Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Referral Corner -- Its time for another bout of recommended resources for you to check out when you have time: Material Resource Center ( Materialresourcecenter.org )  This site offers links, info on resources for craft workshops, school art projects… involving reuse and repurpose of "waste" prior to sending to the recycling system. Learn how to save money and get creative in your life. Community Action Network ( www.can-online.org.uk ): This organization supports social enterprises and charities to scale up their businesses and maximize their social impact. Social enterprises reinvest profits back into the communities that they serve, creating a business solution to the problems they see. British Trust of Conservation Volunteers ( www.btcv.org.uk ): Operating now for 5 decades, offering a hands-on approach to conservation activities. Their aim is to create a more sustainable future by inspiring people and improving communities around the wor...

-- Celebrating Conscious Business -- I read some information recently about some very conscious business inovations, two companies highlighted today - who have collaborated to reduce waste. Over the past two years, Tim Hortons has been working with Scotia Recycling Limited to collect cups at all 156 traditional Tim Hortons restaurants across Nova Scotia and deliver them to Hantsport-based paper product manufacturer CKF Inc. Initially cups were blended with other waste papers and made into a variety of paper products, helping divert Tim Hortons cups from municipal landfills across the province. Now , Tim Hortons and CKF have established a process that converts the cups into take-out trays used at Tim Hortons restaurants and other products, effectively closing the loop on the company's hot beverage cup recycling process in Nova Scotia. The Cup-to-Tray program has the capacity to recycle 100 per cent of Tim Hortons' annual Nova Scotia cup inventory… more...

-- Quote of the Day -- "You must leave your excuses at the door. They don't belong in the house! Whatever you go through in life—whether it is your fault or not—own it, and move on. The victory is in the battle and the reward is after the battle."  ~ Chikota Webb Find Dave and Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, information about their radio program, newsletter, blog, and more at: www.brummet.ca * Support the Brummets by telling your friends, or visiting the Brummet's Store - every sale raises funds for charity as well!

-- Plastics --   In a an article published back in October via: Plastics News ( www.plasticsnews.com ), it was reported that Canada’s top five grocery chains have announced that they will require suppliers to shift to PET for clamshell thermoformed packaging in a move designed to simplify the product stream and increase recycling.    “ Right now, there are 5.8 billion pounds of [thermoformed] packaging going into landfills in North America each year. Our goal is to facilitate the recycling of that material ,” said Guy McGuffin, VP of sustainable packaging for Wal-Mart Canada.    “ The idea is to move away from materials that are not easily recycled and into materials that are more easily recycled. If we work together, we believe we can recover that 5.8 billion pounds, which would be a fantastic result .”   Pushing for PET and eliminating, as much as possible, “look-alike” plastics which complicate recovery (and discourage both ...

 -- Quote of the Day -- “It’s no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. – Well – what if I do? …Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart don’t know how to laugh either. ”  ~ Golda Meir     -- Positive Eco-News -- Join us today for another Positive Eco-news segment of the Conscious Discussions Talk Radio show... Today's episode offers laundry tips, resources and some inspiring quotes: Live at 10 AM Pacific - 11 AM Pacific, and we'll have the live chat room open for that time frame as well... or access the archived episode later on at your convenience:  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/consciousdiscussions/2011/11/15/positive-eco-news Find Dave and Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, information about their radio program, newsletter, blog, and more at: www.brummet.ca * Support the Brummets by telling your friends, or visiting the Brummet's Store - ever...

-- Quote of the Day --  “ We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee .”  ~ Marian Write Edelman Find Dave and Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, information about their radio program, newsletter, blog, and more at: www.brummet.ca * Support the Brummets by telling your friends, or visiting the Brummet's Store - every sale raises funds for charity as well!

-- Free of Limitations -- Today's post comes to via Petricia Verdes who sent us a couple of submissions for our blog on behalf of her client:  Author Ilie Cioara was an enlightened mystic who lived in Eastern Europe that penned 16 books describing the experience of meditation and enlightenment. In particular, the book – Silence of the Mind – offers a unique message on meditation and enlightenment. Ilie believes that by practicing the silence of the mind, through an all-encompassing attention, we discover and fulfill our innermost potential of becoming one with the divine spark that lies dormant within us. Silence of the Mind is the first volume in a series of his books that will be published by OBooks ( http://o-books.com ). Find out more via the blog ( http://thesilencebook.blogspot.com ) We hope you enjoy the following, by Ilie Cioara:   How can we free ourselves from the past and the future? It is all very simple! With a lucid, all-encompassing Atten...