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21 Sep 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
Water conservation starts with using to the fullest whatever water we access. A gray water recycling system achieves just that. Installing one in your home can seem complicated, but there are companies that specialize in helping you set up a system that suits your needs. + READ MORE
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26 Aug 2009 IN TRAVEL & OUTDOORS | COMMENTS
If you're on Facebook, you and your friends may have posted notes with 25 facts about themselves. We wanted to share with you 25 things we think are really interesting about water.+ READ MORE
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30 May 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
Building green is not always as simple as nailing down some bamboo flooring and plugging in a solar panel. Indeed, putting hammer-to-nail is often the simplest, albeit most physical, part of the project. From vetting potential contractors to choosing the right materials, building green requires lots...+ READ MORE
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24 May 2009 IN FASHION & BEAUTY | COMMENTS
You don't have to shower alone, all wet and lathery and lonesome. You should have some company in that shower. By company, I mean the inanimate object known as a bucket. That’s right, I've just told you in far too complicated and mixed-up terms that you should shower in the company of a bucket that...+ READ MORE
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18 May 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
The simplest and most common form of rainwater catchment is the rain barrel. Most domestic rain barrels are attached to the downspout. When it rains, water dribbles down your shingles and into your gutters. From there, it goes down the drainpipe and into the barrel. Other forms of water catchment...+ READ MORE
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12 Apr 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
Nothing beats homegrown eats. Foods grown in your own backyard tends to be tastier. Is it because your own hands and sweat went into growing this food or is it because the plant was grown, lovingly and locally, without dubious chemicals? Both could be true. I don't know.+ READ MORE
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19 Mar 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
The single most irrigated crop in the United States is lawn. Yep, 40 million acres of lawn for which Americans collectively spend about $40 billion annually on seed, sod and chemicals. And then there's all that water. According to the EPA, nearly a third of all residential water use in the US goes...+ READ MORE
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16 Feb 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
The hardest part about going green is figuring out where to start. Should you buy a hybrid or upgrade your insulation? There are so many different ecological concerns that you can easily feel overwhelmed. Don't panic. Nobody is perfect. You can't have zero ecological impact. That's impossible. What...+ READ MORE
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9 Jan 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
The greenhouse effect gets a bad rap in environmental circles, but the effect is not all bad, especially when the effect takes place in a greenhouse. We may despise the infamous effect and what it is doing to our climate, but we can also use the effect to help reduce itself. Building a greenhouse is...+ READ MORE
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8 Jan 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
As unappetizing as it may sound, grey water is useful stuff. OasisDesign.net defines it as such: "Any water that has been used in the home, except water from toilets, is called grey water. Dish, shower, sink, and laundry water comprise 50-80% of residential 'waste' water. This may be reused for...+ READ MORE
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1 Dec 2008 IN TECH & TRANSPORT | COMMENTS
Whether you're driving a hybrid or a traditional car, every once in a while you're going to need to wipe it down, even in the winter. After all, nothing makes it more appealing to carpool with you than a vehicle that's seriously covered in grime, detritus, and ample evidence of past weather-related...+ READ MORE
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20 Nov 2008 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
This is part of a series of video blog posts about green architecture and construction leading up to Greenbuild, the U.S. Green Building Council's annual conference. Here's our first tree, a vine maple, and it's very representative of the type of landscaping we'll do in our back yard - local,...+ READ MORE
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19 Nov 2008 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
I'm sitting on our future dual-flush toilet by Caroma, one of the most water efficient models on the market. Overall, they average less than one gallon per flush. In green building it's extremely important that we start with envelope of structure and make it as tight as possible.+ READ MORE
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30 Oct 2008 IN HOW TO GO GREEN: DISHWASHERS | COMMENTS
Which is greener: washing dishes by hand or using the dishwasher? Find out that and a lot more in How to Go Green: Dishwashing.+ READ MORE
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