Articles tagged “Water Conservation”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Cheap and Easy Toilet Hacks That Will Save Water By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Jan 29 2009 On average, a person will use a toilet four times a day. That means your toilet uses about twelve gallons of water every 24 hours. Worried that you may need to buy a new toilet? Don't be. You can hack your current toilet with these three easy methods. + READ MORE

How to Install a Low Flow Shower Head By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Jan 29 2009 Everybody likes showers. They are a great place for singing, especially if you are a horrible singer. There is something about the shower that makes even the worst set of vocal pipes seem almost passable. Speaking of pipes, the shower accounts for a fifth of the water usage in our homes. + READ MORE

Like Rice? Embrace The MIRI Method And Conserve Water By Elizabeth Seward IN Food & Health Jan 26 2009 Have you heard of MIRI irrigation? An acronym for multiple-inlet rice irrigation, MIRI irrigation is a new way to harvest rice using close to 26 percent less water during the irrigation process. + READ MORE

7 Ways to Reduce Your Shampoo Use By Josh Peterson IN Fashion & Beauty Jan 22 2009 Lather. Rinse. Repeat. Those are the instructions on the side of the shampoo bottle. They aren't the best of instructions. For instance, a really dumb guy may think that he has to repeat the process until the shampoo is gone. The shampoo companies probably like dumb guys like that. Those dumb guys use a bottle of shampoo during every shower. Those of us interested in environmental matters probably aren't so happy with the hypothetical dumb guys. + READ MORE

Identify Mechanical Invasive Species, Stop Showering to Save Water, Go With Paperless Receipts, and Learn About Motion Detectors By David DeFranza IN Home & Garden Jan 21 2009 Today on TreeHugger: Identify mechanical invasive species, stop showering to save water, go with paperless receipts, and learn about motion detectors. + READ MORE

Focus on Focus Earth: Ocean Protection By David DeFranza IN Focus Earth Jan 9 2009 On January 6, 2009, just two weeks before his term would end, President George W. Bush designated nine sites in the central Pacific as "marine national monuments." The sanctuary, spanning more than 195,000 square miles, will be the largest marine... + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Xeriscaping By Mickey Z. IN Home & Garden Jan 8 2009 Xeriscaping is a "systematic method of promoting water conservation in landscaped areas." It is mostly "used in arid regions, but its principles can be used in any region to help conserve water." Find out what the key principles of xeriscaping are in this introduction. + READ MORE

How Much Salt Gets Thrown on Our Roads Every Year—and Why is this Bad News? By Brian Merchant IN Go For The Green Jan 7 2009 If you live in one of the snowier parts of the US—say the Midwest or the Northeast—you can probably attest to the importance of road salt. Without it, vehicles would have trouble gaining traction on the roads, and we'd see... + READ MORE

Should You Buy a Greenhouse? By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Jan 7 2009 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 a green way to grow food in a local and pesticide-free way. + READ MORE

Take a Hottie to Bed; Stay Warm, Save Energy By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Jan 6 2009 Taking a hottie to bed this winter may be one of the most energy-efficient ways to stay warm. A hottie uses less energy than an electric blanket or a space heater, and a hottie can help you keep your body hot and your thermostat down, night after night, all winter long. A hottie, by the way, is New Zealand-style slang for a hot water bottle. The other kind of hottie may also be a great way to warm a bed, but that's a different post for someone more mature. + READ MORE

5 Green Shaving Tips By Josh Peterson IN Fashion & Beauty Dec 23 2008 Because my five-o-clock-shadow doesn't grow much past eight-o-clock, I can get away with not shaving for a week or so. But I do have to shave. I can't grow a worthwhile beard. My facial hair must go. Here are five different ways to green your shaving. + READ MORE

Reuse Your Razors with Razor Gator By Josh Peterson IN Fashion & Beauty Dec 22 2008 I first heard of the Razor Gator via its hokey but uplifting theme song. For those of you not in the know, this song is an internet phenomenon and popular inside joke. I've seen Photoshopped pictures of Darth Vader using the Razor Gator. There are even a capella versions of the song on the internet. + READ MORE

5 More Eco Friendly Tips for Washing Dishes By Hand By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Dec 15 2008 A study at the University of Bonn in Germany found that washing dishes with a machine, in some cases, is actually greener than washing dishes with your hands. But some of us cannot afford dishwashers or live in apartments too small to fit one. How can we, the dishwasherless, clean our dishes in an eco-friendly manner? + READ MORE

Can the Watercycle Help Africa Survive? (Washington State University) By Eric Leech IN Tech & Transport Dec 12 2008 Today we are looking at a project headed by WSU clinical professor (PhD in bioengineering), Howard P. Davis. Howard and his team of students (E-Team) have been in the process of developing treadle pumps for Malawi. + READ MORE

Stuff Happens Episode: Sports By Team Planet Green IN Stuff Happens Dec 9 2008 Science guy Bill Nye explores the surprising impact that sporting activities have on the environment. Did you know that golf courses suck up two and a half billion gallons of water A DAY? That ski slopes disrupt fragile Alpine ecosystems... + READ MORE

How to Fix a Leaky Compression Faucet By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Nov 24 2008 You wouldn't let money just leak out of your pockets. Why would you let water drip out of your faucets? Water costs money, therefore, it can be said that H2O = $. And if you have a leaky faucet, it means that you would let money go to waste. + READ MORE

Building an Efficient Bathroom (Video) By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Nov 19 2008 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

Green Your Pee, NASA-Style By Eric Leech IN Tech & Transport Nov 17 2008 Despite the troubles we hear of NASA's future in space travel, they continue to remodel the International Space Station. This includes a system that transforms waste into drinking water. While the cost of the unit will keep these out of our personal homes for many years to come, it does give us hope for a more sustainable future. + READ MORE

Small Business Owners: Relieve Water Shortages With Waterless Urinals By Josh Peterson IN Work & Connect Oct 27 2008 For as long as I can remember, people have been using a professional-type jargon to describe the bathroom. Many people refer to the restroom as "their office" or "throne room" or the place where they are "doing their business." + READ MORE

Buddy Up in the Shower and other Sexy Ways to a Greener Lifestyle By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Oct 27 2008 Taking a trip to the recycling center doesn't seem like it is very romantic, and it is wholly unromantic to take the light of your life to the junkyard to salvage some building materials. How can you add some sustainable spice to your green love life? + READ MORE