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Water obsession support group forming now!

January 17, 2012

Water, water everywhere… consuming your thoughts and dreams, driving your actions and decisions. Dictating your choice of friends, how you spend your time, your money, your goodwill. You have water [...]

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My Favorite (Unofficial) Water Conservation PSAs

August 16, 2010
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Water conservation messages are usually 60% boring and 40% preachy; here are two from Australia created by The Chardonnay Club that are just 100% funny. As you might guess, they are [...]

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Does this water butt make me look phat?

July 16, 2010
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Why, yes it does, because as you surely know by now, collecting rainwater for garden re-use in “water butts” (known as “rain barrels” here in the US) is a smooth [...]

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Shut your mouth and get your Speedos

July 13, 2010
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From the offbeat water conservation tipline: The Vienna, Austria Council is getting pretty fed up with constantly refilling their swimming pools because people keep swallowing the water while men insist [...]

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Inventors Imagine a Water-Grabbing Fog Farm

February 17, 2010

This week a study revealed that California’s coastal fog has decreased significantly over the past 100 years, potentially endangering the state’s treasured coastal redwood trees. And that’s not all! It [...]

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Speaking the Universal Language of Cute

February 8, 2010

These spots from Nickelodeon Latin American are meant to teach kids “green” behaviors, but people of all ages can certainly delight in their irresistible cuteness. Sadly, I happen to know that people of [...]

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Nag About Water Savings the Modern, Twitter Way

February 2, 2010

I’m old fashioned, I guess… my method of encouraging conservation around the house involves nag, nag and nag some more. I’ve seen the light though via Jason Garland (jgarland79water on Twitter). [...]

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Se vedete le immagini saranno hai capito?

December 3, 2009

If you see the images will you understand? Choose Italian or English for this terrific water conservation infographic video by Matteo Bonera (website). Or, do as I did and play a [...]

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Many Small Choices, One Big Impact

October 23, 2009

Brand new from GOOD, a leading web provider of infographic splendidness, is the video Your Daily Water Use, produced in conjunction with Whole Foods Market. From their description, Thirsty? So [...]

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When a Plain-Jane Rain Barrel Simply Won’t Do

October 19, 2009

Saving water is stylish now! And a consequence of that is more high-design products with which to stylishly save water! While that DIY-hacked, second-hand barrel you dragged from the dump [...]

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