Note of the day

Rain Sharing

I was talking with a student. He was planning to begin the “Umbrella Sharing” project in campus. It goes like this.

1. Collect unwanted, or wasted, or forgotten umbrellas.
2. Put stickers on these umbrella indicating that anybody can rent it.
3. Put these umbrellas on some corners in campus.

Just like “car sharing”, this plan would help reducing resource use. He was in a hurry, since rainy season had already started, and it will end within a month.
To share something with someone is nice. It is cheap. It reduces waste. It facilitates communication.
Even if without the project, we can walk under a same umbrella. Even if both of us do not have an umbrella, we can share the rain.