There are many ways to make your home and garden more sustainable parts of your life, from adding solar panels to generate more of your own electricity to choosing plantings that need less water.

In our increasingly eco-conscious world, discovering methods that simultaneously shrink our environmental footprint and trim household expenses is a victory for both our wallets and the planet. One ...

The text message went out to my wife about 3:30 p.m. Sunday and read as follows: "The big a$$ bucket is installed and fully operational." If I were writing a report for public consumption instead of a ...

Every year, the Earth's surface receives tons of rain. In many parts of the world, rainwater collection is the only way to obtain potable drinking water. In others, collecting rainwater is against the ...

Rainwater collection seems like a no-brainer for any type of new construction, especially for a house. Whether it's watering household plants, keeping the pool full or augmenting an entire landscape, ...

We’ve been pounded and pummeled the last few weeks – nature doing her winter thing with forceful wind, pelting rain, thunder and lightning, even a bit of hail. Water is everywhere – streaming off ...

As one of the hottest and driest summers on record constricts outdoor water use, more homeowners and businesses are tapping their own private supplies of rainwater and air-conditioning condensation.

A rainwater collection barrel at Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Dallas.(Gabriel Saldana / Texas A&M AgriLife) An unrelenting Texas summer will be here all too soon, so it's time ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Nothing makes Brad Lancaster happier than a monsoon downpour. The tall 58-year-old jumped like a kid in the puddles on the sidewalk one recent August afternoon after a half inch ...

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Nothing makes Brad Lancaster happier than a monsoon downpour. The tall 58-year-old jumped like a kid in the puddles on the sidewalk one recent August afternoon after a half inch of ...