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Simple Laundry Greywater Systemdiy
In Southern California, we are dealing with water restrictions due to years of continuous drought and water shortages. Here is one way to start saving on irrigation water. Our washer is in the garage, so it is easy to run this set up out to the yard. It is working ...
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4 months, 4 weeks ago by: respach user comments
Sustainable yard: drip irrigation, thyme groundcovervideos
The days of installing sprinklers systems for large grass lawns may
be numbered in much of the United States. A growing public awareness
that water is a limited resource, especially in much of the West, is
causing many of us to rethink what we plant and how we water.Unless ...
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6 months, 4 weeks ago by: kirstendirksen staff 1 comments
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Tapping into the water beneath our homesvideos
In chronically dry places, like the entire continent of Australia, communities faced near permanent drought increasingly rely on alternative sources of water. While rainwater capture is common Down Under, a large number of people and farmers have chosen to look not up, but down for this limited resource.Tapping into ...
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7 months, 2 weeks ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Tips from a Greywater Guerrilla: the bathroomvideos
While there's a growing trend to re-use our home's water (except for what we send down the toilet), there are ways to cut water use before replumbing for greywater. In this video, Laura Allen of California's Greywater Guerrillas shows us her dual flush toilet (thanks to a ...
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8 months, 1 week ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Permaculture: a home that supplies watervideos
Permaculture is about working with nature toward more individual self-sufficiency, whether it's food, energy or water. Rainwater harvesting involves capturing water during storms for use later in the year. While he's not yet "off the water grid", Mark Feichtmeir of Kenwood Permaculture captures enough rain for nearly half ...
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9 months, 3 weeks ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Food Not Lawns: growing your own yardvideos
Every year, 58 million Americans spend approximately $30 billion to maintain over 23 million acres of lawn, using more pesticides per acre than agriculture. According to Heather Flores, author of Food Not Lawns, the water consumed by U.S. lawns- 270 gallons/week- could support "81 million acres of organic ...
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9 months, 3 weeks ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
A neighborhood with porous sidewalks & plants that cleanvideos
A sign at Seattle's High Point Development explains what happens to rainwater here: "Native plants and grasses on gently sloped parkways cleanse rainwater from streets and sidewalks". This 130-acre site is engineered so the built environment mimics a natural drainage system. Sidewalks, driveways and even one street are porous ...
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9 months, 3 weeks ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
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Greywater 101: replumbing your kitchen sinkvideos
If you've decided to replumb your home to reuse your household greywater (everything but the toilet water), the first thing you need to learn is just what you're putting down the sink. With a greywater system set up to water your yard, it's important to avoid throwing ...
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9 months, 3 weeks ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
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Permaculture: a smart housevideos
A permaculture home is a home in tune with nature, but that doesn't mean it's low-tech. Mark Feichtmeir and Karen Boness' permaculture homestead in Northern California is tricked out with solar pv, solar hot water and rainwater harvesting, filtration and purification. Besides this equipment used to harvest nature ...
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9 months, 3 weeks ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Wonderwater rain catchersvideos
Global consumption of water has been doubling every 20 years, more than twice the rate of human population growth. Since water isn’t an infinite resource, it’s time to start catching, storing and using the rain. In this video, Wonderwater’s Dylan Coleman talks about storage options for water ...
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9 months, 3 weeks ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
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