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1Reducing Water Use in Luxury Condo

September, 04 2010 at 11:29 PM  account icon posted by Jo Brooks   image 1 comment »
As part of a sustainability class at UC San Diego, Im researching how to reduce water usage in a commonly metered luxury high rise (here in drought-prone Southern California) and how to present my proposals…
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2Animation

August, 22 2010 at 11:04 AM  account icon posted by Amy Baxter MacDonald   image 7 comments »
If a cartoon fish could encourage humans to conserve water what would he have us do? The obvious thing would be to turn off running faucets, but what else do we do that wastes water unnecessarily? What would have the…
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3Immigrants Drinking Tap Water

July, 02 2010 at 11:57 AM  account icon posted by Liz Bohnen   image 1 comment »
Can anyone point me to research on barriers that discourage immigrants from drinking tap water, as opposed to bottled water, in host countries where tap water is safe to drink? I'm also interested in programs that…
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4Seminar: Streambanks and Beyond

June, 29 2010 at 04:59 PM  account icon posted by Chloe Waretini   image Be the first to comment »
Project Twin Streams is an award-winning urban sustainability and stormwater project. The project is restoring 56 kms of stream banks in Waitakere City, Auckland using an integrated community…
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5RFQ -- Letter of Interest

June, 16 2010 at 02:26 PM  account icon posted by Eric Williams   image Be the first to comment »
The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services seeks letters of interest from consultants qualified to perform social science research and to design behavior change programs addressing driver behavior in the…
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6Studies on Water Conservation

June, 07 2010 at 10:16 AM  account icon posted by Alix Taylor   image 1 comment »
I am looking for information on any research done on barriers to household water conservation. I am specifically interested in work done with young adults (late teens/ early twenties)living in residences…
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7Exciting Water Campaigns

May, 30 2010 at 09:04 AM  account icon posted by Melissa Everett   image 4 comments »
I'm looking for best practice models for water-efficient behavior - across the spectrum including household, lawn & garden, municipal and business - ideally communitywide initiatives - that are exciting, juicy,…
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8Pollution Prevention with Hardware Stores

May, 26 2010 at 05:30 AM  account icon posted by Danielle Kennedy   image Be the first to comment »
North Shore City Council is embarking on a pilot programme to reduce cement/concrete pollution entering stormwater. The programme is aimed at changing behaviours of residential and trade customers of a local hardware…
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9Saving water in Australian Desert

May, 26 2010 at 03:04 AM  account icon posted by Jess Abrahams   image 1 comment »
I am developing a water conservation program with a remote Aboriginal community in the desert of Central Australia. The community has incredibly high water use, put with no penalty for 'wasting' water there is no…
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10Evaluating Stormwater Reporting Line

May, 18 2010 at 10:24 AM  account icon posted by Victoria Kramer   image 1 comment »
Our stormwater program is in the process of setting up a stormwater reporting line and web-form for people to report water quality and other stormwater related complaints and developing a campaign to promote its use.…
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11Planting Vegetated Buffers to Improve Water Quality.

May, 11 2010 at 06:02 PM  account icon posted by Heidi Baker   image 11 comments »
Need Campaign examples or research on getting Homeowners/municipalities to plant vegetated buffers for stormwater management and to improve water quality. Are their any campaigns that fight the norms of lawns while…
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12Dog Waste and How it Affects our Environment

May, 04 2010 at 09:28 AM  account icon posted by Tom Gorzelski   image Be the first to comment »
I am researching dog waste and how it affects our environment not only on contaminating watersheds, but the health of pets and people as well. Looking for more specific research in terms of proper disposal techniques…
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13Reducing Fertilizer Use

April, 30 2010 at 02:41 PM  account icon posted by Jenna Halsey   image 2 comments »
Greetings fellow sustainable minds, I am a graduate student at Oregon State University and I'm working on a program with the City of Corvallis' Stormwater Program to reduce fertilizer use and improve…
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14Rain Gardens?

April, 18 2010 at 03:49 PM  account icon posted by Heidi Baker   image Be the first to comment »
I am doing a social marketing campaign on planting rain gardens to increase stormwater filtration. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks for keeping our water clean, Heidi …
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15Protecting Rural Groundwater

April, 13 2010 at 11:29 AM  account icon posted by Audrey Eldridge   image 2 comments »
I am curious if anyone has used a CBSM approach to protect groundwater, especially when there are not - and may never be - any source water protection plans in place? I am working on a large-scale groundwater…
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