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Published April 10, 2009 at 11:00 am No Comments
You’ve probably heard of “greywater”, the idea that lightly used household water such as bathwater can be reused for purposes like flushing the toilet and watering plants.
There are many different ways to use your greywater, from the quickest DIY approach to complex filtering systems you can install yourself and simple but ingenious commercial products like the Sinkpositive water saving sink. Recycled greywater is often filtered and always used in appropriately hygienic situations, but if you just can’t get excited [...]
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Published February 28, 2009 at 1:11 am No Comments
Most parts of the United States won’t see the last frost of winter until late April or early May. If you’re thinking of gardening this summer, though, you might want to get started soon, since many types of seedling prefer to be pampered indoors for six weeks or more before being transplanted to the great outdoors.
Seeds of Change has been a convenient natural gardening supplier for some time, offering a wide variety of both popular and unusual organic heirloom seeds [...]
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Published February 14, 2009 at 7:42 pm 1 Comment
One of the best ways to green your home environment is literally green. Houseplants are not just beautiful, but they improve the air quality significantly by converting carbon dioxide into oxygen (a process we know as photosynthesis).
In fact, in the late 1980s, NASA ran a study exploring which plants are the most efficient at purifying the air. They concluded that common houseplants such as spathiphyllum, bamboo palms, and spider plants not only improved the oxygen in the [...]
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Published January 27, 2009 at 5:36 pm No Comments
HHHHIf you think there’s nothing new under the sun in the world of architectural design, chances are you haven’t seen Patrick Blanc’s vegetal walls.
These walls are individually designed works of art featuring plants specially selected for the climate and environment (indoor or outdoor) of the wall in question.
The plants are grown with an automated hydroponic, system for irrigation and nutrients, which allows for a light weight structure and the possibility of very large walls.
The results are beautiful [...]
