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Booze and people interested in the environment and the community. What could be better?! Also, a good place to network for jobs! Bring a couple of friends and check it out this tuesday 5p to 7p at Thompson House (aka. the lavish post-grad building) just up the street on McTavish.
“A lively mixture of people from NGOs, academia, government and business. Come along and you’ll be made welcome. Just say, “are you green?” and we will look after you and introduce you to whoever is there.It’s a great way of catching up with people you know and also for making new contacts. Everyone invites someone else along, so there’s always a different crowd, making Green Drinks an organic, self-organising network. These events are very simple and unstructured, but many people have found employment, made friends, developed new ideas, done deals and had moments of serendipity.”
Why bother conserving water?em>
Water is essential to life. Of all the water on this planet, only 2.5% is freshwater. Less than 0.01% is easily accessible freshwater in lakes and rivers.
Canadians and Water Consumption
Canada is the second largest water consumer in the world
The cost of water is relatively inexpensive in Canada which can lead to overuse and waste
Region of Peel residents use slightly less than the Canadian average
Water Facts
Did you know..?
The average Canadian uses 340 litres of water per day.
The average adult drinks 1.5 litres of water a day,
which includes coffee, tea and various juices.
Only 5 per cent of all water used inside the home is used for cooking and drinking purposes.
Peel residents use 50 per cent more water in the summer to water their lawns and gardens.*
More than 24 million Canadians depend on municipal drinking water.
22 million people use Canadian municipal sewer systems.*
In 2001, water demand in Peel Region exceeded 700 litres per day per person.
*Environment Canada
Retrieved from..www.region.peel.on.ca
Phil
