Brummet's Conscious Blog

Save Green - By Living Green  *Here, you'll find a 2-part article that breaks down some of the many R's of waste management. Look for the second part of this article via: Zero Waste Initiatives aim to create a more sustainable society by seeing “waste” as a resource that creates jobs and stimulates the economy. It is also one of the fastest, cheapest and most effective strategies for combating climate change. Did you know that as much as 82% of the materials in landfills are recyclable, reusable or compostable? Imagine if we found a way to help everyone in every community reduce that number to next to nothing! It would save cities millions of dollars in landfill related costs and create thousands of new jobs. If we could achieve this in the US alone, the environmental savings would be equivalent to closing 21% of the US coal-fired power plants. The most common R’s in Zero Waste , in the order they should be implemented are: Rent, Repair, Repurpose, Refuse, Recons...

Quote of the Day ©BrummetMedia.ca "It's difficult to view the world outside our human context.  Staying alive and paying the bills both require our attention squarely fixed on our own business.  Our sprawling cities and suburbs are wonderful and frightening tributes to creative self-absorption.  In them, we spend our micro-scheduled days bustling between work and the endless details of our private lives, turning in our moments of rest to the buzzing distractions of television and computers — all accelerating toward some ultimate, unseen fulfillment of convenience and hyperreality.  Little encourages us to pause and look around, much less question the end goal of all our busyness.  Anything slower than the quick cuts of TV commercials is overwhelmed by our impatience and short attention.  Unfortunately, we might be missing something important — to our happiness and t...

Announcement Coming soon to a community-bulletin board or retail counter-top in the Kootenay region ... watch for them in Kimberly, Trail, Castlegar, Nelson, Creston, Cranbrook and many other communities in the Kootenay region! (Canada, BC) Free bookmarks! Dave did a wonderful job creating these bookmarks for us and I spent many hours making the display boxes by hand (cardboard and wrapped in maps)... resulting in these beauties:  RE: bookmark design ...  The side facing up in the display boxes below is actually a compilation of several photos... Dave's graphic skills are shining through here. We couldn't help but share this adorable shot of one of our beautiful fur-kids (Duchess, the proud dog) who is enjoying a wonderful dip and drink from the pristine waters in the Kootenays. The reverse side of the bookmark is the same as our fridge magnet ... It really was a photo taken from our deck that Dave played with to accentuate the already unusually bright sunset a...

Celebrating I Love Creston Magazine!!   Wow!!! Check out this issue of the I Love Creston magazine... where you'll find an article celebrating the awards we received for the work we have done in our yard... however - you'll notice the focus of the article isn't really about us, but is written in such a way as to invite others to certify their yards as wildlife, bat, bee, bird, beetle, etc. habitats.  The article also offers plenty of links for people to find nonprofit organizations that offer certification programs, resources and more. Visit: http://ilovecreston.com/ A little about the mag: " Founded in 2008,  I Love Creston magazine ,  published in the Creston Valley, features general interest stories about the people of our community. With regular departments covering the outdoors, agriculture, health and history,  I Love Creston  offers a true cross-section of life in the Creston Valley. Our full-colour monthly magazine reaches tho...

Eco-events Wildsight - Elk Valley Branch  Community Yard Sale When : June 2 at 8 am - 12 pm Where : 891 2nd Ave - Fernie, BC (Canada) Cost : Free; volunteer Info :  https://wildsight.ca/events/yardsale/ -- River-keeper Sweep When : May 5 at 9 am - 12 pm Where : from NYC to Albany (USA) Cost : Free; volunteer Info : h ttps://clctrust.org/event/7th-annual-riverkeeper-sweep 2018 is the 7th annual Riverkeeper Sweep! Help remove garbage and debris at Greenport Conservation Area as part of Riverkeeper’s regional cleanup day. Sign up now for one of 100+ clean-up projects from NYC to Albany (USA): River-keeper Sweep -- 21st Annual Tofino Shorebird Festival When : May 4-6 Where : Tofino Area, BC (Canada) Cost : Free; volunteer Info : http://www.raincoasteducation.org/events/tofino-shorebird-festival Every year from late April through May, flocks of shorebirds pass through the Tofino area. Thousands stop here to feed and rest. --  CrestonValley B...

Getting Quiet A new series of posts we are starting up on the blog that will focus on tips to bring quiet and calm to daily life... We hope you enjoy the 2nd post in this advice series, which we hope to publish periodically, whenever the blog schedule allows.  In the first Getting Quiet post we asked you to start with a very simple task... be aware of moment to moment interactions, thoughtfully consider those moments that stand out for you each day and your reaction to those moments. The task of awareness will continue throughout your journey, and for the first while it is suggested that one continue that same awareness task each night, spending 5 to 15 minutes with mindful thought.  Now add this : List at least 5 different things you really feel grateful for upon waking up in the morning and again another list of 5 things you are grateful for in the evening. This is a great habit for parents to get into as well – telling their children positi...