Life Straw Persuasive Speech

Do you ever notice how much water you waste on a daily basis? From leaving the water running while washing your hair to flushing a bug down the toilet, you may waste more water than you think. Even if you feel you are conscientious of your water usage, you are bound to waste water, even if it's by accident, so there is always a reason to help. There is many things yourself as an individual can do, ranging from a donation to advertising around your community to stop the enourmous amounts of water we waste on the daily. You yourself can help out more than you think, but some companies are taking the extra step to make the earth a better place. When there is not enough clean water in Africa, the LifeStraw and other water bottle filter companies

Luckily there is companies inventing and advertising certain products that could help the water crisis. A lot of companies are trying to help, but one stood out to us in particular. LifeStraw is really stepping up to the plate in the effort to help the water crisis in Africa and other third world countries. LifeStraw is a non-profit organization which has nearly perfected a portable water filter. It combines iodine crystals, charcoal, and membrane filters in a small straw thus creating the LifeStraw. The cost of the LifeStraw is ten dollars per straw, but goes down if bought in bulk. It may seem expensive at first, but ten dollars to save someone's life is a no-brainer. The straw is the size of a glow stick with the power of saving people's life. The company itself is trying to promote itself, but I feel that they are not doing enough. Our main goal with this invention is to push its existence itself. Many people are aware of the problem of clean water in Africa, but not many know what to do. The perfect thing to do is to donate a LifeStraw to people in need. We plan to advertise by our survey (Push it out through Social Media). With the power of social media it is possible for millions of people to see our survey and how they could help people in

All of our solutions are a way in which everyday people could help out people in need. Out of our solutions the one we most strongly push and recommend is to conserve the water you use in your everyday life. Wasting water that could easily be the difference between life and death of someone in need was a huge factor to us. Not many people realize that when they leave the water running while shampooing their hair, the same amount of water could save a life. 783 million in our world today do not have access to clean, drinkable water daily. We are striving to decrease that number via our solutions. With the combination of spreading awareness of daily water usage, the LifeStraw and reaching for better infrastructures in the communities we are bound to succeed. If everything goes to plan we can ignite a flame throughout our community and more to try to help the people in great need. Imagine in a couple years time if our paper did enough to save even ones person’s life. In the end that is what we are pursuing, saving someone's life is in fact saving your own in a way. Nothing can ever top the feeling of helping someone, especially saving their life. “You were born to change someone’s life, don’t waste it”.