Get ready for the drought! Learn how to use less water, both indoors and outdoors.
Severe drought, worsened by climate change, is ravaging the American West, intensifying wildfires and threatening our lives and environment.
With reservoir levels at historic lows, we all have to do our part to conserve water during this serious emergency.
Please do what you can to save water! Here are our recommended resources about simple actions you can take to reduce your water use.
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Here are some recommended actions you can take to save water:
Indoor:
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Take shorter showers
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Turn off faucets whenever you can
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Install low-flow faucets and showerheads
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Use an efficient clothes or dishwasher
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Track your water with a calculator or smart sensor
Outdoor:
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Water plants just enough
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Check for leaks and fix them promptly
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Use a smart irrigation controller
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Install greywater or rainwater systems
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Sweep driveways, don’t hose them
GREEN TIPS
Here are some tips to help you save water from our Green Change community.
We invite you to take some of those actions and use less water!
Would you like to share a green tip with our community? Submit your tip here.
LEARN MORE
Read more about conserving water from these trusted sources.
LOCAL RESOURCES
Here are some local resources to help you reduce your water use:
Marin County
Sonoma
East Bay
San Francisco
South Bay
Bay Area
California
NEXT EVENT: WINTER 2022
Regeneration: Saving us and our planet
Monday, February 7th | 6 – 7:30 pm PT | Zoom Meetup
Find hope and take action to protect our future.
How can we join forces to heal the planet while living a more fulfilling life? Can we save our future through human connections — and regenerate ourselves, our communities and our environment?
To learn more, sign up for our Regeneration Meetup, a free Zoom event hosted by Green Change on Monday, February 7, from 6 to 7:30pm PT.
This free meetup will feature these inspiring speakers:
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Katharine Hayhoe, chief scientist at The Nature Conservancy and our keynote speaker (pictured below). Called “one of the nation’s most effective communicators on climate change” by The New York Times, Hayhoe has found that the most important thing we can do to address climate change is to talk about it. To prepare for this event, we invite you to read her new book, “Saving Us”.
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Anne-Marie Bonneau, blogger and editor of the Zero Waste Chef Cookbook
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Chance Cutrano, environmentalist and chair of the Sierra Club’s San Francisco Bay Chapter
You will learn about individual and collective actions we can take to protect our future, focusing on regenerative solutions that improve the wellbeing of the planet, all people and all living systems.
