Water – Karen's Perspective

Saving Water, the Water Pebble

It’s April, “Earth Day Month”. For me, that creates even more awareness everyday that we need to be taking steps to preserve and protect our planet, our real estate.

My big passion is water. I’ve written a number of posts about it. Here, again, is a wonderful site devoted to the preservation and protection of water.

This article focuses on something new and so easy to use, the Water Pebble. This device simply sits near any water drain and times the water usage. It “teaches” you to reduce the time you have the water flowing. Waterpebble could help reduce the average shower to less than 6 minutes saving over 20 litres of hot water every time.

At this time, I’m not planning to buy a water pebble but, because of reading this, I am going to be more aware of the time I spend in the shower, rinsing dishes, washing my hands, any time I run water.

Isn’t it great to be aware? We hold so much power in our own decisions, our own actions. What will you do to make a difference to the Planet?

“When the Well’s dry, we know the Worth of Water.”
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), Poor Richard´s Almanac

04 / 23 / 2010
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Haiti

If you still haven’t decided how you can help in Haiti, how about giving to Wine to Water, the gift of clean water. This video is not about their efforts in Haiti, but shows you who Wine to Water is.

Here is an excerpt I received today from a letter Doc Hendley just sent from Haiti:

“We are working to get out 500 filters that will give 5000 people clean water for over 5 years at a purity of 99.95 percent. They are amazing. My hope is that in the next few weeks we can have enough money to build a few thousand of these filters.”

“Money is worth nothing right now, water is the currency.”

Thanks.

01 / 28 / 2010
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Turning Wine to Water

wine to water

I voted for Doc Hendley for CNN’s top hero. He is a local boy, graduating in 1997 from Ragsdale High School here in North Carolina, and he’s truly making a difference in the world.

Doc is working to bring clean drinking water to more than 26,000 people in countries like Cambodia and Sudan and Peru. He’s built wells in 6 countries already and started the non-profit group Wine to Water.

This group builds wells and trains people to build and fix wells and to install special bio-filters that can clean water.

The winner of the CNN contest receives $100,000 for his or her program. You can vote as many times as you like. The winner will be announced Thanksgiving night.

My passion is clean water for the world. What’s yours? What are you doing about it? Click on the link above and check out the extraordinary people CNN has found, everyday people like you and me, doing things that really matter. Vote for your favorite and do something today to make a difference in your world.

10 / 21 / 2009
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1 in 6 People Don’t Have Access to Clean Drinking Water

How can you help?

Check out Charity Water.

10 / 07 / 2009
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Green tips – Water Conservation

photo from Randy son of Robert

About 75% of the earth is covered by water but less than 1% is available for us to use. The rest is mostly salt water.

Nationwide, our water resources and supplies are stressed, to put it mildly. Between 1950 and 2000, the U.S. population nearly doubled. In that same period, public demand for water more than tripled! Each American now uses an average of 100 gallons of water each day.

Happy Day after Earth Day!

Wonderful Spring Water!

Here’s our brand new wonderful spring water cooler!

What did you do on Earth Day for Mother Earth? More importantly, what are you doing today?

Remember, we need to take care of the planet every day. Did you make a change that will make a difference everyday? We gave up plastic water bottles and cups in our office. That’s permanent. That’s for everyday. That will save us tons of money and, best of all, help take care of Mother Earth!