Brummet's Conscious Blog

 -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio -- Kristen Johnson, known as Miss Kris to her students and KR Johnson to her readers, is a fun and popular teacher specializing in kids with learning difficulties. Kristen is the author of a fantastic book for young people of all ages: The Eleventh Sense . She is also a founding member of the fabulous interactive improv performance group, The Ladybugs . Today we are going to learn about working with others, the importance of the arts in society, and teaching young people.  As always, the show airs live at 10-11 AM (pacific) and will be archived soon after the show airs... Chat room will be open for live listeners: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/consciousdiscussions/2011/05/10/arts-youth   -- Conscious Living Event -- May 10, 2011 to May 12, 2011 Waste Expo 2011 (43rd year) Location: Dallas, Texas Website: http://www.wasteexpo.com -- Positive Eco-News -- The Castlegar branch of the Selkirk college (BC, Canada) is...

-- Positive Eco-News -- Several Japanese cities (including Toda & Warabi & Saitama Prefecture) started an innovative project that encourages composting by having local residents bring in their kitchen waste using a designated bucket. The staff then use this material to contribute in their composting efforts - and the final product (humus) is used to produce about 80,000 flower seedlings per year. The residents then come back to pick up their allotted number of free flowers (based on their kitchen waste contributions). This is a fantastic way to divert organics from the landfill, while creating jobs and encouraging gardening  in the city. Greening the city is a big part of being sustainable, and this includes providing foods for the traveling wildlife (birds, pollinators and other beneficial insects). Outdoor gardening can be done in containers virtually anywhere there is room for a potted plant. this could be located beside a gate, or on a patio, window sill, balcony, ro...