Green Tomorrow

It is nearly impossible these days to open the newspaper, turn on the TV, or listen to the radio without seeing a headline or hearing someone commentary on global warming. Clearly, a lot of the evidence we see in the media today makes a strong point to its existence. Polar ice shelves appear to be receding, ocean levels seem to be rising, and deadly hurricanes, typhoons, and tornadoes are constantly in the news. At the same time, there is abundant evidence that we are merely experiencing a natural warming trend. In the last two years there have been multiple regional records set for coldest temperatures on record and amount of snow precipitation.

Recycled Sewage Water for Drinking and Bathing? Give me shower filters now. If you live in Orange County, California, you are on the cutting edge of a process all of us are going to be part of sooner or later, I imagine, the use of recycled sewage water for drinking and bathing. While the water folks assure us the finished product is probably cleaner than ground water, I want a shower water filter, and a kitchen water filter, to overcome the yuck factor. Worldwide, more than a billion people lack clean drinking water. While demand for freshwater access continues to increase, after tripling in the last 50 years, global supplies are becoming scarcer. Major rivers are drying out, ground water reserves face a similar fate. So what are our options? Desalinization? Hard to do in Illinois. Import water? Not alwasys available in a drought. Not many options left.

Earth Day 2008 falls on Tuesday, April 22. It’s a special day to learn about our planet and how to take care of it! Whether Earth has been your home for a short time or a long time, you’ll have fun playing the recyclables game, learning the meanings of recycling terms, and eating a “dirty” snack.