Thanks for participating in last month’s water conservation poll. We’ll have a new one in the sidebar soon.
What measures do you take to conserve water?
I’m not listing each answer, but here are some highlights:
• Most popular answer (aside from “At least 5 of the above”) was turn off water while washing dishes and brushing teeth with 15% of the vote.
• Eating little or no meat claimed 7% of the vote. It takes a lot of water to get a package of beef to the store. . .
• Compost instead of using the garbage disposal and wear clothes more than once …read more

Most of you reading this have a good supply of clean drinking water. Yes, we complain about traces of prescription drugs or other small contaminants, but what we have others are dying for.
According to the international nonprofit Water for People, nearly 6,000 people die each day from water-related illnesses. Most of them are children. Around the planet, some 1.1 billion people don’t have access to clean and safe drinking water.
Water for People has a simple water challenge for you:
For two weeks, drink only water. Contribute the money you could have spent at your coffee hangout or the soda …read more