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| The Ripple Effect with Mayor Nenshi @ MEE 2012 |
This past week, the Ripple Effect was a booth exhibitor at the Mayor's Environment Expo (MEE) at City Hall.
Targeted at kids aged kindergarten to Grade 9, the Mayor's Expo is a great venue to take about how we use water and how we can conserve water.
Last year, the MEE had over 5,200 students, parents, and teachers attend!
Attendees at this year's MEE learned that:
- Canada has the second highest water usage per capita in the world! (Can you guess which country uses the most water per person?)
- Every Canadian can do more to use less water. Some suggestions include turning off the tap when brushing teeth, installing low-flow shower heads and taking shorter showers, installing rain barrels, etc.
- It takes 5 times more water to produce meat than to produce the same amount of fruits, vegetables, and/or grains. For example, 1kg of beef uses 15,000L of water (to grow the grain, to feed the cow) versus 1kg of dry-weight rice that takes only 3,000L of water. Therefore, part of reducing our water footprint as Canadians is considering the foods we eat and adopting a less-meat, more-veggies diet.
- Water is involved in growing and producing the materials for everyday items such as cotton t-shirts and paper. As Canadians, we need to reconsider our consumption in order to use less water!
