Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Prize Draw Reminder ! -- Email Lillian at: ldbrummet @ yahoo . com * Remove the spaces before sending * ...with the word "prize" in the subject line for a chance to win one (or more) of these prizes: Melissa Van Rossum's nonfiction books: All You've Ever Known -&- Their Way Home ...& Dawn Menge's children's book: Queen Vernita Visits the Blue Ice Mountains ...& a copy of Grooveyard's CD, Place in Time Find Dave & Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, information about their radio shows & free resources & articles at www.brummet.ca

-- Quote of the Day -- " All the joy the world contains comes through wishing happiness for others. All the misery the world contains comes through wanting pleasure for oneself. " ~ Shantideva, The Way of the Bodhisattva -- Brummet's Fund-raising Efforts -- Lillian and Dave Brummet are known for their volunteer work with school theater productions, art presentations, fund-raising events, participation in green initiatives and donations of thousands of books over the past 10 years to the following organizations: Grand Forks and West Boundary Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy - Women's Resource Center - Whispers of Hope Org . - Grand Forks Public Library - Community Futures Resource Center . When the Brummet's became published authors they decided to make sure that some of the proceeds were given to charity. While there are so many worthy causes the Brummet's would love to play a role in - realistically they must limit their efforts to only a few. But yo...

-- Quote of the Day -- "It’s very unfortunate that although everyone is said to have hidden talents, some hide them away for a whole lifetime. If we could do all the things we are capable of doing, we would probably astound ourselves." ~ Unknown -- New Interviews with Lillian Brummet - Today!! -- - Poetic Monthly Radio , hosted by Martin D. White, has invited Lillian to join in their July 30th broadcast airing at 3:30 PM (Pacific) to discuss the world of poetry and her book, Towards Understanding . For more information visit: www.poeticmonthly.com This interview is archived and ready to listen to at your convenience. Incidentally, Lillian is a writer for the Poetic Monthly Magazine! Go to: www.poeticmonthly.com - July 30th: Yvonne Perry's blog features an informative interview with Lillian on her experiences in the release of the 2nd edition of Purple Snowflake Marketing . Visit this site at your convenience to find the interview that will be posted on July 30th at: ...

-- Quote of the Day -- A perfectionist is someone unable to enjoy music by Tchaikovsky without being able to spell his name. - unknown -- Growing Green Kids! -- The Internet is a wonderful place and a powerful tool for today’s society to teach children about the environment. Please feel free to check out the recommended sites for teachers, parents or caregivers of today’s youth. http://www.earth2kids.org http://www.earthforce.org http://www.nrcanrncan.gc.ca/kids http://www.edugreen.teri.res.in http://www.planetpals.com http://www.nwf.org/kids http://www..nwf.org/earthsavers http://www.epa.gov/kids http://www.greenscreen.org http://www.kidlink.org http://www.kidsforsavingearth.org http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity http://www.inspectorgreen.com http://epa.gov/epaoswer/education/index.htm http://epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/k00-001.pdf http://www.wattsnew.com http://epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/index.htm http://www.howstuffworks.com/landfill – an educational site on how landfills operate. In schoo...

-- Fantastic Resources -- Today's recommended resources come from author Robert Williamson, founder of the Greenhouse Neutral Foundation. www.greeneducationnetwork.com http://lettersfrom2030.blogspot.com www.greenhouseneutral.net (Australia) www.greenhouseneutral.org (US) www.Sealthedeal2009.org www.350.org Check out Robert's book: Zero Greenhouse Emissions ... ebook @ www.elequentbooks.com & hardcover @: www.strategicbookpublishing.com Find Dave & Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, information about their radio shows & free resources & articles at www.brummet.ca

-- Conscious Discussions Radio -- Today's featured guest: Founder and CEO of Greenhouse Neutral Foundation – Mr. Robert Williamson. Bob and his family’s environmental activities over the last decade has brought them recognition and awards from a number of environmental, business and science organizations. Today we are going to speak about his non-fiction book, Zero Greenhouse Emissions, and the foundation’s important work to broaden understanding through environmental education of our collective actions. We’ll also discuss some of the incredible people and supporters of the Greenhouse Neutral Foundation. Find today's guest at: www.greenhouseneutral.net To access today's interview (airs live at 10 AM - archived thereafter: click here - Conscious Discussions radio -- Prize draw ! -- Email me at: ldbrummet@yahoo.com with the word "prize" in the subject line for a chance to win one (or more) of these prizes: Melissa Van Rossum's nonfiction books: All You've...

-- Quote of the Day -- “ …Forgiveness is something that you do for yourself. …Sometimes we think that in forgiving a person we are giving them power. But it is actually the other way around; you are giving your power away if you never forgive. …You need to take your power back and forgive it and that is the only way you are going to move past it. …It is simply saying ‘I don’t need this anymore, I am bigger than this and I want to take my power back and not have this person taking space in my head.’ …If you don’t – you are going to be the one that is hurting… You will not be the happy empowered, beautiful soul you were meant to be, but it will make you physically sick to. …It takes a very long time to heal deep wounds, and that is ok – but at some point there needs to be forgiveness .” ~ Sandee Sgarlata - July 9, 2009 Today's quote originated from the Inner Peace thru Forgiveness interview that aired on the July 9th broadcast on Conscious Discussions talk radio show. It was a rea...