Brummet's Conscious Blog

Pollinators With the recent fire epidemic in the US a lot of smoke was produced for everyone. You may have been in one of the communities affected where air quality warnings were issued. Perhaps you had to shut your windows because the smell bothered you, or it was bad enough to avoid being outside at all. If you were in the epicentre you probably had breathing gear on.  Have you ever stopped to wonder what happens to bees and other wildlife? They are my first thought. The innocents. The animals, the precious flora and fauna, the delicate butterflies, the eggs in nests, the young ones, the ones that can't run or fly away.... Tragic. Just tragic . Not to mention the forests themselves. The diversity. The environmental impacts to come.  Thankfully there are thousands of organizations out there that work for pollinators, bee and butterfly organizations, bird and wildlife rehabilitation centres, tree planting and native seed supply organizations. Numerous organizations also suppor...

-- Recommended Resources --  Yep - time for a set of 3 recommended resources for you to check out when you get a chance. Feel free to share those resources (or the link to it on this blog). Today's theme evolves around "nature". -- Forest ecologist Paul Hessburg confronts some tough truths about wildfires and details how we can help restore the natural balance of the landscape. https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_hessburg_why_wildfires_have_gotten_worse_and_what_we_can_do_about_it -- Gary Greenberg shows the thrilling details of the micro world revealed though beautiful imagery. https://www.ted.com/talks/gary_greenberg_the_beautiful_nano_details_of_our_world -- Science writer Richard Preston talks about some of the most enormous living beings on the planet, the giant trees of the US Pacific Northwest. https://www.ted.com/talks/richard_preston_on_the_giant_trees --  ~~ Visit the Brummet's @:  http://BrummetMedia.ca ...

Water conservation ... I thought it would be interesting to start a discussion on what people are doing to conserve water at home or at work. I posted the following on a local FaceBook group for our valley and had some great responses from people offering tips on what they do... I won't share names for privacy issues nor quote from them, but I will share their tips. I would like to encourage our readers to also share what they are doing here via the comment section and to also share this post online so that more people will be inspired to conserve this precious resource. So here is what I posted originally: I've been keeping a bowl handy for when doing everyday sink activities from washing hands to rinsing veggies - taking that water and dumping over the deck or front door on plants & or lawn, depending on where I "watered" last and what needs it most. I do the same thing with a bucket, for when I've washed floors or something... of cour se I ...