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Filtercrete by Ozinga: Pervious Concrete

Concrete is often thought of as a great green material, but one thing it’s not great as is a paved surface. It's almost entirely impermeable and contributes to unwanted water runoff. Filtercrete i...

What Type Of Water Do You Drink?

Some of us are lucky enough to have great drinking water straight from the tap, but it's something we shouldn't take for granted. Some believe water quality across America is getting worse, so while...

Show-me Reduces Water Consumption, Shower Hogs

The show-me shower system uses a LED display system to notify you how much water you use during your time in the shower. One LED is lightened up for every five liters of water consumed. Would you want...

How To: Make a $25 DIY Rainbarrel

We've posted on creating your own rain barrel before, but here's another great detailed how-to for the budget conscious that can be done for about $25 ... ...

What's Your Water Footprint?

Ever since we can remember, we were taught to be conscientious about water use – turn off the faucet while brushing your teeth, be mindful about watering lawns, etc. Lately, the scope of water c...

Shower Coach

Showering at a friend's home recently, I spotted something different in their shower: an hourglass. It's the "Shower Coach", a five-minute timer made to help minimize water consumption in the shower...

The Plugless Sink: A Modern Basin

Here's another way to monitor your water usage in the bathroom: use a plugless sink! It's a modern take on the old traditional basin bowls. In order to get rid of the water in the sink, you have t...

Hot or Not? Boskke Sky Planter

Perfect for the urban gardner, the Boskke Sky Planter ‘turns gardening on it’s head.’ The Sky Planter elevates your plants upside down and requires refilling only once or twice a month. The revo...

Green Idea: Fresh Water from the Air

Just as important as conserving electricity is conserving water. While we can do this by making changes to our daily habits, you can also do it with crazy things like this combo washing machine toile...

AT on... Shower Time

We're always trying different ways to green our lives. An area we focus a lot of our energy on is our water consumption. Something we've always done to keep our water consumption down is to keep a (...

Blogging New York Times Magazine: A Tall, Cool Drink of ... Sewage?

Little did we know: A new plant in Fountain Valley, Ca, the Orange County Groundwater Replenishment System, is filtering the stuff you flush down the toilet and sending it back to the tap (with a fe...

H2ouse: Water Saver Home

Are you concerned about conserving water in your home? Silent toilet leaks can waste from 30 to 500 gallons of water per day. Now are you interested?......

Blogging the SF Chronicle: Farmers Sell Water to Cities

Because it's been raining almost nonstop for the last 3 days here in California, staying dry has been our top priority. But, conserving water is always on our minds (e.g, taking shorter showers and...

How Much Water Does It Take To Produce a Pound of Beef?

The Wall Street Journal's Numbers Guy investigates the amazing amount of water it takes to create a single serving of beef. While there are so many variables (pregnant cows drink more, should rain...

Blogging the SF Chronicle: The Artificial Grass isn't Green Enough for Potrero Hill Neighbors

In San Francisco a battle rages between proponents of real grass and proponents of artificial turf. Right now, it appears that real grass is winning. As many of us know, real lawns use up an inordi...

Washing Dishes to Save Water

Yes I live without a dishwasher. I'm certain I can't be the only one. I also do a lot of baking which means a lot of washing up. Did I mention I only have a one sink sink, instead of a two sided s...