Staying Trendy with an Age-Old Solution
Thursday, August 7th, 2008Christine Moyer interviews The Conservation Foundation’s in her July 28, 2008 article for The Fox Valley Villages Sun, “Going green, saving green: Rain barrels becoming trendy as homeowners try to save money and the environment.” McDonald says rain barrel sales have grown so hectic that they had to limit buyers to once a week otherwise the staff had no time to help other customers. Rain barrels are nothing new, she says, people have been collecting water in them for decades, but now it’s become trendy. If environmental problems persist this trend may very well turn into a permanent solution. In the article, Moyer also goes into explaining what rain barrels are, how they work and some of the benefits.
