Brummet's Conscious Blog

International Mountain Day was established by the UN in an effort to help manage fragile mountain ecosystems back in 2003.  Most of us are aware that mountains provide the vast amount of fresh water, energy and food, but they are also threatened by encroachment, forest and soil degradation. This day was set aside to that scientists and government officials can discover the global challenges and find sustainable answers.  Biodiversity, eco-tourism, land remediation, planting projects and litter-clean-up projects can provide some of these solutions.  This is a great time to consider the role you might play in this... perhaps you can support a tree planting organization, join in an invasive plant management group, gather the family to clean up a trashy spot, join in local environmental groups and trail management groups, and help increase awareness... I'd love to hear what you might suggest too... so be sure to comment and leave some suggestions for people to cons...

Recommended Resources Yup it is time for another segment of recommended resources that we hope you find time to check out. Today I want to focus on remedies for feeling overwhelmed, for feeling like you can't make a difference because you don't have time or excess money to donate... There's literally hundreds of thousands of things we can do every day, any day, that can have a positive impact. Today, I'll be sharing just 3 resources for you to examine that, (just like all the Recommended Resources posts are meant to), these resources might help alleviate the "blues":  www.planetfriendly.net/living.html   https://veg.ca/tva/ https://www.yourleaf.org/   ~~ Visit the Brummet's @:  http://BrummetMedia.ca ~~

Protect our Forests I came across some very interesting tree related topics, two of which I felt needed to be shared on this blog.  The first one is an article from ScienceTimes.com that reveals there are hundreds of millions of hectares of land available for planting and if that was done, that amount of reforesting would erase 100 years of carbon emissions (sciencetimes.com), cutting current carbon emissions by 25%. Good news, potentially... here's the ARTICLE Yet the burning of existing forests continue at a horrendous rate and out pace current replanting efforts. One can take a browse online and find that there are hundreds of tree-planting and land remediation/reclamation organizations that are ramping up efforts and improving rivers, lakes, planting millions of trees annually... thanks to all the individuals out there supporting their work and all the volunteers too. Sadly, fires are all too often caused by careless humans. I've personally witnesse...

The 5 Layers of a Tree Trunk * By Sarabeth Kluzinnski The anatomy of a tree would truly interest even the most apathetic person. That is because trees are complex parts of nature that provide an infinite list of benefits and an even larger amount of value! There are thousands of tree species in the world, all in different shapes, sizes, colors, yields, and more. But one thing they all have in common: a trunk. All trees, both deciduous and coniferous, have a tree trunk in some form or another. And one of the most interesting facts about tree trunks is that they have 5 different layers! As mentioned, tree trunks have 5 separate layers to them. They are the outer bark, inner bark (phloem), the cambium cell layer, sapwood, and heartwood. Each layer has their very own purpose, but overall, the trunk's primary job is to protect and support the tree. Look below to review each layer and what they do. Like a shield, a trunk's outer bark is there to protect the tree from i...

-- Recommended Resources --  Theme of the day - Nature... https://www.facebook.com/60SecDocs/videos/1656689027977255/ Check out this link (above) to see a short clip of one elderly man explaining his life mission to earn enough money to purchase a total of nearly 80 abused acres , restoring it to natural rainforest again. Amazing story. Amazing man. Next (below) you'll find a link to a clip from the "Wings of Life" film presented by  Filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg   - gorgeous imagery inspired by the vital pollinators.   http://www.ted.com/talks/louie_schwartzberg_the_hidden_beauty_of_pollination Here, below, you'll find one more recommended resource (I try to keep it to 3 per R.R. post) - this one takes you to yet another visual display... but of ancient living  things, including a thousand year old tree that evolved to live underground, the world’s oldest coral,  a type of lic...