Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Interview -- I am thrilled to let you know that I will be interviewed this evening on the Speaking of Everything show with Jeff Bushman (professional blogger, radio host and author) - Date: Thursday, Oct 29 Time: 8:20-9 PM (Pacific) * show will be archived for those who can't make the live episode. Location: http://blogtalkradio.com/Jeff-Bushman -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio -- Today's guest on Conscious Discussions Talk Radio is Myra Lewin. She has over 30 years experience in nutrition, holistic treatments and energy management and is the author of Freedom in Your Relationship with Food: An Everyday Guide . She owns a therapy center called – Maui Yoga and Ayurveda – based in Hawaii, USA, where she has assisted many people towards a healthier, more fulfilled life. Part 1 of the Wholesome Relationship with Food discussion featuring Myra aired on Sept 8/2009. Part 2 airs today at 10 AM (Pacific) and will be archived for those of you who are unable to join us live. B...

-- Eco Sky Roof -- Source: www.japanfs.org The Seven Ryoju Estate Group Companies, including Ryoju Estate Co. of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries group, recently announced that they have developed a rooftop unit called the "Eco Sky Roof," which combines photovoltaic generation and solar heat recovery, in cooperation with OM Solar Co., and will start selling it from the middle of October 2009. The product combines a tandem solar panel and solar system, which secures an air-flow path between the solar panel and the roof surface. Using the flow air, it recovers heat from the solar panel side, generating electricity and hot air. By recovering the heat, it can then be used for household heating and hot water supply. The rise of temperature at the back of the solar panel is limited, and generating efficiency is likely to be reduced very little. Considering that the use of solar heat at the installation space for the solar energy generation unit, which has an output of three kilowatts, t...

-- Quote of the Day -- " Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people " ~ Eleanor Roosevelt -- Conscious Discussions Radio -- Michelle Atha was our featured guest of the day. She holds two graduate degrees in education and has 13 years experience teaching in public schools within the US. In our discussion we learned about the power that comes from friendship and from giving time or energy to worthy causes. Check out the Volunteering & Friendship show by clicking on the hyper-link here or look to the right for recent episodes of the Conscious Discussions Talk Radio show. Find Dave & Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, information about their radio shows & free resources & articles at www.brummet.ca

-- Quote of the Day -- “…Fostering is a wonderful thing to do, I highly encourage it to anyone who has time or patience. …Generally the organization you are fostering for will pay for medical costs but food and toys and whatever else the dog (or cat) might need will be up to you. …Fostering is a huge help to shelters, and there are different organizations one can foster for. …Knowing the general breed characteristics is helpful, but if you are a person that doesn’t care what breed you foster a local shelter is a good idea. And each organization will have training programs too.” ~ Kyla Duffy Oct 1, 2009 Today's qoute was chosen to help highlight today's featured guest on Authors Read and the concept of adopting, rescueing and fostering animals. This quote was taken from a Conscious Discussions Talk Radio interview with Kyla Duffy that aired on Oct 1, 2009 - on the The Happy Tails Animal Rescue show. Check out the archived interview by clicking on the hyper-links above, or loo...

-- Conscious Celebrations -- Today is a busy one for most of us because of the incredible conscious celebrations happening across the globe. During Make A Difference Day we can look at some of the older posts I've done recently on homeless, peace and poverty, or perhaps the challenge I put forth to our blog readers earlier this week. According to the USA Weekend site (www.usaweekend.com) " Make a Difference Day is the most emcompasing national day of helping others --A celebration of neighbors helping neighbors ." Being Saturday we might be able to find a few precious moments to go through a closet, a cupboard or perhaps a couple storage boxes to see what we have stored away that others could benefit from today. If you don't have the time for deliveries consider hiring a local delivery, haul-it, or handy-man company to take the load of materials to the designated sites. Consider missions for the poor, churches that offer thrift shops or meals, women's support cen...

-- Quote of the Day -- Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. ~ Confucius -- Interview News -- I am excited to announce that Part 2 of our interview with Conversations with Writers owner, Ambrose Musiyiwa, is now published on his blog. Check it out by clicking on the hyperlinks above or visiting: http://conversationswithwriters.blogspot.com Part 1 is an interview with Dave; Part 2 features questions fielded by me (Lillian) - I hope you enjoy both! :) Find Dave & Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, information about their radio shows & free resources & articles at www.brummet.ca

-- Quote of the Day -- “…Well I was diagnosed with prostrate cancer 7 years ago and following the surgery; I realized that this would be something I would be living with forever – this is an indeterminate prognosis and you never know when the treatment you are undergoing will no longer work. And for a while I got into a tremendous funk and just didn’t know how to get out of it. So one day I went to a party and met someone with had a partner in hospice care who had a stroke and had difficulty speaking. …I felt compelled to go – I was surprised to find that it was a happy environment, people were happy! – And there were 27 people there dying, but there was something going on there, it was just so uplifting. As I sat with the partner consulting him on what the staff can do, I saw these people walking from bed to bed; they weren’t wearing uniforms, just street clothes. And they had this incredible look of peace on their faces. I asked who those people were and they said that they were volu...