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From Alida’s Audio Reflections

“I got to the basin today, and unfortunately the tap had
been left on … the water was absolutely streaming out, and

I have no idea how long the tap was open for. I felt

absolutely appalled at the waste of this beautiful, pure
water. I have the sense that my reaction was stronger

today than it would have been had that same thing
happened before our pilgrimage. I have been thinking a lot
about it … the irresponsible waste and the destructive side

of water usage … I need to believe that as we put this new
narrative out there, there will be a value shift … Systemic

change comes from society itself demanding that its people

value something, or focus on something, and I need to
believe that that is going to happen … I really do think that
the weekend we experienced is a great example, then, of

the power of education and exposure, because part of that

education was really the experiential component of what
we had. Also today I found myself spending probably too
much money on a glass eco-bottle … but I did it
consciously, because I didn’t want to buy plastic, and I

wanted to feel like I was moving away from that. I wanted

to feel like I was doing something positive and acting from
a new place of knowing.”

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