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.

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, ...

Setup costs for an off-grid home can range from $5,000 to $50,000 or more, depending on where you live and the systems you ...

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 ...

Plain, sloping roofs can collect up to 50 percent more rainwater than flat roofs with gravel. This water is also of higher quality. These are the conclusions of a study conducted by researchers in ...

Collecting rainwater for use in your garden is good for the environment and can save you money. Here's a step-by-step guide to setting up a rainwater collection system, according to This Old House: 1.

The Acqua Viva rainwater collection system is made up of a series of spiraling Flowforms that collect rainwater and send it into storage vessels. The terracotta flowforms and vessels are designed to ...

Right now, the wet stuff is pouring outside; it's raining so hard that it looks a lot like someone is sitting on a cloud and upending bathtubs over the side, watching the water cascade down in sheets.

In the U.S. Southwest and beyond, home gardeners and landscapers are increasingly using collected rainwater to nourish their ...

It's fitting that on a day when St. Paul and soccer team officials unveiled the new state-of-the-art rainwater collection system at Allianz Field, a sinister-looking wall of dark clouds and a ...

ROANOKE, VA—For David Crawford, president, Rainwater Management Solutions, his dedication to rainwater management and conservation is admirable. The mission of the company is to educate and provide a ...