One of those “only in America” stories – “Americans will spend $22bn (£11.9bn) on luxury bathrooms this year“. It is, says one designer, “a mini-living room now”. Except in most living rooms there’s not lots of water being used, water heated usually by non-renewable energy sources.
It fits rather neatly with another story from the Guardian today – a third of the world’s species of amphibians are threatened:
Fifty of the world’s leading conservation experts are calling for an urgent rescue mission to save frogs, newts and other amphibians from extinction. They believe fast action is needed to save the planet’s 5,743 amphibian species after research showing that 32.5% are threatened. Up to 122 amphibian species have become extinct since 1980.
Not a perfect equation, but less water, and money, on bathrooms, and more in natural environments, certainly couldn’t hurt.
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