Save Water!

The Mayor of London floats his solution to England's drought: Ken Livingstone says "if it's yellow, let it mellow".

Call this a drought?

Plants love it, says Ken.

Conserve water.

Water Company Hypocrisy! or is it? Unfortunate, more like.

No drought order yet. Phew.

I've made a poster to celebrate Ken's advice. To print it in various sizes, get over to Flickr by clicking on the picture then find the 'All Sizes' button. You'll need a recent version of Flash. Please print it and post it inside the door of the nearest thunderbox.

Update: It's August and the water is holding out. July's heatwave is fading away. The water companies are using emergency supplies. The government is talking about a national grid for water. We've had a few downpours but they have been the "wrong sort of rain": storms that mostly run off into the sea rather than wet weeks, so Ken's advice still holds!

Update: 1st November and the temperature in London drops below 10ºC for the first time this autumn. The trees are still green.