http://planetgreen.discovery.com RSS Feed for a Tag http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/small-water-garden.html Having a garden can be a fun, rewarding, green experience, especially in the summer, when everything blooms and all your hard work brings beauty (and maybe even some food). If you want it to stay green, though, almost every garden is going to require some watering, but it doesn't have to send your water meter spinning out of control and your water bill skyrocketing. Having a garden can be a fun, rewarding, green experience, especially in the summer, when everything blooms and all your hard work brings beauty (and maybe even some food). If you want it to stay green, though, almost every garden is going to require some watering, but it doesn't have to send your water meter spinning out of control and your water bill skyrocketing. Gardening Green Home Lawn Care Peak Everything Water Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:55:00 GMT Collin Dunn http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/small-water-garden.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/peak-metal.html This post is part of a series in which we look at why those basic things that we take for granted--such as water, food, and fuel--are getting expensive and scarce, all at once.Demand for products made from metals is exceeding production capacity; copper mines are expensive and environmentally controversial and... This post is part of a series in which we look at why those basic things that we take for granted--such as water, food, and fuel--are getting expensive and scarce, all at once.Demand for products made from metals is exceeding production capacity; copper mines are expensive and environmentally controversial and... Peak Everything Tue, 27 May 2008 13:47:00 GMT Lloyd Alter http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/peak-metal.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/learn-peak-gas.html The headline in our local paper today: Natural gas bills to soar by 20 per cent What is going on?Conservation: The biggest use of gas is for heating; as the price increases there will be greater incentive to change to more efficient appliances.I changed a 50 year old furnace and water heater for a new instant-on unit... The headline in our local paper today: Natural gas bills to soar by 20 per cent What is going on?Conservation: The biggest use of gas is for heating; as the price increases there will be greater incentive to change to more efficient appliances.I changed a 50 year old furnace and water heater for a new instant-on unit... Cars Consumption Electricity Energy Gas Mileage Green Building Green Design Heating Paper Peak Everything Planet Green Politics Treehugger Waste Disposal Water Wed, 14 May 2008 19:30:00 GMT Lloyd Alter http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/learn-peak-gas.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tech-transport/peak-electricity.html This post is part of a series in which we look at why those basic things that we take for granted--such as water, food, and fuel--are getting expensive and scarce, all at once.The existing production, transmission and distribution system is incredibly inefficient, as are most existing houses and businesses; most of the... This post is part of a series in which we look at why those basic things that we take for granted--such as water, food, and fuel--are getting expensive and scarce, all at once.The existing production, transmission and distribution system is incredibly inefficient, as are most existing houses and businesses; most of the... Clean Energy Consumption Eco-Friendly Bedrooms Electricity Energy Heating Peak Everything Renewable Energy Treehugger Water Tue, 13 May 2008 17:24:00 GMT Lloyd Alter http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tech-transport/peak-electricity.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/peak-dirt-peak-everything.html This post is part of a series in which we look at why those basic things that we take for granted--such as water, food, and fuel--are getting expensive and scarce, all at once.In Australia, soil scientist Dick Haynes is making synthetic soil from fly ash, biproducts of aluminum processing, poultry litter and manure. This post is part of a series in which we look at why those basic things that we take for granted--such as water, food, and fuel--are getting expensive and scarce, all at once.In Australia, soil scientist Dick Haynes is making synthetic soil from fly ash, biproducts of aluminum processing, poultry litter and manure. Boston Climate Change Energy Heating Nutrition Organic Peak Everything Poultry Treehugger Water Thu, 01 May 2008 15:37:00 GMT Lloyd Alter http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/peak-dirt-peak-everything.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/peak-water-peak-everything.html This post is part of a series in which we look at why those basic things that we take for granted--such as water, food, and fuel--are getting expensive and scarce, all at once.Stop subsidizing water-hogging agriculture; re-work the distribution among the southwestern states; fix the distribution infrastructure and set... This post is part of a series in which we look at why those basic things that we take for granted--such as water, food, and fuel--are getting expensive and scarce, all at once.Stop subsidizing water-hogging agriculture; re-work the distribution among the southwestern states; fix the distribution infrastructure and set... Eco-Friendly Bathrooms Energy Health Peak Everything Water Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:04:00 GMT Lloyd Alter http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/peak-water-peak-everything.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/peak-rice-peak-everything.html This post is part of a series in which we look at why those basic things that we take for granted--such as water, food, and fuel--are getting expensive and scarce, all at once.When the governments of India and Vietnam saw the prices of grain skyrocket, they put in export restrictions to protect the local rice supply,... This post is part of a series in which we look at why those basic things that we take for granted--such as water, food, and fuel--are getting expensive and scarce, all at once.When the governments of India and Vietnam saw the prices of grain skyrocket, they put in export restrictions to protect the local rice supply,... Biofuels Cars Peak Everything Storage Waste Disposal Water Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:49:00 GMT Lloyd Alter http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/peak-rice-peak-everything.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/peak-oil.html The first in a series where we look at why those basic things that we take for granted, like water, food and fuel are getting expensive and scarce, all at once.The economic boom of the last thirty years has lifted billions out of poverty around the world, and people are using their newfound wealth to buy things that we... The first in a series where we look at why those basic things that we take for granted, like water, food and fuel are getting expensive and scarce, all at once.The economic boom of the last thirty years has lifted billions out of poverty around the world, and people are using their newfound wealth to buy things that we... Cars Consumption Peak Everything Television United Kingdom Water Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:22:00 GMT Lloyd Alter http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/peak-oil.html