Urban composting toilet: poo from loo to garden in 1 year by Kirsten Dirksen on December 2, 2010 Flush toilets allow us to avoid confronting just how archaic our sewage systems are. Ninety percent of the world’s sewage …
Dish soap as pesticide (with a little help from good bugs) by Kirsten Dirksen on July 1, 2010 If you’re going to grow your own organic produce, you need to arm yourself with other tools to fight the …
Hacking your own simple laundry greywater system by respach on March 16, 2010 In Southern California, we are dealing with water restrictions due to years of continuous drought and water shortages. Here is …
Tips from a Greywater Guerrilla: the bathroom by Kirsten Dirksen on July 14, 2009 While there’s a growing trend to re-use our home’s water (except for what we send down the toilet), there are …
Greywater 101: replumbing your kitchen sink by Kirsten Dirksen on May 30, 2009 If you’ve decided to replumb your home to reuse your household greywater (everything but the toilet water), the first thing …
A greywater system kitchen with marmoleum floors by Kirsten Dirksen on May 30, 2009 To create a sustainable kitchen, consider flooring with marmoleum and putting in a greywater system. Linoleum which hit the market …
How-to: rainwater collection system on my RV trailer by BioDieselHauling on March 22, 2009 I was inspired partly by a book lent to me by the first person I ever went out on a …
Greywater 101: washing machines and happy raspberry plants by Kirsten Dirksen on November 10, 2008 “Washing machines are usually the best place to start with greywater because they produce a lot of water and they …
Greywater 101: how to replumb your bathroom by Kirsten Dirksen on October 15, 2008 Most of the water we use and dispose of in our homes is not really dirty, it’s simply grey. Greywater …
A composting toilet and humanure for the garden by Kirsten Dirksen on October 7, 2008 While you can buy a low flush toilet, to truly save water, you need to stop flushing, that is, get …
