http://preciouswater.com.au/blog Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:30:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The average inflow of water in to Melbourne’s catchments from 1913 to 1996 was 625 GL/year.   The average from 1907 to 2007 is only 385 GL/year.   That’s a drop of over 800 litres per year.   Over the winter period, Melbourne’s water capacity was raised by 3.5% raising it to 33.6% by the ... http://preciouswater.com.au/blog/2008/from-winter-to-summer As part of our aim to save water and protect our planet, we provide informative articles on our site for you to read - and even use on your website or in your newsletter and so forth (please note the conditions listed on our articles page though.) We are pleased to ... http://preciouswater.com.au/blog/2008/more-articles Having introduced some environmentally friendly behaviours to your life and business, it can be easy to leave it at that – and hard to find further changes to make.   Like other things, such as running a business or being a parent, conservation behaviour can be expanded. Here are some ideas on ... http://preciouswater.com.au/blog/2008/learning-about-the-environemnt A couple of days ago, ASIC announced the possibility of super funds being able to send their annual report electronically - previously, they have been obligated to send a paper copy of the report to each and every member. Obviously, this will mean fewer copies are printed (saving paper, energy and ink) ... http://preciouswater.com.au/blog/2008/super-greening-up The federal budget was announced on 13 May and includes some green initiatives. Water for the Future A national water policy framework is being introduced and called Water for the Future. There is funding of $12.9 billion over the next 10 years.Objectives/projects include: $1 billion to attract investment in  major projects such as ... http://preciouswater.com.au/blog/2008/2008-federal-budget-its-green Books are a valuable resource we should be treasuring, but the reality is that creating books is not very environmentally friendly. And ebooks will never have the same feel and appeal as holding a new book in your hand and reading it curled up in bed or stretched out on ... http://preciouswater.com.au/blog/2008/green-publishing The Australian website, Save Time Online, has had a listing for Precious Water for some time. But now we have also joined in one of their seasonal promotions which we thought might interest many people. The promotion is called May Madness and (not surprisingly) runs between 1st and 31st of May. A ... http://preciouswater.com.au/blog/2008/may-madness All of those prunings can be used directly on the garden as mulch - saves trying to break it down or add it to the compost! The big prunings may not be what we are used to seeing in our gardens, but they are very good for muclhing trees: like all mulch, ... http://preciouswater.com.au/blog/2008/pruning-the-garden We were recently visiting and saw someone using cold water to help defrost some meat from the freezer - it is so long since we have seen someone do this that we had forgotten it as an option! Of course, using water in this way is not a constructive use of ... http://preciouswater.com.au/blog/2008/defrosting-food Yesterday, we visited the Royal Botanical Gardens in Melbourne. The weather and gardens were beautiful, but we really noticed how lush and green the lawns were. It was inviting and refreshing to see all that green - and the number of people picnicking there proved the appeal. What was interesting was to ... http://preciouswater.com.au/blog/2008/testing-watering-systems