What is your dream? What are your dreams? One of my dreams is to write a book about water.
Tsunami danger.
A dream? Yes, but to make it a goal, a reality, it needs a deadline. That deadline is now set: December 31, 2017.
What is your dream? What are your dreams? One of my dreams is to write a book about water.
Tsunami danger.
A dream? Yes, but to make it a goal, a reality, it needs a deadline. That deadline is now set: December 31, 2017.
Dreaming is a nice past-time. It doesn’t hurt you but gives a nice sensation. The question is, what to do with it. You dream you don’t have MS. You dream about a vacation in Hawaii. You dream about blogging, or writing a book. All good ideas. It is where ideas start.
The bottom line: A goal is a dream with a deadline.
In my last chapter I gave an example of how water is used in a tomato cannery. This time, let's look at the bigger picture how water relates to food production, worldwide.
According to FAO data for 2015, almost 800 million people globally are undernourished. Insufficient daily calories and proteins means that they go to bed hungry. And this is without counting those who are not necessarily falling short in terms of the quantity of food but are not being adequately fed in terms of the quality of food. I know, these numbers are estimates, difficult to measure. We should, therefore congratulate FAO who developed methods for the measurement and is making sure this issue does not completely disappear from political agendas. 220 million of the undernourished people live in Sub-Saharan Africa, this is more than 23% of its total population. (Food and water security Nov 26, 2015 Peter Brabeck-Letmathe Chairman of the Board at Nestlé S.A.)
Brabeck-Letmathe goes on and states that: The inexcusable fact is that today the world is producing more than enough basic food to feed everybody.
There is a disproportionate distribution of food in today’s world. He goes on and gives some reasons; one of the main ones being:
Water has so many properties and functions which we take for granted. Ben thought of using a tomato cannery as an example to look at all the different ways water is used in the process.
The tomato paste is sterile enough, but the can it is put in, is not. The paste would soon spoil.
CAN YOU THINK OF MORE WAYS WATER IS USED?
Roland visited his brother, Ben, in California. Roland was making this an “American” trip, in which he included several locations. His first was with Ben and his family. Ben lived just west of Sacramento, and planned a camping trip with his brother to see some sights. He also took the little Sunfish sailboat along, on a trailer behind the car.
Are you prejudiced about the functions and uses of water?