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Quote of the Day © BrummetMedia.ca “You must make a decision that you are going to move on.  It wont happen automatically.  You will have to rise up and say:  ‘I don’t care how hard this is,  I don’t care how disappointed I am,  I’m not going to let this get the best of me.  I’m moving on with my life'.”  ~ Joel Osteen ~~ Visit the Brummet's @:  http://BrummetMedia.ca ~~

The Eco Laundry Room Sure, upgrading to a new machine that uses water and electricity more efficiently is a fantastic step toward a more sustainable society. So is investing in a quality clothes line system for hanging to dry outside. The reality is that these options are not always practical. Some of us live in very busy, congested areas where the air quality is poor, dusty, or perhaps there tend to be a lot of flies or some other bug. Not something you want on that clean laundry. And not everyone has the financial means to buy new and have those new machines delivered and installed. Don’t despair – because there are numerous things we can all do that have a measurable impact both financially and for the environment. When the washing machine first clicks off thick items such as towels, robes, stuffed toys and rugs are still heavy with water - run them through a spin cycle before placing in the dryer. When loading the dryer, fluff the wet and tangled laundry items before tos...

Quote of the Day © BrummetMedia.ca "The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other.  It is not, as poverty was before,  the result of natural scarcity,  but of a set of priorities  imposed upon the rest of the world  by the rich.  Consequently,  the modern poor are not pitied...  but written off as trash.  The twentieth-century consumer economy  has produced the first culture  for which a beggar  is a reminder of nothing."  ~ John Berger ~~ Visit the Brummet's @:  http://BrummetMedia.ca ~~