World Changing Response #4

As humans, water is such a vital part of our lives.  Adults are approximately 60% water (“Water in the Body”).  We use it everyday, usually without thought or consideration to how much energy it takes to heat our showers, or to filter, or the consumption angle of it.  In World Changing, it explains some different ways to think about water.

            One solution described in the book is called “reHOUSE/BATH”, “the best conceivable level of home water efficiency (Steffen 188).  French designers invented this construction that is made up of basically a bucket of water and a tub that drains into tubes which reuse the water for plants.  The plants grow to eventually create a shield of cover for the bather.  Although few people would probably actually want to use this, it brings about awareness of using water and the consequences of that and how we can reduce, reuse, and recycle it.

 

"Water in the Body." ChemCraft, Inc.. Web. 27 Oct 2009. .

 

Steffen, Alex. World Changing: A User's Guide For the 21^st

 Century. New York, NY: Abrams, 2008. Print.