When the Rivers Run Dry
Published August 24, 2011 | 
It’s no secret that the world is running out of fresh water. It’s been all over the news, the Internet, people are talking about it all the time.
This is good, except all that’s being done is talking. I see people soaking their lawns with sprinklers, sweeping their driveways with a hose. My friends and family do laundry daily, take 20 minute + showers and treat water like it’ll never go out of style despite the news of doom and gloom in regards to our shortages.
Maybe it’s the way the human mine works. We hear about it but we won’t actually believe it until it starts happening to US specifically. Sure, Africans are dying of thirst, India doesn’t have a drop to spare and China can actually make the mighty Yellow river dry up before it reaches the ocean. But here, in most parts of North America, it just hasn’t happened. Yet.
That’s why I encourage all of you to read a fantastic book by Mr. Fred Pierce. Mr. Pierce is jo
You will come out of this book with an appreciation for this precious resource that we have, why if we continue the ways that we have we WILL run out, and that each and every one of us needs to make an effort and make it now.
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crisis, fred pierce, water crisis, water shortage, when the rivers run dryReview: Water Based Products to Beat the Heat
Published July 22, 2011 | Where I am this year, there has been record breaking heat. A reminder of how hot it was the past weekend was when I was helping a friend fix the concrete in his pool before installing a new liner. The heat and the sun plus being in a concrete hole made it HOT. I can see now why the old and infirm and very young can die in this kind of heat – I felt like dying myself.
Keeping cool is paramount. Drinking plenty of water in the heat is important because of how much water is lost through sweating. Sweating is the bodies defense against heat – as the water evaporates from your skin it takes heat from your body with it. But there are ways to help your body keep cool using external sources of water, and some of them are very inexpensive.
Use a cooling neck bandanna. This is an inexpensive way to keep cool, simply dip it in water and put it around your neck. As water evaporates it takes heat away from your neck, cooling the blood flowing through the large arteries in your neck which carries cooler blood to the rest of your body, keeping you cooler all over.
If you want to spend a bit more money (not much, this is only $25), you can get an automatic cooling collar. This device can run for 20 hours on a single AA battery, and mists water on your neck. This water evaporates, taking heat with it, cooling your major arterial blood and keeping your entire body cool at the same time.
Extra active? You may want to consider a cooling sports vest. This device provides 5-10 hours of whole body cool per soaking, allowing water to evaporate at an even pace to keep you cool for a long time.
Use a Fan Mister to keep the whole family cool in the backyard. For only $24, attach these nozzles to a fan, and those nozzles to a garden hose. The nozzles provide a mist and the fan disperses this mist to a large area, cooling by up to 30 degrees compared to the surrounding area.
The above examples were inexpensive examples to keep cool during this summer heat – so good luck and keep cool!
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