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So how about I was extremely shocked to find out that National Energy Conservation Day is a day that's actually celebrated in India. And so it just got me to thinking like, well, do we have a day like that? And when I kind of looked at our calendar of events, we actually have a lot of days that relate to conservation and the environment and energy and stuff like that. Just to kind of run over a few of them, January 1st is Resolve to Go Green Day.
February 2nd is World Wetlands Day. March 3rd is World Wildlife Day. The 2nd Friday is Solar Appreciation Day. There's International Day of Forest, which is the 21st.
World Water Day is the 22nd. World Aquatic Animal Day is the 3rd of April. We've got Arbor Day, which is the last Friday in April. Endangered Species Day is the 16th of May.
National Trails Day is June 1st. World Environment Day is June 5th. World Ocean Day is June 8th. Looks like June has a lot going on.
Global Wind Day is June 15th. So we've got a lot of days. It's just it seems like we might break ours down a little bit more or we just tend to celebrate all the ones that they have in the world. And because now that I think about it, a lot of those are World Days and not many were National Days.
Let's see, September 4th is National Wildlife Day. And outside of that, everything else on our calendar right now that I'm seeing is a World Day or an International Day. So I don't know, maybe we need to step up our National Observance for Conservation. And just be mindful, because in India, what they do for National Energy Conservation Day is they provide information on minimizing energy waste and how the public can do their part in conserving resources.
So essentially, the main objective for the day is to reduce the use of energy and to encourage people to use it efficiently. That is something that I definitely think we need to pay closer attention to here in the United States. Because unfortunately, I'm not gonna say that people are being wasteful knowingly. I think it's more of a thing where they're being wasteful in some cases.
Some ways we know that it's wasteful, the things that people do. But I think a lot of people don't realize what goes into various things and items and actions. And I say that because, kind of like cows, cow farts affect climate change, right? Cows don't realize that when they pass gas that they're doing wonky stuff to the environment.
But it's up to us as the people who feed the cows to maybe come up with ways to give them a better diet so that they're not passing as much gas or maybe to find better ways to recycle their fecal matter so that it's not affecting the atmosphere, the way that normal cow farts do. Okay, so here's one that you probably never thought about. How much water does it take to make a t-shirt? Well, first, let's stop and think about t-shirts.
How many t-shirts do you have? If you're like me, you probably have one for every day of the month, maybe two months worth. Who knows? So how much water does it take to make just one cotton t-shirt?
Well, here's your answer. It takes about 2,700 liters of water to make one cotton t-shirt. Well, you may be saying to yourself, well gosh, I don't even, I can't imagine what 2,700 liters of water looks like. Well, think about this.
You've seen a two liter soda? A thousand of those, plus them, right? Well, maybe you're not being a soda. Give me another visual.
Okay, how about this? Two, six person Jacuzzis. That's about 358 gallons each. So together, that's about 700 gallons of water.
So a little bit more than what you could get in two Jacuzzis. That seems crazy. When you think about how small and lightweight a shirt can be, and to think that it takes that much water to create a t-shirt, and then you think about the number of t-shirts you have, that's my challenge to you. You know that 2,700 liters is what's used to make the equivalent of one cotton t-shirt.
Don't count up your t-shirts. And do the math to see how much water was used to create all of the shirts that you have. It might make you look at clothing a little bit different, because t-shirts aren't the only things that need water to make them. Everything, all of the items of clothing that we wear.
So there are some clothing lines that are trying to do things where they recycle the water, or they do other things to cut down on the energy that they use, on the water that they use. They're trying to cut down on the resources because they realize that we need these things for survival. And if they use them up just to give us a cute little t-shirt, then unless we learn to eat t-shirts, then it's really not gonna do us any good. It's interesting because when the conversation of conserving energy usually comes up, it's all based around saving money, saving energy that way to save money for you to then do whatever you wanna do with that extra money.
But I think the focus on conservation should be to preserve the planet, to preserve life on the planet. Just so happens that I was in a conversation earlier today where there's this guy, and his thought is that the Earth is moving at a very swift pace towards the next big extinction because of the way that humans treat the Earth, the way that they don't attempt to conserve energy, that they don't do what's right by Mother Earth, and therefore, sooner than later, everything is just going to fall apart, and we're not going to be able to continue to stay here, continue to survive, continue to live because we will have used up all the resources. I also heard a gentleman talking about bees, and how the bee population has been drastically reduced, and without bees, there's either a third or two thirds of the food that we eat. I think it was a third of the food that we eat, would no longer be able to be produced without the bees because of the pollination that bees participate in.
And I thought that was interesting too, so what this person decided to do was to actually take a beekeeping class and actually began raising bees. And I thought about that, and I'm like, wow, that is absolutely amazing. It's not anything that's beyond any of us. We can all do something like this.
Now, if you're allergic to bees, I would not recommend you being a beekeeper because that just puts you in danger, not saying that the bees would attack you or anything, but you run that risk that something might happen in a bee's things you, and then it turns into an emergency type situation, wouldn't want that for you. So maybe keeping bees wouldn't be your thing, but maybe doing some other things to save energy to then preserve the earth would be a good thing. Like maybe something as simple as adjusting your day-to-day behaviors. When you think about turning off lights and rooms that you're not in or turning off appliances, even to unplug your electronic devices, because even when you're not using them, when they're plugged up, they're still using energy.
So the more you can kind of work around those day-to-day behaviors that you have, the better off will be here on the earth. Replacing your light bulbs. Your traditional incandescent light bulbs, they consume an excessive amount of electricity. However, if you can change those incandescent, oh, that's the hard word to say, incandescent light bulbs, too, halogen incandescent or compact fluorescent lights, light emitting diode bulbs, those are LEDs.
If you can change to one of those types, you can save anywhere between 25% to 80% of the energy that you wouldn't normally use, which is pretty big. That's a pretty big savings. There are smart power strips out there. Once again, like I said, you have these devices that are plugged up, like our laptops and things like that, that there comes a point, once it gets charged or whatever, it doesn't need any more energy.
However, as long as it's still plugged up, it's still drawing energy. So why not consider a smart power strip? Now, they could save you up to like $200 per year. And if that's what you need, you need to know what your dollar savings is going to be in order to then conserve energy.
Then by all means, let's go that route. If it's going to make you treat the earth better. There are other things like programmable thermostats, using energy-efficient appliances, reduce your water heating expenses. There are so many different ways.
Installing efficient windows. A lot of houses now are being built with energy efficient windows. But if you have an older house in your next renovation, you might want to consider taking out those old drafty windows and putting in some energy efficient ones, which will then take it easier on your HVAC system. You can always update that as well.
There are so many things that you can do. Make sure your house is well insulated, weatherize your home. So many things. We can all do a little bit of something to help put the entire globe closer to a better situation.
Energy conservation is important and beneficial for so many reasons. You can protect the environment and save money and increase your property value all through simple energy saving measures. And the cool thing is that no matter what your motivation is for conservation in the first place, you not only help the entire world, but you help yourself as well by keeping a few dollars in your pocket. So I realize you can't stop cows from farting and messing with the climate.
But you can turn off a light after you're leaving a room or find some energy efficient appliances for your home or weatherproofing it or doing all these other little things that make a huge difference. So that's my challenge to you. Start looking to see what ways can you do better by the Earth and by all of us and do a little something to conserve some energy. All right, let me know how you're doing with this challenge.
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