I am a bit of a nerd, and in high school I read some of the Dune books by Frank Herbert. He wrote about a people that he invented called the Fremen, who lived on a desert planet. They took water conservation to the extreme with body suits that recycled every single bit of water…
Category Archives: Water Conservation
Both/And
Can I just say that I think it is both harder and easier to be green in the summer?! I can hang my clothes outside on the line to dry, but I am taking more showers due to being outside and sticky/dirty. Also? My hair is not nearly as fabulous post-baby and needs more washes….
Washing the Dishes
We all have that chore that we hate around the house, don’t we? The one that we leave until the last possible moment? The one that we would gladly never do again in this lifetime? I have such a chore, anyways. The household task that I loathe above all others is washing dishes. When I…
Dish Washing Debate
Chores are no fun. Not for me, anyway. All the same, there are some chores that I don’t mind that much, and some that I really hate. The household task that I loathe above all others is washing dishes. When I was young and single and still in university I did not have a dishwasher….
Suburbs Have a Leg-Up on Greening
Last week Mireya Navarro reported for the New York Times on the greening of suburban municipalities. In Green and Greener in Suburban Towns Navarro highlighted the Long Island town of Babylon. “FOR two years, Valerie Williams had been considering making the five-bedroom home she grew up in more energy efficient — hoping to shrink her…
Minimizing Your Plastic Footprint: Glass Dharma Giveaway
Keeping the Earth Week fun moving right along, today as promised we have more great green products for you to win, more Earth Day tips, and bonus links to keep you clicking green all week long. David Leonhardt, a glassblower and the founder of Glass Dharma, the original hand-made glass drinking straw, created his own…
A Step Beyond Cloth Diapers
Over the past few weeks I have been doing a little rundown on what modern cloth diapering really looks like, and a few comments have been made with curiosity about how early my son potty trained. If you don’t recall from earlier posts, by 16 months he learned to pretty much exclusively go poo on…
“Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink”
Post title from The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Water is really, really important stuff. It’s that clear liquid that quenches your thirst, cleans your body (and clothes and kitchens and loved ones too!) and accounts for about 55-70% of your body weight. Clean water is essential to life, and if…
