Everyone usually needs to drink, but lots
and lots too fast can cause a problem.
You need to drink to avoid dehydration
(being very thirsty), but don’t drink unless
you are 100% sure it is clean water.
Babies use seven times as much
water for their size, as an adult. This is
why good water is very important. There’s
lots of water on the planet, but we
can’t drink it all as it isn’t clean enough.
When there’s washing up to do aft er
eating, did you know that an ecological
dishwasher needs as little as 18 litres
of water per cycle, while handwashing
dishes uses about 90 litres?
About 26,000 litres is needed to grow
a whole day’s food for a family of two
adults and two children. For instance,
to produce 1 kilogram of beef you
will need over 16,000 litres of water.
Producing chocolate would need almost
double that amount. A cucumber is 95%
liquid. So is a jellyfish but there’s no way
I’m eating one of those!
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