The Purpose of the Blog

In California, we are in the middle of a drought. Our water uses are too much for the minimal rain and snowfalls over the past four years. The snowpack is our main water supply and has been below average for four consecutive years. If we keep using the amount of water we are using now, we will completely run out. We are currently using our groundwater, kind of like our backup storage.

To tell the truth, farms are using up most of our water supply, and by raising so much livestock, we waste water, land and we pollute the earth. Cows create methane, which is a greenhouse gas. Animal agriculture is responsible for ⅕ of the gas emissions worldwide. This is a problem that we need to fix.

In science class, we have been learning about water around the world, and how hard it is for people in many places to access clean water, which leads to health problems. Also, many girls around the world are responsible for getting water for their families, which often means walking for hours each day, and missing out on opportunities for education. We are doing a fundraiser for http://www.water.org/, an organization that helps people around the world access clean water. This is why we are writing this blog: To educate the public about water, in California and around the world!

Sunday, May 3, 2015

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.
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