Comments on: Shower with a Friend for Blog Action Day 2007 http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2007/10/15/shower-with-a-friend-blog-action-day-2007-2/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:13:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: karooch http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2007/10/15/shower-with-a-friend-blog-action-day-2007-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2396 karooch Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:35:41 +0000 http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2007/10/15/shower-with-a-friend-blog-action-day-2007-2/#comment-2396 Yay Neil, that's brilliant. My Significant other has built a complex arrangement of wheelie bins joined together with PVC pipes which he catches his shower and laundry water in (as well as his roof gutter water) and feeds it back to his toilet flushing system and on to his garden. He's a lot more organised than me. Well Derek, I guess the truth is that at a global level we have the resources to ensure sufficient water and food to the planet. But the behaviour of human beings is what stops us from living in Utopia. Yay Neil, that’s brilliant. My Significant other has built a complex arrangement of wheelie bins joined together with PVC pipes which he catches his shower and laundry water in (as well as his roof gutter water) and feeds it back to his toilet flushing system and on to his garden. He’s a lot more organised than me.

Well Derek, I guess the truth is that at a global level we have the resources to ensure sufficient water and food to the planet. But the behaviour of human beings is what stops us from living in Utopia.

]]> By: Neil http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2007/10/15/shower-with-a-friend-blog-action-day-2007-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2394 Neil Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:16:20 +0000 http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2007/10/15/shower-with-a-friend-blog-action-day-2007-2/#comment-2394 Hi Karen I shower with a friend in Melbourne too. A white bucket though. I've learnt to run waterinto the bucket untill it becomes hot then wet my body turn the water off soap and rinse clean. I can shower on 4 to 5 litres and only when my body needs washing. We do the same with our clothes washing recycle water up to 3 times and carefully distribute into the garden. We/ve cut our water consumption to a very low level Hi Karen I shower with a friend in Melbourne too. A white bucket though. I’ve learnt to run waterinto the bucket untill it becomes hot then wet my body turn the water off soap and rinse clean. I can shower on 4 to 5 litres and only when my body needs washing. We do the same with our clothes washing recycle water up to 3 times and carefully distribute into the garden. We/ve cut our water consumption to a very low level

]]> By: Derek http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2007/10/15/shower-with-a-friend-blog-action-day-2007-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2391 Derek Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:18:16 +0000 http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2007/10/15/shower-with-a-friend-blog-action-day-2007-2/#comment-2391 Very laudable course of action given the slow dawning that water in some parts of the globe is actually a finite resource. Here in the UK if the government banned the sales of dishwashers and forced the water companies to fix leaks promptly there would never ever be a hosepipe ban. Quite honestly there are enough proven methods of recycling water currently available on the market that if they were made cheap as chips of even free by government subsidy then even the laziest people on the planet could help to manage their own water needs. As it is celebrities/oil wars/human rights/religious hatred/political infighting all take precedence in worldwide governments "to do list" and so parts of the world will inevitably dry up. Very laudable course of action given the slow dawning that water in some parts of the globe is actually a finite resource. Here in the UK if the government banned the sales of dishwashers and forced the water companies to fix leaks promptly there would never ever be a hosepipe ban.
Quite honestly there are enough proven methods of recycling water currently available on the market that if they were made cheap as chips of even free by government subsidy then even the laziest people on the planet could help to manage their own water needs.
As it is celebrities/oil wars/human rights/religious hatred/political infighting all take precedence in worldwide governments “to do list” and so parts of the world will inevitably dry up.

]]> By: karooch http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2007/10/15/shower-with-a-friend-blog-action-day-2007-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2383 karooch Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:26:35 +0000 http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2007/10/15/shower-with-a-friend-blog-action-day-2007-2/#comment-2383 Glad you liked the article everyone. I'm so used to the bucket now that I feel quite strange when I shower somewhere else and there's no bucket. How weird is that. I also keep a bucket in the laundry trough and catch the water when I wash my hands to use for flushing or watering pot plants. And I have a small back yard and I've just bought a water catchment tank to install this week in readiness for the Summer. I have to say I've never been so water conscious in my life. But every little bit helps. Especially if everyone is doing it. Glad you liked the article everyone. I’m so used to the bucket now that I feel quite strange when I shower somewhere else and there’s no bucket. How weird is that. I also keep a bucket in the laundry trough and catch the water when I wash my hands to use for flushing or watering pot plants. And I have a small back yard and I’ve just bought a water catchment tank to install this week in readiness for the Summer. I have to say I’ve never been so water conscious in my life. But every little bit helps. Especially if everyone is doing it.

]]> By: Steve Mills http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2007/10/15/shower-with-a-friend-blog-action-day-2007-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2370 Steve Mills Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:52:36 +0000 http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2007/10/15/shower-with-a-friend-blog-action-day-2007-2/#comment-2370 Yes it certainly is dry here in Victoria at the moment. Last summer I collected th kids bath water and the washing machine water for the veggie patch and flowers. Looks like more of the same this year too. Yes it certainly is dry here in Victoria at the moment. Last summer I collected th kids bath water and the washing machine water for the veggie patch and flowers. Looks like more of the same this year too.

]]> By: Blog Action Day 2007, We Can Change the World « Mackey’s Corner for Artistic iMaginations http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2007/10/15/shower-with-a-friend-blog-action-day-2007-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2366 Blog Action Day 2007, We Can Change the World « Mackey’s Corner for Artistic iMaginations Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:18:01 +0000 http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2007/10/15/shower-with-a-friend-blog-action-day-2007-2/#comment-2366 [...] The best idea I have heard so far today is from Karen who showers with a “friend.” [...] [...] The best idea I have heard so far today is from Karen who showers with a “friend.” [...]

]]> By: Karen http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2007/10/15/shower-with-a-friend-blog-action-day-2007-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2365 Karen Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:23:54 +0000 http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2007/10/15/shower-with-a-friend-blog-action-day-2007-2/#comment-2365 Karen I love this! What a fantastic idea. I am a tree hugger and do everything I can to help the environment and stop the effect of global climate change. This is something I have never even considered or read about! I will post your idea on my blog and some of my own. Today there will be a bucket added to my shower! Thank you! Karen I love this! What a fantastic idea. I am a tree hugger and do everything I can to help the environment and stop the effect of global climate change. This is something I have never even considered or read about!

I will post your idea on my blog and some of my own. Today there will be a bucket added to my shower!

Thank you!

]]> By: SuZ http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2007/10/15/shower-with-a-friend-blog-action-day-2007-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2362 SuZ Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:03:08 +0000 http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2007/10/15/shower-with-a-friend-blog-action-day-2007-2/#comment-2362 You go girl! I had no idea it was THAT bad in Australia. I'm so happy you joined us this day. I only wish everyone could get involved and help us turn this around. I fear it might be too late, but it can't hurt to try. Thanks a bunch for this. You go girl! I had no idea it was THAT bad in Australia. I’m so happy you joined us this day. I only wish everyone could get involved and help us turn this around. I fear it might be too late, but it can’t hurt to try. Thanks a bunch for this.

]]> By: Dave Lucas http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2007/10/15/shower-with-a-friend-blog-action-day-2007-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2361 Dave Lucas Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:33:37 +0000 http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2007/10/15/shower-with-a-friend-blog-action-day-2007-2/#comment-2361 Shower with a friend - now that's an awesome idea... I'm gonna grab a bar of soap, a towel and my cellphone... please visit my Blog Action Day post if you get a chance... http://dave-lucas.blogspot.com/2007/10/blog-action-day-2007-salute-to-al-gore.html Shower with a friend – now that’s an awesome idea… I’m gonna grab a bar of soap, a towel and my cellphone… please visit my Blog Action Day post if you get a chance…
http://dave-lucas.blogspot.com/2007/10/blog-action-day-2007-salute-to-al-gore.html

]]> By: Tammy Templeton http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2007/10/15/shower-with-a-friend-blog-action-day-2007-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2360 Tammy Templeton Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:11:33 +0000 http://www.scrapsofmind.com/2007/10/15/shower-with-a-friend-blog-action-day-2007-2/#comment-2360 Well done Karen. Very inspiring topic and a very important issue that ALL of Australia needs to address, not just the country poeple..or leaving it to the next generation. Action needs to be done NOW! Take care of that bucket now :) Tammy Well done Karen. Very inspiring topic and a very important issue that ALL of Australia needs to address, not just the country poeple..or leaving it to the next generation. Action needs to be done NOW!
Take care of that bucket now :)
Tammy

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