What a vivid demonstration of such a vital issue that many of us never think about in our 1st world homes.
Personally handling raw meat just gives me the icks and I really NEED to throroughly wash up. This really brought it home for me how fortunate we are. Thank you.
When we thought about moving to Portugal, the water situation was a big part of the location. Lisbon was the absolute furthest south we would consider. I would have loved to have ended up further north where it is less in danger of running out of water, but unfortunately the fall and winter was simply too raw for us. We would have spent the entire two seasons inside :-(
I grew in Northern California, in the late 70s and 80s. Water conservation has always been part of my life--watering only on alternate days, people getting tickets for watering when they shouldn't. To this day, if I see someone watering with a sprinkler in the late afternoon, I shake my head--why are you wasting water?!
At our home in the Pacific Northwest, we bought rain barrels, , watered in the evening after the sun had started its slow summer descent, and removed the majority of our front lawn, replacing it with water retaining bark, vegetables, herbs, and flowers (a word to the wise: chives, oregano, and fennel self-seed like you wouldn't believe...but they make for a nice fragrance if you have to mow!).
Living in Denmark, there is no hydroelectric power (it's too flat), we watch our use on an app, especially in winter when rates REALLY go high (average kwh price in Seattle was .11. In Copenhagen in December, it starts around .40kwh and can go up to $1)--there's a different relationship with water here in general (starting with no rails to keep the public from falling into the sea).
As we eye our next move, I look at climate change maps and try and outguess humanity's impact.
I also grew up in N. California- late 1960s - 1990s and water was always on our mind from ‘if it’s yellow let it mellow, if it’s brown flush it down’ to ‘buddy and military’showers to collecting water in the shower and dish basins. When we moved (unwillingly on my part) to the water wasteful S. California I was appalled. Some water districts have begun major elementary school education programs and community outreach. We need more of this across the US.
What a vivid demonstration of such a vital issue that many of us never think about in our 1st world homes.
Personally handling raw meat just gives me the icks and I really NEED to throroughly wash up. This really brought it home for me how fortunate we are. Thank you.
When we thought about moving to Portugal, the water situation was a big part of the location. Lisbon was the absolute furthest south we would consider. I would have loved to have ended up further north where it is less in danger of running out of water, but unfortunately the fall and winter was simply too raw for us. We would have spent the entire two seasons inside :-(
Water, summer temperatures, and wildfires were three intertwined considerations for us.
I grew in Northern California, in the late 70s and 80s. Water conservation has always been part of my life--watering only on alternate days, people getting tickets for watering when they shouldn't. To this day, if I see someone watering with a sprinkler in the late afternoon, I shake my head--why are you wasting water?!
At our home in the Pacific Northwest, we bought rain barrels, , watered in the evening after the sun had started its slow summer descent, and removed the majority of our front lawn, replacing it with water retaining bark, vegetables, herbs, and flowers (a word to the wise: chives, oregano, and fennel self-seed like you wouldn't believe...but they make for a nice fragrance if you have to mow!).
Living in Denmark, there is no hydroelectric power (it's too flat), we watch our use on an app, especially in winter when rates REALLY go high (average kwh price in Seattle was .11. In Copenhagen in December, it starts around .40kwh and can go up to $1)--there's a different relationship with water here in general (starting with no rails to keep the public from falling into the sea).
As we eye our next move, I look at climate change maps and try and outguess humanity's impact.
I also grew up in N. California- late 1960s - 1990s and water was always on our mind from ‘if it’s yellow let it mellow, if it’s brown flush it down’ to ‘buddy and military’showers to collecting water in the shower and dish basins. When we moved (unwillingly on my part) to the water wasteful S. California I was appalled. Some water districts have begun major elementary school education programs and community outreach. We need more of this across the US.