Brummet's Conscious Blog

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...

-- Quote of the Day --  “ And then the day came  when the risk to remain tight in a bud  was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ”    ~ Anais Nin -- Green Walls -- *from Japan for Sustainability News japanfs.org Yet another example of green curtains making a difference on the environment.  Green curtains are usually a vertical or angled garden of climbing plants – Chiba City in Japan – built a large 50 meter long 4 meter high wall outside the first floor windows on their government building using 5 different plants… reducing the interior temperature by 7˚ C.   These green walls not only provide a natural ambiance, and offer the potential for growing food for the needy and flowers or habitat for wildlife, they also help mitigate heat island phenomenon, while saving energy used for cooling buildings in the summer. Find Dave and Lillian Brummet...