Brummet's Conscious Blog

World Water Day  World Water Day was set aside by the UN to highlight the importance of clean fresh water. Events focus on water conservation, education, sustainable projects for the management of fresh water resources, beach clean up projects and river-side replanting projects, and invasive species volunteer groups heading out to eradicate unwanted plants that will choke out native species. The first World Water Day was officially held in 1993 and is now celebrated across the planet. Consider picking up a copy of our Trash Talk book series which addresses many ways of conserving the amount of water we use, reusing old water and reducing water use. For instance, one might save the water from cooking potatoes; once cool, it can be used to feed outdoor plants.  Hot water from the canner can be used to kill weeds in the driveway, gravel walkways and sidewalks. Refuse to buy bottled water and instead buy several refillable ones. Install a water purifier machine under ...

-- Recommended Resources --  Let's talk about water ... If you had to walk a mile for a jug of water every day, as millions of people do, it's unlikely you'd use that precious water to bathe. Young entrepreneur Ludwick Marishane tells the amazing, funny story of how he invented a cheap, clean and convenient solution: DryBath, the world's first bath-substituting lotion. http://www.ted.com/talks/ludwick_marishane_a_bath_without_water  And here is an interesting lecture about the use of genetic technology design new adaptions to existing crops so that they can survive weeks of drought, saving lives, preventing farm desolation and more.  http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_farrant_how_we_can_make_crops_survive_without_water Closing today, we have Molly Winter speaking on modern views of  water and sewage waste - seeing it as a resource, eliminating destruction of water ways, and creating a beautiful place...

Removing pond and lake weeds  *Written by: Peter Van Smith Aquatic plants are beneficial for ecosystem as they are a source of food, shelter and oxygen to the wildlife living in the pond. But they spread quickly and can restrict the activities in the Pond. A lot of ponds gets practically ruined by aquatic plants, these ponds literally choke the pond. Some of the common pondweeds that are usually found in ponds are Milfoil, Hydrilla verticillata or Hyrdilla, Vallisneria spiralis or Eel grass, Potamogeton crispus or Curly leaf pondweed, Typha anqustata or Cat-tails. These weeds ruin the aesthetics of the shoreline and make the pond or lake virtually unusable. Therefore, below find some prominent methods of removing pond weeds. Manual removal of weeds:  The first step in this direction is to manually remove the weeds. Though it's very much possible that all the weeds are not removed and some of the weeds are left inside the pond attached to the debris. ...