by Doug Pushard
 

The Florida House Learning Center is a demonstration home and yard featuring an environmentally-friendly building, rainwater harvesting, and sustainable landscaping materials and methods. The landscape was designed to be a "Model Florida Yard," demonstrating the use of native and drought-tolerant plants, xeriscaping, rainwater catchment, pervious walkways, and other ways to reduce detrimental run-off into Florida's estuaries and bays.

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by Doug Pushard
 

The Florida House Learning Center is a demonstration home and yard featuring an environmentally-friendly building, rainwater harvesting, and sustainable landscaping materials and methods. The landscape was designed to be a "Model Florida Yard," demonstrating the use of native and drought-tolerant plants, xeriscaping, rainwater catchment, pervious walkways, and other ways to reduce detrimental run-off into Florida's estuaries and bays.

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Harvard recycling system points way to sustainable future

By Alvin Powell
 

In a demonstration project designed to conserve water, control pollutants washing into the Charles River, and recharge groundwater supplies for the dry summer months, Harvard has begun using rainwater to wash as many as 250 University-owned vehicles a week.

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Harvard recycling system points way to sustainable future

By Alvin Powell
 

In a demonstration project designed to conserve water, control pollutants washing into the Charles River, and recharge groundwater supplies for the dry summer months, Harvard has begun using rainwater to wash as many as 250 University-owned vehicles a week.

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by Lynne Holt

Water remains essential for life. According to the United Nations, 1.1 billion people throughout the world have no access to safe drinking water. In the United States, this is certainly not the case. However, water conflicts have pitted Colorado, Arizona, and other western states against each other, particularly in periods of drought, and Florida is no exception. These conflicts not only occur between states, but also within them. We need only think of the recent recommendation in a 2003 report by the Florida Council of 100 calling for a feasibility analysis of a new statewide water distribution system. The recommendation proposed “developing a system that enables water distribution from waterrich to waterpoor areas seems to make good environmental and economic sense.” It garnered widespread opposition from North Floridians, thus setting the stage for potential, prolonged water conflicts within the state.

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by Lynne Holt

Water remains essential for life. According to the United Nations, 1.1 billion people throughout the world have no access to safe drinking water. In the United States, this is certainly not the case. However, water conflicts have pitted Colorado, Arizona, and other western states against each other, particularly in periods of drought, and Florida is no exception. These conflicts not only occur between states, but also within them. We need only think of the recent recommendation in a 2003 report by the Florida Council of 100 calling for a feasibility analysis of a new statewide water distribution system. The recommendation proposed “developing a system that enables water distribution from waterrich to waterpoor areas seems to make good environmental and economic sense.” It garnered widespread opposition from North Floridians, thus setting the stage for potential, prolonged water conflicts within the state.

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