Sustainable Communities Initiative
Cooperation Jackson has purchased vacant lots, abandoned homes and commercial facilities in the West Jackson neighborhood surrounding our central hub at the Balagoon Center. These properties and prospective properties are currently owned by the State of Mississippi, the City of Jackson, and private owners. Cooperation Jackson stewards land into a Community Land Trust so they…
Read MoreSouthside Blooms
Southside Blooms is a farm-to-vase florist on the Southside of Chicago, providing unique and fashion-forward arrangements, while maintaining an uncompromising dedication to both the environment and our surrounding communities. Flowers are grown in environments which actively work to sequester carbon, not just reduce emissions. Every flower purchased from Southside Blooms creates jobs for at-risk youth,…
Read MoreSilo City
Many are drawn to Silo City to witness the ruins of the grain shipping industry that built this city, but there is also inspiration to be found in the fecundity of nature on this 27 acres where decades of human abandonment has set the stage for new ecological relationships to evolve. Today this place is…
Read MorePark Avenue Transit Station
When TriMet’s newest MAX line pulls into Park Avenue Station in Oak Grove, riders will experience the region’s first sustainable, habitat-friendly park-and-ride. Green features will include a recreated riparian forest and a natural stormwater treatment system. The project will be highly visible, situated along Southeast McLoughlin Boulevard and the new Trolley Trail. More about this project…
Read MoreNative Plant Nursery
A native plant nursery sits on previously vacant land in the Parkside neighborhood in the heart of West Philadelphia. LandHealth cultivates species variations specific to the local ecosystem, to support land health across our neighborhoods and region. Native plants create functional and beautiful landscapes that require less maintenance than traditional gardens. More about this project >
Read MoreNadaka Nature Park
It’s easier to find Gresham’s Nadaka Nature Park these days, thanks to a two-acre expansion supported by a $220,000 Nature in Neighborhoods grant. The park, which was tucked away in the East Wilkes Neighborhood, can now be reached from Northeast Glisan Street. More about this project >
Read MoreLafayette Greens
Lafayette Greens is a green space and urban garden in the heart of downtown Detroit, next door to the famous Coney Islands and across the street from the fabulous Westin Book Cadillac Hotel. Visitors, city workers, and neighborhood residents enjoy and relax in the space, watch veggies and flowers grow during the summer and enjoy…
Read MoreHumboldt Conservation Corner
A historic property in North Portland’s Humboldt neighborhood has been transformed into an outdoor classroom and living laboratory. The demonstration garden, housed at the East Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District office, gives visitors ideas to try at home. More about this project >
Read MoreGreening Interstate 205
Unlikely partners – Friends of Trees and the Oregon Department of Transportation – teamed up to plant native trees and shrubs along the I-205 pathway. While greening the 16-mile trail, they engage volunteers, establish a model for future roadside landscaping and generate jobs for diverse communities. More about this project >
Read MoreGladwyne Jewish Memorial Cemetery
Forgotten for over half a century, this historic cemetery-turned-forest has become a stunning landscape. Just barely escaping development on a number of occasions, the cemetery has been taken over by the Friends of the Gladwyne Jewish Memorial Cemetery, who hired LandHealth Institute to create a master plan for the cemetery’s future. The plan examines strategies…
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