Last Christmas was fabulous. I have returned to work and noticed that despite of my cultural desire for longer winter break, returning to civilization has been just lovely. Everyone else is already orientated and I do my best to do so too.
But let's talk a bit about Yule time, at least it what happens when it begins to land on modern humankind. Materialism often takes the victory and there is nothing to be ashamed of in it. Many people save the whole year to be able to buy something special for someone special for Christmas and hardly can afford living through the rest of the year because of low income and high living costs. That's why we should not judge anyone.
Today I want to switch on the mode for 2024 and tell you more statistics. Let's talk about water.
In my green old house we consume approx 321 liters of water per day. Straight away it is a bit difficult to say is it a lot or little. In Finland the average consumption of water per day is 120 liters per person when living in an apartment house. The consumption rate has decreased during the years thanks to the campaigns for it. Living in you own property statistics is difficult to find.
According to that apartment house statistics our 321 liters for 2 persons is a lot. The picture is not black and white because we have two big dogs who need to drink (that's not much) but we also accommodate family members during the year, including laundry self-service. So, roughly to say 321 liters is actually for 3 persons, at least for 2,5.
But that's not all. We grow our own food. Also, sustainable lifestyle, hunting for the food and preparing our own food need water (washing things etc.). So, in practical our food consumption can be seen in our personal water consumption instead of our grocery shopping bill. Also, big waste of the water is our arctic climate. Hot water pipes cool down pretty fast so we must let it run until we reach the warm water again. That is a fact we can't help out anymore. We do have machines that warm up their own water which means they use only cold water but when we need it from the tap, it must run first.
Actually the question is not do we consume a lot or little. The question is can we keep on reducing the consumption of the water on planet earth? The reply is "not much on personal level" but we try and have plans for it. About that you will hear later on.
But on global level we can do a lot. One thing is this post you can read. Sharing the information with you, and when you share it with your love ones, help the planet Earth. :)
I am proud to tell I have educated my children well. When they arrived back to north for Yule time they brought some proper clothes that were broken and needed fixing. They could easily have thrown these items away and bought new ones but instead they brought them home. For example by fixing up two pair of jeans and two cotton pullover 30 000 liters of water was saved! Can you image! One pair of jeans need 10 000 liters of water until they have traveled from the cotton fields through the factories to consumer.
In 2024 fixing up your old things & clothes is not a sign of being poor. It is a sing of it that you are educated, environmentally conscious and aware of science and the state of the planet Earth. Also, caring for the nature and doing things to save it makes good to your and other people's mental health. Be fashionable and fix & recycle. If you don't know how to, learn it in 2024! It is simply daily life choices and actions. I made a new label for you "SaveThePlanet". Also, the label "energy saving tips" help you on your journey.
