Save on soap while avoiding the flu
During this flu season, signs advising proper hand washing technique are posted everywhere: wet hands, apply soap, wash, rinse, dry. I’m no expert in the matter, but it seems to me that the process can be tweaked a bit to get the same benefit with a bit less soap. Here’s why. When I wet my hands first then get a pump of soap, I find that much of the soap slips off my hands and down the drain unused – and so I need to get another pump of soap. So instead, my hand washing technique has become: get a pump of soap first, rub it around a bit, then wet my hands lightly and carry on with washing as usual. Lots of lather, clean hands and a bit of soap saved. True, it’s just one pump – but if a million people do it...
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Remember “Beds Are Burning”, the 1987 hit by Aussie rock group Midnight Oil? It’s back, with updated lyrics focusing on climate change. Supported by a “dream team” of 60+ international music and entertainment stars, the song is being promoted as a musical petition for climate change action in the run-up to the Copenhagen summit in December.