Comments on: More, more H20!

By: Joe P

Joe P — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:26:04 +0000

I thought this was a very good blog post that reminds us all of the various reasons that water is a fantastic resource. I too spent much of my childhood outside stomping around a creek. Among the bullet points, talking about drinking water and children, I would have liked to see more information about the advantages of drinking tap water over bottled water. I see more and more people drinking nothing but bottled water, and I have heard that there are many useful properties of tap water such as flouride that are not taken advantage of in bottled water.

By: Matt Tress

Matt Tress — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:25:31 +0000

I too agree that your description of playing outside as a child is the most valuable piece of this blog post. Keep up the good work. YACH.

Matt

By: Johnny R.

Johnny R. — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:59:24 +0000

A fresh water crisis is now hitting a growing number of areas of the World, including the Western USA, since our population and our demand for water keeps growing, despite the well known fact that the Earth has a finite and limited amount of fresh water, and there can never be any more than that amount because the Earth is slowly shrinking with each volcano and earthquake. The scientific community is all excited to have discovered water on the Moon, but if humanity keeps growing and demanding more, they will be forced to bring the Moon water to Earth, instead of using it for space travel.

By: Roderick Leslie

Roderick Leslie — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:25:31 +0000

I think this is a great blog – but perhaps not quite for the reason Emily might think. The thing I really loved was her description of playing as a child. These are priceless times and learning experience that really can’t be replicated in concrete urban environments – but every year that passes we are getting more and more protective of children. How can we give children the freedom and experience they need for life ? Well, first, sensible support on safety – Emily obeyed her parents and didn’t drink water that was unsafe – and second re-creating freedom in a safe environment – in England where I worked for the national forest service we’re moving away from formal play structures back to basics – den building from fallen branches, Forest School where young children learn all sorts of field craft including fire building and using edged tools, family cycling, so much more popular with kids than walking ! How we relate to the natural environment, especially how we bring up kids, has to be one of the key issues of the age with huge implications for both physical & mental health in the future.

By: armansyahardanis

armansyahardanis — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:06:15 +0000

In West Kalimantan Province, the people have drunk water-rain, and for take a bath used water-swamp. I thought not hygienic…..