water conservation

ALBUQUERQUE- Like many places in the United States, water sources in New Mexico are rapidly being depleted due to population growth, new sub-developments, and big companies who use large amounts of water for their manufacturing and refining processes.

Lance Armstrong is one of the favorite sons of Texas and a model citizen known as much for his social conscience as his cycling. So it came as a surprise when it was revealed this week that he is one of the biggest individual users of water in Austin, where he lives.

Dave Epstein of Growing Wisdom shows us how to build a rain garden.  Rain Gardens conserve water and enable a more sustainable landscape.  There are over 200 gardening videos at http://www.GrowingWisdom.com

Saving water when you flush!  The latest and greatest toilets??!!

With John Wilkes, Iain Trousdell is now co-director of the International Healing Water Institute and creative director of Design for Life, developing global markets for their

The old folk wisdom that says place a brick in your toilet's water tank is partially correct: It's an effortless way to save water, but a brick isn't the best choice of object. Use a plastic bottle filled with water instead.

Urbanization, growing slums, intensive farming, damming, and warring political ideologies are just a few of the hurdles that researchers from Helsinki University of Technology will need to overcome to protect the Mekong River, one of the most important water sources in Southeast Asia. Luckily, they have a plan.

Which conserves more water, a shower or a bath? We answer this question, and provide water conservation tips for both.

A green product for next summer: the rain barrel! Because it's probably a little late now, but with the consistent drought problem in places like California, saving whatever amount of natural rainfall during the year should be useful for the dry summer seasons especially with proposed plans to cut down water usage and higher costs for excessive use. Hopefully, with enough rain saved up, you'll never need to use the garden hose for an entire summer or more.

A green school aims to enhance and protect the surroundings. Staff and students work together on projects within the school and in the local community, hoping to reduce waste, water and energy consumption and pollution, and increase biodiversity. A green school uses 60 percent less energy than a conventional building, 70 percent less water and the air inside is clean and safe to breathe.

The City of Kingston rolls out a second level of water testing, while one resident says it's simply not enough.  Replacing the service connection is the best way to ensure water conservation, and safety.

A really easy read on some quick and easy ways to go green in a few minutes - perfect for beginners AND for those of us who tend to obsess and forget about the little things we can do as well!

The penguins at ZSL London Zoo have been up to something fishy - getting in on the act of being “green” and helping celebrate the Zoo’s recent Green Tourism for London award, with the addition of environmentally friendly living green roofs to their nest boxes.

Staff at ZSL London Zoo have taken some top tips from these eco-friendly penguins in an effort to go completely green and become the first organisation to be presented with a Green Tourism for London award.

It's a small thing, but surprisingly, really makes a big difference:

My husband and I have begun re-using the water in the kitchen after rinsing fruits and vegetables or washing the dishes. We capture the water in a re-usable container and transfer it to outdoors containers as necessary, which we then use to water our annuals and perennials (in addition to catching rainwater in barrels).

 This article reviews waterfree, dual flush, automatic dual flush toilets.  The automatic dual flush have smart tech that knows it its a #1 or #2!