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Editor's picks: we went shopping for flexible coffee tables that multitask as seating, serving surfaces, and storage. Meet three options to match your Extra Seating This 39-inch-square table and four chairs are made from water hyacinth. $900, including shipping. Environ Trading Inc.; 800/584-3298; ......(Continue Reading) International network to promote household water treatment and safe storage On February 25, 2003, more than 30 representatives from United Nations agencies, international nongovernmental organizations, research institutions, ......(Continue Reading)Cool, clear water: you're surrounded by it, and you can't survive without it. But how much [H.sub.2]O do you really need? Should it be tap or bottled? Lisa Ryan doesn't take a bottle of water when she leaves for work in the morning--she carries a whole trunkful. She drinks before, during and after her morning workout, and has a bottle at the read...(Continue Reading)Water in the desert: at our off-the-grid Arizona home, we conserve water to help protect this fragile ecosystem When we moved from rainy Portland, Ore., to Cochise County, Ariz., in 1999 to build a 1,200-square-foot solar, straw bale, completely off-the-grid house, ......(Continue Reading)Getting warmer: the ABCs of greener water heaters - House & Home Americans love their hot water. But what most folks don't realize is that their hot water heater is the largest energy gobbler in the home, after their ......(Continue Reading)
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