{"id":7834,"date":"2014-10-20T09:30:04","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T09:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blitransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=7834"},"modified":"2017-06-21T14:17:23","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T19:17:23","slug":"sustainablog-takes-4-liter-challenge-w-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2014\/10\/20\/sustainablog-takes-4-liter-challenge-w-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainablog Takes the 4 Liter Challenge (w\/ Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi, gang! It’s been a while since our last post<\/a>, and since then this “4 liter challenge” thing has surged in popularity and then kinda died down. A few weeks ago, however, our good friend Jeff McIntire-Strasburg<\/a> took on the challenge and documented his day in words and YouTube videos which he was kind enough to share with Blue Living Elements, below. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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Jeff Takes the 4 Liter Challenge<\/h3>\n
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“Water, water everywhere” sums up the American relationship with water (well, except maybe Californians<\/a> these days): we expect to turn on the tap and have water for drinking, bathing, cleaning and cooking instantly available to us. For much of the developing world, though, you’ve got to add the next line of Coleridge’s famous poem: “Water, water everywhere\/Nor any drop to drink.” Water sources are contaminated or polluted or otherwise unfit for human consumption. As such, many in the developing world must live on an average of 4 liters of water a day<\/a> (about a gallon) for all of those necessities that we usually take for granted.<\/p>\n

So, today, I (and many others) am taking a shot at living just a bit like those people in the poorest parts of the world by taking the 4 Liters Challenge<\/a>. In short, I’m going to limit myself to \u00a0liters of water for drinking, bathing, cleaning, and cooking today. I’ll be shooting short videos throughout the day to update you on my progress – here’s the first one:<\/p>\n