Greetings from Alison Wiley here in Portland, Oregon. I'm a writer/doer/thinker who lives happily by putting people, nature and God ahead of accumulating more stuff. Read more →
Did you know that a seven dollar gadget can reduce both your home water use and your water heating bill by as much as 50%? How many of us know how to make every drop of water that we use count, the way that most people in human history knew how to do because [...]
Tags: aerators·desalination plants·drought·Energy Star·low-flow showerheads·water conservation·xeroscapes
Xeroscapes and drought-resistant gardens can be vibrant, colorful and beautiful. They can also be less work and create lower water bills than needier, higher-maintenance lawns and gardens. Water is increasingly dear in the world in general, and using it with care is smart and forward-thinking. As an admitted biophile [lover of life-forms in general] who [...]
Tags: catmint·conservation·drought-tolerant·gailf548·green living·Oregon·outdoors·sage·urban farming·water·water conservation·xeroscape
Drought-tolerant gardens and xeroscapes are beautiful inside and out. That is the conclusion I’ve come to after studying desalination, which is the increasingly popular but very costly and energy-intensive process by which ocean water is made into fresh water. (See here for Part I on desalination.) Given that energy production drives global warming, we need [...]
Tags: consumption·desalination·desert·drought-tolerant gardens·DWRowan·green living·Las Vegas·lawns·outdoors·water·water conservation·xeroscapes
A short post having just returned from the Southwest. I’ve learned it takes between 2200 to 3500 gallons of water to support each single game of golf played in a desert environment. This, in an American West of shrinking aquifers and a world of growing food shortages and record levels of starvation. I’m seeing a [...]
Tags: climate change·culture·exercise·golf·golf courses·outdoors·water·water conservation·West
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