Why Water?
The link above will take you to a website that works toward making sure people in developing nations have clean water. Water scarcity is becoming an international problem, and as residents of the country that, on average, uses the most water per person this should should be a priority for us.
After reading this article, ask yourself how much water you use everyday. How much does your family use? How much would that decrease if that water was dirty or you had to travel for it? As teenagers we are known for being self-absorbed, but hopefully reading this has some impact. I'd like to think that every time anyone leaves the water on, their mind will drift back to this.
More realistically though, that probably won't happen. So what does it take? These days there are celebrities, and campaigns that bombard people all the time. So, in your opinion, what does it take to bring a nation together to fight for something that doesn't directly effect them?
Personally, I am rather guilty of using water excessively. One of my most favorite things to do is to take a extremely long, hot shower. I can't help it, it's too relaxing (not to mention it wakes me up quite a bit).
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, I don't think us Americans (myself included) will get the big picture that our excessive water use is harmful to others until it comes around and bites us. That is usually how things end up going. While this is very sad, I feel this is the case. Bleak outlook, I know, but I wouldn't be surprised if something like that happened.
I feel like most people talk about saving trees and conserving energy, but, like A-Rod says, water will be the world's next major crisis.
ReplyDeleteI'm like Barry and take long hot showers myself, and I feel really guilty about it after reading something like this. But quite honestly, Americans have become so used to a decadent lifestyle that I don't think much will ever change until it absolutely has to. A gloomy prediction, but I really don't see there being any push by the public or the government to start to conserve in the near future.