Archive for the 'Water' Category
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October 3rd, 2007 | Posted in Energy, Environment, Reduce, Simple Steps, Uncategorized, Water | 12 Comments
Sometimes readers send me links. I think it’s great because I get to know what interests people. Here are some recent ones: Our twitter follower bythebayou @replied me a link to Co-op America. They look interesting — I like that they encourage people to take action. Another twitter follower monkchips, sent this link on saving [...]
August 16th, 2007 | Posted in Citizen Journalism, Energy, Role of Government, Water | 3 Comments
In an earlier post, we asked the question “What is Government’s role?” when it comes to forcing the behavior changes that will be required to get people to conserve resources. The discussion threads on that post debated whether government should reward good behavior, or punish poor behavior. As a follow up, I thought it would [...]
August 13th, 2007 | Posted in Environment, Global Warming, Role of Government, Societal Values, Water | 4 Comments
That in the Summer it’s important to check your sprinkler for leaks. According a post this afternoon: A broken sprinkler can waste thousands of gallons of water, not to mention bring you a hefty water bill. *** Enjoy this post? Please subscribe to our feed! Or, get updates by Email Related PostsFarming Organic Produce Underground [...]
July 27th, 2007 | Posted in Environment, Reduce, Water | No Comments
The Aussie blog, A New Green Earth, has been doing a great job of keeping the world tuned in to the water crisis currently happening in Queensland, Australia. According to a recent post: South East Queenslanders have succeeded in getting their water usage down to 137 liters per person per day by saving water inside [...]
July 26th, 2007 | Posted in Global Warming, Water | 9 Comments
