by Nicky Price

Created on: August 15, 2007

The Importance of Educating Our Children about Water Conservation

I recently had a conversation with my best friend that inspired me so much I just had to write an article and share it with you all.

We are all aware of our current water situation and most of us are doing our bit' but there is always more we can do. My girlfriend recently received her water account which stated that their water consumption usage as a 4 person household is less than the water usage of a single person household. I was amazed by this and realised how much more we can all do to save water. Water is saved in their household by using many buckets for either scooping water out of baths and washing machines to use on gardens, clean water bucket for daily drinking, water bucket for daily hand washing, buckets for rinsing dishes etc. When we are fortunate enough to have rain many buckets are placed outside to catch as much water as possible.

What I find most inspiring about all this is the fact that water conservation in my friends house is not due to the current water crisis, it is how they live and have always lived. They have always known that water is one of our most precious resources and should be conserved. Why wait until the world is in trouble before we fix it, we should all be living to prevent such disasters from ever happening in the first place.

As this has always been their way of life, their children know no other way to live than to save water. As the children have never been shown how water can be wasted they automatically save water without any effort or thought as it is second nature to them. How wonderful it would be if all our children were brought up this way. Imagine living in a world where everybody only knows how to save water and not waste it. If we start teaching our children now the situation can only continue to improve for the future as they teach their children.

The best way our children will learn is if we lead by example and continue to educate them, no matter how repetitive we have to be on the subject. The more they hear us talking and showing them about conserving water the more chance we have of them leading by example one day.

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