Blog Action Day 2012

My Blog Action Day ( BAD) 2011 was a simple post (but a complicated topic) on 'water'. 
http://mecarblog.blogspot.in/2010/10/bad-2011.html

Much water has gone into the sea since then, some areas severely flooded on the way, and some other places faced acute shortage. Nature's fury killed many in the flooded areas and many committed suicides in some of the areas facing acute shortages :( 

One way to look at it is 'Malthusian' way or the traditional Indian Karma theory, or scientifically sheer impact of climate change.

Two states in Indian Republic are fighting over water, Karnataka & Tamil Nadu !!

To summarise, people are fighting over water, at individual levels & beyond.

I am wondering what should I post for B-A-D 2012. Deliberately hyphenated. Somehow not comfortable with a negative connotation of the abbreviated 'BAD'. It should be 'GOOD' or 'HOPE' :)

This being a global event, don't want to restrict to any local issues. At a global level, what are the prominent issues? 

1. Credit crunch & all the resulting problems, esp unemployment. Politicians & administrators are unable to take affirmative actions to get economies back on track. Politicians are no longer synonymous with Leadership. We badly need mass leaders like Gandhi ji.Of course, we need to ensure we get the right leaders at all levels to represent us. We have a responsible role to play.
2. Impact of climate change. Like an ostrich, the world continue to try to avoid the responsibility
3. Population Vs Food produced. We just do not have enough food to feed 7 billion plus inhabitants of the earth. Some of the societies are getting affluent means more non-vegetarian food (with its impact on climate change), increasing wastage of food,  disparity of income distribution, etc. We just need to be more empathetic to people around us.
4. I can go on & on... But the biggest challenge our society is facing today is none of the above. Let us pause for a moment and try to think of the essence of all problems. The source of all problems. It is drop in morality in society - society comprises of us, individuals. The buck stops with each one of us... ME! 

 

Kent Purification by RO+UF+UV+TDS Control

As part of my settling down process, I decided to fix my drinking water problem.

Afterall, it is a 'problem' across the country, right ? We can not drink water from the tap (or a good, old  well/borewell). There was a time, when we pulled water out of the well in our ancestral home at kerala village & drank. Now, even there, I think people prefer 'jeera-water'!

Having depended on bottled water in Gulf, I was looking for a 'more' environment-friendly option.

Few years ago, before moving abroad, when a friend told me Chennaites are opting for bottled-water, I was flabberghasted! The shock was partly due to the cost factor, and also impact on environment. ( For every 20 L bottle that reaches our homes, do we pause to think the impact it has on environement ?!!  Do we care ??!!)

When I checked around, got to know the world has evolved from Acqua guard to a "safer" RO-technology ! ( Tech for water ?!) I played safe, got the 'safest' - got Hema Malini's Kent home.

The proof of the pudding is in eating !! My dog, born & brought up in Gulf, had rejected all our earlier attempts to give her boiled/cooled water to bottled mineral water. But, she liked Kent's purified water !! She has gone back to her earlier habit of frequent sips from her bowl ( That was indeed a big relief!)

We liked the taste too. Now we enjoy the purest form of water available around, Kent's Purification by RO+UF+UV+TDS Control !!! I thought pure H2O was less complicated :( 
If you want to know what all those stand for, check out http://www.kent.co.in/


If I have solved a critical part of my To-Do List-to Settle-back, I am shocked to see a new problem ! Lot of water goes waste, as part of purification. The Kent-technician, after fitting the machine, told us 'matter-of-factly'! Was not sure if he was mocking my awareness level or enquiring 'what is big deal?' !!

Now, we are trying to collected the water from the blue pipe in small vessels and use it - quite an effort that is !!

An advise to all Kent users is do not waste even a drop of water, plz !!
Request Kent to incroporate this in to their delivery & installation, with a specific check

Let us Save Water!