Brummet's Conscious Blog

National Recycling Week is coming up tomorrow, November 11th - this day was set aside in Australia to help promote curb-side, industrial and community recycling initiatives and to provide individuals with the tools to minimize waste. Throughout the week Australians can find farm and eco-tours, waste management facility tours, recycling information pop-up stands and reuse of items formally destined for the waste bin. Also watch for sustainability related lectures, treasure hunts, lectures and classes involving "up-cycling" or "re-purpose"- using material from "trash" items to create something new.  http://brummetmedia.ca/store.html There are far too many events in Australia to list on my blog but you can find a list of some of them here: https://recyclingnearyou.com.au/events/ This is a good time for all of us outside of Australia to consider our lifestyle habits. - Donating to, and shopping at, charity-driven thrift and gift shops is a won...

 -- Xmas Shopping --  I'm going to publish a series of articles here on this blog offering tips for you to consider over the holiday season and beyond, later in the new year for other gift giving occasions. Actually, I already started - with the article published on Nov. 17th . (Do check it out.) I rarely do blatant self promotion on this blog - instead I rely on the links in the side bars and at the bottom of each post. Yet it is a peak time of year for gift-giving and I do have to at least make a point of our products.  If you look to the upper portion of the left-hand side of this blog, you'll find a list of links under the heading : Find The Brummets   ...and there, we also have links to both the e-book and print versions of all 6 of our books.  I hope to have our new website (it will be http://BrummetMedia.ca )  up this weekend however in the meantime please do visit those links.  Below, I've placed a b...

-- Quote of the Day --  “The principal goal of education  is to create men who are capable of doing new things,  not simply of repeating what other generations have done.”     ~ Jean Piaget   -- Wanna Win a Copy of the 1st Book in the Trash Talk Series?? --  On Wednesday, January 9 @ 5 a.m. EST. the Best Seller Bound Recommends blog owner Darcia Helle is hosting a give-away of the 1st book in our Trash Talk series to one lucky winner. Details about her contest will be available today on her blog, but I understand that it will run from Jan 9 - Jan 23. Feel free to spread the word about this event.  She will also be publishing an article/interview today with me as her guest on the topic of green living. Please do check it out and feel free to leave a comment on her blog (or here on our blog), and if you like what you see there please do feel free to spread the word about it via social networking ...