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Six Easy Green Tips To Save Water and Money

Six Easy Green Tips To Save Water and Money
Here’s six very green water and money saving tips for you to use in every day life. Enjoy! http://www.thecasualgardener.com, The Green Blog – http://www.gardeningnude.com, or The Garden Blog – http://thecasualgardener.blogspot.com... Read more »
By Shawna Coronado,
July 18, 2010 at 5:20 pm
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Save Money And Live Green With This New Style Of Rain Barrel

Aquascape, Inc. has invented a revolutionary new rain barrel that has an internal water overflow system and a 75 gallon water capacity. It is a fantastic way for the every day homeowner to start utilizing rain water as a way to save money with their monthly household expenses. The key feature in this rain barrel... Read more »
By Shawna Coronado,
July 5, 2010 at 5:20 pm
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Why You Should Get a Rain Water Cistern - A Green and Sustainable Choice

Why You Should Get a Rain Water Cistern - A Green and Sustainable Choice
Beautiful front lawn view of the Aquascape, Inc. RainXChange rain water cistern with fountain at the suburban Chicago home of Shawna Coronado. Recently, I had a rain water cistern, called a RainXchange System, installed on my front lawn by Aquascape, Inc.* Above you see a photo of the final product which features a gorgeous water fountain that is made... Read more »
By Shawna Coronado,
June 27, 2010 at 11:56 am
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Traveling Ireland - How A Pond Is Processing Gray Water for An Irish Factory - a Green Solution For The Environment

Vincent Cleary, Managing Director of Glenisk, with his daughter and scrappy little dog, Suzy, returning through the fields from touring the Glenisk reed beds in Killeigh, Ireland. Reed bed filtration is becoming a popular wastewater management technique worldwide, both for household use and for large factories and institutions. It is a creative way to reuse... Read more »
By Shawna Coronado,
June 21, 2010 at 4:54 pm
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Top 10 Drought Tolerant Plantings Save Water

Dear Ms. Green Queen, Russian Sage in the summer garden. Okay Ms. Green Queen, I live in Winfield, Illinois and have been reading your column for over a year now. Your ideas are great for going green. I love it!! What’s the #1 thing I can do to reduce my water bill? Signed, Water Boy in... Read more »
By Shawna Coronado,
May 13, 2010 at 10:18 am
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Mexican Eco-Blogging - The Benefits of Native Plants

Incredible view featuring a native scrubby brush that grows along the Riviera Maya coastline on the Yucatan Peninsula. It functions to hold the beaches in place and prevent erosion. Native plants function in an incredibly useful fashion. Above you see a native scrub brush which grows all along the Mexican Yucatan Peninsula coastline and helps... Read more »
By Shawna Coronado,
March 18, 2010 at 3:55 pm
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Mexican Eco-Blogging - Save Money and Water With Permeable Paving

Parking lot in Cancun, Mexico – soil and plants are interplanted between the paving. Everywhere we went in Mexico we saw built in permeable paving parking. It provides a solid ground surface, strong enough to take heavy loads, like large vehicles, while at the same time it allows water to filter through the surface and reach... Read more »
By Shawna Coronado,
March 18, 2010 at 11:10 am
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Mexican Eco-Blogging - Top 4 Ways to Save Water and Money

Gorgeous view of Tulum, a pre-Columbian Mayan Indian ruins we were able to tour. This location is one of the best preserved coastal Maya sites and sits on top of 39′ cliffs immediately next to the ocean. Gorgeous! Water is by-far the most important resource on earth. When you stand on the 39′ cliffs at... Read more »
By Shawna Coronado,
March 18, 2010 at 10:48 am
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How To Install A Rain Barrel - It Is Easy!

How easy is it to install a rain barrel? REALLY EASY! Jim Kleinwachter works with me in the above short video to demonstrate how easy it really is to install a rain barrel. Jim runs The Conservation Foundation’s incredibly successful “Conservation @ Home” program. Rain barrels come in many forms and the particular rain barrel... Read more »
By Shawna Coronado,
December 30, 2009 at 12:18 pm
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Why Water Conservation Is Important to You - Plus A Look At How To Do A Double Rain Barrel Installation

Americans have access to an abundance of water much of the time; having water available at the twist of a faucet so it becomes easy to overlook the importance of water conservation. In the United States, we use approximately 205 billion gallons of water a day for household, business/industrial, and agricultural purposes. Demands on our... Read more »
By Shawna Coronado,
December 30, 2009 at 9:51 am
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