, birds, and frogs and humans. Dave and Lillian had the honor of being awarded this certification for their Grand Forks home. “When we purchased that double corner lot, it had been a rental for a long time. When we looked into the history of the property we learned that many years ago it belonged to a back yard mechanic and before that it had been the site of a repair yard for the railway that used to exist there at the turn of the cent...

 -- Quote of the Day -- "That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong."  ~ William J. H. Boetcker --  Species at Risk -- According to the Canadian Wildlife Federation – in existence since 1962 – over 600 Canadian animals are listed at risk, including the woodland caribou, monarch butterfly, polar bear and killer whale – The International Union for the Conservation of Nature estimates the world’s extinction rates are between 1000 and 10,000 times greater than what normally occurs naturally.     Simple things from conscious consumerism to donations to wonderful organizations like these, to backyard and balcony or roof top gardens can have a profound impact on the decline of wild things in the forest, in the air, and in the sea. Building nest boxes for bird...