Amazon Rainforest: Visualing the Numbers There are many facts relating to the Amazon rainforest, some good, and some quite devastating. But the difficulty with such facts is that all too often the numbers are so vast they may become incomprehensible, and certainly quite difficult to visualise. By way of example, the Amazon rainforest covers an […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Greywater Treatment Greywater is that component of sewage which does not come from a toilet or urinal. Greywater is the wastewater which is generated from the use of a shower, bath tub, spa bath, hand basin, laundry tub, clothes washing machine, kitchen sink, and dishwasher. A DGTS is designed totreat and disinfect greywater or components […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Home-designed and home-built greywater system in Melba, ACT, Australia. The system receives greywater from the shower and washing machine, passes it rapidly through a small (220 litre) two-stage filter comprising charcoal, gravel, and root-matting plants, into a large (4500 litre) constantly-recirculating stream where the water is naturally aerated and UV-treated, and most dissolved salts and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Watch Sharon & Ken have a relaxing, fun afternoon fishing for little smallmouth bass at Teetertown Nature Preserve. Located about 2.5 miles outside of Califon, in Lebanon Township NJ, the Teetertown Preserve offers camping & has two ponds that are really a great place to take the kids if you`re looking for a place where […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Water Conservation One Drop At A Time We hear the term “water conservation” all the time, but what does it actually mean and what can we do to help in the effort? Water conservation simply means that you need to use water wisely. Unfortunately, while we hear it all the time and know we should […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Water Conservation: 10 Things You Can Do at Home Water conservation is an important topic for all of us. Even if you don’t live in an area subject to freshwater shortages, billions of other people around the world do. Freshwater is one of our most precious and also our most wasted resources. Approximately 1.2 billion […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sensitive Skin Care Products Are Mainly Found With Natural Ingredients Finding sensitive skin care products is not as hard as you might think. You just need to think outside the box, so to speak. In this case, the boxes are produced by the major cosmetic companies. It is the preferred ingredients of popular cosmetic […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Amazon rainforest: globally important The Amazon rainforest spans 6.74 million sq. km taking in Brazil, Peru, Columbia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, and French Guiana. It is the world’s largest and most spectacular rainforest, representing over 40% of the world’s remaining tropical forests. But despite the Amazon’s clearly vast expanse, human activity, including logging, agricultural […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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