Monday, February 16, 2009

Share and Voice 2: If It's Yellow Keep It Mellow, If It's Brown Flush It Down!

Hey guys!
So I'm laughing at myself for even writing about this, but I am going to do it anyway...Well, I usually walk through the Life Sciences building at our school during the day and I always make a pit stop at the bathroom where all the Pharmacy students have their 
lockers and stuff. YOU ALL have to go to this bathroom sometime!! It is so environmentally friendly!
So, the other day I took a couple pictures of the bathroom to show you why this bathroom is so cool....


So I am not sure if you can read what the first sign says, but it says, "By installing this water-saving handle with dual-function flush, this facility has demonstrated its commitment to protect and preserve the environment. For the system to work, we need your help. Please take a look at the diagram above and push the handle in the direction which best suits your needs. With your assistance, we can do our part to conserve this precious resource."
GOOD JOB UMD at getting one of these toilets!!!! How come the other bathrooms in our school don't have this type of flushing system? Think of how much water we could conserve by simply flushing up for liquid waste and down for solid waste!! Go check it out guys. 

"Be the change you wish to see in the world." ~Mahatma Gandhi

11 comments:

Christen said...

Kathy-
I am so surprised hat UMD even offers toilets that advanced.. haha... Way to go on taking pictures of it. This is such a good idea for a share and voice. I'll have to make a quick trip over there to check it out. Great Post!

Steve @ Steve's Enviro-Blog said...

That is probably the coolest thing ever!

Unknown said...

I loved these bathrooms the first time I used them! haha :) Nice title by the way! :)

*Shar* said...

This is so sweet! I'm gonna try and find that bathroom=) I found another sweet thing about toilets, stay tuned for more info! ;)

Heather Belknap said...

Kathy:

After I got done laughing at this, this is so cool! I want to find these bathrooms and use then for sure! This was a great find Kathy!

Heather

Dr. V. said...

Too cool! Love the photos you took! Our own investigative reporter! You rock!

Kaileigh's Nature Log said...

Kathy- when you told me about this I was laughing so hard! But it is really cool! I think that the rest of our school should invest in these environmental toilets. You will have to take me to the bathroom and show me sometime haha!!!:) Good find! Always on the look out for an idea for blogs!!!

Sara Jandt said...

You win lots of Sara points for this post!
THERE IS AN AWARD WAITING FOR YOU ON MY BLOG!!!! --S

Samantha @ Running with the Wild said...

This is so great Kathy!! Great find, and thank you for putting in up here for all of us to enjoy as well :) Check out my blog...there just may be a little award awaiting you :)

Sara H's Safe Environment said...

Cool post Kathy! I will definately have to check that out sometime!!!!

Katie Nash said...

haha...laughing out loud right now in the library...GReat post!