BUCKET CARRIER AND THE PIPE BUILDER IN BRIEF

Some of you may have heard about the Bucket carrier and the pipe builder story.

Basically it is about two good friends who are employed to carry water from the reservoir to the well in the village. One day one of them thought that it was more efficient to build a pipe to transfer the water from the reservoir to the pipe instead of carrying the water in the bucket. He then invited his friend to join him to build the pipe. However, his friend rejected his proposal as he was doing well by carrying a much bigger bucket.

His friend left him no choice but to carry out his plan on his own. Day and night he carried the bucket as well as laid his pipeline. Once, his pipe was completed, he reaped his reward effortlessly while his friend was not able to carry the bucket any longer as he had aged and was weak.

This story give us a good overview of sustainability in our discussion.