Brummet's Conscious Blog

 -- Conscious Living Event -- Jan 23-27 World of Concrete 2012 Location : Las Vegas, NV (USA) Info: www.WorldOfConcrete.com -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio  -- Join us live @ 10AM-11 (Pacific) / 11AM-12 (mountain) for a look at two wonderful charities and their founder. Or access the archive later on via the link below. Author Mal Duane built a multimillion dollar real estate company from scratch, has a dream marriage, and, as a certified Professional Life and Recovery Coach. But more importantly, she is deeply involved with helping others discover and use their own power. Her life experience, including recovering from a decades-long struggle with alcoholism, has provided her with extensive hands-on, in-the-trenches experience for taking hold of a life and bringing forward the potential that lies buried beneath the scars and hurts. In 2007, she built the Katherine Holly Riley School in Mali, West Africa, which educates 100 children annually. She...

-- Quote of the Day --  “…Natural construction involves materials that can be harvest right off the building site in most cases. When you consider that the average home built now, the materials travel about 1500 miles, and some as far as 6000 miles… and you think about how much fuel it takes to transport that. …Natural buildings involve hardly any shipping. Adobe really is just clay, sand and straw that is shaped into bricks that are baked in the sun first. …Cob is pressed into the house as you go, so the wall is all in one piece. With adobe, the wall is stacked with these weak points in between the joints. Straw bale is a very sustainable alternative… Stack wall can involve earth bags… the advantage is that there is more thermal mass… and there is a cord-wood stack wall… I prefer not to use concrete because concrete is one of the biggest polluters in the industry.” ~ Chuck Hall Today's quote comes to us from the Conscious Discussions Talk Radio Show episode...

-- Quote of the Day -- “… I like to water in the morning, because the water has a chance to soak in the soil, and if the leaves or stems get wet – they will have a chance to dry off before the cool of evening sets in. …Succession crops involves planting the same crop a week or two apart to allow for succession harvest – it allows you to extend the garden, grow more. …and you have more ability to go with the seasons. …It is just a great way for gardeners to harvest what they can eat that week, without being overwhelmed. ..and it is really good if you are doing open-pollinated plants and  you want to save the seed because you can stagger the crops so that they flower at different times – keeping the seed pure .”  ~ Sheri Ann Richerson Today's quote originates from the May 8th Sunday Gardening episode featuring Sheri Ann Richerson as our special guest. -- Reusing Plastics -- An assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at ...