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What are the larger-scale options for storing rainwater?
This question is asked in the spirit of "I don't know what I don't know".
I have three raised-bed gardens, and I'd like to stop watering them with municipal water and start using collected rain.
Can a [ahem] garden-variety rain barrel supply an…
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What is the sustainablity of working from home compared to the office
I'm looking for sources that can give some reasoned arguments about Telecommuting in sustainablity terms - how much of an energy costs in there to working at home compared with commuting X miles in Y minutes by Z mode of transportation. …
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How to protect plant from insects?
Here in the place plants are infected with the insects surrounding it and it affects the leaves and root too so decrease the life of plants.
So I want to know how to prevent this. Please suggest an idea.
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Uses for fish bones?
We eat fish. I know some small fish bones are fried and eaten as food in some parts of the world, and they can be composted for mineral content. I do compost some already, but we don’t have that much space for composting and we do have to worry…
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How can we use fallen leaves from tree in best way?
In my neighborhood, there are so many trees along the road. So every day many leaves fall and everyday road-cleaning workers wastefully just burn it. I was hoping to use that waste in a more productive way. One idea I had was to dig it in somewhere…
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printer cartridge recycling
What should I do with my Samsung ML-1640? I see on the internet that toners may be incompatible with printers and Samsung "protects" us from bad quality by expiring their cartridges electronically (they stop working after a number of pages printed).…
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How to use sea water in daily life?
Here in my place there is a shortage of river water during these days because of lack of rain. People are demanding to use sea water where we can so please suggest the ways in which we can use sea water...
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For dog owners, what do you use to pick up after your dog on walks?
Since we use reusable bags now, we don't have many disposable plastic bags to use in cleaning up after our dogs. This isn't really a problem in the yard, but what is the easiest way to pick up after your pet when you're out on a walk without using…
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How to make a fully reused/reusable plastic bottle raft?
"Recycle" is the last in reduce-reuse-recycle triad, and though it's an obvious choice for plastic bottles, there are ways to make the most of every bottle. I drink from every bottle for some time and still I slowly make a deposit of such bottles.…
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More sustainable pick-me-up: can of coke or cup of tea/coffee?
Question: which has a greater embodied energy: a cup of tea/coffee or a can of Coke (or Pepsi, or other caffeinated soft drink) -- or maybe some other stimulating drink? I have made some estimates of my own, but there are some areas I haven't been…
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What's the carbon environmental footprint of good old cash?
It's known that bitcoin has a high carbon footprint [1].
Some have started to compare the environmental footprint of a bitcoin transaction and a standard visa transaction [2].
What is the carbon footprint of traditional cash? Is cash the most…
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Dishwasher or paper plates: which are worse?
After running the dishwasher last night it struck he how much energy it must consume: from heating large amounts of water to the motorized pumps and spinners to the heated plate drying. Then there's also the potential water pollution by the…
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Can organic farming sustainably feed the world?
Organic farming saves the planet...
Proponents of organic, non-GMO farming argue that such methods are necessary to preserve the long-term health of the soil and the environment as a whole.
But conventional farming feeds the world?
On the other…
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Sustainable diapers?
I'm looking for a sustainable overnight (read: long lasting, high-absorbancy) diaper for my 3yo daughter. She has been cloth diapered since she was a newborn, but now I just can't find an overnight cloth diaper that won't leak and I can't just…
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Recycling items from another country
When I travel to Japan, I occasionally bring back a few items with me (not an awful lot), and they have recyclable containers. Most commonly, I have items categorized as plastic:
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