Green Options » solar heat http://greenoptions.com/tag/solar-heat Posts tagged 'solar heat' Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:41:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en The Eco-Nuns of New York Do More Than Pray For Green http://ecoscraps.com/2009/02/01/the-eco-nuns-of-new-york-do-more-than-pray-for-green/ http://ecoscraps.com/2009/02/01/the-eco-nuns-of-new-york-do-more-than-pray-for-green/#comments Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:41:45 +0000 mcmilker http://ecoscraps.com/2009/02/01/the-eco-nuns-of-new-york-do-more-than-pray-for-green/ An order of Episcopalian nuns in New York City are setting a high bar for devoted ecoratti as they embark on a quest to build a new green convent. The new building will feature, solar heating and on-roof vegetable garden, rainwater collection and even compost toilets.

Why would a community of nuns, devoted as they presumably are to spiritual matters, take the relatively unusual step of embracing environmentalism so energetically?

“It’s a question of stewardship,” said Sister Faith Margaret, a Staten Island native. “Of responsibility.”

Praise The Lord!

Via: New York Times

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]]> http://ecoscraps.com/2009/02/01/the-eco-nuns-of-new-york-do-more-than-pray-for-green/feed/ Green Beer Bottles to Solar Hot Water http://ecoscraps.com/2008/05/12/green-beer-bottles-to-solar-heat/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/05/12/green-beer-bottles-to-solar-heat/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 19:13:37 +0000 Max Lindberg http://ecoscraps.com/2008/05/12/green-beer-bottles-to-solar-heat/ They’re probably drinking a lot of beer in Quqiao village, in Shaanxi Province, China.
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Ma Yanjun, a carpenter, said he wanted his mother to be able to enjoy a comfortable shower anytime, and since a solar water heating system was too expensive, he devised a way to make one of his own.

Using only water-filled beer bottles and connecting hoses, Ma’s mother now has hot water on demand, and so do more than 20 other families in the village whom Ma has helped build their own system.

He wants to build a public bathroom for the village using the same process, but he needs enough money to buy the beers. He probably has plenty of volunteers to empty them.

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