Water Conservation
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The Problems with our Industrial Water System Today
Imagine that you´re in your home on a rainy afternoon. It has been raining for two days straight now and…
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Rainwater Catchment Systems
Of the many problems that our civilization faces, one of the most worrying problems is water scarcity. Without a safe…
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Are We Running Out of Water?
More than half of the world’s population may be facing serious daily water shortages by 2025 if we keep up…
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Is there a Solution to the Decline in Freshwater Supply?
The supply of freshwater in the world is running out and running out fast! (1) Less than 3% of the…
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Pollution Has Been Discovered Even In The World’s Deepest Ocean Trenches
High levels of persistent organic pollutants, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), were found in crustaceans living in some of the planet’s…
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Reducing Your Footprint When You Haven’t Built a Permaculture Site from the Ground Up
In the ideal world of most budding permaculture enthusiasts, which I still consider myself, we would have pieces of land…
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Will We Really Have Water Forever
Water truly is our most precious resource. We can go without food for up to thirty days. After three, we…
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Dryland Harvesting Home Hacks Sun, Rain, Food & Surroundings
When Brad Lancaster and his brother bought their home in downtown Tucson, the streetscape was a dusty place, devoid of…
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Evolutions on Mr. Phiri’s Water-Harvesting Plantation, 1995–2016
Earlier this year I had the opportunity to return to Zimbabwe and to the farm of some of my prime…
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California Drought Update. A Way Forward
California’s drought woes are well known. One Central Valley farmer thinks he might have at least a partial solution: flooding.…
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Groundwater Re-charging
It’s a rainy Monsoon day. Today, it’s water, water everywhere, but soon there will not be a drop to drink.…
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Comparing the Great Wall of China’s Contour Structure with That of a Water Harvesting System
A permaculture enthusiast may want to inquire: how do the structures of both the Great Wall of China and Water…
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