Save Water

By Anonymous Narwhal

POP QUIZ!

    1.Water is…
 

a. An unlimited resource, I can use as much as possible.

b. Something not everybody has, I should conserve it.

c. A fun thing to throw large quantities of it on the ground.

d. What’s water?

       The correct answer depends on your opinion. However, if you answered d, I would suggest you see a doctor. The nicest, most reasonable answer would be b (If you answered a or c, I really hope this essay will change your mind). Every day, you probably use dozens and dozens and DOZENS of gallons of water. Currently, the state I live in is in a drought, and large companies and farming industries are trading millions of gallons of water for money. Come on people, it’s pieces of PAPER. Anyway, read on.

       When was the last time you had beef? Because that steak/hamburger/hot dog used up around 1,000 gallons of water. Just one cheeseburger is worth enough water to fill up a small swimming pool. And that’s only beef we’re talking about here. I haven’t mentioned any of the other foods, which we haven’t talked about much in class because everyone’s focused on the biggest water waster, the cows.

       It’s not just eating food that pours that water down the drain. Using your everyday bathroom appliances, like a toilet, can be a big water waster too.Flushing a toilet can require larger amounts of water than you think it takes to get rid of yesterday’s dinner. Taking a bath uses 40 gallons of water! Even brushing your teeth can result in wasting water if you brush your teeth for 2 minutes and forget to turn off the tap while you’re brushing.

       Some people say: “Well, how is conserving MY water going to affect anything?” My response: “Water isn’t infinite. We have a limited supply. Conserving your water can leave water for your descendants. Imagine YOU had very rare access to clean water because your ancestors had two hour long showers and stuff like that(Gee, thanks, Grandma!).Also, it could cut your water bill pretty largely.

      In conclusion, every day you may use hundreds of gallons of water while others in the world do not have access to that privilege. You can help by:

                a.eating less beef

                b.go to Water.org and start a fundraiser

                c.take shorter showers and less baths

               d.flush the toilet less

I know that last one sounds a bit gross, but my solution is just not to look in your toilet in the first place.

    

/B.E.E.F\ Beef.Extreme.Evil.Found

by Dark shadow 13.0 aqua

  Why is global warming at large? Cows! This paper shall explain why, and also teach you about that matter. Because where it starts, you can help stop the water crisis, and because you may want to cut your beef consuming rate down.
 

  Beef is bad due to where it starts. Cows. Cows take up lots of space. And lots of water. And cows also release methane, a greenhouse gas. So much so, that it takes 28% more land and 11% more water than other animals. So, “Really, there’s no question about it, reduce beef whenever possible,” are the wise words of professor Gidon Eshel, not just because of the land use, the water use, and the release of methane, but because you can.
 

You can help the water crisis by trying out the “Vegan ‘Till 6” plan where you don’t eat any animal products until 6:00, or the “Meatless Mondays” where you (obviously) don’t eat meat on Monday. Or, you can just eat beef once in a while. Or, you can go totally VEGAN. ‘Cause, you can. And plus, some rich, vegan guy called Richard Branson said “I never feel like I’m missing out on anything.” He means it too.
 

Some person out there is probably like: So? Not like if I stop eating beef it’s gonna make a difference.  Well, if you do it for a while, (and maybe get some friends to do it too) those down at the farms will eventually be like, ‘Hey, people aren’t getting our beef anymore, maybe we shouldn’t raise as many cows!’ And that’ll do it. Less beef raising. BOOM.  Others may say: Well, beef is filling, so how will you get full without using TONS of water? Well, there’s other foods, like tofu, bread, and pastas. (Soy plants and wheat don’t release gases, and therefore don’t release methane.) Really. There are such things as filling foods that aren’t beef.
 

  These are my reasons why one should cut down on beef. ‘Cause beef comes from water-wasting, land-occupying, methane-releasing, cattle. And, it is by far better to not eat beef, than to feel guilty eating it. It may also be a better lifestyle overall. No doubt about it.

Save Water

by Maxen Cheese

Help me ! Its a crisis !

Have you ever thought of how limited clean water is on our Earth? Well I sure have, and this is supposed to make all water wasters to stop the mess!

We were going to McDonald’s for dinner, until I thought of what I learned in Science… “8 ounces of steak uses 1000 gallons (5000 L) of water!”... I’ll just take french fries…

I am convinced to save water whenever it is possible. And I sure hope I can convince you to help save the world.

Reason One: Water Crisis

One reason is that water is limited. Only 2% of the water in our world is fresh, and only 30% of that water is easily accessible. Some people have to walk many miles to get water, which isn’t even clean, full of bacteria and garbage, which makes them sick, dehydrates them, and even can kill them. Here we are, wasting water like it's barely a problem.

Reason Two: Drought Alert !

Another reason to save water is that most of the western states are in a drought! A drought is when you don’t have rain or water for a very long time. Wasting water isn’t helping at all.

Most water wasters are farmers. Take beef for example, 8 oz of red meat takes 1000 or more gallons of water! So maybe stop going for the hamburgers.

Reason three: Not fair…  

You get your water from the tap right? Some people have to walk MILES just to get a bucket of bad water, water infected by the dump and bacteria. Doing that takes a lot of time, so they don’t have time to go to school. So if you’re reading this now, you’re lucky, not everyone has the water or food or money. That’s why www.water.org helps people all over the world have clean water. You can donate to them to help too!  

Conclusion

So I hope you have empathy for these poor people. There is a link on our blog going to www.water.org, please donate! 17$ (about 15 euros) and you can save one person! My classmates and I are trying to save water, I hope you will too. Our Earth gives us water, but we only have a limited amount, we must treat it like diamond, precious and limited.

Beef is Bad

By Garfield :D

If you think watering your lawn and taking a shower is bad for the environment, look at beef. it takes 1,000 gallons to make 8 oz of beef.8 OZ, PEOPLE!!! If you are a vegetarian like me, good for you!!! If not…...I hope this paragraph changes your mind.

   

Producing red meat wastes A LOT of water. First of all, you have to water the grass that the cow eats. Then you also have to give the cow water to drink. AFTER THAT, you have to slaughter it, and you use a couple more hundreds of gallons to clean it up. EVEN AFTER THAT, you have to use about 340 gallons of water to get it processed. That takes about 1,000 gallons of water to make 8 oz of steak. If I did not know better, I would think their bosses said:

1. Use 100 gallons of water
2. Use 200 gallons of water
3. Use 400 gallons of water
4. Use 200 gallons of water
5. Yaaaaaay!we just wasted 1,000 gallons of water just for the heck of it!!

Imagine a swimming pool say……………….10 feet deep,  12 feet long, 11 feet wide. Then someone goes and dumps it all out. Why, you ask? For one hamburger patty. not five, not four, not three, not two, one! ONE!! ONE!!!

You need more cows for more beef, right? Well...cows….well they…...pass gas. And cow gas releases methane, a gas that is adding to global warming. if we release too much methane into our atmosphere, we will be just like Mars. Dry, blank, dead. If we stop eating beef, the farmers will say “Oh, no one is eating our products, we shouldn’t have so many cows.” This proves we can make a difference, but it will have to be a real team effort.

In conclusion, we should not eat beef, as you have read, and cows (and their gas) are bad for civilization.

Eat Less Beef

by Anonymous

Do you think beef is good? Well I think not. I think beef is bad for the environment. It wastes a bunch of water. Now maybe you're thinking, well what's wrong with that? Well we only have a finite amount number of water. So in this writing I will try to convince you to that you should eat less beef. I will give you reasons to think that beef wastes water. 1 reason is that it waste a bunch of water. Number 2 is that its one of the reasons for global warming. 3 is that it takes a lot of land.

Beef is bad for the environment. This is because 1 eight ounce steak uses hundreds of gallons of water. How? Well first to get the steak you have to feed it grass and you have to water the grass. Next you have to let the cow drink water, and you also use lots of water during the part when making and cooking the stake. One way we can help is that we should eat less steak. We need to save water not just because its good for the environment, but also for that we are in a really big drought.

 

The next reason we shouldn't eat beef that much is that its bad for the air. When cows pass gas they release greenhouse gas. Their gas has methane in them, and other bad chemicals for the air. The chemicals trap the heat on the earth so it gets hotter and have less water. One way we can help is eat less beef so the company will slow down and eventually it will not make beef, so less greenhouse gas.

 

Another reason is that cows take a lot of land, which is bad for the environment. One reason is that beef uses 28 times more land than other products. Another reason is that cow need time run around and gets some fresh air, and most farms have lots of cows. So altogether it takes a lot of land, and it bad for the environment

In conclusion, I think that beef wastes a lot of water, because it wastes a bunch of water and it also makes the environment hotter and it takes a lot of land. Some people might say that its not going to make a difference but I say it will count in the long run. If we keep doing this then eventually it will make a difference, because then the people will stop making it and eventually  we will be wasting less water.  I think that beef should only be eaten sometimes.

Help Water.org

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I’m a student at Berkeley Arts Magnet and we 5th graders are doing a fundraiser for water. I never knew that red meat could waste a lot of California water (our precious water.) Yes steak is good but it wastes a lot of water. Facts say when you eat steak you waste 1000 gallons of water each time you eat it. I think that we should help our earth by saving water and donate to www.water.org, which is a website that helps people who doesn’t have access to clear fine earth water.

One way we can save water is by eating steak less of the time. This is because when people eat steak, it uses that 1000 gallons of water that comes from the grass which then the cows eat, then they get the grass to grow so the cows can be healthy. So be helpful and don’t eat as much of steak but chicken and other foods like beans and lentils.

Also we are in a drought and if you waste THOUSANDS of water do you know what will happen, we will not be able to drink, or have enough water to wash our hands.

Less than 2% of earth’s water supply is fresh water and if you are an average family of four then you guys uses 881 gallons of water per week just by flushing the toilet.

Well this is a great time to talk about our fundraiser on Water.org. We are doing a challenge for saving water by asking people if they would pay $5 for doing a challenge, like eating less meat or taking short baths (showers too). You can go to our fundraiser on water.org or you can donate and every time you donate it goes to water.org and help children that die from water accesses. You can do this challenge at your home.

I hope you liked this essay and make sure to help and save water & think about the boys and girls in the world who don’t have clean safe water.

                                                                                                                      

Eat Less Beef to Help Save Water

by Potato Awesomeness

Help! California is wasting water! Can you help our beautiful state save water? You can stop eating steak. Steak uses lots of water. I think that we should not eat a lot of meat because its bad for the earth.

My first reason why you should eat less meat is that eating red meat wastes water. A steak takes over 1,000 gallons of water to make. About 10 hamburgers equals a year of showering with water. Really there’s no question about it, reduce beef. We are wasting the water that California needs.

Another reason that we should not eat a lot of meat is that when cows pass gas, they release methane into the air. We can’t stop that but we can stop eating beef, which makes restaurants stop buying beef, which make farmers stop having many cows, so many cows can’t have babies, so that many cows can’t pass gas (because they would not be alive).That would help stop pollution.

Red meat has more calories than many other foods. So if you cut it out of your meal, you will have to eat a lot of veggies, which uses lots of water too. However even if you account for calories beef wastes the most water. Beans, chicken, and tofu are better choices.

Now you know how beef takes too much water, so you can do your part. I hope I inspired you to go save water.