Anheuser-Busch: Grow a beard, save water

St. Louis Business Journal ^ | 5/17/11 | Evan Binns

[socal_parrot]

What could be better than beer and beards?

As a guy who recently, and reluctantly, shaved off my beard in preparation for an upcoming wedding, news that St. Louis brewer Anheuser-Busch was endorsing a full-blown beard-growing campaign was music to my ears.

Budweiser, A-B’s flagship beer and one of its best-selling brands, recently announced its “Grow One. Save a Million” campaign to promote water conservation ahead of World Environment Day on June 5.

The brewer will also donate $150,000 to River Network to help support the organization’s watershed conservation projects in each of A-B’s 12 brewery cities in the U.S., including St. Louis.

Here’s how “Grow One. Save a Million” works: Guys, put down the razor for as long as you like, a few days or a few weeks and save on average five gallons of water for each skipped shave.

Since water is one of the main ingredients in beer, it’s no surprise that A-B has a vested interest in water conservation.

Last year, more than 1,200 A-B employees skipped shaving for one week prior to World Environment Day, helping save about 42,000 gallons of water.

“Grow One” participants have already pledged to save about 89,000 gallons of water, according to A-B’s Facebook page.

So go ahead, step away from the shaving cream and grow one.

[dhs12345]

Maryland — humidity. That is an understatement. I live in Colorado. Dry as a bone here most of the time.

Maryland is beautiful. My brother-in-law lived in Greenbelt. My favorite was Ocean City. And of course, there is DC, Antietam, etc.

But I remember it being very humid. I almost got heatstroke because I wasn't used to the humidity — I spent most of the *running* around Gettysburg. The locals would probably tell you this is foolish, even if you are acclimated.

Remember it rained when we returned to Greenbelt — here in Colorado, a rain can drop the temperature by 20 degrees or more. In Maryland, the temperature stayed the same (really hot); it just got more humid.

[CholeraJoe]

I’ll do ya one better. How about an electric razor powered by lithium batteries? When the batteries go dead, they can still be used to make Methamphetamine.