Tag: Water Savings
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Residential Toilets—A History And Options
As late as 1940, nearly half the houses in the US lacked an indoor flush toilet, and people still relied on the outhouse, which was little more than a rough wooden shed featuring a bench with a hole in the middle of it, built above a large pit. Thankfully, toilets are now standard in all…
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Solar-Powered Desalination Device Will Turn Sea Water Into Fresh Water For 400,000 People
A shipping-container hosting the world’s first zero-emissions, solar powered desalination technology is bringing clean water to rural Kenya. — Read on www.goodnewsnetwork.org/solar-powered-desalination-plant-to-bring-clean-water-to-rural-coastal-kenya/
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An Adventure Through The Afterlife Of Our Discarded Stuff In ‘Secondhand’ | On Point
The need for used items to have a secondhand life is increasing both in the U.S. and around the world. We unpack where your used, discarded and donated stuff ends up after its left your possession. — Read on www.wbur.org/onpoint/2019/11/12/travels-through-the-afterlife-of-our-discarded-stuff-in-secondhand Excellent and important topic!!
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reuse revolution – on point animation, Greenpeace
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These Sustainable Hotels Are Doing Good for Their Communities–and the World | AFAR
6 ways that hotels across the globe are investing in sustainable practices and making the world better, one step at a time. — Read on www.afar.com/magazine/6-ways-hotels-around-the-world-are-working-to-become-more-sustainable Sustainable architecture on the list! An important element for any “place”
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How to create a Rain Barrel…
I noticed a number of workshops for this and have myself 2 preferred sources, one of them in our backyard at the University of Florida. They have teamed up with Miami Dade County Consumer and Water Department and are going around town to show and tell how it is done.
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