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Both of these brands are stocked
in Coles, Woolies and many
Independent Grocers.

Tier 2: Middle o’ the Road (Intermediate level)

Cut your shower time by 5 minutes

• So, if you were previously having a 15-minute shower, try for a 10-minute shower.

• Tools to help with this: Buy a shower timer [You can get one here] or set the stopwatch on your phone
for 10 minutes (or 5 mins if you think you can power through your shower like a crazy-fast shower pro!).

If you have a garden only water it
every few days and water the roots

• It’s better to water less and soak the plants’ roots than to sprinkle water on the surface.
• Watering the garden in the evening or early morning is much better for the plants as the water is less likely
to evaporate in the heat of the sun and gets soaked up into the soil.

If your toilet has a single flush mode
(that is, you can’t do a half flush),
install a ‘toilet dam’

• A toilet dam is just a plastic bottle filled with water and a few pebbles/stones, that you stick inside your
toilet cistern. It displaces about 1 litre of water each time you flush, so you’re using a litre less of water each
time you go to the loo. Pretty nifty!

• Check out this video for a step by step guide (there are like, two steps), on how to add one of these to
your toilet.

Go to your local hardware store and
buy a 3-star rated showerhead

• It’s a one off action that’ll save you both water and money. The 3 star showerheads are commonly
available in Canberra’s hardware stores or online, still have great water pressure, and usually cost about

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