Brummet's Conscious Blog

Recommended Resources ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES TO DO AT HOME! Use this time of reduced activity to organize activities at home, alone or with your family! Let your creativity run wild as you come up with ways to take action for the environment from home. Then use #EarthDayAtHome to show us what you’ve been doing! Via EarthDay.ca -- Check out EarthRoots.org when you can, this grass roots environmental organization is dedicated to protecting Ontario (Canada) wilderness and water sheds via research, education and hands-on action.  --  Earth Stop One Foundation is a bird rescue sanctuary based in Calgary (AB, Canada) where they rehabilitate companion birds and run education programs. visit: EarthStopOneFoundation.com   ~~ Visit the Brummet's @:  http://BrummetMedia.ca ~~

Recommended Resources For Calgary (AB, Canada) residents mainly, this site offers ways to volunteer and live more sustainably within the city. However, you'll also find quite a few kid-friendly resources and great information anyone can use around the office or home.    https://www.greencalgary.org/   Have kids? Here's a great link from the website just for them:  https://www.greencalgary.org/green-kids/online-activities Youth may also enjoy the  Earth Challenge Project designed to empower children to be responsible stewards of the earth via active, thoughtful participation. ~~ Visit the Brummet's @:  http://BrummetMedia.ca ~~

Recommended Resources  Today we are sharing a few nature-related resources with you...   Activities and Ideas for 'cooped-up' people : Find  lots of free bird information, games, and activities (including K-8 educational resources ) to help you enjoy birds. Check out this short film about the incredible but endangered Helmeted Hornbill won at the International Wildlife Film Festival . Win a free Bird Academy course: In May, every eligible eBird checklist that you submit gives you a chance to win free access to our Joy of Birdwatching course . ~~ Visit the Brummet's @:  http://BrummetMedia.ca ~~

-- Feeling Restless? --  You may have seen the April 16th blog post re: using our time more proactively and positively during this crisis, or any life crisis really. Once you've browsed those great tips (see link above), here are some more: - Go through your business and also personal contact lists. Every business card, every person in your email, etc that you have some real connection with. Now is the perfect time to reach out to each of them with a little note of kindness, check in to see how they are, touch base to renew the relationship, offer some resource or set up networking opportunities for the future. Let individuals and businesses know what they have meant to you, how knowing them has benefited you, how you admire or are inspired by something they have done and offer some kind comment that may boost their mood.  - Perhaps creating custom song lists for your favourite connections is something you are into.  - Consider leaving gifts at a neighbour's ...

You may have seen that I have been posting helpful tips on Facebook for filling the time we now have on our hands productively and proactively. You'll see all kinds of interesting posts on my timeline, but book for March 18  and 24th when I encourage people to pick up a book, March 19 when I encourage people to clean their environments thoroughly... March 21st offers a fun craft idea and both the the 22nd  and 23rd offer fun, educational websites for kids. March 23rd and  March 27 offered fun hand shadow puppet information.  I shared links to find tours, gardening videos, and literacy and learning resources here  and here  and here . Now is a great time to start getting organized too. I started with organizing my computer... going through each folder and deleting old and unnecessary data and organizing the rest. I put all the photos I had in 2 giant folders and have already deleted the obviously poor quality and duplicates. I sorted out a few cate...