Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Reuse - Egg Cartons -- I was inspired to create this post from a discussion on a community forum where people were asking where they might take empty and clean egg cartons for reuse.  Some of the responses included: - Taking them to elementary school arts classrooms where they will reuse them for various art projects. This is a great idea, and as long as the art teacher is actually needing them of course, it would help extend the school budget too.  - Taking them to the local food bank. A lot of food banks have eggs given to them by local farmers or they might purchase eggs in bulk packs from the grocery store. They'll often saw the egg cartons in half and distribute the 1/2 dozen packages to their clients. - A business in town ( Creston , BC) known as Cresteramics also takes egg cartons for their art programs.  - Another business in town, Sunset Seeds , will collect egg cartons and invite their farmer clientele to take from their collection. ...

 Things to do this Spring/Summer: Creston (BC, Canada) will be hosting another annual Home And Garden Show over at our modern recreation center! I missed last years, but went the year before that and was amazed and inspired by all the information, booths, food, and displays offered there. It was a really interesting and exciting place to be - and I will be going to this year's for sure. I hope to see you there: The city will also be offering free Spring Yard and Garden Clean-up collections on April 22, 23 and 24, 2014.  Click HERE for more information. The city website also announced the following which I thought you might be interested in knowing about: "WaCanId is an annual cycling tour that takes participants along paved roads that encircle the Selkirk Mountains (Washington, British Columbia, Idaho). This six day event will cover 560 km and showcase some of the magestic beauty that this region of the world has to offer. Anyone interested in participating ...

Earlier this year we created several posts offering tips for eco-friendly activities for your family that you may want to scroll back in the archives to find... in particular here are 2 that I think you'd find most interesting:  http://consciousdiscussions.blogspot.ca/2014/03/we-really-do-matter.html and  http://consciousdiscussions.blogspot.ca/2014/01/green-family-activities.html We are thrilled to provide yet another option for you to consider that was submitted by Abel Cane:  Find Dave and Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, their radio program, blog, and more at: http://brummet.ca * Support the Brummets by telling your friends, clicking those social networking buttons, or visiting the Brummet's Store - and help raise funds for charity as well!

-- Brummet's In The Media --   Come check out this really fun interview that I was invited to participate in on the Vodka Press Podcast with host, Zoe Grimm: http://www.thevodkapress.com/2014/04/think-it-write-it-and-get-it-out-there.html?zx=8a18bdd28bcc4e9b We talked about the world of writing, and the host had me offer tips for writers, ideas to consider when hosting promotional events and more.  Please do share the link with others via her social networking buttons on that link's post (above), or leave a comment on her blog or of course this blog - I'd love to hear what you thought about the discussion and if you have questions do let me know.  Thanks!   Find Dave and Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, their radio program, blog, and more at: http://brummet.ca * Support the Brummets by telling your friends, clicking those social networking buttons, or visiting the Brummet's Store - and help raise funds for charity as well!

-- Shazzy Workout DVD Set - Review --  Jill Caporizo of Shazzy Fitness Outreach LLC ( www.ShazzyFitness.com ) invited me to do a review of their family friendly exercise DVD series in early March – the product arrived in the mailbox in the last week of March in a padded yellow envelope. Each DVD had been sealed in plastic wrap, which can be difficult to remove without a sharp knife however the plastic wrap is recyclable in most areas. The DVD’s fit a little snug in the 100% recycled content case, however I was intrigued by the high energy hip hop without the typical theme of violence or hatred, sex or acting tough… these are Christian themed songs within the hip hop genre. I watched the DVD’s separately, taking notes and digesting the moves before trying the workouts. Each DVD uses the same format – offering two 10-minute workouts, each workout has 3 parts.  The DVD’s both explain the importance of the warm up and cool down, and close with the three i...

-- eco-travel -- Last week Dave scheduled an out-of-town workshop and drum repair and I had an appointment in the same area... so we decided to take the RV trailer and head out for several days, a little get-away, where we could camp and relax by a relatively unpopulated beach front on one of our many lakes in the Kootenays. Being off-season there were no other campers but there were a few dozen day use visitors along with their dogs. It was really nice to hear that most of the dogs came from rescue shelters, and all of them were really special dogs. I love dogs - so it isn't hard for me to fall in love the first few seconds after meeting a dog. So our dogs had the chance to socialize and play all day, along with a couple of long walks along the trails and beach every day. It was a little chilly so we were glad that we brought a lot of scrap wood with us for the camp fire (the wood was saved throughout last year from projects we did around the house). We were so grateful that w...

-- Chatter --  It has been a crazy time here since January, when I took time off from hosting the radio show in order to concentrate on catching up in the office (taxes, etc.), the home (spring cleaning, etc.), and two manuscripts I was working on. Since January I've accomplished most of these goals including the publication of our 6th book - Rhythm & Rhyme . I'm currently working on the next manuscript - about 1/2 way through the final draft. It has been a busy time and I'm so grateful that all my contacts have been so patient and supportive of us during this time of change.  The garden seedlings are sprouting... I only did a few tomatoes, peppers and eggplant - as my space is still limited. So I'll have to buy the other plants and flowers again this year. As soon as the spring rains have passed we'll build yet another raised garden bed and fill it with lush humus from the finished compost bin. Moving here nearly 4 years ago (4 years in October) we...