An audacious dare
Here's a challenge for you: skip a shower sometime this week.
When I issue that dare to audiences, I often hear a snicker and a murmur that sounds a lot like, “uh-uh”. Yet if truth be told, most of us shower every morning not because we’re dirty; we shower because it feels good. It’s our wake-up therapy.
But our daily shower habit is one of the reasons we North Americans use more water per person than anyone on the planet. And – even worse – much of that water is hot water, heated by fossil fuel-fired electricity. Our morning feel-good isn’t very good for the planet.
So here's the challenge again: skip a shower this week, and every week. You can make a big difference for the planet.
In the news:
As the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico continues to gush,
an article in the Economist muses about the true cost of the disaster and political implications from a pragmatic business perspective.
Prime Minister Harper says such a disaster would never happen here, but
David Suzuki thinks otherwise.
Locally, NS Premier Darrel Dexter has picked some low fruit from the tree of planet-preserving actions: his government will
stop buying bottled water for government departments, asking them to rely instead on the clean, clear stuff that comes from the tap.
Ever wonder if some of those eco-friendly claims on products these days are too good to be true?
You’re right to wonder.