Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Announcements -- Dave & Lillian's book Purple Snowflake Marketing was featured on Holly's Great Authors page: http://hollydfarlee.webs.com/greatauthors.htm *This book will be released in a revised, updated 2nd edition in the very near future. -- Eco & Conscious Living Events -- Today, June 2nd, is Clean Air Day & Hunger Awareness Day (Canada). Incidentally all week long, June 2-8, we'll be celebrating Bike to Work Week . In our small city we are fully aware of the limitations for cycling. Few safe lanes for cyclists, narrow side streets... busy highway and long open sections of road ways with no shade from summer heat. However, the city staff has greatly improved many of the bike friendly parks and the Trans Canada Trail (made on the former railway track beds) also runs through the city and has been greatly improved as well. Tree planting is encouraged every spring in the daily newspaper's gardening segment and many community groups have done planting...

-- Canadian Environment Week & Bicycle Month !!! -- June is officially Bicycle Month , a great time to take the family bicycles in to your local repair shop for tuning and repairs to make the outdoor experience more enjoyable. Alternatively look for a youth group, high school or college that has bicycle repair classes - these alternatives may provide a more budget friendly alternative for today's economic climate. All week long here in Canada, from June 1st through to June 7th, we celebrate Canadian Environment Week . In honor of this I wanted to share some inspiring community actions that have happened in the last year here locally. Several times over the last year Dave and I have witnessed groups of youth walking around the streets in the downtown area armed with bags and cleaning up as they went. We could all learn from this selfless act. Did you know that wind and traffic-caused breezes carry waste from inland to waterways (creeks, rivers, oceans, bogs, etc)? Astoundingly,...

-- Quote of the Day -- "Worms are the missing link that makes sustainable agriculture a reality". ~ Sherrel Hall of the Vermiculture Firm, Environmental Recycling Systems - Alpine, CA -- Conscious Discussions Radio -- Today's Sunday Gardening segment of Conscious Discussions radio focused on the importance of keeping organics out of landfills, building healthy soil, vermiculture and humus, increasing micro/macro biological life & more - Click on the hyper-linked show title here or look to the right to find the Conscious Discussions -- Prize Draw !! -- This week's prize draw (June 1-7) is for a copy of Alice Shapiro's book of poetry: Cracked: Timeless Topics of Nature, Courage and Endurance - 2 packages of science-fiction posters signed by author, Richard Risch (Beyond Mars-Crimson Fleet). Email: LDBRUMMET@YAHOO.COM with “prize” in the subject line for a chance to win. Deadline: Sunday morning - June 7th. Find Dave & Lillian Brummet, excerpts from thei...

-- Quote of the Day -- “ The patient has to realize that they are going through an emotional and physical challenge, they’ve got to be more patient with themselves and accept what’s happened. …With that they have to understand that some of the medications are affecting the way they think, they way they sleep, the way they feel. …To be aware of what is going on and be in good communications with the team of specialists. …Progress can be made in baby steps at a time. It is not always the big gains – it is the little things that we do every day to enhance our success and achievements. …Lower your stress, and lower your expectations of other people. What is patience? It is the true understanding of the way things are, for now. …Allow time. …we have an immediate and urgent need, when we are in pain we want it to go away .” ~ Rosemarie Rossetti - April 14, ’09 Today's quote was taken from an interview with Rosmarie Rossetti on the Conscious Discussions talk radio show focusing on the t...

-- Conscious Discussions -- CJ Scarlet, appeared on our radio show on Dec 4, 2008 to discuss her Kindness Cure Campaign and the Healing Tree Foundation. Today, we continued this earlier conversation on A Legacy of Global Kindness - to hear about the progress of the campaign and how individuals can create personalized stimulus packages and regain control over their lives. We’ll also talk about her new book Neptune’s Gift and her experiences in the world of writing. To access today's interview simply click on the hyperlinks here or look to the right for the Conscious Discussions talk radio show. -- Announcements -- * The June issue of the Brummet's Monthly newsletter goes out today! We have over 500 opt-in subscribers and are always interested in hearing from new subscribers. Simply visit our site, click on " contact " and let me know you'd like to receive the newsletter - it is as simple as that :) * New contest begins on Monday (June 1st!) Find Dave & Lil...

-- Eco-Event -- Recycling Council of BC Zero Waste Conference Location: Fairmont Chateau Whistler Resort, Whistler, BC - Canada Info: www.rcbc.bc.ca -- Spring into Lawn Mowing -- Ahh. Spring arrives with the beautiful twittering of birds preparing their nests for the unborn. What - can't hear them? The low rumble of lawn mowers not only drowns out natures' symphony, but also disturbs skittish wildlife and sleepy neighbors. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, some older gas-powered lawn mowers produce in one hour as much air pollution as a new car does in eleven hours. Lawn mowers newer than 1996 have to comply to new exhaust emission standards, which is a fantastic place to begin. However, these standards are not yet satisfying for the health of the world. Gasoline-powered mowers produce a cut that results in greater water loss and increased disease problems in lawns. Although many are now made with four-stroke engines (much less polluting than two-stroke engines)...

-- Quote of the Day -- “… I always tell people that, you know, we get these glimpses of magic and wonder and wonderfulness and it is really important to keep them alive and take them with us. …Whenever I went anywhere I didn’t want to just visit, I wanted to get involved. …Leave no Trace is a passion of mine, when our family goes out our goal is to find a bag we can use to clean up the trail and fill it up. We can also ask the ranger if there is anything we can do in the office or something that we could do to help. …Leave no Trace behind should be our standard wherever we are, whatever we are doing. …It is amazing you can volunteer for an hour, a day, a week - whatever you can do .” ~ Sheryl Kayne - April 28, ’09 Today's quote of the day comes from an interview with Sheryl Kayne on the Conscious Discussions talk radio show that aired on April 28, 2009 - in which we discussed Eco-vacations & Clean, Green Spaces Check out the archive when you have time :) -- Announcement -- We...