Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Quote of the Day --  “The populist authoritarianism that is the downside of political correctness means that anyone, sometimes it seems like everyone, can proclaim their grief and have it acknowledged.   The victim culture, every sufferer grasping for their own Holocaust, ensures that anyone who feels offended can call for moderation, for dilution, and in the end, as is all too often the case, for censorship.   And censorship, that by-product of fear - stemming as it does not from some positive agenda, but from the desire to escape our own terrors and superstitions by imposing them on others - must surely be resisted.”   ~ Jonathon Green, "Did You Say 'Offensive?' Find Dave and Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, their radio program, blog, and more at: http://brummet.ca * Support the Brummets by telling your friends, clicking those social networking buttons, or visiting the Brummet'...

 -- Quote of the Day --  “Dealing with people is probably the biggest problem you face, especially if you are in business. Yes, and that is also true if you are a housewife, architect or engineer." ~ Dale Carnegie -- Marketing Communication Tips --  * Today's article was written by: Patrick Smyth -  author, speaker, trainer, business coach, and principal at Enchanted Forest Press ( http://www.enchantedforestpress.com ), a boutique publisher providing complete custom publishing services to authors from concept to marketing. Choosing the right words, in the right order, when writing a book is a challenge. Choosing the right words when writing about your book for marketing and promotions purposes can be equally challenging. Think about all of the different web sites, flyers, email newsletters, social media sites, web sites, and more where potential customers may read about your book. The style and con...

    Let’s start with some food waste numbers… As a society we waste 40% of the food produced on average. Households are estimated to be responsible for about 15% of that. While food waste is a valuable resource, sadly 90% of US food waste is landfilled. …now remember that those numbers are an average over all the foods produced. Before food reaches us there is a whole lot of stuff that goes on. Think about the land used, soil consumed or depleted, water and energy (including fossil fuels to run tractors etc.) all just to get the product harvested. Upon harvesting up 20-70% of the crop is wasted. Yep wasted. Why? Because consumers are expecting a pepper to look just so and that requires certain standards that have to be met. OK so here the product is harvested and then it is shipped to a warehouse where it is sorted and packaged and sent to various distribution outlets or direct to large processors (like soup or jam or juice companies). At the...

 -- Quote of the Day --  "Charisma is not so much getting people to like you as getting people to like themselves when you're around." ~ Robert Brault  -- Positive News --  Kudos to 3 amazing cities within the US (Asheville, NC, Talent, OR, and Carrboro, NC ) who have  joined a program known as " Bee City, USA " http://ejus.tc/1t63f9Q To join this program, communities must create and instigate policies that help protect and restore bee colonies . Some of these policies might include promoting native bee-friendly plants to create habitat and food for them. Other policies might look at encouraging eco-friendly farming, organic gardens, creation of green space and installing specially designed gardens in public spaces from parks to school yards.  Creating these spaces is not enough - there must be education as well. Therefore cities will need to pla...

 * Today's article was written by Krystal William... What comes to mind at the word 'habitat'? Most people's answer will be something in relation to animals, such as polar bears struggling with global warming or the rare birds of the Galapagos, whose natural habitat has been reduced or altered by human activity. What gets sidelined in such associations is the fact that humans need a place to live, too-and human habitat is a burning issue throughout the world today, from the most industrialized to the developing countries and everywhere in-between. The recognition of a need to assist fellow humans in getting a roof over their heads has no greater advocate than the world-renowned organization Habitat for Humanity. What does Habitat for Humanity do? Habitat for Humanity International was founded in 1976 and now has branches in some 70 countries and all the states of the United States. Since its work started, the organization has collectively...

-- Poetry --  Yep - time for poetry. As my blog readers are likely aware, I like to share poetry occasionally here... and it is time for another installment :)   Living Disease There are too many children Walking the dirty streets; Too many children With this living disease. Where are the heroes?  They've succumbed to cement. Where are the parents? They're trying to pay the rent. When TV's babysit And computers consume the rest... Glued to cells and berries and pods, And one more list to do. This use of knowledge  Is dumbing down our world. A lack of life skills Leaves minds in a whirl. Compliance to violence; Shaking hands admit defeat. Why don't we stand up To this living disease? * Excerpted from the Brummet's latest book: Rhythm and Rhyme http://brummet.ca/store.html   Find Dave and Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, their radio program, blog, and more at: http://brummet.ca ...

At the risk of self promotion today,  I'd like to just mention that Dave and I do have 6 wonderful, economically priced, ethically produced non-fiction books that I hope you will consider for your gift-giving shopping list. Remember too that not only are you helping to support this free blog, but you are also helping us raise funds for charity - since 10% of everything we earn from the Brummet Media Group business goes to charity.    I'll place the small icon images of our books below but you can find a full list of details here: http://brummet.ca/store.html  * Note: all books are available in e-book formats as well. Looking for other gift giving ideas?  ... book 2 of the Trash Talk series offers a list of eco-friendly conscious proactive living gift ideas that have a positive impact on the enviornment.  Thank you!!! Thank you!!!