Comments on: Showering With the Sun http://greencouple.com/2010/07/13/showering-with-the-sun/ Learning to live green and live together Sat, 07 Apr 2012 15:27:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cozy Up Your Water Heater | GreenCouple.com http://greencouple.com/2010/07/13/showering-with-the-sun/comment-page-1/#comment-55503 Cozy Up Your Water Heater | GreenCouple.com Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:15:34 +0000 http://greencouple.com/?p=726#comment-55503 [...] shower.  We are leaning towards the latter, although hoping to build one nicer than the camp shower  we experimented with in 2010.  The challenge is figuring out a good design and location – [...] [...] shower.  We are leaning towards the latter, although hoping to build one nicer than the camp shower  we experimented with in 2010.  The challenge is figuring out a good design and location – [...]

]]> By: pickle http://greencouple.com/2010/07/13/showering-with-the-sun/comment-page-1/#comment-15763 pickle Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:51:02 +0000 http://greencouple.com/?p=726#comment-15763 amazing! Me and my siblings love to take a bath outside coz it's fun and I never think of this idea. . .wow! so affordable. . shower inside, solar shower kit outside haha I like objects that are thoughtful, modern, uncomplicated, inherently beautiful, a little odd, sustainable, artistic, humorous, thought-provoking, and functional. It totally describes solar shower kit:) amazing! Me and my siblings love to take a bath outside coz it’s fun and I never think of this idea. . .wow! so affordable. . shower inside, solar shower kit outside haha I like objects that are thoughtful, modern, uncomplicated, inherently beautiful, a little odd, sustainable, artistic, humorous, thought-provoking, and functional. It totally describes solar shower kit:)

]]> By: Maggie http://greencouple.com/2010/07/13/showering-with-the-sun/comment-page-1/#comment-15682 Maggie Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:38:51 +0000 http://greencouple.com/?p=726#comment-15682 Jae - BPA is definitely a concern but honestly I have chosen not to worry too much about plastics for now because I'd like to focus my energy on other green issues. We do try to avoid leaving water in the solar shower for too long because it gets grossly plasticky.... Emily - 5 gallons of water is pretty heavy so we haven't yet figured out a good way to rig it up indoors. I have done it a couple of times with the bag half full and hanging it off our shower door but I'm still a bit nervous about pulling something out of the wall... Good idea, though. Jae –
BPA is definitely a concern but honestly I have chosen not to worry too much about plastics for now because I’d like to focus my energy on other green issues. We do try to avoid leaving water in the solar shower for too long because it gets grossly plasticky….

Emily –
5 gallons of water is pretty heavy so we haven’t yet figured out a good way to rig it up indoors. I have done it a couple of times with the bag half full and hanging it off our shower door but I’m still a bit nervous about pulling something out of the wall… Good idea, though.

]]> By: Emily http://greencouple.com/2010/07/13/showering-with-the-sun/comment-page-1/#comment-15680 Emily Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:11:29 +0000 http://greencouple.com/?p=726#comment-15680 Wonder if you could rig the stand up in the shower stall indoors? Heat the water outside, bring it in and hang it up...or would that just be too much trouble? Wonder if you could rig the stand up in the shower stall indoors? Heat the water outside, bring it in and hang it up…or would that just be too much trouble?

]]> By: Jae http://greencouple.com/2010/07/13/showering-with-the-sun/comment-page-1/#comment-15669 Jae Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:31:50 +0000 http://greencouple.com/?p=726#comment-15669 Hi! Found your great blog via a friend of mine (Adam P). I have a quick question for you on the solar shower. Do you have any health concerns regarding storing/heating water in plastic and then showering with it? I'm thinking about chemicals from the plastic leaching into the water and then being absorbed through the skin. I understand that the exposure is likely to be minimal compared to, say, drinking water that was microwaved in a plastic bottle with BPA in it. Still, just curious if this issue is on anyone's radar. Your blog is very inspiring! Keep it up! Hi! Found your great blog via a friend of mine (Adam P). I have a quick question for you on the solar shower. Do you have any health concerns regarding storing/heating water in plastic and then showering with it? I’m thinking about chemicals from the plastic leaching into the water and then being absorbed through the skin. I understand that the exposure is likely to be minimal compared to, say, drinking water that was microwaved in a plastic bottle with BPA in it. Still, just curious if this issue is on anyone’s radar.

Your blog is very inspiring! Keep it up!

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