Resumo de Trash Talk - Dave and Lillian Brummet

About Trash Talk
ISBN#1-4137-2518-X

People are constantly bombarded with negative information about the
environment and our resources. Feeling powerless because we cannot afford
to donate cash or time to a cause, we begin to feel overwhelmed by the
immense environmental problems our world faces. In Trash Talk, we focus on
changing people's mindset to a more open, hopeful and proactive one. Not by
finger-pointing at corporations and governments, but by starting in our own
homes, at our own desks.

Trash Talk began as a series of articles that focused on ways the average
person can make small changes to do their part for the Earth. We compiled all
the articles and other information that we could not fit in the limited space of
our bi-weekly column into this book. Trash Talk embarks on frugal and
conscious living techniques for the individual. We focus on the reuse of
"waste" materials and reducing the consumption of resources. Trash talk is
written to empower people to feel more positive about their worth as
individuals in a hectic, expensive, environmentally stressed world. We show
how to make a real and visible difference, while saving money at the same
time.

Trash Talk could be an excellent resource in the classroom for recycling,
environmental and gardening programs. Educators/caregivers can use the
book to teach gardening skills (seed saving, composting, tree planting) and
Vermiculture (worm composting) - the students can build their own worm bin
and learn from the worm farm. (Did you know that compost worms (red
wigglers) can produce 2,000-9,000 babies annually?) Craft websites are listed
for artistic projects using "waste" items. The book could be used as a tool for
probing young minds to come up with original reuse ideas or environmental
activities that the group can participate in. 140 resources listed at the back of
the book will lead educators and individuals to new information and ideas.
Trash Talk is at the Grade 10 level of reading, however, in the hands of a
teacher the concepts and projects can easily be implemented as early as
Grade 4. The book has received support through Home Education Magazine,
who placed us in the recommended resource section of their site.

Trash Talk has been globally received and locally embraced. Eagle bulletin
(South Africa), Conservation and Recycling Journal (Netherlands), Scrap
Magazine (UK), Natural Life Magazine (Canada) and Alternatives Magazine
(USA) - are some examples of this global support.

Authors, Dave and Lillian Brummet, have generously put together an
extensive website (http://www.sunshinecable.com/~drumit) that has a
growing page of nearly 70 links to waste and resource organizations. This
site provides something for nearly everyone including teachers, parents,
caregivers, frugal individuals and environmental groups. Enjoy the free
service called Tip-of-the-Month where visitors can learn and share
reduction and reuse ideas. The Writing Page and the About Us page will lead
to many more articles, press releases, interviews, interesting book reviews
and other information that both readers and the media would find useful.

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