The 90-Day Plan: DAY 18

DAY 18

For today, CUT THE JUNK and SODA.  Other than the obvious health benefits to avoiding junk food and soda, often it comes in plastic packaging.  Didn't we talk about that?  A typical American's daily diet requires close to 2,000 gallons of water to produce.  By limiting your intake of junk food and soda, that amount of water used can be significantly reduced.

Challenge:  Substitute honey for sugar—sugarcane plantations often replace valuable wetlands.  Difficult to beat diseases and the overuse of pesticides are serious and ever-present threats to bee colonies; what would happen if bees were to go extinct?

For More Information:

http://www.waterclaim.org/blog/2007/03/1700_gallons_a_day_to_eat.html

http://www.ebeehoney.com/