Green Challenge giveaway: Indoor Conservation Kit
Join the Green Challenge every month and make one small change to help the environment. Keep us posted on your progress throughout the month and keep an eye out for spectacular giveaways.
Since this month's challenge has to to with saving water, the EartheasyShop has been generous enough to give us a Water Conservation Kit to giveaway to one lucky reader. Within this small kit, you will find nearly everything that would possibly need to cut back on your water consumption in a big way.
The kit includes a low flow shower head, leak detection tablets, Teflon tape, kitchen aerators, bathroom aerators, a toilet tank bank and a toilet water saver. Everything is packed in a convenient flow meter bag that will measure what your current output is from your sinks and shower head (you could also use it daily to collect bath water while you are waiting for it to heat up).
EartheasyShop has a great line of low flow shower heads as well as solar ovens, lighting, natural pest control and even children's toys.
If you win this prize, there is no reason not to ACE this month's challenge.
GOOD LUCK!
Since this month's challenge has to to with saving water, the EartheasyShop has been generous enough to give us a Water Conservation Kit to giveaway to one lucky reader. Within this small kit, you will find nearly everything that would possibly need to cut back on your water consumption in a big way.
The kit includes a low flow shower head, leak detection tablets, Teflon tape, kitchen aerators, bathroom aerators, a toilet tank bank and a toilet water saver. Everything is packed in a convenient flow meter bag that will measure what your current output is from your sinks and shower head (you could also use it daily to collect bath water while you are waiting for it to heat up).
EartheasyShop has a great line of low flow shower heads as well as solar ovens, lighting, natural pest control and even children's toys.
If you win this prize, there is no reason not to ACE this month's challenge.
- To enter, leave a confirmed comment below telling us one easy way to conserve water.
- The comment must be left before 5pm EST on Friday, September 26th.
- You may enter only once.
- One winner will be selected in a random drawing.
- The winner will receive one Indoor Conservation Kit from EartheasyShop (valued at $24.95).
- Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 and older.
GOOD LUCK!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
9-22-2008 @ 9:23AM
Nak said...
My easy ways to cut down water is to basically take shorter shower! While doing it on the efficient way, I am able to cut 10 minutes of running water.
My other trick is to put a water bottle (full) in the tank of my toilet. With that trick I can cut down the water I use everyday.
I am now trying to find a way to reduce the quantity of water I use to clean the dishes. Up to now, the only trick I found was to do it only when I got enough dirty dishes to believe it's correct to full the sink.
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9-22-2008 @ 9:24AM
Glenn said...
One easy way to save water is to turn off the water when brushing teeth/shaving.
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9-22-2008 @ 9:55AM
ryan said...
Wash EVERYTHING less.
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9-22-2008 @ 10:32AM
Kam A said...
I use the water that the dehumidifier collects to water my plants. Thank you for the amazing giveaway!!
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9-22-2008 @ 10:34AM
Jax said...
When doing the dishes, I accumulate a sink full of clean dishes before turning on the water to rinse them.
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9-22-2008 @ 10:40AM
Shannon said...
My favorite way to save water lately is taking quicker showers. I also wash the big dishes and pans instead of putting them in the dishwasher so I don't run it as often.
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9-22-2008 @ 11:25AM
Megan said...
I drink a lot of water during the day, and at the end of the day whatever I have left in my SIGG water bottle or glass, I use to water my plants so as not to waste the water.
Please count me in the contest!
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9-22-2008 @ 12:13PM
Aimee said...
Earlier this summer we made a rain barrel and used it to water our garden.
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9-22-2008 @ 12:24PM
Kamal said...
"If it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown, flush it down." :)
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9-22-2008 @ 1:50PM
Chris said...
Using super-absorbant polymers in garden soils/pots is a great way to conserve and use less water! A great activity for the kids as well.
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9-22-2008 @ 2:21PM
Condo Blues said...
I put a bucket in the shower to catch extra water while I'm showering. Then I use the water in the bucket to water the potted herbs and plants on my patio.
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9-22-2008 @ 3:38PM
Glenn said...
One common sense way to save water is to not leave the water running when shaving/brushing teeth. This is something we have passed on to our kids.
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9-22-2008 @ 4:21PM
psn said...
I have low-flow shower heads and I shut off the water when brushing my teeth/shaving in the morning.
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9-22-2008 @ 8:07PM
DH said...
I turn off the water when my daughter's shower runs too long. Sounds mean, but it's effective.
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9-22-2008 @ 10:53PM
mavkato said...
talked my apartment manager into installing low-flow shower heads. now i just need to find a way to break the toilet to get a low-flow toilet as well.
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9-22-2008 @ 11:49PM
Jyl said...
A small example of what we do (AKA what my husband puts up with!):
-Flush less
-Reuse water from cooking to water plants outside
-Keep a big bowl in our kitchen sink to trap water we rinse with or wash our hands then use it to water plants
-Low flow shower head
-Trap rain water
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9-23-2008 @ 7:50AM
Jamie said...
Turn off the shower while lathering up or washing hair works well, especially if you like to scrub your hair for a while
We also run the dishwasher very minimally, and hand wash a lot of stuff with only minimal water in the sink - just enough in the bottom to let a couple of really dirty things soak and also to get the wash rag really good and soaked to scrub all the dishes.
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9-23-2008 @ 9:30AM
Jodi said...
We've been working on taking shorter showers. And when we do science experiments (we homeschool) we collect water from the activities and use on outside plants.
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9-23-2008 @ 10:40PM
Rae said...
Amazing. The last comment taught me the toilet bowl trick. I had never thought of that. I have been looking for ways to help that I hadn't considered before and your giveaway bag sums it up. I have always turned of the water when brushing/shaving. Hang laundrey when can to dry. Carpool. Am excited about conserving water and seeing how my family does when we moniter how much water we were wasting. Thank You!
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9-24-2008 @ 8:11AM
Margarita said...
I am trying to be really good, I am using the bucket in the shower & then I use the water to water my plans, low flow shower head & no taking baths (not even the kids), flusing less....
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