Green Landlady Launches our Adopt-A-Green-Neighbor Campaign
At Green Landlady we believe sustainability is fully attainable through green building construction, maintenance and operations. We also believe that armed with the proper information – i.e.,...
View ArticleCan Apartment Culture Embrace Urban Agriculture?
As almost 50% of the world’s residents will soon be living in cities, promoting sustainable urban farming makes great sense. Whether or not you encourage the practice on your property today, it is...
View ArticleHow Compatible are Window Farms, Aquaponics & Apartments
Hydroponic Window Farming Window farms are “vertical, hydroponic, modular, low-energy, high-yield edible window gardens built using low-impact or recycled local materials.” This author of this...
View ArticleThe Urban Chicken Coop Movement
The Times-Picayne newspaper announcement seemed harmless enough. Hens and eggs were for sale at the New Orleans area flea market and the Latino Farmers Cooperative was about to start its urban...
View ArticleUrban Farming Has Gone Mainstream
Triscuit Crackers, owned by Kraft Foods, is sponsoring the award-winning Urban Farming group to help promote and expand the greater urban agricultural movement as part of an effort to help reduce...
View ArticleApartment Sustainability: Phantom Load or the Future?
Fact: The only parts of our economy not stifled by our Great Recession are those with a strong connection to sustainability. Pick an industry and you get the exact same result. Construction? Green...
View ArticleBreathe Easier: 12 Houseplants to Purify Indoor Air
Basil & Oregano Seedlings Over two years NASA scientists studied a dozen ornamental home and office plants to determine each plant’s air cleansing abilities. Not surprisingly, each individual...
View ArticlePermaculture: Refined for Apartment Living
Even the word seems too new age-y for some, but “permaculture” is actually soundly middle-aged. It had its birth in 1970 when Australian Bill Mollison coined the term to describe “permanent...
View ArticleWho’s the Greenest of Them All? The Andrew
Photo courtesy of The Andrew New York State has a new ‘greenest’ multifamily building, but don’t bother to go to the USGBC website for details. The Andrew, located in Rego Park, Queens, is a 50-unit...
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