#water wise

[wachinyeya]

Denver students transform school lawn into water-wise landscape

Denver teenagers are transforming a school lawn into a water-wise landscape, cutting water use 70-80% through a summer climate program led by a nonprofit.

https://www.9news.com/article/tech/science/environment/denver-nonprofit-student-climate-changers/73-bdef0e72-3041-4c66-b978-73c47a8a2c32

Neighborhood Resilience Corps

The website for Neighborhood Resilience Corps, an innovative climate adaptation workforce program for youth in NE Denver.

[everydaydeeds]

Day 3257 - At night when I do dishes and waiting for the water to warm up, I’ve started filling the watering to capture the excess.

[west-x-midwest]

Red Butte Garden, SLC, UT

[capetowntocanada]

Sorting through my holiday photographs … 

this is a street in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  I love the architecture of the old city, the cobbled streets and the fortadelas on the hill.  This street reminds me of the Bo Kaap, an area in Cape Town which lights up much the same for New Year and the Carnival.  Hey!  Did I say Happy New Year?  Nooo.  Oops.

It’s never too late.  

Happy New Year everyone, but to Cape Town I wish happiness as well as plenty of water and loads of electricity.

[windingriverherbals]

A Water-Wise Herb Garden

A Water-Wise Herb Garden

Combine drought-tolerant varieties with water-saving techniques for a garden that takes the dry weather in stride.Herb gardeners are not the kind of people who give up easily. A few years ago, when we nursed our garden’s through a drought with heavy water {the type carried by hand}. We learned the value of special planting techniques borrowed from the native people of the arid southwest and…

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[everydaydeeds]

Day 2468 - I noticed that one of my neighbor’s sprinklers is broken, but since they run before sunrise it’s likely that my neighbors have no idea. I left them a friendly note to let them know (and hopefully save some water!)

[three-legged-cow]

Patio vegetable garden: small, uncovered stone patio vegetable garden idea from the mid-century era

Willow Springs Elementary

[doctorproxy]

An example of a large drought-tolerant and partial sun backyard stone flower bed.

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