Brummet's Conscious Blog

Announcing the new  Home & Garden Playlist   This is the first video for the Home & Garden Playlist on the Brummet Media Channel ( Youtube) . This new playlist has been on our adjenda for some time, and will include a variety of gardening and home cooking topics, tips for saving energy and water around the home, and lots of beautiful image-laden videos for you to enjoy. In this first 2 min. video, we explain the mental and physical benefits that come from gardening.  ** We can garden anywhere, on roof tops, in hanging baskets and boxes attached to window sills, patio and yard fences, plant pots on the door step or under the eves of a building, or a little grow unit inside. **  ** We can garden where ever we are, creating positive change in many different ways. ** https://youtu.be/1ICJjrZrqSU ~~~ Discover the Brummet's Books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0845RLK1X Find Them Elsewhere Online via : https://taplink.cc/brummet https://linktr.ee...

Kudos !!  Miami's Underline group (Florida, USA) has witnessed the unused space in their city -  spaces underneath the raised platforms built for pedestrians, cyclists, trains and vehicle traffic - and came up with a plan. They have now started to create a linear park offering butterfly garden and native plantings and much more.  Transforming unused city space into a beautiful, wildlife habitat where people can cycle, walk, rest and play is definitely worth the investment for the benefit of birds, bees, butterflies and citizens for generations to come.  Learning from similar projects and attaining advice from High Line Network, Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, 11th street bridge park and Atlanta Beltline , Underline found the process eased by their support.  This is one more reminder that we do not have to take on projects alone. We can learn from those who have taken similar steps before. We can reach out and find networking partners, guides and mentors and a...

Recommended Resources Kudos to the large number of people gathering the waste found in the ocean, rivers, waterways, streets and landfills!!! Here’s a very inspiring video that shows people in the act of cleaning up the oceans - https://www.facebook.com/ScienceNaturePage/videos/1246922062106716/   The video was put out to celebrate the  40cean.com organization – check out their site when you get a chance! Their whole campaign rests on selling Made from recycled materials, every bracelet purchased funds the removal of 1 pound of trash from the ocean - and those funds are used to hire fisherfolk to harvest plastic instead of fish. In less than 2 years, 4Ocean has removed 522,280 pounds of trash from the ocean and coastlines. This nonprofit currently operates out of multiple countries and employs over 150 people worldwide. -- New York was planning to tear down the High Line, an abandoned elevated railroad in Manhattan, when Robert Hammond and...

Recommended Resources For those of you new to our blog... this series of posts recommends positive and conscious living, inspiring, educational resources that will get you motivated to continue creating a better world - right where you are, with whatever skills and resources you have.  Today we'll share 3 resources for gardeners, bee lovers and nature lovers in general! -- Wildsight.ca – This nonprofit organization works to " protect wildlife, water and wild places in Canada's Columbia and Rocky Mountain Regions ".  -- In this humerous and entertaining talk,  Noah Wilson-Rich explains how  bees flourish in urban environments -- and cities need their help, too - and suggests that urban beekeeping might play a role in revitalizing both a city and a species. https://www.ted.com/talks/noah_wilson_rich_every_city_needs_healthy_honey_bees -- This link will take ...

Recommended Resources: Today's recommended resources all evolve around the topic of "working with nature": https://soundcloud.com/user-193856180/earth-repair-radio-001-rhamis-kent    ...a great talk radio episode discussing the reversal of land degradation using permaculture ideals. -- http://www.ted.com/talks/alex_laskey_how_behavioral_science_can_lower_your_energy_bill ...an inspiring discussion presented by Alex Laskey on how a wierd quirk of human nature can be used to make us all better, wiser energy users - with lower energy bills. I like the concept of this talk very much and proves how positive reinforcement followed by peer pressure can definitely change the world, one individual at a time.   -- http://commonland.com/en      ...a fantastic resource for examples and tips on turning degraded land into thriving green spaces where communities can grow along with the economy.  ...