Green

In honor of Earth Day being yesterday, I am reading an excerpt from a book called "Go Green, Save Green." Its pretty good so far, but I just found a quote that I like:
"If every American used one gallon less of water per day, we
would save more than 100 billion gallons per year. That’s enough
to supply the entire population of Mozambique with water for five
years."

That puts things into perspective. Partly because I see how big Mozambique is. And they need water alot. Not that reducing our water consumption here will automatically provide wells or running water for them, but maybe if we reduced our consumerism and took the money we saved by buying less stuff and using less water, and gave it to organizations like Blood Water Mission or Iris Ministries to build wells, then the people who have no water in Africa would have water.

Hmm, maybe that is my new idea for some missions thing... so far we have people giving up coffee and other drinks and using that money to fund projects in Africa, what if there was something that people could pledge to buy less things or use less water, and then they would donate that money to buy clothes for kids in Africa or provide wells in Africa.