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Water saving tips, water saving products and water saving ideas.
NSW Rainwater tank rebate.
To be eligible for a rainwater tank rebate in NSW your rainwater tank instillation must comply with the following: The water tank must be 2000 litre capacity or more and be purchased an installed beteween 1st July 2007 and 30th June 2009. If your house isn’t connected to main water, your eligible for a rebate [...]
Read more →Victorian Rainwater Tank rebate scheme
The Victorian state government rebate scheme for rain water tanks, as of 30th June 2007, is summarised in the table below. This applies to those wanting to install a rainwater tank in Melbourne suburbs as well as regional centres. Rainwater Tank size: 2000 – 4999 litre capacity Requirements: connected to toilet and/or laundry Rebate: $500 [...]
Read more →What is carbon emissions trading?
There’s been much talk recently of an emissions trading scheme here in Australia – particularly after the release of the Garnaut report. But what is carbon trading and how will effect businesses and individuals. Simply put, carbon trading is the tradsing of personal, corporate or national credits to maintain an/or reduce carbon emissions. If you [...]
Read more →Rain Water Tank Directory Launch
We’re very excited to announce the lunch of our Australian rain-water tank directory. The GetGeen Water Tank directory is open for registrations from Australian businesses selling rainwater tanks. Basic memberships start from $295 per year (inc GST) and includes: Preferred Listing within one Australian region Map of your business location Detailed profile Listing of up [...]
Read more →What Is Grey Water? A Beginners Guide To Water Conservation
There are ways to save water in times of drought. One of the most common recycling methods is the use of grey water. What is grey water? Grey water is any water that goes down the drain, except for toilet water. Excess shower water, sink water, laundry water, and dish water can all be saved [...]
Read more →Water Smart Innovations Conference 08 (Las Vegas)
The Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA), in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s WaterSense programar holding a Water Smart Innovations Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada from October 8-10, 2008. Billed as the largest conference of its kind in the world, this inaugural conference and expo will showcasing new water efficiency technology to industry and [...]
Read more →Reduce Green House Gasses – Print less PDF’s
PDF documents are a great way to save paper, save trees and also save water, but only if you don’t print them. The GreenPDF.com website has been setup to “educate the public on the environmental impact of printing PDF documents.” To help save trees, save water and in turn help reduce greenhouse gasses, the website [...]
Read more →Caroma First 5-Star Water-Saving Toilet Suite
Caroma has brought out an ingenious water saving toilet and hand basin product. The combined toilet cistern and hand basin allow you to reuse the greywater runoff from washing your hands to flash the toilet next time you go. These systems have been around for a while, but this is the first time I’ve seen [...]
Read more →The Take Away Sink – Reuse your greywater
I came across this cool sink design by Jessica Nebel via the treehagger website and thought it was well worth sharing. Jessica’s sink design is based on making the basin removable so you can reuse the gray water from washing your hands for other things like watering your pot plants or even poring down the [...]
Read more →Living Off The Grid – 5 Ebooks to help you live off the grid
The guys over at Off Grid Living are offering 5 great Ebooks usually priced at $99 but now ON SALE FOR $47.97. If you’ve ever been interested in living off the grid then check out these 5 books. If you want to learn what you can do to reduce your energy bills and massively decrease [...]
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