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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.,...
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Can 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...
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How 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...
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The 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...
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Urban 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...
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Apartment 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...
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Breathe 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...
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Permaculture: 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...
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Who’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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