3. Cut your shower time

This is something everyone can do. I am a great example of someone who takes multiple showers a day just to warm up, or I will stay in and take a 40 minute shower until my skin wrinkles up, but I got to thinking the other day where does that water go? I'm sure most of it gets recycled in a water treatment plant, but how about the people with a septic tank?

Before I get way off the point my "green idea" of the day is to install a clock within site of your shower and make sure you time it between 5-10 minutes. A five-minute shower uses 10 to 25 gallons of water. In sub-Saharan Africa, women my age spend 15 to 17 hours a week collecting water that may or may not kill their children. According to CNN, only 1% of the world's water is drinkable.

This makes me think how many times can we actually treat water before it can't be processed anymore? Will it be in my generation? My childrens? We should be looking at the bigger picture. Think ahead, and make a goal of going "greenish".