Save Water - Save Money - Way Of Life?

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 I know this is a blog about money, but money here is a concept, not just a piece of paper, a check or a bank account. Money isn’t all about making it, but also about taking care of it, saving it.

Have you noticed lately how being green became a popular trend, and everybody’s talking about it? That’s a good thing, we finally realized that it’s not entirely up to the government to make changes and save the world, but up to each and every one of us. That means we can all make some small changes that might not seem like a big thing for us, put when a million people make the same small change, bigger things can happen.

Today I’ll talk about water, constant in our lives, but often ignored. Just like the air you breath, water is always there, and we stopped noticing it or worrying about it.

You might think about the world water crisis, or you might want to save it just for the money. In the end, I think you should save water just because you want to educate yourself into being a responsible human being that does not waste anything. Just think how many gallons a water you consume a day, and how wasteful that is.

Here’s a few tips on how you can make little changes in your lifestyle, that will not only help you save water, but learn to be frugal:

• Take a couple of empty plastic bottles, fill them with water and add something heavier, like pebbles. Put them in your water tank. Every time you flush, an unnecessary quantity of water is wasted. Those two bottles will save gallons every day! (I found this tip some time ago on the net, and I’ve already used it for my house);

• To save water in the bathroom, you can replace baths with short showers, turn off the faucet when your shampooing, scrubbing, cleaning, and then turn it back on to rinse. Also turn the faucet off when you’re brushing your teeth/shaving. Don’t throw garbage in the toilet and then flush it, that’s such a waste. Keep a small garbage can in your bathroom and use that instead;

• When you’re washing clothes, wash only full loads. Most of us have enough cloths to wear and not have to wash the dirty cloths for a week or two! Still, we really want to wear a certain t-shirt and waste gallons of water on washing just one item! Plus, it’s more fun to diversify and wear different cloths every day;

• In your kitchen, you can save water (and electricity) by hand washing your dishes instead of using the dish washer. Save the water by turning off the faucet when scrubbing, reusing the water several times, and then rinse all the dishes together.

• Never throw water away. If it’s old water in a bottle and don’t feel like drinking it, water the plants with it. If you used greed cleaning products, they are not toxic and you can use the water for your lawn;

• You can also save water by collecting rain. I remember my great grandma use to do it (she lived in a farm), she had a few big barrels where rain water was collected, and then used for cleaning, watering, etc. (Not for drinking, of course).  If you are brave, you can use this rain water for your toilet and always flush with eco-friendly, FREE water. I say brave, because more likely you will need to hook up your toilet to the rain barrels. The idea is great though, just think that you can save around 25% of the water consumed, instead of flushing with drinkable water. Rain water can also be collected for watering your plants;

Conclusion

How are we ever going to save our money if we can’t save anything else? We’re a consumer society, taught that it’s OK to spend as much as we want, buy super-sized everything, and not worry about our waste.
This is not a good mentality, and changing it, becoming green and frugal, can well start with the way you manage your own house. Start saving water today, electricity tomorrow, and little by little learn to live with what you need.

I hope you’ve enjoyed the article, what do you think about the subject? Are we wasting water uncontrollably? Are you doing/thinking of doing anything about it? Is saving water, electricity, etc. a way of life that might prove to save/make us more money?

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