Last year I blogged about getting a rainwater tank and said I’d be drinking rainwater soon. I got it at the end of winter, but it filled with rain from the unusual downpours in November. I didn’t start drinking it then because my dad suggested I don’t drink the initial water, to ensure any [...]
Posts Tagged ‘House’
Saving my Shower
Posted in Water, tagged grey water, House, saving water, shower on 13 December 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have a water-efficient showerhead, but my showers have always been way too long. While I realise household water use only makes up only 11% of total water consumption in Australia [1], I still felt bad that I could be using less water.
Last year Towards Sustainability blogged about the Shower Saver and a couple [...]
A year of solar water heating
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged carbon emissions, Energy, fossil fuel dependence, House, renewable energy, rental properties, solar power, sustainable living, Water on 25 February 2008 | 4 Comments »
Hot water accounts for more than 30% of energy used in the home. [1]
I’ve had solar water heating for a year. I wanted a gas booster, rather than the electric booster which was installed. My dad (who is my landlord) has had bad experiences with a gas booster, so he didn’t get one. He [...]
Incey wincey spider
Posted in indigenous fauna, tagged Garden, House, spiders on 7 February 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last year I blogged about my liking for spiders, as long as they stay outside in the garden. Crazy Mumma recently blogged about how she hates finding Huntsman spiders in her house and I don’t like this so much either, but I thought I was a lot calmer about it now than I [...]
Killing Roaches
Posted in cats, indigenous fauna, invasive species, tagged cockroaches, House, insects, pest control on 18 January 2008 | 1 Comment »
I hate cockroaches. They were always around our house when I was little. You had to wack the roach with a shoe if you wanted to get rid of it. I wonder now if the reason was because my mum didn’t use toxic cockroach baits. The active ingredient is chlorpyrifos (an anticholinesterase compound). The [...]
Sustainable Building Design
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Australian Conservation Foundation, carbon emissions, fossil fuel dependence, House, passive solar design, saving water, solar power, sustainable building, sustainable living on 28 December 2007 | 5 Comments »
It is no good just talking, writing or reading about sustainability. It requires us to do something toward that critical and vital end point – a sustainable world – so that we can all look our grandchildren in the eye with something like a clear conscience – Derek Wrigley [1]
For a number of years I’ve [...]
The Concrete Jungle
Posted in Perth, tagged carbon emissions, fossil fuel dependence, greenhouse effect, House, Perth, property subdivision, redevelopment on 2 November 2007 | 3 Comments »
Sometimes I quite like the concrete jungle because I skateboard and I wouldn’t be able to without smooth concrete surfaces, although I’ve seen a skate video where someone is skating boulders in the US desert and it looks like fun. Other times I hate all the concrete and asphalt of our cities.
Scottish crofter Stonehead mentioned [...]
Drinking Rain
Posted in Sydney, tagged carbon emissions, fossil fuel dependence, grey water, House, passive solar design, saving water, solar power, sustainable living, Water on 31 October 2007 | 3 Comments »
Of course we all drink rain, one way or another. The water cycle eventually recycles all water into the sky and then back down to the earth, but some people drink their water a bit closer to when it fell as rain, than others. Sadly I’m not one of these people, but I look forward [...]
GreenPower
Posted in Australia, tagged Australian Conservation Foundation, carbon emissions, fossil fuel dependence, government, greenhouse effect, House, renewable energy, sustainable living, Western Australia on 8 July 2007 | 6 Comments »
Many electricity companies sell power from renewable sources, but depending on where you live, different options are available. Western Australia doesn’t have as many electricity companies as the eastern states of Australia because the industry was only recently deregulated and until a few years ago electricity was provided by a state government owned company.
Perth has [...]
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"We must head back towards zero. At one degree the genie is out of the bottle, at two degrees the bottle is broken"
– David Spratt (2009) "Time for a Plan B on climate?" Dissent, no.30, p.37
About ClareSnow
I'm a librarian doing research, but my first love was science and as a kid I wanted to be an ecologist or botanist. Things got in the way and now I only "study" nature in my spare time. As the lazyst environmentalyst I write about what I do to try to ensure the nature of our world is still here for future generations.
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