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Casa Quickie: Water Wise
Want to save some money on your water bill this Summer? A drip irrigation system or soaker hose can save 30-70 percent of the water that is used by overhead sprinkler systems. However, if you don't have a fancy irrigation system, you can still save water.
Do You Have Succulents In Your Garden?
Not only are succulents a great choice for low-water-use gardens, they can also add beautiful texture and shape to a garden. Are there any succulents around your home?
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Do You Have Succulents In Your Garden?
Do You Have a Dual-Flush Toilet?
When renovating their bathrooms, more and more people are choosing to install dual flush toilets as an eco-friendly update. These toilets provide substantial water savings, as they handle solid and liquid waste differently from the standard toilet. As you can see, you can find one to match the style of your home, whether it's traditional or more modern and clean-lined.
Casa Quickie: Don't Be a Basket Case
While hanging baskets are a beautiful way to display your Summer blooms, they also require more frequent watering. That is, unless you plan ahead. Or should I say, unless you "plant" ahead?
Casa Quickie: Save Water and Time by Mowing Less Frequently
Love the look of a nicely cut lawn, but hate to mow it? Try this quick tip. You can still get a tidy look to your lawn, as well as reduce your lawn's water needs, by simply raising your lawnmower's blade level.
Ask Casa: An Energy-Efficient Washer and Dryer?
Hi CasaSugar,
I'm going to have my first baby in August, and my mom wants to gift me a washer and a dryer to help me with all of the added laundry. I'm really grateful, but I'm not sure where to start looking. I know that I want something that's Energy Star rated, can be separated or stackable, and has a good warranty.
Casa Verde: Lawns That Don't Suck (Water, That Is)
If you're committed to living a greener lifestyle, but aren't quite ready to say goodbye to your grassy backyard, there's good news. There are definitely ways that you can keep your grassy expanse without feeling eco guilt. Perhaps the best alternative I've found is Eco-Lawn.
Open House: Do You Think About Your Water Footprint?
I learned in a recent post in The New York Times' environmental blog, Green Inc., that a Finnish food company is the first to begin reporting how much water was used to make its product on a label of the package. We've seen carbon footprints reported for sometime now, but this is just the beginning of reporting water-use footprints. Consumers are becoming discriminating in new ways about the environmental impact of the things they buy.
Casa Verde: An Inflatable Shower Curtain
French textile design and applied arts student Elisabeth Buecher designed My Shower is a Green Warrior (prototype), which fights water overconsumption by slowly inflating around you while you shower, leaving you only a few minutes to take your shower before trapping you. It uses innovative materials, printing techniques and inflatable technology to do so, but I think her experimental thinking is what's key to this design. I love that it awakens people to their behavior, allowing them to change it before the curtain inevitably traps them.
How-To: Curb Water Use When It Counts
An article in the San Francisco Chronicle highlighted the alarming imminence of drastic water cuts for the Bay Area, due to record drought we've had this Winter. Low levels of rainfall and snowpack could impose mandatory cutbacks for many homeowners in the area and could cause many small farms to go out of business. So, if you live in the area, it's certainly in your best interest to cut back on water use.
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