Brummet's Conscious Blog

 -- Solar Water Heaters --  Today's article is written by Henry Wills who is passionate about solar water heaters, and like any technology or innovation - it's success is entirely dependent on the culture and location of each country. Here, he compares China and India. Personally, we have several friends who have solar water heaters with an electric backup system and they seem to be very enthusiastic about them. It is a well known fact that solar water heaters are immensely popular all over the world these days. In India too, they are popular but their popularity isn’t as much as in other countries of the world. Hence it can be said that there is a slow yet steady pickup of interest in the installation of solar water heaters among the Indian citizens but because of the lack of enthusiasm in investing in this kind of product there is a difference between the cost of solar water heaters in India and those in other countries of the world. In India individual o...

-- Quote of the Day -- "People often say that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,'  and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder.  This empowers us to find beauty in places  where others have not dared to look,  including inside ourselves."  ~ Salma Hayek  -- Conscious Celebrations -- Today is World Press Freedom Day and also World Laughter Day :) According to Wikipedia.org " The United Nations General Assembly declared 3 May to be World Press Freedom Day to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press... ". The focus for 2010's awareness holiday is Media Under Fire .  According to wan-press.org, the protection of journalists is vital: " A climate of intimidation, impunity and corruption has lead to journalists wearing bullet-proof vests and not putting their names to articles ." I had so little knowledge of World Laughter Day , and did some research onlin...