Sustainable design has been a major buzzword this year. Everyone is attempting to hop on the green craze to make their business responsible, forward thinking, and up to date. Whether those are legitimate efforts or throwing around unregulated words like “natural” and “sustainable,” depends on the business. But, one of the good things to come…
There has been increasing interest in using affordable housing projects to promote healthy and sustainable lifestyle. Though genetics play a role in determining health, a recent study showed that the physical, social, and economic environment account for between 40 and 60% of health outcomes. This means that your environment has a huge impact on your…
Syracuse, NY has had a 33% increase in downtown residential population. Why? It might have something to do with their innovative Connective Corridor that is linking University Hill and downtown Syracuse through public transit, bike lanes, green streetscapes, innovative lighting design, and public art displays.
The world is flat. At least it is in a city such as Philadelphia (and many others) where the ground has been flattened and gridded. In many cases, storm water infiltration into city soil is capable, but when it is not a veneer landscape can accomplish a similar task.
St. Luke’s Hospital, closed since 1999, is now St. Luke’s Manor, an affordable housing complex for independent living seniors. When developers in Cleveland, Ohio decided to redevelop St. Luke’s Hospital they looked at nearly every other option to make it profitable before deciding to convert it into affordable senior housing. When that decision was made,…
“These green solutions to solving the storm water problem don’t just solve storm water. They create parks, they create shade, they create beauty.” Sarah RobGreico, Executive Director Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership
Gardening is my graffiti. I grow my art…I use the garden, the soil like it’s a piece of cloth and the plants and the trees, that’s my embellishment for that cloth.”
Thanks to a generous sponsorship from my college and an alum, I will be attending the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Philadelphia on November 20-22! And, I will be live tweeting it all @CityMentality!
As a college student, I often get asked: (1) What do you want to do with your life? (2) What are you going to do with an Environmental Studies degree? (3) What job will you be able to do? The answer to those questions is both “I don’t know” and “a lot of things.”
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