Tag: save water
13 tips for saving water
Welcome to the small steps page, where we celebrate the little things our readers do to live more sustainably. Last issue we asked for your ideas on saving water. Here are our readers’ tips – plus inspiration from the Green Ideas team.
Clean clothes without water
A new washing machine prototype uses tiny nylon beads to massage clothes clean.
Shower like an astronaut
In space, nobody can hear you scream when the shower runs cold. And in space, nobody can take endless warm showers, because astronauts have such limited supplies.
What are your best tips for saving water?
We had a lively debate in the office a few weeks back about whether Kiwis really care about saving water.
24 water saving tips from drought-hit Waiheke Island
Waiheke Island is in the middle of a water crisis - here's some lively advice from their community message boards on saving water, sent in by a thirsty Waihekan: When showering, use a big-sized 'chub'. This collects the cold-water-turning-to-warm-water water that no one can stand standing in. Can be literally litres
Should we be washing our clothes less?
Reader submittedJust read a great little blog from Tullia Black about clothes washing. When I think about clothes and sustainability, my usual thought process is around where they're made, under what conditions, what they're made of, what farming practices have been used, what's the carbon footprint. Then I swiftly move to