Water

Water is probably one of the most magical natural resources we are blessed with.  Our body is up to seventy percent water. The air we breathe is a form of water, the planet we live on is made up of seventy percent water, and the atmosphere surrounding our planet is a form of water. Water is one element that makes our Earth astonishingly unique and conducive of life in this vast universe.

Water is thirst quenching, soothing, cleansing, appealing to our aesthetic sense, recreational,  vital for our agriculture and industries, essential for our well being and also for the most of us, available at the flick of the tap, whenever we want it, how much ever we want it. For most of us, water is not a privilege, it’s a commodity.

Having grown up India I have seen the other part of the world. Small towns that are completely dry on their ground water supplies and dangerously low on their annual rain fall. Villages receive water once a week. That made me aware of my privileged life in the big city and that I can be on the other side of the spectrum anytime.  If the recent times have taught us something, it is one thing - nothing is constant.  Somewhere deep within our heart , buried beneath the consumer habits, I hope  we are aware that only a fraction of world population does not face water based vulnerability and water might not be around if we don’t change. Things many not change drastically for us but they will, for our future generations and we will be responsible.

I have thought about water conservation every now and then. About contributing my tiny little part, however insignificant.  Apartment living has limited my previous attempts of water conservation up to harvesting the rain water in small pots and use it for my small garden. Now that the summer is here and my garden is going to be most thirsty, I want to find out more ways of conserving water. Therefore my challenge this summer is to make an all natural, zero energy and  very efficient  filter to filter and recycle the bath water.

I am excited to see what my plants think about it. I am quite sure they will do just fine!