Water's been an excellent companion to our species' existence, us not being able to live without it, but it can be a destructive life-taking force when it so chooses, especially in the light of the recent natural disasters to have hit our region ('04 tsunami, '09 typhoons).
So it's fitting how, by treating our world better and being more conscious about how our excessive lifestyles are causing the elements to go berserk, the environment, in turn, treats us better by not wiping out coastal communities and causing tremendous amounts of human and economic casualties.
The following Water Conservation Tips has been brought to you by fellow activist, poet, and blogger, Jason Mraz..
- Don’t leave the faucets running! Brush your teeth and wash the dishes conservatively.
- When washing clothes, use full loads. Get in with your housemates on this one. It means you’ll ultimately have to use the machine less. That’s less water AND less energy.
- Stop washing your car. Save it for a rainy day. I mean, really. It’s only a car. Let your dusty driving machine be a symbol of your conservatism.
- Collect rainwater for your garden and houseplants. Use gallon buckets and drums to collect and store water for hydrating your hydrangeas.
- Stop buying plastic water bottles. Every bottle you purchase is a vote for more waste. Fix your tap at home with a filter if the drinking water makes you nervous.
"A bottle of ’spring’ water costs 2000 times as much energy as a bottle of tap water. In other words: the energy it takes to produce one bottle of spring water can be used to fill two thousand bottles with tap water." - SuperForest.org
Instead of generating a sizable amount of plastic trash everytime you get thirsty, get a permanent water bottle for all your hydrating needs! Refillable, reusable, and saves your Ringgits in the long run. This town in Australia has taken conservation efforts a step further and actually banned the sale of bottled water!
Hope you've been intellectually aroused by the liquid facts and are inspired to reduce our consumption levels! Remember, when we lower down consumption, production levels will follow suit, leading to less energy use and in effect, less pollution. There's probably a diagram to show all those connections! But it is late, and I should probably get going. Look it up in your Tingkatan 3 Sains book maybe!
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