Brummet's Conscious Blog

 Kudos ! For our regular readers it is nothing new to hear (or read) the topic of compost on our various media outlets over the last 20 years – from books to guest blog posts and interviews to writing books, articles and social media posts, dozens of 1 hour segments on the subject on our old radio show and more. Just use the “search” the blog tool on the (right side tool bar of this blog) and you’ll find numerous discussions on the topic right here on this blog. Knowing that as much as 60% of the waste in landfill could be composted, and compostable items in the landfill are actually up to 22 times more damaging to the environment than CO2… it is a topic and hobby of mine that has become a dedicated passion. As such I always get a spark of excitement when I learn of major leaps in the industry. Way over on the other side of Canada (we are in BC) in Cape St. George, Newfoundland they’ve created a very successful food waste composting system. For this commun...

 -- Inspiring Change --  The other day we were driving through Crawford Bay toward the ferry on our way out to Nelson BC for a shopping trip - when I saw a really skinny fella in bicycle gear setting up what looked like a unicycle. Curiosity peaked as we went by and we talked about riding a unicycle, how difficult that must be. In my mind I was hoping the guy was OK as he seemed kinda skinny to me. Anyway, today on a community forum I found out that this fella is riding all the way from Victoria BC to Canada's capital on the other side of the country... to raise awareness and to inspire a call-to-action regarding making positive environmental changes. As I write you this moment, he is heading down our main street here in our home city of Creston BC. Check out this video (7 min) that explains what this is all about: http://unityfortheclimate.ca/about The site page has more than the video that I mention here, scroll down that link's page to fi...

-- Quote of the Day --      "I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in." ~ John Muir    -- Positive News --  Kudos to the Japan Electrical Manufacturers' Association which reached a 35 % reduction on carbon emissions over a 5-year period (2008-2012) voluntary action plan for global warming mitigation. Business actions like these have a profound  impact, going  far beyond just the initial energy, fuel and carbon savings... which is in itself a powerful thing. Beyond this though the action will inspire their customers, their employees and other people in their industry as well.   Find Dave and Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, their radio program, blog, and more at: http://brummet.ca * Support the Brummets by telling your friends, clicking those social networking buttons, or visiting the Brummet's St...

--  Quote of the Day --    “Cultivate your curiosity. Keep it sharp and always working. Consider curiosity your life preserver, your willingness to try something new. Second, enlarge your enthusiasm to include the pursuit to excellence, following every task through to completion. Third, make the law of averages work for you. By budgeting your time more carefully than most people you can make more time available. Does the combination of curiosity, enthusiasm, and the law of average guarantee success? Indeed it does not! …Success in the final analysis always involves luck or the element of chance.”  ~ John Hanley   -- Positive News -- I love celebrating green initiatives especially in the construction industry because this is a significant contribution to the future of society.  I learned of a special solar tunnel that was under construction and just had to share it with you.   Apparently this European tunn...

  -- Quote of the Day --  “I am only one, but I am one.  I cannot do everything,  but I can do something.  And I will not let what I cannot do  interfere with what I can do.
” ~ Edward Everett Hale  -- Brummet's In the Media --  3-Part interview series re: Green Holidays La Reserva Forest Foundation has a wonderful radio show where they celebrate all things Caribbean, but also have special segments called: Climate Change - We Can Solve It , that airs live for 3 hours (9AM-12 noon Pacific). Broadcasting live from La Reserva Forest Foundation headquarters in Costa Rica, their motto: " Let's Get Planting ". Hosts : Roberta Smiley and and Daniel Wilson The first session of this series of interviews aired on Sunday, October 27th we talked about gif...

-- Quote of the Day --  “It is the man who carefully advances step by step with his mind becoming wider and wider – and progressively better able to grasp any theme or situation – persevering in what he knows to be practical, and concentrating his thought upon it, who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree.”  ~ Alexander Bell -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio --  * Airs live @ 10-11 AM (Pacifc)  - all episodes are archived indefinitely within moments after they air live, and are available for you to listen to later on at any time of day.   Sign up via itunes for the Conscious Discussions Radio show: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id262138144   Today's guest was a no-show, however I was able to continue the discussion on green transportation - how you can save ...

 -- Positive News -- *source: http://www.unep.org/ccac/Media/LaunchofSolidWastePartnership/tabid/102246/Default.aspx The Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), the Clinton Climate Initiative/C-40, the World Bank , and the Global Methane Initiative are launching a groundbreaking partnership to reduce methane and black carbon pollutants from municipal solid waste.  U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern had some comments on this new project: " This initiative encapsulates perfectly what we're trying to do with the newly launched Climate and Clean Air Coalition. Countries, cities, the World Bank, and civil society partnering together to make real-world, scaled-up reductions of 'short-lived climate pollutants,' which cause some 30% of current warming. With this solid waste initiative, we're making a big dent in the third-largest source of methane worldwide, and, at the same time, improving the health and environment of local commun...

-- Quote of the Day --  "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead... - his eyes are closed." ~ Albert Einstine --  Greener Farms -- Passion-fruit, a vining plant of the passion-flower family, has subtropical origins  and is becoming more popular as people with land realize the impact they can have on the environment. Passion fruit crops are grown vertically which produces green walls, producing fruit and seedlings. An additional benefit may come from using the leaves as a raw material. These green walls not only use less land to produce more food, with possible bio-fuel fodder as a waste product, but also create a living carbon sink that releases moisture into the surrounding air - cooling the temperatures down a bit. An additional benefit is because the vertical wall...