Brummet's Conscious Blog

Recommended Resources Its time for another set of resources that we feel are so wonderful that we just have to share with you.  Today, we'll celebrate these 3 organizations that provide aide to smaller groups and non-profits :  Sustainability Network works with non-profit organizations that focus on the environment, helping them network with each other and run their organization effectively and efficiently. https://SustainabilityNetwork.ca - Transition Network started as a grass roots movement and developed into a larger organization that now reaches out to over 50 countries helping thousands of concerned communities address challenges they are currently facing, and those concerns they have for the future. The organization offers tools, free guides, training, resources that offer a new way of civic engagement. https://TransitionNetwork.org - Climate Action Network looks at developing comprehensive climate change action plans for all levels of government,...

-- One Planet Lifestyle --  World Wildlife Fund  (WWF) is a well-known, international non-profit environmental organization that has proposed the “one planet lifestyle”   for today’s consumers. This means that with every purchase we individuals, those who work in businesses and households, we consider what kind of impact it has. We need to start asking ourselves as each penny is released from our accounts – “Will this purchase encourage a more sustainable, and socially responsible society?” For instance we might look at a product and notice that some of the competitors on the shelf have recycled content in the manufacturing process. Perhaps the packaging is not only recyclable, but is reusable… or possibly also made with recycled materials. Perhaps people in third world conditions made the product; people who are treated and paid fairly.   Are the materials we are consuming renewable (like bamboo)? Are the companies we are working with also taking steps th...

-- Quote of the Day -- " Be thankful for what you have; You'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, You will never have enough. " ~ Oprah Winfrey -- Chatter -- Ok, I really am - honestly, truly - taking the next two days off from the office. As most of you already know I try to take 3-days off in a row - by closing the doors to the office and not breaching them. Not an easy task with a home office! - So today, Sat, and tomorrow, Sun - are mine :)  I'll be back again on Monday, answering emails and back to work diligently as always... In the meantime, please feel free to scroll through the archived posts, and look through the links on the sidebars of this blog. ...Your probably grinning at the ironic situation here: of this blog post during my "day off", but I wanted to let y'all know since this is a daily blog. :) The Brummet's Muse Newsletter went out this morning - and I noticed an error: the first announceme...

-- Quote of the Day -- "Long ago people waited days for a stagecoach; today, we are peeved if we miss one section of a revolving door. " ~ Unknown -- Positive Eco-News -- Today's Positive Eco-News segment of Conscious Discussions Radio offers information that will have the environmentalist in you cheering! Discover new inventions such as a soil bacterium that safely decomposes melamine. Or a new technology that allows us to recycle bumpers. And so much more. If time allows I will also read an excerpt from our book Trash Talk -- Eco-Resources -- Rggi.org - " The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is the first mandatory, market-based effort in the United States to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ." WesternClimateInitiative.org - Inspiring " cooperative actions to address climate change and implement a joint strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ". Climatechange.ca.gov - The Climage Change California Portal offers " information on t...