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Use this instead of grass for your lawn

Photo © GoodMood Photo/Shutterstock When I was a kid, I always wondered why people cared about keeping patches of grass…

5 years ago

Water: How farmers meet the challenge of too little, too much

Leslie Dyment, at Crow Hill Farm in Cameron. Farmers have been concerned about water issues for as long as human…

5 years ago

System of Rice Intensification

https://youtu.be/8iV8QjVruOQ This sustainable way of growing rice produces bumper harvests. Up to 21 million farmers in 61 countries use the…

5 years ago

Simple Ways to Conserve Water at Home Today

Many people try to lead an eco-friendly life these days and help the planet in any way they can. At…

5 years ago

The business case for green buildings

It is simpler to incorporate sustainability into a building's design, construction and operations before its development, rather than retrofitting existing…

5 years ago

How one Wisconsin farm pursues land and water conservation

Do you know the purpose, cause, or belief that drives you? Author Simon Sinek calls this “finding your why.” On…

5 years ago

The Town That Extended ‘Smart Growth’ to Its Water

Photo: The Rocky Mountains rise behind the Denver skyline. Charlie Riedel/AP As Western states grapple with drought, Westminster, Colorado, has…

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Membrane technology to address excess water problem on Washington dairy

“We really don’t have a nutrient problem; we have a water problem,” states Galen Smith, partner and general manager of…

5 years ago

Case study suggests new approach to urban water supply

If you live in the developed world, safe water is usually just a faucet-turn away. And yet, global warming, drought…

5 years ago

EPA applauds UL for storm water management efforts

Photo: Increasing the number of bioswales on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus is one objective outlined in its…

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