My boys are big enough to brush their teeth on their own, but they needed a little reminding on how to use as little water as possible when making those teeth sparkle. We started the "buddy brush", where you have to brush until everyone is ready to rinse, then everyone rinses quickly, then the water is turned off until another rinse is needed. We also talked about the "buddy flush", where if you have to pee, especially before bed- when they all go at the same time, you wait to flush until everyone else has peed and only flush once. When we woke up today the boys already remembered about the buddy flush and my oldest asked anyone if they needed to pee before he flushed.
Here is a little bit of info on water conservation from not running the water when your brush your teeth from a website called
50 ways to Help the Planet:
BRUSH WITHOUT RUNNING
You've heard this one before, but maybe you still do it. You'll conserve up to five gallons per day if you stop. Daily savings in the U.S. alone could add up to 1.5 billion gallons--more water than folks use in the Big Apple.
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