The climate change has brought more droughts to many continents and South Africa is one among them. In order for you to fight this shortage of water, the best possible solution is for you to purchase a rainwater tank.

There are many varieties of water tanks available these days. If you want to check them out, click on the links at the bottom of this article.  There you will find several types of tanks in varying shapes and sizes; you have round tanks, slimline tanks, polyethylene tanks and many more. A slim water tank can be fitted perfectly on the side of your house and you can have it painted to match the color of your house or you can even have them built under ground if you like.

As a suggestion, purchase a thick rainwater tank. Thin variants could cost you less, but they are not going to last that long. JoJo tanks are recommended.  Some inferior makes will begin to buckle the instance you put water in it, while there are others that will buckle in just a short period of time. So make it a point that you invest on strong and sturdy ones, as offered by JoJo Tanks. It will not only save you from all the hassles, but loads of your precious money as well.

The rain water that you collect in these tanks can be used in many ways. You can use it to wash your car, keep your garden green all year round and the like. This water can also be potable as long as you purchase a filtering machine. Just imagine all the money you can save if you have a rainwater tank. You also help out your entire community conserve this important element, for the future generation.

Source: Eco friendly guidelines (edited)

JoJo Tanks (South Africa) offer a wide range of water tanks to suit every household, business or agricultural need.  See JoJo Tanks’ SMALL VERTICAL TANKS, LARGE VERTICAL TANKS, HORIZONTAL TANKS and LOW PROFILE TANKS as well as STEEL TANK STANDS.

We are authorised JoJo Tanks dealers in South Africa.  Contact us for a quote on the right water tank for you.  Special discounts are available on multiple orders and to our commercial customers.

For those who are looking for different styles and alternatives to the many popular eco-friendly area rugs that are currently available, you should consider seagrass area rugs.

These finely woven area rugs tend to be made from all-natural and imported materials that are both durable and desirable. Seagrass is similar to hemp, harvested from many naturally growing grasses that are constantly fed water, and can be harvested multiple times per year. They do not contribute to any environmental harm and they are a more affordable medium than a synthetic; they are also as readily available as well, and they have sound absorbing qualities to them.

Styles and Textures

Most seagrass area rugs come in all-natural colors, generally different hues of beige and light tans or browns that look great in just about any room in the home. There are a variety of weave patterns that you will find with these types of area rugs. However the most common will be those that are bordered, generally with cotton, wool or sisal. When trying to draw out contrasts in any room, seagrass is a perfect, neutral medium that when bordered with a darker color can really tie in the final touches on nearly any room with any type of furnishings. Because of the natural mid-tones that are found in seagrass, it even will work in lavishly decorated rooms that embody many different colors or patterns; seagrass fits in just about everywhere.

Long-lasting and Durable

The best part about seagrass rugs is that they are both durable and extremely long lasting, making them the ideal area rug for extremely high traffic areas of the home that you wish to protect your flooring with. They can be easily cleaned with a vacuum cleaner, or warm water and soap. And they should be beaten, or shaken out at least once per week to remove debris and dirt. Because of the tough and rigid, hemp-like nature of the seagrass, it can withstand even the most abusive, high traffic home for years without falling apart or decaying. And they are sound absorbing, so homes that are filled with young children can become a little quieter. So to review, they are both long-lasting and durable and they protect your carpeting, and absorb sound while looking great in most interior settings.

Affordability

Finally, seagrass rugs tend to be more affordable than other materials because seagrass is cheaper to harvest and because it grows back quickly. Of the many different mediums that you can choose to find an area rug in, seagrass tends to be on the more affordable side. Considering the high durability and the many different weave patterns they come in, not to mention that most of the time the materials are imported from other countries abroad, seagrass is an affordable alternative to other pricier materials. And the fact that the materials are all-natural means that you will be doing you part to protect the environment when you choose to purchase a seagrass rug over a synthetic material area rug.

Source: FXSTD – Alternative Energy Center (Michael Lazar)

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Power Outage

Drinking Water

There are those, such as the Amish who choose not to live with modern conveniences such as electricity

Even if you have a rainwater tank, no electricity means that pumps would not work to bring the water to your tap. Sure, having a generator would be handy for a few days, or as long as you have fuel.

Third world countries have community water pumps that are operated mechanically (by hand). Going one step further, condensation from leaves can be collected for drinking. Alternatively you can find a fresh water stream out in the bush.

Before electricity

An old style coal iron – place hot coals inside it

A woman washing her clothes by hand

An old manual sewing machine

Entertaining Yourself – Electricity Free Activities

What would you do without the Wii or the TV??

Some suggestions include taking up the acoustic guitar, tambourine, drums or wind instruments. Sing! Take up sports again (the physical kind, not the electronic games). Table tennis. Hopscotch. Marbles. Yo-yo’s. Jump rope. Read books. Gardening. Farming. I suspect that without electricity, trades that involved craftsmanship would re-emerge and people will begin to value those who are skilled with their hands and take pride in their work. Woodworkers. Artists. People who can sew, knit etc. Chefs. If you put your mind to it, you would come up with many more hobbies that do not rely upon electricity. Sure, electricity makes things easier but we should be able to survive without it.

Source: Hub Pages

I think that many people in South Africa wouldn’t have too much trouble adapting without electricity; our pioneering past, vibrant outdoor life and many poor people who continue to live with little or no electricity, make this scenario not too frightening.  People who’ve spent generations in cities will have a problem; imagine if New York or London suddenly had no electricity for an extended period!  There would likely be riots, looting and a breakdown of societal law and order.  People living in rural areas who own farms and land would probably become the new elite- their access to natural resources and their knowledge of outdoor life would give them a clear advantage.

Of course, the breakdown of Mains electricity doesn’t mean there will not be electricity available.  Domestic solar energy, wind energy and hydropower systems would be largely unaffected.  Installing solar panels and solar water heaters, combined with rainwater harvesting systems and water-saving devices, would ensure that households would not be adversely affected by electricity supply cuts and the inevitable water supply cuts that would follow.  There are also many other modern, innovative ways of living without electricity; for example see Cooling your house without electricity.  Also see How to obtain water in a survival situation Part 1 and Part 2.

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Many farmers in developing nations can double food production within a decade by shifting to ecological agriculture from use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, a U.N. report showed on Tuesday.

Insect-trapping plants in Kenya and Bangladesh’s use of ducks to eat weeds in rice paddies are among examples of steps taken to increase food for a world population that the United Nations says will be 7 billion this year and 9 billion by 2050.

“Agriculture is at a crossroads,” according to the study by Olivier de Schutter, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the right to food, in a drive to depress record food prices and avoid the costly oil-dependent model of industrial farming.

“Agroecology” could also make farms more resilient to the projected impact of climate change including floods, droughts and a rise in sea levels that the report said was already making fresh water near some coasts too salty for use in irrigation.

So far, eco-farming projects in 57 nations had shown average crop yield gains of 80 percent by tapping natural methods for enhancing soil and protecting against pests, it said.

Recent projects in 20 African countries had resulted in a doubling of crop yields within three to 10 years. Those lessons could be widely mimicked elsewhere, it said.

“Sound ecological farming can significantly boost production and in the long term be more effective than conventional farming,” De Schutter told Reuters of steps such as more use of natural compost or high-canopy trees to shade coffee groves.

AFRICA

Benefits would be greatest in “regions where too few efforts have been put in to agriculture, particularly sub-Saharan Africa,” he said. “There are also a number of very promising experiences in parts of Latin America and parts of Asia.”

“The cost of food production has been very closely following the cost of oil,” he said. Upheavals in Egypt and Tunisia have been partly linked to discontent at soaring food prices. Oil prices were around $115 a barrel on Wednesday.

“If food prices are not kept under control and populations are unable to feed themselves…we will have increasingly states being disrupted and failed states developing,” De Schutter said.

Among examples, thousands of Kenyan farmers were planting insect-repelling desmodium or tick clover, used as animal fodder, within corn fields to keep damaging insects away and sowed small plots of napier grass nearby that excretes a sticky gum to trap pests.

Better research, training and use of local knowledge were also needed. “Farmer field schools” by rice growers in Indonesia, Vietnam and Bangladesh had led to cuts in insecticide use of between 35 and 92 percent, the study said.

De Schutter also called for a push to diversify global farm output from reliance on rice, wheat and maize in diets.

Developed nations, however, would be unable to make a quick shift to agroecology because of what he called an “addiction” to an industrial, oil-based model of farming. Still, a global long-term effort to shift to agroecology was needed.

Cuba had shown that such a change was possible after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 cut off supplies of cheap pesticides and fertilizers. Yields had risen after a downturn in the 1990s as farmers adopted more eco-friendly methods.

Source: Reuters

Eco-farming and organic agriculture has its parallels in the the health industry too; people, including highly qualified medical doctors, are starting to realize that natural is usually best (see www.ecovitality.co.za for more information on natural health & the environment).  As with the pharmaceutical companies, fertilizer giants and agro-chemical companies do not wish to change the status quo of our ‘addiction’ to chemicals; to do so would mean financial ruin for them.  However, it is inevitable that more sustainable practices are embraced- ultimately, it’s the only way we’ll survive as a species.

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We’ve all probably been made aware of some startling water-use statistics that are more ‘apparent’, but have we ever considered the water use/waste that is involved in less ‘obvious’ human activities?? One may be surprised to learn of some of the facts below…

Diet

• The water it takes to produce the average American diet alone—approximately 1,000 gallons per person per day—is more than the global average water footprint of 900 gallons per person per day for diet, household use, transportation, energy, and the consumption of material goods.
• That quarter pounder is worth more than 30 average American showers. One of the easiest ways to slim your water footprint is to eat less meat and dairy. Another way is to choose grass-fed, rather than grain-fed, since it can take a lot of water to grow corn and other feed crops.
• A serving of poultry costs about 90 gallons of water to produce. There are also water costs embedded in the transportation of food (gasoline costs water to make). So, consider how far your food has to travel, and buy local to cut your water footprint.
• Pork costs water to produce, and traditional pork production—to make your sausage, bacon, and chops—has also been the cause of some water pollution, as pig waste runs into local water sources.
• On average, a vegan, a person who doesn’t eat meat or dairy, indirectly consumes nearly 600 gallons of water per day less than a person who eats the average American diet.
• A cup of coffee takes 55 gallons of water to make, with most of that H2O used to grow the coffee beans.

Electricity, Fuel Economy, and Airline Travel

• The water footprint of your per-day electricity use is based on state averages. If you use alternative energies such as wind and solar, your footprint could be less. (The use of biofuels, however, if they are heavily irrigated, could be another story.) You would also get points, or a footprint reduction, for using energy-star appliances and taking other energy-efficiency measures.
• Washing a car uses about 150 gallons of water, so by washing less frequently you can cut back your water use.
• A gallon of gasoline takes nearly 13 gallons of water to produce. Combine your errands, car pool to work, or take public transportation to reduce both your energy and water use.
• Flying from Los Angeles to San Francisco, about 700 miles round-trip, could cost you more than 9,000 gallons of water, or enough for almost 2,000 average dishwasher loads.
• A cross-country airplane trip (about 6,000 miles) could be worth more than 1,700 standard toilet flushes.
• Traveling from Chicago to Istanbul is just about 10,000 miles round trip, costing enough water to run electricity in the average American home for one person for more than five years.

Industry—Apparel, Home Furnishings, Electronics, and Paper

• According to recent reports, nearly 5% of all U.S. water withdrawals are used to fuel industry and the production of many of the material goods we stock up on weekly, monthly, and yearly.
• It takes about 100 gallons of water to grow and process a single pound of cotton, and the average American goes through about 35 pounds of new cotton material each year. Do you really need that additional T-shirt?
• One of the best ways to conserve water is to buy recycled goods, and to recycle your stuff when you’re done with it. Or, stick to buying only what you really need.
• The water required to create your laptop could wash nearly 70 loads of laundry in a standard machine.
• Recycling a pound of paper, less than the weight of your average newspaper, saves about 3.5 gallons of water. Buying recycled paper products saves water too, as it takes about six gallons of water to produce a dollar worth of paper.

1 liquid gallon (US) = approx. 3.8 litres

Source: Ecovitality

Some of the above water consumption facts are astounding.  This is the daily water consumption that very few people are aware of.  Water scarcity is becoming a reality in many parts of the world and  South Africa is categorized as a water scarce country.  Being aware of your own personal water consumption will assist you to save water in all facets of your life.

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Shell Karoo Fracking Exploration Area

Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor on Tuesday denied ever meeting with Shell South Africa or discussing the international energy group’s proposed gas exploration in the Karoo with the company’s South African chairperson Bonang Mohale.

This comes after media last week quoted Mohale as having said that its shale gas exploration activities would not harm the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project bid and that Shell was in regular communication with Pandor.

The Department of Science and Technology said in a statement that Pandor had never had any communication from Shell in this regard, and had never met Mohale to discuss the proposed project.

“I am puzzled as to why Mr. Mohale, if the article is correct, would put out such a claim,” said Pandor.

The Minister noted that she was intent on ensuring that South Africa won the bid to host the SKA radio telescope, and was not going to entertain any matter that might distract her from achieving that goal.

Mohale last week stressed that the initiative was still in its initial stages and made a commitment to full transparency throughout the process, which started unfolding earlier this year after its submission of three separate exploration-right applications in December.

Shell expects its proposed exploration of shale resources may involve nine years of prospecting and more than $200-million worth of capital before it will be in a position to determine whether or not commercial gas production would be viable.

The group, which is facing serious opposition to its exploration aspirations, has commissioned Golder Associates to compile a publically-consulted environmental management plan as part of a process to apply for exploration rights on the three properties of 30 000 km2 each. The sites span a 90 000 km2 area, incorporating Sutherland in the west and Somerset East in the east.

The exploration phase could entail the drilling of a maximum of 24 wells over the three properties, and Mohale estimated that each well would cost around $15-million to develop.

Source: Engineering News

Who can we trust?  The Karoo fracking plans are highly controversial because of the probable extreme environmental degradation that will occur.  There have been calls worldwide to ban fracking or hydraulic shale gas fracturing for good reason.  Sign the petition to stop Karoo fracking today!

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The rapid growth of invasive water hyacinths has taken a serious toll on Kenya’s Lake Victoria, creating inhospitable conditions for the fish local people depend on, while sheltering other unwelcome guests: disease-carrying snails and deadly snakes. But with a little help from a U.S.-based organization, villagers living near the lake are turning this environmental crisis into an economic opportunity.

Working with the group Village Volunteers, rural communities in Kenya are harvesting water hyacinth from the lake and capitalizing on its tough but flexible nature to weave together baskets, chairs, and other pieces of furniture — even biodegradable sanitary napkins — to sell for extra income. The plant is also used to make fuel briquettes for cook fires and effective fertilizers, Village Volunteers director Shana Greene told the WorldWatch blog “Nourishing the Planet.”

Freshwater Lake Smothered By Water Hyacinths
The largest freshwater body in Africa, Lake Victoria is a key source for bathing, drinking, and cooking water, as well as fish to eat and sell. Already diminished by overuse from dams, its smothering by the hyacinths, which originated in the Amazon but have rapidly spread throughout the world’s tropical and subtropical regions, threatened to be little short of devastating:

The hyacinth form lush green carpets that warm the water’s temperature while simultaneously reducing sunlight, depleting oxygen levels, and blocking access to the shallows, tangling fishing nets and trapping boats. The plants also make an ideal hiding ground for disease carrying snails and poisonous snakes. “Fish are an important source of protein for local communities,” says Shana, “and the warmer water harbors all sorts of diseases, making it less safe for drinking.”

The program with Village Volunteers has thus far only been able to clean the invasive plants away from the parts of the lake nearest the shore, but it is already making a difference in improving water quality and fish habitat.

“We are helping farmers to not only improve their incomes and livelihoods, but also to make at least a small difference on their local surroundings,” says Shana. “They are turning a devastating situation into a life-improving situation.”

Source: Treehugger

The Water Hyacinth problem in South Africa is being tackled via a combination of biological control agents and chemical herbicides. The Rhodes Zoology and Entomology Department has recently been awarded a R9 million contract by the Working For Water (WFW) Programme of the Department of Water and Environment to continue its vital research into biological methods of controlling some of South Africa’s worst invasive waterweeds, water hyacinth being one of the worst.  Water Hyacinth presence is also often an indication of water pollution in the form of agricultural fertilizer runoff and sewage; this is another front where the problem can be tackled.  In contrast, whereas South Africa is spending millions of Rands on the problem, Kenyan and other East African countries are actually making money from this pest.  There have also been proposals for water hyacinth to be processed and made into biofuel.

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Being ‘green’ doesn’t carry that much weight when it’s just a ‘label’ and you are being ‘forced’ to change.

It’s like being ‘on’ a  diet. We say, “I’m on a diet”, as if we can get ‘off’ of it at any time. And more often than not, we do.

But if you change your lifestyle to eat better and exercise, the chances are, you’ll stay more fit and be healthier.

Being ‘green’ is like that. It’s a lifestyle change; not a program that you get ‘on’ and ‘off’. If you think of it as a better living, healthier living, frugal living, it’ll be easier for you to change to a different, better, lifestyle.

Having said, here are three simple ways to change your lifestyle today for better tomorrow:

1. Conserve Water.

According to Water.org:

• More than 3.5 million people die each year from water-related disease; 84 percent are children. Nearly all deaths, 98 percent, occur in the developing world.
• Lack of access to clean water and sanitation kills children at a rate equivalent of a jumbo jet crashing every four hours.
• Lack of sanitation is the world’s biggest cause of infection.
• Millions of women and children spend several hours each day collecting water from distant, often polluted sources. This is time not spent working at an income-generating job, caring for family members, or attending school.
• 443 million school days are lost each year due to water-related illness.

OK, so we don’t live in areas that lack water but this is such an easy step to take that it’s almost too silly to even talk about it. But water is one resource that we take for granted daily. If you ever experienced a power outage and can’t get hot water to take a shower, you’ll know what I mean. I lost power last year in a winter storm that I didn’t know when I would be able to take a shower. And about a month ago, due to the continuous winter storms we had, snow runoff into the reservoirs made drinking water unsafe so we had to boil water before drinking or cooking with it. It’s an inconvenience for modern society but residents in Arizona or Nevada will attest that saving water is daily ritual.

So, conserve water in any means possible, even if you don’t live in the desert.  You just never know when we’ll be left without this natural resource. And frankly, if we can save, why not?

2. Use Alternative Energy.

This might be tough in some areas but there are more and more alternative and clean energy options available now. New Jersey is one of eight states that encourage clean energy, including solar energy, and has been a model for other states to follow in helping its residents to switch to solar energy. Many utility companies are offering green energy so check with your energy provider to find out ways to switch to alternative energy.

3.Take Eco-Vacations

This is a great opportunity to learn, see and feel all that you’ve been doing to live sustainably. Visit a national park and volunteer to be a volunteer trail crew in Colorado, or sail with a crew on a boat and learn about river conservation on Clear Water on Hudson River, NY or become a farmer for a week or a weekend, on an organic farm, located all over the world. You will not regret the experience and you will also be helping in the effort to  conserve  the planet.

4. OK. I lied. There is one more.

Read blogs like this and learn and share [www.ecovitality.co.za is highly recommended]. You may know many of these ways already but maybe your friends on facebook do not. Your Twitter followers may not. And contacts on your address book may. This is a great way to share the message and influence another person to live sustainably as you have. After all, we can’t save the planet all by ourselves. We need as much helpers as we can get.

How did you change your lifestyle today for better tomorrow?

Source: Green Living Ideas

Water conservation and energy are inextricably linked; installing water-saving devices and renewable energy systems such as solar panels and solar water geysers, make for a great combination that saves electricity and water bills and saves the environment.  ‘Going green’ means many things to many people; do what you can to make a difference and lead by example.

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Policy wonks, scientists and economists gather to discuss research and best practices for optimizing water management as a global water crisis looms.

WATER SOURCES: The California Aqueduct in 2008. Climate and weather challenges make water a tricky resource to manage. (Photo: David McNew/Getty Images)

“Until now, all we’ve ever done in urban environments is to drain everything into rivers and lakes,” he told AFP.

A desktop computer, for example, requires 1.5 tons (1,500 liters) of water; a pair of denim jeans up to 6 tons; a kilogram of wheat 1 ton; a kilo of chicken 3 to 4 tons; a kilo of beef 15 to 30 tons.

“We have to be prepared for the security challenges that will arise from this,” he said.

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