Hope you all had a very HAPPY Human Rights Day on the 21st of March. Did you know it was also International Day of Forests on the same day? The 20th was International Day of Happiness. I guess most people in South Africa were really happy on that day because they knew that the next day was a public holiday.
The 22nd of March is World Water Day. Luckily we no longer have water restrictions because our dams are much fuller than they were at the end of last year, but poor old Cape Town is in a terrible mess. They actually only have a few days of water left. Everybody there is saving water like crazy.
We all take water for granted but it really is very precious stuff. Without it we would all die. It is a simple as that.
Often people say that your body is made up of 95% of water. This is not true – babies typically have around 78% body water when they are born, but this drops down to 65% by the time they turn one year old. From then on it just gets less. Elderly people have around 50% of water in their bodies. Also men have more water than women do.
Did you know that when you are feeling thirsty – you have already lost a percentage of your body water and are on your way to being dehydrated? These are the symptoms of dehydration: dark urine, joint or muscle sores, crankiness, constipation, fatigue and dry lips.
In honour of World Water Day we are making my book “Sibo Saves Water” available to read freely on the website for the rest of the month. Just click on the link above and then click on the cover of the book. If you have trouble opening it, try a different browser – it seems like Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox do not open this file at the moment. If you ever wondered where water comes from, what happens to it and where it goes to… read this book.
Please remember to still save water where ever you can. The really easy ways are to take a shorter shower, wash your car with a bucket instead of a hose pipe (yes – I know it’s not such fun but it really does save a lot of water) and water your garden either early in the morning or later in the evening. You can also recycle your bath water into the garden – but don’t use that “grey” water on your veggie garden please.
Have a great week!
Sibo
