Showing posts with label Droughtshaming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Droughtshaming. Show all posts

Monday, August 3, 2015

California's New Website Lets You Tattle On Water Wasters

By Juliet Bennett Rylah, Aug 01, 2015 LAIST

Droughtshaming isn't going away any time soon. California has launched a website that allows you to tattle on any water wasters you encounter.

The new site, SaveWater, went live on Thursday, according to CBS LA. It allows users to anonymously submit reports and photos of water wasting. This can include people who are watering lawns when they're not supposed to, leaky sprinklers and people hosing down sidewalks or driveways. There also a couple ones weird ones: if a server brings you water at a bar or restaurant that you didn't ask for, you can tell on them. You can also report hotels or motels that don't give you an option to save used towels or linens for repeated use.


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Sunday, August 2, 2015

Californians Blast Each Other For Water-Wasting

By Myriah Towner, Aug 01, 2015 Daily Mail

Californians are taking to drought shaming sites to tattle on each other for wasting water.

Residents are using the sites to out each other for reasons including neighbors with leaky sprinklers to waiters who serve water without asking as the state's historic drought continues.

The tattling has also reached social media where residents are using the hashtags 'droughtshaming' and 'watershaming' to reveal any water-wasting activities.

An app called DroughtShame was even developed to 'capture geotagged photo proof of disregard for California's water restrictions'.

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