Posts Tagged ‘Water’

Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden
by Robert Fortunato on April 26th, 2010 No Comments »

Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden (MBBG) is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization dedicated to promoting Earth-friendly landscape techniques, encouraging the use of climate appropriate water-wise plants, including California natives whenever possible, and conserving our natural resources. 
We promote Earth-friendly gardening for the conservation of water, wildlife and the well-being of our community via
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Deep Roots Garden Center & Florist
by Robert Fortunato on April 25th, 2010 No Comments »

Deep Roots Garden Center & Florist is the South Bay’s premier destination for drought-tolerant and native plants, rare and unique items, succulents, indoor plants, herbs and veggies, fruit trees, and outstanding floral arrangements for any occasion. We also offer landscape design and installation. Our talented team will help you every
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EcoDrain™
by Robert Fortunato on April 24th, 2010 No Comments »

EcoDrain™ high-performance shower heat exchanger saves money and energy every time you shower.
Showering is likely your most energy-intensive daily household activity. And yet an enormous amount of that energy goes straight down the drain.
The EcoDrain™ is a small, easy-to-install device with no moving parts which transfers heat from hot shower waste
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EnviroMeasures
by Robert Fortunato on April 24th, 2010 No Comments »

EnviroMeasures is committed to being a resource for living
Healthy & Environmentally Aware, acknowledging our
connection to all things (no matter how small or large) and how
our everyday choices affect the Health of the Earth and it’s
inhabitants. We feel one of the most important things we can do for ourselves and future generations
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Stepstone Inc.
by Robert Fortunato on April 24th, 2010 No Comments »

Stepstone Inc. has produced high strength, precast concrete products for over 30 years. Today’s hardscape designs demand paving options that are versatile, enduring and have minimal environmental impact.  Stepstone, Inc. is pleased to expand the design community’s permeable paving options by offering our new Pervious Pedestrian Pavers. Combined with our
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Norwesco, Inc.
by Robert Fortunato on April 22nd, 2010 No Comments »

Norwesco, Inc. is North America’s leading manufacturer of proprietary rotationally molded polyethylene tanks for agricultural, water, closed-top industrial and below ground septic and cistern applications.
We attribute our success to our commitment to the highest levels of product quality and customer service. Our objective is to continue
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Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden
by Robert Fortunato on April 22nd, 2010 No Comments »

Green Idea House is donating succulents (that will otherwise end up in the trash during construction) to the Manhattan Beach Botanical Garden. Attend a free MBBG talk given by Patrick Moore on May 15, 10-11 am, about the care of water friendly succulents….. the easiest plants you will ever grow.
The
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Surfrider Event
by Robert Fortunato on November 15th, 2009 No Comments »

The Fortunato family assisted in the installation of a water infiltration device in Culver City. This system prevents polluted storm water from going to the ocean. This demonstration was sponsored by the Surfrider Foundation and G3. We loved it!!

Ocean Friendly Workshop
by Robert Fortunato on November 14th, 2009 No Comments »

Today Monica attended an Ocean Friendly Garden Workshop. Our oceans are heavily polluted by urban run off. That’s right! Water washing off our homes and yards picks up pollutants that quickly end up in the ocean. The Green Idea House will be employing many systems to prevent storm run off.
The
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