Thirsty for Rainwater? Head to Casa del Agua in Mexico
When is the last time that you drank rainwater? If you happen to be in Mexico City you might just get a chance to do so. Clean water in Mexico can be hard to find, and 70% of drinking water is imported. A new artisan water boutique called Casa del Agua was created in order to provide clean local water, [...]
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How Much Water Do You Use a Day? GOOD.is Infographic
As I site here staring at my waterbottle, I wonder how much water I drink each day. I seem to fill it up a few times a day. Combine the water I drink with the occasional shower, flushing the toilet, brushing my teeth, and cooking and I’m sure that I use quite a bit of water each day. There is [...]
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Thirsty? Need a drink from the “bubbler?”
When I was growing up, bottled water was not sold yet. In fact – my mom used to make our water bottles out of empty maple syrup containers. There are pictures of us at baseball games drinking out of our syrup bottles. The main place that we used to drink from at school and on the road was at the [...]
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What would it be like with rain in your house? I Wish You Hadn’t Asked
What would be like if rain was to fall inside of your house instead of outside? I Wish You Hadn’t Asked, an artwork created in Denmark explores this idea and is a house where over 300,000 liters of water enter the structure as part of the piece. The project is the work of the group The Glue Societyand was made [...]
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Xeriscaping – Dry Landscaping Going From Freaky to Increasing Property Value
I grew up in a suburb in Milwaukee, where everyone had front lawns with grass, bushes and trees. Well almost everyone. There was one girl’s mother who changed their front lawn into a prairie – with tall wild grasses, flowers, and tall plants. This filled the half circle of lawn inside their driveway, and you could not see the front [...]
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