Via Arizona Public Media There is no resource more precious and more endangered in Southern Arizona than water. Each of us uses an average of 96 gallons of potable water per day. Faced with uncertainty about how climate change will affect our water resources, Pima … Read More →
Category Archives: Water
Groundwater
Everything you need to know about what you drink – Planet Green Damn interesting article and videos!
Earthship Biotecture
An Earthship is a radically sustainable home made of recycled materials. * Electricity is from the sun with solar panels and wind with wind modules. * Water is caught on the roof from rain and snow melt. * Sewage is treated on site in interior … Read More →
Rainwater Collection Materials
http://www.rainharvest.com/ These guys carry a lot of stuff! Prices look reasonable, not sure about shipping but they have a lot of cool stuff!
What do I read?
I often get asked what type of things do I read. What do I read as far as articles for work, articles for our property, ideas for the home and land, gardening, cooking and etc. It dawned on me that since I use Google Reader … Read More →
“Staycations”
Somehow this story over at Green Daily made me feel vindicated. We’re more or less doing “staycations” (stay at home vacations) this year due to gas prices. As it stands now, we only have two planned out of area trips this year. One to Springfield, … Read More →
Rainwater Collection
So I was sitting here this morning mulling over rainwater collection ideas. I’ll post more about this in a few days but looking around the cisterns in the size I want (>1200 gal) are expensive given what they are – big plastic barrels. But with … Read More →