Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio -- Positive News today !  Positive News airs every 2-3 weeks, offering green living tips, quotes, inspiring news and technologies... Today we focus on the consumer, the trail user, and read excerpts from the Trash Talk book from the section on recycling and reusing a variety of metals.  *access the archived discussion at your convenience : http://www.blogtalkradio.com/consciousdiscussions/2012/03/11/positive-news Find Dave and Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, information about their radio program, newsletter, blog, and more at: www.brummet.ca * Support the Brummets by telling your friends, or visiting the Brummet's Store - every sale raises funds for charity as well!

--  Reasons Why You Should Build a Steel Frame Home -- Today's article came to us from Sachin of WebProfits.com.au ... and offers some benefits to steel frame construction: There are many benefits of having a steel frame home. You can easily build your own steel frame home as there are kit homes that come with a choice of either a timber or steel frames. By having a steel frame your finished home will still look exactly the same as a timber framed home, just with some added benefits. You can even make the usual improvements, like adding patios and a veranda. Strong and lightweight By having a steel frame work your kit home is both strong and lightweight. It will resist water and fire damage a lot better and the steel will also maintain its shape, unlike timber which can bow. Because of it's strength you don't have to have load baring walls, which means you can design your home to have rooms of any size or shape that you wish. By havi...

-- Sunday Gardening -- Have a chance to check out our last Sunday Gardening episode for the 2011 season yet? You don't want to miss the end-of-season advice on this episode ! Visit : http://www.blogtalkradio.com/consciousdiscussions/2011/10/02/sunday-gardening -- Conscious Living Event -- Oct 3-7 13th International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium Cagliari, Italy Info: www.SardiniaSymposium.it Many areas are also honoring Customer Service Week - which is a great time to re-evaluate the contact lists you might have, the clients you serve, and how their needs might have changed. Perhaps it is time to set up a little waiting area or offer some other perk to your valued customers.  -- Positive Eco-News -- Oct 1 st , residents of BC Canada can now take a wide array of small appliances in for recycling. This new recycling program, appropriately titled – Unplugged, is going to help us recycle valuable materials like aluminum and steel, plastics and gl...

-- Quote of the Day -- " It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult ." ~ Seneca -- Chatter -- The Brummet's Muse newsletter goes out this morning - sign up via the widget on the top right on this site if you'd like to receive a copy. This newsletter goes out every 2 weeks via email. Our Canadian Authors MySpace Blog was just updated: http://blog.myspace.com/canadianauthor -- Conscious Living Events -- April 16-17 China International Recycling Conference & Exhibition. New Century Grand Hotel - Hang Zhou, (China) Info: www.chinairc.org April 19- 25 Bauma 2010 Munich, Germany; New Munich Trade Info: www.bauma.de/en -- Steel Recycling -- Steel recycling rates have made the industry very eco-friendly with between 28 and 90 percent recycled content in today’s manufactured steel products. Steel holds the record for the highest recycling rate of all materials currently accepted in recycling waste man...