Light The World Day 2 2017, Water

The theme for Day 2 comes from "I was thirst and ye gave me drink."  I have a couple movies I have found about this theme.  I am reminded of the section from "Meet the Mormons" on establishing a well in Nepal.  I found what I think is a good place to donate for water resources.  This program is called Charity: Water.  It was founded by Scott Harrison.  He tells his story and that of Charity Water.  I encourage you to check it out; and maybe donate as well.  The numbers are different.  The Charity:Water puts the number of over 600 million people, while the LDS video over a billion.  The bottom line is too many people do not have access to clean water.  They saw unclean water causes more deaths than all the gun violence combined, including wars.

Rethink Your Drink Campaign: Choose Health. Drink Water

I little graphic from the Rethink Your Drink Campaign.
  The healthiest drink of course is water.

The graphic shows that water by far has the least amount of
sugar.  Some drinks have as much as 17 teaspoons of sugar.
 For me with diabetes, who per meal should not have more
than 45 grams of carbohydrates, I would have to distribute
this much sugar between many meals.  Soda has 14
teaspoons, but juice drinks have 17.  Even energy drinks
have lots of sugar.  Sheri has purchased some sugar free
additives for water if you must have sugar.  Milk has about
one teaspoon of sugar in a cup size serving.  The sugar is all
 natural lactose.

Water Conservation: Email at Work

More Water Conservation Tips

The little rain we’ve seen has not really helped with the serious drought California is having. Governor Brown has declared a drought emergency and all Californians are being asked to reduce their water use. Here are some things you can do to help.

·         Turn off the faucet when you are brushing your teeth.

·         Take shorter showers. If you must take a bath, don’t fill it as high as you normally would.

·         Full loads only for your dishwasher and washing machines!

·         If you wash dishes by hand, do not leave the water running.

·         Do not leave the water running for long when you are cooking or cleaning.

 

Help save water, and thank you in advance for making a difference.