Use Less. It's a big campaign from Miami Dade County right now. You've probably seen the billboards. And now they've gone social media crazy, too.
The focus is water conservation, and the County has compiled all of the water resources you need into one simple site. It covers anything from basic water conservation to rain barrels and Florida friendly landscaping.
So how do you get this free t-shirt that we mentioned? Follow the instructions on the site and share/participate on Facebook, Google Groups or Yahoo Groups, and you get the shirt! I'm happy to see the County getting involved with social media…though they forgot Twitter!
They want us to list 5 reasons to Use Less: 4 that are "useless" and one good reason to "use less". Here are ours:
- Useless: Trying to convince the cashier at Gap that I really don't need a bag.
- Useless: Almost anything from SkyMall.
- Useless: A nightlight in Norway in July.
- Useless: Windshield ice scrapers in Miami.
- Reason to Use Less: Afraid to see this come true… "Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink."
Check it out: WeUseLess
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You can use a lot less water with a new ultra low flow showerhead that really works great! I bought two last week on e-bay. Product name is High Sierra Showerheads. Website is http://www.highsierrashowerheads.com. I think it is about half the water of a regular low flow showerhead.
What astounds me is that there is no requirement in Miami-Dade for flow restricted shower heads in even new construction.