Category:Home And Living

Greywater

Greywater is the wastewater that comes from the laundry, kitchen, bathroom faucets, baths, and showers. Greywater, if properly collected and stored, can be safely re-used, thereby reducing fresh water consumption. Graywater is distinguished from "black water", which is wastewater from toilets, kitchen sinks and dishwashers, and should never be reused in the home as there are possibilities of contamination by bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens. Greywater reuse is a part of the fundamental solution to many ecological problems. Grey water can replace fresh water for irrigation. Residential water use is almost evenly split between indoor and outdoor. All except toilet water could be recycled outdoors, achieving the same result. More....

Antique Carpets

Carpets that are 100 years old or more, are called antiques. The oldest complete rug, the Pazyrk Carpet (now in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg) was discovered in 1949 during the excavation of a burial site in Siberia. It was frozen in permafrost for over 2500 years. More...

The Home and Living section shows that creating a sustainable lifestyle for yourself is easier than you think. If you want to live in a green home, want to lessen the environmental impact of your home and daily life, want to breathe easier, this is the place to start. It offers you information that helps you make informed choices.

This is also an ideal platform for sharing ideas and information on improving the environmental sustainability of every aspect of our lives, including homes, cars, and everything in between. The articles in this section provide information on the specific products, technologies and lifestyle practices that can be employed to lower our carbon impact and overall impact on the planet.

Incandescent light bulb

• Australia announced a nationwide ban on incandescent bulbs, which will go into effect in 2010.
• Though we call them "lights," traditional incandescent bulbs are actually small heaters that produce a little light — and waste a lot of energy making heat.
• If every household replaced just three 60-watt incandescent bulbs with CF bulbs, it would be equivalent to taking 3.5 million cars off the road!
• Incandescent bulbs are known by how much power it takes to light them — a 40-watt bulb uses less power; a 100-watt bulb is bright and uses a lot of energy. More...