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This weekend I installed a HydroRight dual flush converter on our upstairs toilet. As the toilet is an old one and had a ballcock, I also installed a HydroClean Fill Valve which regulates how much water is returned to the bowl after the flush. There is so much talk of water conservation and dual flush toilets, [...]
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A lot of opportunities to participate in surveys and learning pass across my various “desks”, and I recently received a request from a group that I hold in high regard, led by Hans Schrier and Sandra Brown at the University of British Columbia.
The Soil Water and Communities Group from the Faculty of Land and [...]
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The BC Ministry of Environment recently established a wordpress blog for the Living Water Smart project. As far as I know, this is the firs example of a provincial ministry using blogging software, including permitting comments, (with moderation) on the site!
The first post, by Barry Penner, the Minister, requests comments, and at last count there [...]
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It probably sounded like a good idea back in the middle years of the 2000’s decade.You can imagine the thinking, “If we get some good sized lots suitable for parking, Walmart or CostCo will come and set up shop there, the residents will be happy and we’ll be able to get some tax revenue off [...]
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As far as urban farming goes, we’ve got it pretty easy – A large suburban lot, clean soil. Sure, we’ve got our challenges – City Bylaws that prohibit chickens or goats or pretty much anything other than a dog or a cat; a hill that wears you out after a couple of trips back to [...]
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Where I grew up, water meters were a fact of life.
I remember sitting under the Liquidambar tree in the front yard playing in the dirt listening to the tick-tick-tick of the water meter down by the front fence. My parents had paid for water in this way since before I was born. Despite this fact, [...]
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Summer is here and I’m taking some family time. I’ll be back later this week with more fresh content, in the meantime, check out this post from the past!
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The idea of collecting water from the roof of our home elicits some primeval response related to survival – we need water, we need security, it is natural to want to be able to grow things. The crazy suburban fiesta of the past 40 or 50 years has removed us from the realities of food and survival, with centralization and expansion of everything being the theme of the era.
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