Amp Up Your Shower

One challenge with being environmentally responsible is that folks think they need to sacrifice something to accomplish the goal. It needs to cost more, or taste bad, or be less comfortable. That makes it even sweeter when you can "go green" and roll with a whole list of advantages.

My wife has disliked our shower for some time. It didn't have the pressure she wanted. I was under the impression that altering water pressure was a task both expensive and potentially futile. Boy was I wrong. A Google search and 10 minutes were all I needed to learn that you can get shower heads that not only amplify your water pressure, but are low flow as well. I was intrigued.


Amazon's product descriptions teach me that the water is aerated to add zip and this can be had for 1.85 gpm, which even beats the 2.5 gpm heads installed in new construction these days.

I selected the Delta 75152 Water Amplifying Showerhead.
The reviews were good and the price was low, so it was worth a shot. Installation took about 5 minutes once I picked up some Teflon tape from the store (less than $1).

The styling is fine, the price is good, and the pressure is improved, although I still don't think it is capable of washing elephants. Best of all, my wife approves. It isn't often that you find a product that can make each morning a little better, pay for itself in short order, and help out out earth.

Goodbye Yellow Phone Book

I've posted about this long ago, complaining about how wasteful it was to get multiple phone books each year that I won't use.

I see today that others are starting to get behind this cause as well. Do we really need these paper beasts any longer? Aren't online directories and smart phones making this all obsolete? I can only hope so.

If you're having trouble finding it, here is the direct link to specifically getting off of phone book mailing lists.

Carpooling on the Rise

After catching an article on carpooling, I decided to give a couple of the links in the article a try to see if there was anything local showing on them. Imagine my surprise when both CarPoolWorld.com and eRideShare.com had some local entries. I've long since relegated myself to the fact that, living in Iowa, we generally don't get much participation in these sorts of sites. Glad to see that even locally people are trying to get into the ride sharing.

--JOsh

Earth Hour

Plan to go for a walk outside (or any other activity that doesn't require the lights to be on) on Saturday at 8pm Central. Earth hour is a simple way you can conserve even a tiny bit of energy. Turn off your lights. Turn off the TV. Turn off your computer. Maybe you can even turn down your electric furnace for the hour.

Find out more at EarthHourUS.org.