5 Features of Sustainable Communities

When you think about sustainable communities what do you think of? Here are some things which come to mind for me. Some of these may seem like small, or even practically irrelevant, things when it comes to sustainability. You’d be surprised. Does your community have these 5 features of sustainability?

#1 – Outdoor Laundry Drying Facilities
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Safe, Sustainable, Food and Water – Consumers Union

Safe food and safe water are arguably our most precious resources. I don’t take them for granted. When a threat to our food and water safety comes around I need for someone to be paying attention, because I may not be. Consumers Union is one of the organizations who keep track of this kind of [...]

Weekly Earth News 03/24/09

Judging by the time it took me this morning to sort through the environmental news, and that I now have 23 open Firefox tabs to read through, each with a story that is good news for Mother Earth, there are positive things happening

Water

All mothers know the importance of clean water. After all how [...]

Water, Water, from Where?

Where does your water come from? Sometimes I find myself taking our clean water supply for granted. Then I get to thinking about it. I am so very fortunate to have no shortage of clean water. And, isn’t it amazing – water just goes around in this great big cycle. For all we know, the [...]

The Wealth of Water

“We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.”
~Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732
Filthy water cannot be washed.”
~African Proverb

“Rivers are roads which move, and which carry us whither we desire to go.”
~Blaise Pascal

“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. [...]