If you've checked out my posts on this blog, you know about Xeriscaping - the wonderful design idea that we can have beautiful gardens and yards while respecting the natural resources of our desert landscape.
The news tells us about people in other places who consider their finances when they use water: if they have money, they grow lush lawns and exotic plants. If they're working joes, they have brown all around and worry about paying the water bill when they take a shower. But water is like the air we breathe - it's both our own and everyone else's. We are responsible for the entire planet whether we like it or not.
I once had a neighbor who was single and childless. He told me he voted down all school levys since he didn't have any children and wanted lower taxes. Amazing, right? I guess he didn't care who would be running the local government, businesses, and the economy when he grew old and dependent. He must believe an ignorant populace are fine stewards of the future.
As you can tell, I'm very passionate about being a part of this global village - we're all related when it comes down to it - we all have the same ancestors and our children could all very well live together. My son in Korea breathes the fouled air that blows from China. Our Central Oregon skies were cloudy with smoke from Siberia last week. And the snow that falls, pristine, on our mountains, will eventually melt and flow, river by river, to the same ocean that brought the refuse from the Japanese tsunami to our shores.
So - is it anyone's water to use frivolously? With a warm winter and the hot weather arriving so early this year, we need to be very conscious of our very deep footprint on this place we call home.
Happy (Belated) Earth Day!
Check our this great publication that shows how to design an earth friendly garden https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/sites/catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/files/project/pdf/ec1530.pdf
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