Can I have a... McWedding?

When I first saw this article my jaw literally dropped. Why would anyone in their right minds ever want to have their wedding at a McDonald's? But as I started to read more into it I realized maybe it isn't such a bad idea since people these days are starting to save money because of the economy and a wedding at McDonald's really wouldn't cost as much as a "traditional wedding." But still why would anyone want to get married at McDonald's?

Right now the only place that you can go to have a McWedding, as of now, is at select McDonald's in Hong Kong. And instead of cherries for the couple to eat together and kiss you'll have a french fry to kiss. For McDonald's a McWedding makes total sense, because they say that it may be a special place for some people; they had their first date there, they met there. And now they want to get married here.

The idea for a McWedding is to cut costs and to limit the guest list to around 100 people. At a regular five-star restaurant a table for 10 costs around a thousand dollars. And a typical family would reserve about a dozen tables, the cost of the wedding starts to add up as you can see. If you don't want to have your wedding at McDonald's they also welcome engagement and anniversary parties as well. They even provide the "venue, decorations, guest gifts, audio system and even a MC. It's the budget, fast-food version that appeals to wallets (but maybe not waistlines)."

Treehugger hopes that this is just a passing fad and that young couples will take the time to plan a more greener wedding instead. I thought this related to class because it's a way to save money, even though it is a little bizarre.

8 Facts You Didn't Know About Water.

In the article 8 Facts You Didn't Know About Water it talked about 8 things you probably didn't know about the water. I found this article interesting because of Blog Action Day where each year thousands and thousands of bloggers will blog about one topic. Their goal is to raise awareness about that specific topic. Since today was a big day for bloggers and activists around the world because of Blog Action Day this article was created because the focus this year is water.

Most people already know what an impact it would be if something would happen to our water supply. But most people don't know about the startling facts that Blog Action Day has uncoverd about water over the past few months. The facts are:

1. Ever WEEK, 42,000 people die from unsafe drinking water and living conditions.

2. Students in developing countries lose 443 million school days each year combined because of diseases caused by lack of water, sanitation and unhygenic living conditions.

3. More people have access to cell phones than toilets.

4. The United States, Mexico and China lead the world in amount of bottled water consumption. A US citizen on average will drink 200 bottles of water each year. 17 million barrels of oil are needed to make those bottles and 86% of them won't even be recycled.

5. Organizations are bringing fresh water to developing countries, by not only building wells but also creating building to maintain those wells.

6. The average person uses 465 liters of water per day.

7. By correctly disposing of household wastes we can help keep our rivers and streams from becoming polluted.

8. Communities around the world are saying no to bottled water. By doing this it drastically reduces water bottle waste and saves taxpayers money.

After reading those facts I was pretty shocked. I had no idea how much things really do pile up, and how much of a difference there really is between developed and undeveloped countries. But, I also learned that the small things really do make a difference and if we all pitch in on this it really will make a difference.  I thought that this related to class because we were talking about the differences in developed countries and developing countries.