Well, one of my goals this year is to be more Green or environmentally conscious. I think the scales are finally starting to tip to a more conscientious populous about our delicate earth. I have to say I’m a little shocked at some of the comments I’ve seen about environmental blogs. Some people are all for it and realize the importance of our natural resources, but others just refuse to see the facts about our fragile earth. This graph shows the growing problem of Global Carbon Emissions from our increasing use of fossil fuels.

This trend is just getting worse. This issue as Al Gore says is not a science issue, not a political issue,but a moral and spiritual issue. People aren’t getting it. Our eminent global crisis is the one problem that could unite humans.  It transcends political parties, geographic boundaries, and religious beliefs. The hard part is many people won’t do anything until it directly affects them.

           When I was in Mexico for Christmas and New Years, I stayed with a wonderful family who hosts American Students who are learning Spanish. For two days, the home was without running water. Imagine that, being in your home ready to take a shower, you have your loofah and your shampoo, and no water escapes the pipes. HUH!!??! I can honestly say, I have never experienced that before. “What do you mean, no water?” My host mom tells me, it’s because the city has grown so quickly, and the government doesn’t have enough water to supply the people. She had also mentioned that the government is corrupt and that officials have embezzled so much money that they don’t have enough to pay for the water pumps. I was dumbfounded. If government corruption like that happened in the USA there would be hell to pay. But then I started thinking about the core issue regardless of what happened. NO WATER. We can’t live without water. Our population growth is skyrocketing, our consumption of natural resources is rising, and there is a FINITE supply. Only 3% of all the water in the world is fresh water. If we run out, it’s going to get ugly.

I’m going to be putting together some tips for everyday adjustments in our lives to help conserve our water use. If you have any extra tips you’d like to add, please send me the links and I’ll post them.

Water Conservation Tips

I have made a commitment to installing a water circulation device added on top of my water heater. It delivers hot water immediately so you don’t have to waste water waiting for it to get hot. It’s relatively inexpensive and easy to install. Check out this website for some products that will save you thousands of gallons a year of water.

Remember: It’s about thousands of small actions we all do, rather than the big actions of the few. I want to see the parts of the world that I haven’t seen yet, but if we’re not careful they will be taken away from us. Think Green!