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What you need to know: Home water conservation
The EPA says homes use half the water in the U.S. By Kate Nolan Green Right Now If you want to save something, try water. It’s going fast. Depletion of the U.S. water supply isn’t something you can...
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Dole finds way to reduce water use in banana industry
From Green Right Now Reports Who knew that the process of harvesting and packing bananas was a water-intensive process? Apparently, a lot of water is used to hold the fruit until it is selected for...
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World Water Day, time to turn down the faucet
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now We don’t want to let World Water Day slip away without a few reminders to use less of this precious resource. I will be the first to say, it’s not always easy. When...
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Be part of the solution: Save water at home
By Melissa Segrest Green Right Now The world’s water supply needs protection on all sides. Industrial pollution and human waste contaminate water supplies across the globe, while chemical- and...
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A flush of excitement greets composting toilets
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now It’s been a strange week. I’m blushing, because wherever I go, I am confronted by flushing. First came news that actor and green activist Ed Begley is endorsing two...
View ArticleIt’s harder to be green in the winter chill
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now It’s cold now. Pretty much everywhere except for those places that converge toward a moderate median in the 70s, like LA, or Miami. Have you noticed that in the...
View ArticleAustin’s Water Future panel discussion Sept. 6
From Green Right Now Reports The Interfaith Environmental Network of Austin (IEN) will present two of Austin’s foremost environmentalists in a lecture and discussion about strategies to assure clean...
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Drought-stricken Texas trees need water during the winter
From Green Right Now Reports Although it’s less obvious during winter, with the fields and forests having gone dormant, Texas’ historic drought continues to claim casualties. Trees, especially, remain...
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Texas lawmakers propose protection for xeriscaped lawns
From Green Right Now Reports In an effort to address Texas’ ongoing drought, two state lawmakers have proposed legislation that would free thousands of homeowners from having to water and maintain...
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Save nature and free time — install a Pocket Prairie
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now So you’d like to go native this year, reclaim your front yard for nature and escape the servitude of mowing, weeding and fertilizing. (Photo: LBJ Wildflower Center)...
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The quickest way to reduce your water consumption
From Green Right Now Reports In honor of World Water Day (March 22), our newsletter today from the Food Tank included “7 Strategies for Reducing Water.” We’re not talking turning off the faucet while...
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How to reduce water use in the United States
(In honor of World Water Day, March 22, Danielle Nierenberg, co-founder of Food Tank, outlines how Americans can — and why they must — reduce their water consumption.) By Danielle Nierenberg...
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Water, it doesn’t grow on trees
This week, we celebrate World Water Day on March 22. Water , our most under-appreciated, under-priced commodity, is worth celebrating. It sustains us. And if you’ve been reading or watching the news...
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Catch the rain in Austin and get a rebate
From Green Right Now Reports Austin Water is serious about rain barrels and catchment systems — so much so that the utility’s customers could qualify for hundreds, even thousands in rebates by looking...
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Austin remains at Stage 2 water restrictions
From Green Right Now Reports The city of Austin remains at Stage 2 watering restrictions. This is a conservation level at which residents may water twice a week on specified days. Water experts,...
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Can you name 30 ways to save water? These people did
From Green Right Now Reports Freshwater is precious, and it’s not getting more plentiful. We know we need to conserve, but it’s often hard to see the results of our efforts and to find new ways to cut...
View ArticleFrom Alaska to Austin, a gardening idea that conserves water and space
GRN Reports There are dozens of elaborate and simple ways to grow food in small spaces. You can create a raised bed in a custom-built box; garden vertically on a trellis or fence, go with hydroponics...
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Save water, win a Prius! (maybe)
GRN Reports Water is a necessity. In fact it’s THE king of necessities. Yet freshwater supplies are becoming tenuous in plenty of places where we used to assume abundance. Already 36 states in the US...
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What your drought-tolerant landscape could look like
GRN Reports: In Texas, many reservoirs are several feet below their conservation pool level, meaning tight watering restrictions will continue in most cities in the arid parts of the state. Arizona...
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Drought — despite some relief — Texas may still suffer in 2014
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Drought is not dramatic. At least in the beginning. It’s far more lumbering than other disasters, presenting as a slow burn, crisping crops, hardening the ground,...
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