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Friday, October 10, 2014

Number One Idea

Some ideas that come out of academia are green.  Others are a different color:
(from BBC News)

University students are being urged to urinate in the shower in a bid to save water. The Go with the Flow campaign is the brainchild of students Debs Torr and Chris Dobson, from the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich. They want the university's 15,000 students to take their first wee of the day while having their morning shower. Mr Dobson, 20, said the idea could "save enough water to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool 26 times." ...

Mr Dobson said they had taken advice from a professor and had undertaken online research about potential health risks for people using communal showers. He said: "As long as the water is flowing there is no hygiene risk as urine is sterile but we would encourage that every person using the same shower consents to the challenge and if not that they don't take part." ...

A UEA spokeswoman said the university supported "students in their efforts in these initiatives and encouraged all forms of enterprising, entrepreneurial and employability activity."

Full story at http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-29552557

And if you like to sing in the shower, a suggestion:


 

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