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  • Nov 29, 2010

    Pee in the shower!

    In Brazil there's a movement afoot encouraging households to pee in the shower. They say it can reduce your water consumption by the equivalent o…

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  • You want to rake the leaves on your lawn because otherwise they can suffocate your grass. And, if you get pummeled with snow over the winter, you…

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  • By replacing our old builder grade windows and doors with new efficient ones, our home became significantly more comfortable and quiet.

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  • Depending on your waterflow, you waste between five gallons and 10 gallons of water each time you wait for the shower to warm up. While waiting for…

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  • We've all been to restaurants that heap food on our plates. But that doesn't mean you have to do the same at home….

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  • Today's refrigerators have become so large that keeping them well stocked can mean that you're dooming much of your food to be wasted. Unfortunat…

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  • When pet waste gets left behind it washes into storm drains and into local waterways that effects water supplies. These leftovers can spread…

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  • Access to fresh, clean water around the world is getting scarcer by the minute. The growing privatization of our finite supply of fresh water is a…

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  • It may seem hard to believe, but you can effectively heat water with solar energy even where the weather is sunny only half the time, and winters…

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  • If everyone in the country cut their driving by a quarter, total U.S. emissions would fall by 5.5 percent. Vehicles account for just over half o…

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