If you haven’t caught on it’s water month here. You knew that right? In any case, I don’t want anyone to die of water overdose, so my next couple of posts I’m ignoring water issues. That said, I figured a good way to kick off water month would be to gather all things water of Tree Hugging Family past, and bring them to your attention. Also, it’ll save Peggy and I some time; we won’t have to repost on old school topics.

Save Water In Your Yard & Garden
Water Use Earth Day Project for Kids
Five ways to conserve water in less …read more

Down the Drain is a useful project for anyone, and it can be done all year round. Being a science and math major, well, back in the day I was, I really like the scientific approach to this fun experiment. Of course we all want to save water – we can’t live without it.
Down the Drain encourages youth to track their water use. This project was developed by the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) which is located at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Who can participate?:
The project was developed for 4th-8th grade age kids, …read more

We could do an entire bathroom audit this week, but that would be a lot of work. Let’s look at the different parts of the bathroom over the next few weeks. This week, we’ll start with the bathtub and shower.
Now when we do a green bathtub / shower audit, we’ll need to look at some different items. Following are the things we’ll be concentrating on.

The actual tub or shower.
The products you have sitting on your tub – shampoo, soap, sponges, etc.
Water use.
Cleaning the tub.

These are the types of issues you need to consider if you want to complete a true …read more

A new quiz from the U.S. Green Building Council will let you know if you’re falling behind in your H2O know-how.
Take the quiz.