groundwater Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sat, 18 Jul 2015 14:39:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 5 Ways to Save Water in the Garden https://www.greenoptimistic.com/save-water-garden/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/save-water-garden/#respond Sat, 18 Jul 2015 14:37:37 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=55815 Gardens offer many environmentally friendly benefits. Shade from trees can cool a house to save on cooling costs, and food grown in home gardens can greatly reduce the fossil fuel emissions from transporting groceries around the country. Done the right way, however, a garden can also save water, making it wallet-friendly as well as eco-friendly. 1. Irrigation […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/save-water-garden/feed/ 0 55815 Climate Change Exacerbating Groundwater Shortage https://www.greenoptimistic.com/climate-change-exacerbating-groundwater-shortage-20130129/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/climate-change-exacerbating-groundwater-shortage-20130129/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:32:39 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=32196 With over 7 billion people on the planet and global resources being depleted like never before, the world’s population may be in trouble. As population growth continues to explode, food requirements are steadily rising and the number of annual droughts is increasing – which is accelerating the dependence on and demand for groundwater. In fact, […]

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