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
We buy a case of bottled and reuse the bottles with tap for several days before tossing them into the recycle bin.
Yes. But you are making a sacrifice (small though it may be) to do that. You are doing what you can to avoid destruction of the commons (landfill, air, etc). Most people don't do that. They take advantage of you. If the true costs of disposing/recycling those bottles was priced into the cost of the bottled water more people would probably do what you do.
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We buy a case of bottled and reuse the bottles with tap for several days before tossing them into the recycle bin.
Yes. But you are making a sacrifice (small though it may be) to do that. You are doing what you can to avoid destruction of the commons (landfill, air, etc). Most people don't do that. They take advantage of you. If the true costs of disposing/recycling those bottles was priced into the cost of the bottled water more people would probably do what you do.
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