Making water conservation easy to understand is one of the biggest challenges we face everyday. Here’s a great example of how IBMs’ “A Smarter Planet” series is combining creative and simple to show how important and easy conserving water really is…
In important water-conservation news, Water – Use It Wisely spokesperson and noted useless handyman, Ryan La Rosa installed a WaterPik EcoFlow shower head without help or major panic attack. Such was the first endeavor of it’s kind that La Rosa completed, leaving his wife thoroughly impressed and proving just how easy it can be to install a simple water-saving device.
Understanding that few would believe he could achieve this task, La Rosa documented his progress in the photographs below…
Step 1
And so it begins...
Step 2
Here, our hero nearly gives up after spending 15 minutes attempting to open package. Thankfully, he perseveres.
Step 3
La Rosa uses the helpful monocle included in packaging to study directions (come to find out later, the monocle is actually the nut used to attach shower head).
Step 4
Unscrewing original shower head should be easy (unless you're short and surrounded by distracting 1960's bathroom tile).
Step 5
Old shower head proved no match for tool (common term used to describe both wrench and man pictured above).
Step 6
They say it's as easy as screwing new shower head into place. Clearly they've never dealt with a man of such few skills or common sense.
Step 7
Wow! It's true! A brand new shower head in minutes! Next step is to update tile by a decade to 1970's print.
Step 8 – The Ultimate Test
Perfection! Newly installed and instant results. In fact, our hero felt so good about his new water-saving habit he took it a step further and reduced his usual shower performance of Les Miserables from the entire production to only the first act.
Truth be told, installing this new water-saving shower head took all of 10 minutes and seriously I’ve never installed nor fixed anything in my life. And it works great too. Any noticeable difference in the stream (which trust me is nearly none) is made up for in the fact that you’re doing something good and saving water.
So, I insist that you too get your own Water Pik Eco Flow shower head. Interested? Just click here and you’re on your way.
Water – Use It Wisely co-founder Park Howell isn’t just passionate about water conservation. Park is driven to make a difference across environmental boundaries, including, green marketing.
Park was recently featured as a contributor to GenGreenLife.com in their “Green Marketing” section. Check out Park’s contributions and if you’d like to follow his adventures more closely, visit his personal blog - http://parkhowell.com/
We have a lot of passionate followers at Water – Use It Wisely and one of our biggest pleasures is getting to hear directly from them. That’s why we’re so excited about our social networks like Facebook and Twitter that allow us to have conversations with concerned citizens everyday.
But sometimes we receive something so far beyond anything even the latest technology could provide. Such was the case with a letter that recently came in the mail from “impatient fourth grader,” Mya Oleksiak. Mya says what we’re all thinking in a way that only an incredibly bright fourth grader could. Here’s to hoping we can all be filled with the same passion and drive that Mya is. Thanks Mya, and we’re listening.
Soon, two explorers will embark on a journey down the Mississippi River similar to the trek countless others before them have experienced. Only this time, as Kristian Gustavson and Brett Rogers enter the water, they’ll be doing so to document how the once iconic Mississippi River has turned into the largest ocean contaminant in the United States.
Gustavson and Rogers are two long time explorers embarking on this journey as part of the organization “Below the Surface’s” effort to spread the message about clean water and conservation. You can learn more about the journey and follow their progress by visiting the “Below the Surface” homepage. There, you can learn more about the “Downstream Campaign” and other initiatives this great organization has in the works.
The Water – Use It Wisely, “Family Water Audit” quiz is featured in the popular book, “The New 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do To Save The Earth.”
The book, which currently boasts more than 1 million copies sold, was written by Sophie Javna and a host of contributors from “The Earth Works Group.” “The New 50…” is a sequel to the original title, “The 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do To Save The Earth,” originally penned by Sophie Javna’s father, John Javna in 1990.
To pick up either copy you can visit Amazon here and to learn more about the Water – Use It Wisely “Family Water Audit,” click here.
There’s more to check out at the Mesa Red Mountain Library besides books this spring. From now until May 7th, the library will feature a 16-foot tall, 136-gallon water jug pyramid as part of the City’s observance of Water Awareness Month. The display represents how much water one person consumes per day in their home.
“This impressive display illustrates the need for all of us to be more aware of how much water each of us uses on a daily basis,” said Water Conservation Specialist Donna DiFrancesco. “We hope this urges our customers to be responsible in their water usage to protect this valuable resource.”
Typical residential water usage in Mesa ranges from 80 to 180 gallons of water per person per day, including indoor and outdoor use. Water use is broken down in the following categories:
The display is part of the Water – Use It Wisely campaign, launched in 1999 to promote an ongoing water conservation ethic among Arizona’s rapidly growing population. Following Arizona’s lead, nearly 400 towns, cities, states, utilities, and private and public organizations have adopted the Water – Use It Wisely campaign, making it one of the largest conservation educational outreach programs in the world.
If you miss the Mesa showing … don’t worry. The water jug pyramid journey continue it’s journey to the City of Peoria from May 8th through the end of June.
We’d like to introduce you to the newly designed, limited edition, Water – Use It Wisely tshirt.
Designed from 100 percent USDA certified organic cotton as part of American Apparel’s Sustainable Edition, the Water – Use It Wisely tshirt will go on sale to the public tomorrow on wateruseitwisely.com. Rumor has it though, if you’re interested in picking one up for free, there might be a fun promotion coming your way soon.
If you’re curious about the design of the shirt, it was based off a motivational poster produced in 1939 to increase resolve in the streets of Great Britain during WWII. While the original designer remains unknown, two-and-a-half million copies of the poster were originally printed but were distributed in limited numbers.
Stay tuned to learn where you can purchase your own shirt and how to pick one up for free.
The temperature is starting to heat up here in Arizona which means water use is sure to increase too. As we migrate outdoors it’s important we stay conscious of smart ways to use and save water, especially when up to 70 percent of water use occurs outdoors.
With this topic in mind, Cathy Rymer, who represents Water – Use It Wisely for the City of Chandler, took to the airwaves to spread the message about smart conservation.
Click here to learn a few simple things you can do to be more water effecient this summer.
The temperature is starting to heat up across the country which means water use is sure to increase too. As we migrate outdoors it’s important we stay conscious of smart ways to use and save water, especially when up to 70 percent of water use occurs outdoors.
With this topic in mind, Cathy Rymer, who represents Water – Use It Wisely for the City of Chandler, took to the airwaves to spread the message about smart conservation.
Click here to learn a few simple things you can do to be more water effecient this summer.
