Apparently, this presentation was the winner of Slideshare.com’s “World’s Greatest Presentation” contest. Entitled Thirst, I found this presentation very eye opening and inspiring.
It’s amazing how many people work very hard to reduce their carbon footprint but don’t even realize how much their water consumption has an impact on the planet. Also, it is shocking to me from the standpoint that we, here in the states, take for granted the fact that we can walk over to the faucet and get a drink of water whenever we want.
Friends have told me stories of people they know joining the Peace Corps and coming back being super frugal about using water. For me, just learning/being reminded of the few facts in this presentation has affected how I think about my own water consumption.
Notable facts from the presentation:
- Less than .007% of the Earth’s water is consumable by humans
- A 10-minute shower uses 50 gallons of water
- 1 in 5 people in the world don’t have access to safe drinking water