Save water * be healthy (you AND the planet)

Saving water is good for your health, and for the planet. Even your food choices can make a real difference.

Eat cereal. It takes 72 gallons of water to grow two eggs. 22 gallons for cereal w/milk. (And less for plant-milk.)

Eat healthy. It takes 49 gallons of H20 to make a bag of chips, but 18 to grow an apple.

Skip dessert. It takes 2,847 gallons of water to make a serving of chocolate.

Skip the fast food. It takes 634 gallons of water to make a hamburger.

Skip the cocktail. It takes 31 gallons of water to make a glass of wine.

Enjoy a vegetarian meal. The water footprint of a pound of beef is 1,500 gallons.

Skip the second cup. It takes 37 gallons of water to make a cup of coffee.

~ from 30 Days of H2O, The Nature Conservancy