Chelsea Green - Water : Use Less-Save More

(Paperback) printed on 100% post consumer waste paper.

Chelsea Green Publishing by John Clift, Amanda Cuthbert

100 simple and effective tips for saving water, inside and outdoors of your home or business. Packed with practical ideas for your kitchen, bath, landscaping, and water using chores.

Did you know . . .
* We use 127% more water today than we did in 1950
* About 95% of water delivered to our houses goes down the drain
* A garden hose can use almost as much water in an hour as an average family of four uses in one day

Our population is growing, our climate changing and our lifestyles demand more and more water ? we are consuming too much! But there are many things we can do to reduce our consumption of water, save money and help the environment.

This book gives you 100 water saving tips for the home and garden ? from simple things like having a shower instead of a bath, to more drastic measures like installing a rainwater harvesting system. If each one of us does just one of them, we can help reduce the likelihood of water shortages both now and in the future.

About Chelsea Green Publishing For more than 20 years, Chelsea Green has been the publishing leader for books on the politics and practice of sustainable living. They are a founding member of the Green Press Initiative and have been printing books on recycled paper since 1985, when their first list of books appeared. They lead the industry both in terms of content--foundational books on renewable energy, green building, organic agriculture, eco-cuisine, and ethical business--and in terms of environmental practice, printing 95 percent of our books on recycled paper with a minimum 30 percent post-consumer waste and aiming for 100 percent whenever possible. This approach is a perfect example of what is called a "triple bottom line" practice, one that benefits people, planet, and profit, and the emerging new model for sustainable business in the 21st century.