Tag: water management
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Water Usage: Some Startling Numbers
This infographic has been provided by Melanie Palmero, Loch Ness Water Gardens. “Some of the information was pretty surprising! “I had no idea just how much water is needed to produce some of the foods I eat,” she writes.
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Zero Water Consumption Plans: U-M Students to Retrofit Historic Net-Zero Energy Home
Matt Grocoff is a proven zero energy master. The “Net Zero Energy” consultant is also the creator of GreenovationTV. Now the Ann Arbor, MI homeowner and a team of engineering students from the University of Michigan are continuing a quest towards ZERO. These individuals have plans to retrofit Grocoff’s century-old Victorian house so it can capture…
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Global Water Security Map Released by WRI
“Water is very complicated. It’s affected by large-scale issues like climate change and globalization. International commerce moves virtual water (the water it takes to grow or produce a product) from farms in Brazil to grocery stores in China and Egypt.”
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Guest Post: Developing a Relationship Between Fire Prevention Tools and Green Practices
Extinguishing fires in the best way possible has become standard practice in arresting the rampant destruction of property. Unfortunately, the chemicals used to put out blazes are often hazardous to the environment and are proven to be anything but green or sustainable. Guest writer Natasha Sabin addresses some of these concerns. The issue Fire safety and…
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Water Purification Tablet for Developing World: U.Va. Nonprofit Organization – PureMadi
The design allows a user to pour water from an untreated source, such as a river or well, into the pot and allow it to filter through into a five-gallon bucket underneath. The pot has a flow rate of one to three liters per hour, enough for drinking and cooking. The filtered water is accessed…