SW Florida Insider - Go Green and Save Water! Special Info for Bonita Springs, FL

Conserve and Save!
Those are the words you need to think about in this global and economic climate. Ask yourself what you can do to conserve resources, save money and support your environment. Living in SW Florida is the ideal place to make it happen. Typically we have lots of sunshine to create solar energy, fresh breezes off the Gulf of Mexico to generate small windmills and enough rain to support the oxygen producing plant life and consumable vegetation. But sometimes Mother Nature throws a curve ball and we end up with an unexpected drought. Last year’s drought throughout most of Florida left many of us asking the question: “What can I do to conserve water, save money and support my environment?” A quick and easy answer is to connect a rain barrel to your homes gutter downspouts.


A rain barrel can help conserve water by not using your well water and thus help to maintain important subterranean water levels or not using as much municipal water and help ration for emergencies. A rain barrel can obviously save you money by not paying for the use of municipal water to feed your plants, wash your car, bathe the dog, fill the baby pool etc. There are a variety of rain barrel styles and sizes such as recycled wooden whiskey barrels to more durable modern plastics. The average price runs around $150 per barrel. But if you live or own property in Bonita Springs, Florida and want to conserve resources and REALLY save some money on the purchase price of a rain barrel then plan to attend the City of Bonita Springs 2nd Rain Barrel Workshop where you can purchase a rain barrel for $35.


Date: September 13, 2008 Time: 9:00 am – 11:00 am
At: Community Hall 27381 Old 41 Road
Pre-Registration & Pre- Payment required at City Hall 9101 Bonita Beach Bonita Springs, FL


I have two rain barrels from the first City of Bonita Springs Rain Barrel Workshop and my husband and I are so happy with them that we are considering two more. Our water bill has already been cut just from watering our potted plants with the rain water instead of the municipal water. As a realtor and resident who cares about our very special, subtropical SW Florida area, I encourage everyone to consider at least one rain barrel for their single family home residences. It is so important to me that if you cannot make the workshop but are interested in purchasing a rain barrel, let me know and I will help make arrangements to get your barrel. If you are planning to buy a new home and would like help in planning for rain barrels or other conservation efforts, call me.


Look for my upcoming articles that will feature other local ways to GO GREEN in SW Florida!


Lisa Farina-Lopez
Real Estate Sales Assoc.
"Five Star Best in Customer Satisfaction 2007, 2008"
239-287-6005
Lisa.CoastalEliteTeam@gmail.com
Coastal Elite Properties
A Div. of Bonita Estero Realty Corp.