Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Quote of the Day -- “Life is full of obstacle illusions.”  ~ Grant Frazier -- Recycling Cigarette Butts -- * Source: Recycling Product Newsletter: http://rpn.baumpub.com TerraCycle , a world leader in taking things that are not traditionally accepted in mainstream recycling programs – such as potato chip bags, food and beverage packaging and hospital waste, and recycling them into new products. They’ve recently gone one step further with the launch of a free program to collect and recycle cigarette waste in Canada.   The Cigarette Waste Brigade program will recycle cigarette butts, foil and plastic packaging to create reusable industrial pallets. Visit their site (below) to sign up for the program and be able to send boxes of cigarette litter to them.  This would be great for hotels, motels, park staff and environmental clean up crews as well. Programs like the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup would certainly benefit f...

-- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio show -- Sign up via itunes for the Conscious Discussions Radio show: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id262138144    Emily Breder is the Editor-in-Chief for The Content Studio , producing digital content for entrepreneurs and small biz. She is also a Zen practitioner and sits on several nonprofit boards and planning committees. Emily is here to share her experiences in the world of writing, volunteering, networking, and more. Join us live (10-11 AM Pacific) and drop in the chat room - or access the archive of today's show at your convenience:      http://www.blogtalkradio.com/consciousdiscussions/2012/07/31/writing-volunteering-networking Find Dave and Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, information about their radio program, newsletter, blog, and more at: http://brummet.ca * Support the Brummets by telling your friends, or visiting the Brumm...

  -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio show -- Sign up via itunes for the Conscious Discussions Radio show: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id262138144    Grace Quantock is joining us today – a speaker, teacher, wellness consultant, author of the book Sick Chick to Trail Blazer , and co-founder of Healing Boxes ; a non-profit sending boxes of information, support and comfort to those with illness and in life crisis. Grace is yet another example of how the small ideas, when set into action, can have a big impact on the world Join us live (10-11 AM Pacific) and drop in the chat room - or access the archive of today's show at your convenience:     http://www.blogtalkradio.com/consciousdiscussions/2012/07/29/enabling-people-with-chronic-issues Find Dave and Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, information about their radio ...

  I had some amazing food products sent to me for evaluation from eFoodsDirect … We waited until we went camping in our little RV trailer to test the foods, since one of the recommended applications is for outdoor activities like camping and hiking. The first meal I tried was the Tortilla Soup, and before it was half cooked I hear “That smells good”, and turned to see hubby Dave poking his head into the camper while I was cooking it for our lunch. We both found the meal to present a lovely Mexican flavored thick soup with very healthy ingredients including sea salt (my personal preference) although it was a bit salty for me. However Dave felt that was probably a good thing for outdoor activities after perspiring when one is typically prone to reach for the saltshaker. I was using a thin copper camping pot and found that it did scorch a bit on the bottom of the pan, as the instructions did say to boil for 12-15 min – however I feel a slight simmer would ha...

 --  Green Construction -- Going Green - Construction, Which the Environment Loves! *Today's article was written by Ali Bhutta - of AB Contractors NY, a leading General Contractors firm in New York City, New York is an expert on all related market trends and can help you with every step of your construction project. Sustainable building, green building, green construction or simply "going green" is a concept about eco-friendly construction. It involves the application of practices and technologies that are environmental friendly, right from the construction, to occupancy, maintenance, renovation and finally demolition. This concept first started rising in the '70s when concerns regarding harmful impacts of construction industry on environment, and its resources, started growing. Although no international agreement is available regarding carbon reduction and eco-friendly construction, there are organizations present that ar...

  Data taken from the International Bottom Trawl Survey and the Clean Seas Environmental Monitoring Programme by CEFAS indicates that plastic bags makes up around 40% of all the marine litter evaluated at stations across UK waters and the North Sea. In the Bay of Biscay most of the waste items found on the seabed were plastic (92%) and of those 94% were plastic bags (OSPAR, 2009). In this respect over 30 NGOs are making a final call to EU Environment ministers ahead of the July 15 deadline for setting marine litter targets, as required under EU law. -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio show -- Sign up via itunes for the Conscious Discussions Radio show: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id262138144      Today's show will focus on Plastic Bags and eco-bag alternatives.   Stefanie Kushner   is joining us today to share how her passion for environmentally friendly bags inspired the crea...

-- Quote of the Day -- “Leadership depends on the people who report to you – the majority of the people who report to don’t enjoy their job. …75% of workers today fall into two categories: 1) being not engaged at work – and 2) actively not engaged at work. The people in the first category can be identified as clock-watchers. The other group is actively destructive at work; costing 3 billion dollars of lost revenue in the US. …25% of the people like their job, they are excited and creative at work – they have the opportunity to utilize what they love at work. …You have to care about the employee. …95% of happy executives will take a call from a recruiter today, 90% of those executives will leave their your organization in 30 days for an opportunity to contribute more. So you have to provide an environment …that will give them the opportunity to do what they love to do.” ~ Derrick Miles Today’s quote originates from the Conscious Discussions Talk Ra...