Blogs

 I will be updating this page with the research I have done for the 25 Litre Challenge. The statistics, figures and links to sources that I have used in previous pages will be collected here, as well as other information that I find to be particularly useful.

Keep watching this page for updates.

Links:

Water Conservation Challenge  - The founder and source of the 25 Litre Challenge, which now runs annually.

Halifax Water Commission - Water rates, fees, quality information, policies & regulations, and general information on water for the Halifax Regional Municipality

Water Use Calculator -From Environment Canada (requires an email address)

In order to promote the challenge and raise awareness about the need for water conservation, I have been doing a lot of media work.

I will be updating this site as the interviews and articles are made available.

Before the challenge started, I was on CBC Radio Info Morning on August 13th: http://www.cbc.ca/ns/features/podcast/  (Half-way down, under "Water Fast"). 

I was also on CBC TV Evening News on August 13th. I have been unable to find an online copy of it so far though.

As a follow up on my progress with the challenge, I did another interview with CBC Radio info morning at the halfway point on September 2nd. The link will be posted here tomorrow, once it is available online.

Busy week writing letters to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. It's a futile thing really, but it's our job to shout for justice. I have always imagined myself as Henry Fonda staring down the 11 other jurors and, in only 90 minutes, turning an 11-to-1 guilty vote to 12-to-0 not guilty.

Maybe that's why I mount my trusty steed and, with a shout to Sancho to fix my grammar, knock out another submission, statement, press release or letter.

If you speak the truth eventually you will be heard. Everyone needs a philosophy. This is mine.

I think my next project will be a funding application to the Alberta government. Apparently, while the premier has been spending thousands on tar sands propaganda the culture minister has been funding the documentary Dirty Oil.
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 Day 13 - 18 litres

Laundry day is looming. I have put it off since the beginning of the challenge until now. I am desperately running out of clothes.

I have been trying to find out just how much the washing machine in my house uses per cycle. It has not been easy though; it feels just like what I went through to determine the water per cycle use of my dishwasher.... Read more »

 Day 12 - 17 litres.   It was another burning hot day of summer and I played two games of rugby. Despite drinking about 5 litres of water during the matches, I still don't find it hard to stay within the 25 litre total.

Now that you have a better idea of how we use water around the home (Day 9), here are some really easy ways to save water.

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