Thursday, July 01, 2004

Trees, Toilets and Sustainability

Kevin's comment on my last entry reminded me of this.

While I was in Morocco, one recurring theme was sustainability. Here are two very interesting facts I learned that made me think:
1. If only China and India (not even the whole rest of the world) started using toilet paper like Americans use toilet paper, all the world's forests would be gone in 48 hours.
2. If everyone showered like Americans shower, the supply of usable water would be gone in roughly the same amount of time.

1 comment:

Rococoaster said...

Oh my gosh! That is horrifying and convicting! However, I like to be clean. What is the earth friendly solution to this? Please let me know so I can stop wiping and showering in excess. See you Tuesday?