Brummet's Conscious Blog

- - Congratulations to Literacy Bridge Org - - One of our eco-friends, Forrest Carman, sent us the press release (below) about an incredible achievment for a fantastic organization - Literacy Bridge . Those of you who are regular listeners of Conscious Discussions Talk Radio might recall hearing about this organization in the past. Click on - Literacy Bridge -or head over to the radio show and look through the archives from there. This particluar interview aired on Feb 24, 2009. Literacy Bridge, a non-profit organization that provides children and adults with tools for knowledge sharing and literacy learning, today announced the receipt of a $25,000 grant award from Amazon.com. The grant will primarily support Literacy Bridge’s ongoing pilot program in rural Ghana, and will help the organization conduct user experience testing and impact evaluation for its Talking Book program. Since January 2009, hundreds of Ghanaian school children have used Literacy Bridge’s audio computers, or T...

-- First Chapter Project -- ...a site owned & operated by Marti Talbot that "lets you read the first chapter before you buy a book" - Lillian & Dave's three books are listed here; click on the titles: Trash Talk, Towards Understanding, or Purple Snowflake Marketing to view the 1st chapter of each of these books - http://sites.google.com/site/firstchapterproject -- Conscious Discussions -- Desalination Plants, Answer to Water Woes? - Diane Tegarden is returning to Conscious Discussions to discuss her passions for alternative power, specifically her knowledge of desalination technology, which removes the salt from seawater. According to our guest today, this technology could very well be the answer to future water issues. To access today's interview - which airs live at 10 AM Pacific - click on the hyper-linked show title in today's blog post or look to your right for the link to the show. Today's episode will be archived indefinitely so you can refer o...

-- Eco-events This Week -- - The California Center for Sustainable Energy is offering several workshops on Nov 4-6 starting with Steam Systems, Solar Water Heating & composting. Find out more about this org. at: www.energycenter.org - The 2008 Bread and Wheat Festival is Sunday November 2, 2008 at the Leonardo Da Vinci Center, in Victoria, B.C. (Canada) 10 am - 4 pm. www. breadandwheat.com - Nov 5-6: Canadian Waste & Recycling Expo; Location: International Center in Toronto, Ontario (Canada); Information: www.cwre.ca - November 7th and 8th Opportunity Green Conference at UCLA is an unprecedented gathering of the prime movers and shakers transforming the world of green business. Join the best and brightest entrepreneurial CEOs, executives, professionals, designers, and investors focused on building profitable, socially responsible and sustainable enterprises will convene on the UCLA campus. See www.opportunitygreen.com for more information -- Authors Read radio -- Today on t...

-- Quote of the Day -- "Business is the only mechanism on the planet today powerful enough to produce the changes necessary to reverse global environmental and social degradation. Doing that will depend in large part on the willingness of customers to change what they buy, how they buy, and from whom they buy their products and services." ~ Paul Hawken, The Ecology of Commerce There is no doubt that the consumer is the Most Powerful voice on the planet... yet how many of us look to "them" - politicians or manufacturers, regulators - whoever "they" are in our mind, we look to "them" to take care of things. How ironic it is that the only thing that can, and will, change things is the person looking back at us from the mirror. You'll often hear me say that on Conscious Discussions radio, that we are the hero we are seeking in society. If you really stop and consider this concept, you'll realize it is true. This does not mean that we are alon...