Fwd: Flowers in Your Hair and a Bucket in Your Shower

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> Thursday, May 11, 2006

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> Today's Daily Tip: Flowers in Your Hair and a Bucket

> in Your Shower

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> What's crunchy as granola, smells like patchouli,

> and saves a whole

> lotta water?

>

> The Bite:

> This tip. Frankly, there are some tips that, while

> good for the

> planet, just feel a little too yurts 'n' birks for

> the Bite. But

> certain tips are submitted so many times we have no

> choice but to give

> in. So, here goes with the oldest water-saving trick

> in the book:

> collect water in a bucket while waiting for your

> shower to warm.

>

>

> The Benefits:

> - Save water you can later use for your plants (also

> known as " gray "

> water) or other household chores.

> - Save some change. The average American spends

> $45/yr on bath and

> shower water. The money you'll save by adopting this

> tip is, ahem, a

> drop in the bucket, but every little bit helps,

> right?

> - Take it one step further and save water in a pail

> if you have a

> pesky dripping faucet (until you get around to

> calling the plumber).

>

>

> Personally Speaking

> Heather is NOT going to carry a sloshing bucket of

> water up her tiny

> spiral staircase to her rooftop garden, and Jen’s

> shower heats right

> up. But we promise that every morning when we warm

> up our shower, we

> will think about all you Biters who are saving

> yours.

>

>

> Wanna Try?

> - Using Gray Water - more tips on how to harvest

> and use gray water.

> - Peaceful Valley Recycled Plastic Bucket - made

> from recycled (and

> non-toxic) polyethylene, so it won't rust when you

> leave it in the tub

> ($11).

> - Oxygenics Chrome Showerhead - conserve up to 70%

> compared to

> traditional showerheads ($30).

>

>

> Bang for the Bite Rating: 4 Apples (out of 5)

> If 10,000 Biters put a 5-gal pail in the shower

> while waiting for the

> water to warm every day for a year, the water they'd

> save could flush

> a low-flow john more than 5 million times.

>

>

> Cocktail Tip

> If you compare the world's water supply to 1 gallon,

> freshwater makes

> up 4 ounces (3%), and readily accessible freshwater

> makes up 2 drops.

>

>

> This tip submitted by about 50 different Biters.

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