How to Measure Residential Outdoor Water Use and Reductions

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lbbudd Jul 12, 2008 10:45 am
A lady in Canada asked about this. Here is how we compute outdoor water use on a mixed meter, before and after xeriscape conversion. If there is a winterseason, take the average…

Xeriscape

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Claudette Lacombe Rockyford Jul 9, 2008 16:57 pm
Hi FSB list. I saw a posting rather recently that talked about how xeriscape sites foster more xeriscape sites, but I should have saved it and now can't find it. Can anyone he…

Reporting Systems for Behavior Change

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Lisa Baynes Ayr/Home Hill Jul 1, 2008 7:46 am
Hello everyone, I work in the sugar industry in Qld and we are currently in a stage of getting funding from Govt to implement water quality improvement entering the Great Bar…

GIS Analysis on Xeriscaping?

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Timea Zentai Walnut Creek Jun 28, 2008 14:28 pm
Hello FSBL, I've been researching GIS tools in understanding how innovative behavior spreads (in energy use). I've heard that there is a GIS analysis in the xeriscape communi…

Edible Lawn

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Eric Rardin Jun 27, 2008 22:07 pm
Having observed the ongoing discussions about lawns and lawn mowers, I thought the list might find this article interesting: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1816764…

PPCPs in Drinking Water

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Leslie Watson Woodstock Jun 15, 2008 9:11 am
Hello, I'm with a river conservation organization in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. We have experienced unexplained fish kills for the last several years (not this year, ye…

Lawn Mowers, Cabbages and Kings

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Elizabeth Griffin Jun 10, 2008 11:53 am
Hi All, The recent discussions on this topic exemplify rather well how even a band of guys with their hearts in the right place are easily stymied when it comes to facing the…

Riding Lawn Mowers

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Linda Schell Gravenhurst Jun 1, 2008 7:38 am
Can anyone advise me a manufacturer who makes a riding lawnmower which is environmentally friendly and easy on fuel? I have seen the push mowers. We have a lot of grass and are r…

Has Anyone Out There Figured Out the Carbon Footprint from Gasoline Lawn Mowers

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Gary Fish Augusta May 13, 2008 10:23 am
Has anyone out there figured out the carbon footprint from gasoline lawn mowers and lawn fertilizers? I have seen a couple of reports that show a lawn as a carbon sink, but the an…

Water Protection Incentive Programs

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Alison Qua-Enoo Mississauga Apr 30, 2008 22:08 pm
I am looking for information on incentive programs used to encourage environmental behaviours in rural and urban residents for the protection of water quality and quantity. I am i…

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