I don't know whether this has been discussed much, but how can USMS support "going green," promoting and/or being supportive of being environmentally responsible for clean water to swim in as well as to drink?
Open Water swims, of course, are the perfect venues to remind us all to keep our waters clean for swimming. The Boston swim focuses on this; do other Open Water swims promote cleaner water? What do they do?
Can pool Masters swimmers, clubs, LMSCs promote being "greener"? Encouraging people to take shorter showers is one way. What are other ways?
I think it is a fine idea and good opportunity for USMS to promote this particular aspect of the environment. By the way, all the Great Lakes are down several inches, except for Lake Superior (where, at the moment, we don't have Open Water swims...but who knows, in the future???).
Jennifer Parks, Michigan Masters
Parents
Former Member
How about encouraging pools to keep the water temperature down around 80? Dropping the water temp a few degrees could save lots of energy.
Skimpier bathing suits...stop the destruction of the Lycra forests!!:bolt:
How about getting Electronic entry standardised on a web page, or even an Excel file. or a USMS cards that can be emailed instead of photocopied and 80% of a sheet of paper wasted just to mail it in...might be unpopular but do away with certificates for awards, though this could be done with recycled paper...save some trees, or at minimum, source a discount for recycled paper fo USMS swimmers.
How about encouraging pools to keep the water temperature down around 80? Dropping the water temp a few degrees could save lots of energy.
Skimpier bathing suits...stop the destruction of the Lycra forests!!:bolt:
How about getting Electronic entry standardised on a web page, or even an Excel file. or a USMS cards that can be emailed instead of photocopied and 80% of a sheet of paper wasted just to mail it in...might be unpopular but do away with certificates for awards, though this could be done with recycled paper...save some trees, or at minimum, source a discount for recycled paper fo USMS swimmers.
