5 Cities That Want Your Rain Barrel
January 18, 2016What better way to save water than putting in a rain barrel—and thanks to these cities, you’ll save money, too!
What better way to save water than putting in a rain barrel—and thanks to these cities, you’ll save money, too!
The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that nearly 40 percent of household water is used for lawn and garden maintenance. One way to reduce this is to build a rain barrel to collect rainwater runoff from your home. Since rainwater is soft and devoid of minerals, chlorine, fluoride and other harmful chemicals, it’s great for your […]
Conserve water during warm, dry summers by drawing on some of these water-wise lessons I learned growing up.
To attain my goal of saving water in 2015, I’m installing rain barrels near my gardens. What are your garden goals this year?
Only about 2 to 3 percent of the Earth’s water is fresh, and of that percentage, a scant 0.3 percent is available for use. With every living thing on the planet utterly dependent on it, fresh water will become more and more valuable over the coming years.