Reasons Not to Shower Bethany Stotts, December 10, 2009 One Edinburgh University climate scientist argues in a December New Scientist article that common activities such as washing clothes, using toilet paper and drinking coffee are among the “five eco-crimes we commit every day.” “I have long argued that climate change begins at home,” writes Dr. David Reay, senior lecturer on Global Change at Edinburgh. “Each of us in the developed world has played our part in creating this problem and, while there is no doubt that coordinated global action is needed to tackle it, we can each be part of...