Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Quote of the Day  --  “…When we first walked into the rescue center it was just surreal, because there were nearly 19,000 oiled penguins in this massive warehouse that had been set up as a temporary animal hospital in only 3 days time. …The volunteers that came were from every walk of life and everybody was so earnest, so eager to do what they could to help. …We had the largest animal rescue ever taken and the highest success rate – a wonderful tribute to the 12,500 volunteers that showed up to save them. …There are tens of thousands of ships – many of them from WW2 – lying on the bottom of the ocean, and there are recreational and fishing vessels. And what happens is there is oil and fuel in these ships and some of this is released during the sinking, but over time as corrosion takes its toll and metal begins to break down this oil is released. And so these mystery oil spills have an impact on the environment as well.”  ~ Dyan DeN...

 * We hope you enjoy today's submitted article by Wayne Thompson: Can Businesses Save The Environment? By Wayne S Thompson Environmental issues cover an entire range of problems. Climate change, pollution, land degradation and ozone depletion all add up to the weakening of the natural world. The industrial revolution and the ever evolving modern globe have resulted in an uptake in the use of electricity. We use it every day and it would be difficult to live without it. Most of our daily needs and essentials require some form of energy to function. I would defy anyone to try and live without electricity for one day without struggling. It just goes to show that electricity is a necessity and whether we choose to like it or not we have to use it in one way or another. In today's society almost everything is powered by electricity and fuel. Homes, cars and businesses all need some sort of energy to keep going. But what impact is this having on the...

-- Conscious Living Event -- Date: June 21, 2012 Event: Organic Magic with Worms at The Big Carrot   Location: The Big Carrot - 348 Danforth Ave. (room 212) Toronto, ON (Canada) Info : A fun and entertaining evening featuring Cathy of Cathy's Crawly Composters . Learn all about worms and vermicomposting - a viable solution for your organic waste. -- Dave and I entered a photo of Skyla, our Shephard-Malamute cross, in Second Acts' fundraiser for rescued animals. This photo contest is a lot of fun and I hope you'll either enter your own pet photo or vote for one of the photos people have submitted. The one we submitted was taken a couple years ago when Skyla was a puppy-teenager - she had just woken up and was about to yawn. That's why she looks like a drunk - lol - it's a funny image that we thought others might enjoy. Check it out at: Info: http://www.secondactsfoundation.org/id20.html      -- Conscious Discussions Talk Ra...

-- Blog Hop Contest -- Check out the Midsummer's eve giveaway hop contest we are participating in - along with hundreds of other blogs - between June 20th and June 26th!   * This contest is hosted by http://iamareadernotawriter.blogspot.ca For this contest we will be offering a copy of our e-book : Towards Understanding... Available in the following ebook formats: HTML, JavaScript, Kindle (mobipocket), Epub, PDF, RTF, LRF, Palm Doc (PDB), and Plain Text.   Towards Understanding 3 rd edition 2012 info: http://www.brummet.ca/brummetStore/TowardsUnderstanding.html E-book List Price: $3.99 (US) ISBN: 9781476309682 (Epub) Words : 20,356 Publisher's Link : https://www.smashwords.com/isbn/978-1-476-30968-2 Print List Price: $8.99 (US) ISBN-13 : 978-1475221701 ISBN-10 : 1475221703 Page Count : 152 Binding Type : US Trade Paper Trim Size : 6" x 9" Publisher's Link : ht...

-- Quote of the Day --  “Imagination is more important than knowledge. If we all did the things that we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”  ~ Thomas Edison  -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio --   Sign up via itunes for the Conscious Discussions Radio show: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id262138144   Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be known for your disability rather than your ability? Victoria Marin joins us today – an Occupational Therapist, mother of 5 children, and author based in New Jersey, USA – who is here to talk about the challenges her Autistic son faced as a young boy. She wrote a wonderfully moving book telling based on some of these experiences titled Aiden’s Waltz , which we’ll learn about in this interview as well.  In her career, Victoria once held a position in the Metropolitan Occupational Therapy Education Council and was a member of the Dominican Co...

  Environment Volunteering Services By John Milly One of the best ways to create awareness for environment restoration is to go for environment volunteering. For someone, the services are aesthetics based while for others it is related to philosophical approaches. Individuals who value nature and environment take help of environment volunteering services. As far as benefits are concerned, a long list of benefits can be expected from the services which you'll come to know through this article. Check out the points below: Being outdoors To continue in engagement, the first benefit of the services is being outdoors. Individuals get chance to volunteer in very scenic countryside, urban areas and various other under-development regions. Through this, they get knowledge about specific sites through their voluntary activities. Other than sites, one also gets benefited in terms of understanding the culture, tradition, language, lifestyle and food fol...

-- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio Show --  Sign up via itunes for the Conscious Discussions Radio show: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id262138144   Sunday Gardening episodes have been airing since 2008 – and this is our way of sharing information about bio-dynamic, sustainable, organic gardening and landscaping using square foot, inter-planting and succession crop methods. This includes perma-culture and layering in landscaping practices. We always welcome questions from gardeners around the world – if you are having problems or questions pertaining to the topic of the day simply call in or drop in the live chat room. If your question is outside of the topic of the day, just send your question our way via ldbrummet(at)yahoo(dot)com and we will make sure to cover it in an upcoming segment.  Visit us at: www.brummet.ca  Today we'll cover information on how to bring houseplants outside, how to take softwood cuttings and common chore...