Tag Archive for ‘Greywater’
HAND WASHING
Recently, we had an “episode” with our eight year old energy/water efficient washing machine. Although we do wash by hand, we do use our machine especially when things get a little rushed around here
AROUND THE URBAN HOMESTEAD pt 2
We wrap up another busy week with a pictorial dispatch – highlighting our new grey water project and more! Goat Walk & Talk Student working on an profiling some local eco heroes for a NPR radio piece comes along on one of our goat walks. Jordanne shows her some wild edibles that are popping up [...]
SAYONARA SUMMER
{note: this entry was written over ONE week ago, and delayed in publishing by the injured duck } There’s some interesting goings on around the urban homestead The guys have been filling up the driveway with piles of sand, lumber is being brought in, coils of huge black hoses and more! Yep, there’s some serious [...]
PATH TO LIVING A SUSTAINBLE LIFE IN THE CITY
Sustainable Sundays @ the Natural History Museum Different Shades of Green When: Sunday, November 9 (10:00 am – 4:00 pm) Where: Natural History Museum, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles Cost: Tickets are $9.00 for adults and $2.00 for children (5-12) and can be purchased at the door. In this new series, the Museum becomes a [...]
LOW IMPACT LIVING
Outdoor solar shower circa 2003 The weather’s been very pleasant lately – very odd thing to say in July. Saturday night we witness a lightning storm in the mountains just north of us as some tropical moisture moved up from Mexico. We didn’t get any rain though. With the warmer temperatures, the indoor bathing facilities [...]
SHOWER & TRELLIS
We first built our outdoor solar shower back in 2003 to save energy and to reclaim greywater for irrigated the surrounding edibles. Through the years the outdoor solar shower has gone through a few improvements and everyone enjoys using the facility during the warm weather months. This week, another outdoor bathing (or showering I should [...]
OUTDOOR SHOWER
Can’t believe I failed to mention that last week’s heatwave made taking outdoor showers even more enjoyable and refreshing. We built our first outdoor shower back in 2003 and have been lovin’ it ever since. Can’t beat the atmosphere and view, sometimes even bees will visit while in the shower stall. Not to mention we [...]
