One Week of saving water, saving electricity and lowering emissions
For one week, we tried to save water and electricity. Often, there are a lot of lights burning while nobody is in the room, and computers consume a lot of energy in standby mode. Water is also a widely used resource and a lot of times, you leave the water running while doing something else. Another issue is the use of cars, which produce very many emissions. Therefore, we also tried to use cars less than usual during our project.
It was easy to travel by public transport and by bike. But we realized how huge the amount of water and electricity is which we use and waste every day. It was not easy to use less water, but we could easily save electricity by turning off electric devices which we were not using at that moment.
It was difficult to see our own difference because of our families: With a big family, the amount of used electricity and water is enormous and also hard to track.
But we think that we saved a lot of energy in the last week and hopefully a good amount of water. We realized that the environment and the world would be a nicer place, especially for the next generations, if we all tried to save some water and electricity every day.
It was not easy in some moments, to use as little as possible and less than usual, but we think that we got it. We could also imagine doing this for a longer time, because it is not that difficult but gives a lot to our future children. We did not make a big difference, but as B. Reese said: “if you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito”. Furthermore, if we all do something, it will have a big impact and with everyone joining, the difference will be bigger.
It was difficult to see our own difference because of our families: With a big family, the amount of used electricity and water is enormous and also hard to track.
But we think that we saved a lot of energy in the last week and hopefully a good amount of water. We realized that the environment and the world would be a nicer place, especially for the next generations, if we all tried to save some water and electricity every day.
It was not easy in some moments, to use as little as possible and less than usual, but we think that we got it. We could also imagine doing this for a longer time, because it is not that difficult but gives a lot to our future children. We did not make a big difference, but as B. Reese said: “if you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito”. Furthermore, if we all do something, it will have a big impact and with everyone joining, the difference will be bigger.
Some Facts:
- In Germany, everybody uses an average of 130 litres of water every day
- A family with two children uses around 4430kwh (with this electricity, we could watch TV for 3,5 years or 31.010 hours)
- The amount of water used every day can be up to 500 litres in Dubai
- The United States have the biggest release of emissions
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