Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Positive News --  I was listening to an inspiring talk about Al Gore’s optimism for our future. In this talk he enthusiastically shouts: “ We will beat this thing !” I was excited to learn these stats: Best projections in 2000, 16 years ago, was that wind energy would reach 30 GW by 2010, yet by 2015 that number was exceeded by a factor of 14.5 times. We see an exponential upward curve in wind installations, downward curve in costs. Energy storage technology advancements are increasing, while costs are decreasing. Countries like Germany and Scotland are leading the way in solar energy production, while China is restructuring itself for the upcoming population explosion by building high-tech, leading edge eco-communities. The best projections 14 years ago for solar was 1 GW per year by 2010, we are track to beat that by 68 times this year. We are seeing a revolutionary curve re: increase of installations across the globe. In the financial world, investm...

 -- 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...