Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Quote of the Day --   " The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us .”   ~ Voltaire -- Lillian's Referral Corner -- Check out these wonderful non-profit organizations via the sites listed below. If you can, perhaps you would like to send them a message of support - perhaps you might be able to share their information with your friends on social networking sites. Their work is definitely important, and we appreciate what they do. Vasavy Mahila Mandali (VMM) established forty years ago with Gandhian ideology as a not for profit secular voluntary organization is working in the rural as well as urban areas of Andhra Pradesh. VMM works with a vision to promote comprehensive social, economic and political development for women, children and youth in vulnerable situations, there by empowering communities in A.P to improve their quality of life, and build a better civil society in India. www.vasavya.com   On...

-- Quote of the Day -- “ In 2005, Americans used and discarded 14.4 billion disposable paper cups for hot beverages. If put end-to-end, those cups would circle the earth 55 times. Based on anticipated growth of specialty coffees, that number will grow to 23 billion by 2010—enough to circle the globe 88 times. Based on hot cup usage in 2005, the petrochemicals used in the manufacture of those cups could have heated 8,300 homes for one year .” http://www.metaefficient.com/bioplastics/innovation-biodegradeable-coffee-cups.html -- Conscious Celebrations -- April is an incredibly busy, and exciting month - so many proactive actions happening across the globe... We've done our best so far to celebrate activities and celebrations for April; Poetry Month , Library Month , Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month , Prevention of Child Abuse Month, Autism Awareness Month ... and we'll continue to offer great tips, interviews and resources for these celebrations all month long on our blog...