mirakologic: water

It makes approximately 65% of our body. It is the only chemical compound that naturally occurs in all three aggregate states. It covers 70% of our planet and the reason why earth is called the blue planet.

 AQUA

Water is the essence of live. And it is precious.

Nearly 97 percent of all the world's water is salty or otherwise undrinkable. Another 2 percent is locked in ice caps and glaciers. That leaves 1 percent for all our needs. 1 percent that is needed to run our bodies, nourish plants and animals, wash clothes, clean ourselves, flush the toilet, wash the dishes …

Nevertheless, for the readers of this article water is not a luxury product. It comes out of tubs in our homes, schools and work places.

In other parts of the world an improved water source is far from reach, making water so valuable that people in Nairobi for example pay 10 times more for it than they do in New York.

This fact will probably not change if we shower 5 minutes less per day and buy an eco-friendly washing machine. But it makes a change if you look at the big picture.

Water systems on our earth our interconnected and are in constant exchange. If a ship in the middle of the ocean releases chemicals and garbage to the water, it sooner or later affects even us.

The National Geographic explains it quite plain: “Common man-made pollutants that reach the ocean include pesticides, herbicides, chemical fertilizers, detergents, oil, sewage, plastics, and other solids. Many of these pollutants collect at the ocean's depths, where they are consumed by small marine organisms and introduced into the global food chain. Scientists are even discovering that pharmaceuticals ingested by humans but not fully processed by our bodies are eventually ending up in the fish we eat.” (http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/critical-issues-marine-pollution/)

Start today! Its easy

Treating water with consciousness and appreciation is the first step into the right direction and cleaner water for all of us.

Saving water the second one. It can start with small changes: 

Turn off the tap in your bathroom while you brush your teeth.

Take shorter showers. (Get a timer and time yourself.)

Don't let the water run constantly while you're washing or rinsing dishes.

Collect the water that you use to rinse vegetables and fruits to water your plants.

Check your house for leaking water containers. A leaky faucet loses up to 530 l of water per week.

And most important: keep yourself informed! The more you know about environment and consumption, the more ways you will find to save water and be greener.

Ina