Green Options » aquascape http://greenoptions.com/tag/aquascape Posts tagged 'aquascape' Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:57:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en SUNfiltered: Earth Day Design — the RainXchange Rainwater Harvesting System http://sustainablog.org/2009/04/22/sunfiltered-earth-day-design-the-rainxchange-rainwater-harvesting-system/ http://sustainablog.org/2009/04/22/sunfiltered-earth-day-design-the-rainxchange-rainwater-harvesting-system/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:57:51 +0000 Jeff McIntire-Strasburg http://sustainablog.org/2009/04/22/sunfiltered-earth-day-design-the-rainxchange-rainwater-harvesting-system/ aquascape rainxchange rainwater harvesting systemEarth Day provides us with an opportunity to both reflect and act on our desire to use the planet’s resources in a sustainable manner. As we’ve noted in numerous posts, water may be the one resource we should focus on more, individually and collectively. No doubt, many of you have water-saving activities planned; a few of you may already be at work installing low-flow shower heads, faucet aerators, or even rain barrels.

Rainwater harvesting makes a lot of sense: the initial investment can be quite low (especially if you do it yourself), and your plants love rain water.  Unfortunately, as Rachelle Carson Begley once noted, an awful lot of commercially-available rain barrels are, well, ugly.

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