Water, Water, Everywhere?

No, I don’t always remember my ugly lime green bag when I go shopping. Blame it on my age or blame it on the alignment of the stars from day to day, but sometimes I just forget.

Other times I don’t, though. The impact of my efforts to cut down on the number of plastic bags that come into my house can’t be quantified, of course. However, it illustrates one of the maxim’s I live by: All you can do is all you can do…just do something.

My efforts plus yours and his and hers and then theirs slowly become significant, and that’s all we can ask of each other. Our children and their children will be the beneficiaries, and they may some day thank us a great deal. We just don’t know at this point.

So, what else can we do to pool our efforts? Let’s talk about water:

• Buy a low-flow showerhead. (They feel great, too…like showering in a soft rainstorm.)

• Turn off running water when brushing teeth.

• Run the dishwasher only when it’s full.

• If you take baths, eliminate one a month in lieu of a shower (with your nifty new showerhead!).

• Use a commercial car wash instead of washing your vehicle in the driveway with a running hose.

• Eat less meat. The amount of water that goes into producing grains, meat, and other commodities is called “virtual water.” For one pound of meat, virtual water used is 30 times higher than that needed to grow wheat, for example.

Remember: All you can do…….

Which of these will YOU do?


Source: You Are Here: Exposing the Vital Link Between What We Do and What That Does to Our Planet, by Thomas M. Kostigan.