Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Quote of the Day --    "The tulip and the butterfly Appear in gayer coats than I: Let me be dressed fine as I will, Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still." ~ Isaac Watts  Ah the joy of viewing nature. One of the things about gardening that keeps me going is simply watching things grow. Plants constantly amaze me with starting out as one little brown hard lumpy seed, to producing an amazing array of colors, leaves, heights, textures, flowers - each providing the earth with a service: each feeding and nurturing other life, each giving back even at the end of their lives to help improve the quality of the soil.  I love watching the different colored insects that come along throughout different times of the day - and birds too. Butterflies of different sizes, amazing color displays... iridescent bees and so on. I often discover a life form I haven't heard of or seen before and that sends me running to the book shelf ...

-- Quote of the Day -- “ I believe the greatest gift you can give to your family – whether it’s your family at home or your work family – is your time. Not just to have the time, but “real “time. What I mean is that you’ve got to be present and in the moment… one of the definitions of “being” is “conscious existence”. We need to be consciously awake, alive and present when we are spending time with our loved ones ” ~ Randy Cohen’s book: Ticket to the Limit -- Conscious Celebrations -- Candle Night Summer & Winter Solstices 2009 Turn off the lights, take it slow. December 22, 2009 8:00p.m.-10:00p.m. http://www.candle-night.org/en/ Today, the 22nd of December, is officially the – First Day of Winter with Christmas Eve just 2 days from now... how time flies. Dave and I wish you all a Warm & Relaxing Holiday Season! -- Conscious Discussions Radio -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio welcomes return guest Cathy Nesbitt to discover the fascinating role that worms play in manag...

-- Quote of the Day -- “ On average there is a death from hunger around the world every 3 seconds of every day. During the course of the World Hunger Strike campaign there will have been 1,756,800 people around the world that will have died of hunger .” ~ Bob Williamson ( founder and chairman of the Greenhouse Neutral Foundation ) -- Hunger & Poverty -- As you may already be aware, I've been sharing information, tips & resources on green & frugal living & calls to action in celebration of the homeless, poverty & peace awareness holidays being celebrated at this time of the year. In honor of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty events happening today I'd like to extend this topic just a little more to share a couple of interesting discussions I was a part of & some events that are happening this weekend. Interestingly, I was listening to a radio show last night ( www.blogtalkradio.com/aprilsims ) which was having a discussion on homeless...

-- Eco-Event -- I was sent the following information through the Zero Waste San Diego group, of which I am a member: The City of Encinitas (California, USA) has partnered with the Solana Center for Environmental Innovation in giving away one free reusable bag per household (must be Encinitas resident). Support the cause by using only reusable bags on Dec 18th at the locations listed below: www.cityofencinitas.org/nobagday Giveaway locations: Encinitas City Hall 505 Vulcan Avenue 10am - 6pm Albertsons 134 N. El Camino Real Encinitas 4pm - 6pm Ralphs 125 N. El Camino Real Encinitas 4pm - 6pm Vons 262 N El Camino Real, Encinitas 4pm -6pm -- Quote of the Day -- “Solana Center has 2 main programs… I’m the manager of the composting program, but there is also a pollution prevention program. …For example that program will set up recycling programs for schools and multi family complexes …doing waste audits and then setting up the programs… and the education around that. That program also hosts ...