At first I was with a pal's brother in a brand spanking new 2014 beauty that we drove all over, in one of the worst winters in Canadian history! Talk about being thrown to the wolves! But thanks to my many years of mountain driving in Colorado, I did fine and avoided the ditches all winter long... and it was long! I took a break in the spring to go back to the flowers which I love and then started up with 18 wheelers again in the fall.
I hauled cattle mostly, but other things too: in a 1998 POS. Wait, I mean POL---"poor old lady" and she was something. Barely meeting the safety requirements, and at the end I had to tie the seat belt around the passenger's seat to keep the door shut, but I was learning on my own, and it was a good experience to have for the future.
During this time, I thought about water usage many times—while cleaning out the cattle trailers and other vans after hauling fresh produce. As the water was gushing out of the fire hoses, I couldn’t help but think that almost a billion people around the world still lack fresh water. Even with all the hundreds of organizations that help--and that number continues to grow as people realize the magnitude of this problem—it’s still unbelievable that the modern world has this issue. Perfectly clean water was wasted on cleaning out cattle poop and it just rubbed me the wrong way.
There is still such an important message that HAS to get to the general public!!
The message? If we don’t change our behaviour about wasteful water usage, it’s not going to be only states like California and Texas who are severely suffering from water shortages, drought and conservation troubles. It’s not just a small issue anymore and hasn’t been for years, but people ignore the reality of water situations in their everyday life, and continue to be wasteful. They will change when they have to change, and it might be too late.
Yes there are many people who know and care about issues like tap water vs. bottled water, water shortages, ecosystems that are shot because of water abuse, and lots of other problems, but they're the same people who watch documentaries about it and do things to help. They are NOT the everyday general population who really has to be informed because it will affect future generations to years to come!
What better way to get people to learn, than for this message to be inside a fun movie. People watch movies all the time! And I don't mean documentaries. But use it to teach and raise money to help... By the way, "Did I Say Thousand Island?" has now been seen in 202 countries----there are only 196 recognized countries! Think about THAT! Somewhere on some remote island, in some remote sea, there are people who have seen this movie! Really unbelievable, but true.
This website “Remake 4 Water” has been up for a few years and although the format hasn’t changed too much, and I've kept current to some extent, I have now updated the old links and statistics that have changed. I will never give up on this.
People have to start becoming more responsible about water usage. Big troubles will happen sooner than most people know. Plain and simple.
