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The Phattest Water Butt of All

July 21, 2010
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It should surprise no one (but delight everyone) that some clever person has produced a water butt in the shape of a butt. (Note for the non-Brits: Water Butt = [...]

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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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Bermuda Rooftops: Pretty, and Pretty Effective

May 10, 2010
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Let’s hop off the innovation train for a moment, people! It’s so easy to get carried away with the “gee whiz” of new technology and approaches we often fail to [...]

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Is Water the Silver Lining in Every Cloud?

February 27, 2010

After I posted the snickering, tongue-in-cheek writeup on the 1931 “fog farm” concept, Angela B. sent along (via inhabitat.com) information on this real and modern example of a “fog farm” [...]

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What Modern Water Engineers Can Learn from Ancient Infrastructure

December 17, 2009

From TED: The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting: With wisdom and wit, Anupam Mishra talks about the amazing feats of engineering built centuries ago by the people of India’s Golden [...]

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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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The Absurdity of Umbrellas

September 24, 2009

A 2008 finalist in Vimeo’s Intelligent Use of Water Contest, Rainwater Harvesting is a beautiful clip from India’s Centre for Science and Environment that suddenly makes umbrellas seem ridiculous (at least [...]

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