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Business
How Much Are Trees Really Worth?
Itâs no secret that trees provide a wealth of resources to the environment. But did you know there is a program that can actually calculate the amount of that wealth down to the last dollar?
August 16, 2013
Business
EPA Calculator To Help Reduce Stormwater Runoff
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is adding an extra tool to the digital toolbox to help manage stormwater runoff. As part of President Obamaâs Climate Action Plan, the EPA has released the National Stormwater Calculator.
July 24, 2013
Business
How To Create Fire-Resistant Landscapes
After 19 firefighters lost their lives near Yarnell, Arizona this summer from a wildfire, many people have turned their attention on how to prevent these extreme fires. Reports show there are about two-dozen wildfires spreading across the western United States continuing to threaten homes, lives and the environment.
July 22, 2013
Business
Low-Tech Field? Think Again.
When the public thinks about landscaping, high tech doesnât immediately come to mind. After all, this is work involving dirt, manual labor and plants. Mechanical engineering is represented in the form of a backhoe loader, for example, but thatâs about as âtechnologicalâ as the industry gets. Right?
July 2, 2013
Business
National Mall Goes Green
The National Mall and Memorial Parks (NAMA) are putting the environment first. Through a donation from the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC), the organizations were able to mow the lawn with alternative-fueled lawn mowers.
June 25, 2013
Business
How to balance mower speed & quality cut
The faster you mow the clientâs lawn, the sooner you can move on to your next site. But if you mow too quickly, the cut quality may suffer. So, how can you and your crews avoid this Catch 22 and find the right harmony of speed and precision on your next maintenance project?
June 24, 2013
Business
Erosion Specialist Battles the Atlantic
The ravages of the Atlantic Ocean can be a thing of beauty â and a source of challenging erosion problems for coastal properties. Enter Bobbie Burdick, an award-winning landscape architect and erosion-control specialist in Ellsworth, Maine, and the owner of Burdick & Associates Landscape Design.
June 6, 2013
Business
Students Create Device to Cut Down on Lawnmower Emissions
A few California-college level engineers got a little creative to help the environment. The team has developed a device that can be attached to lawnmowers that will cut down on emissions, according to the Medical Daily.
May 14, 2013
Business
Water-Saving Practices 40 Years Later
Landscaping has changed since the 1970s. Mike Curry, adjust professor with the horticulture department at the College of Dupage in Illinois told this to the Daily Herald in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
May 6, 2013
Design-Build
âGoing Greenâ More Than a Fad
Buzz words like âgoing greenâ and âsustainableâ are flying around companies as big as Microsoft all the way down to the mom-and-pop store down the street. But what does it all mean?
April 19, 2013
Business
Improve Playground Fire Safety
Steps are being taken in effort to keep children safe by creating a safer playground environment. SYNLawn SYNBermuda 200 and SYNRye 250 have received a Class One fire rating (ASTM E 648), which means there is an increased safety when artificial grass is installed.
April 18, 2013
Design-Build
How Environmentalists Have Changed
One of the pleasures of going home for the holidays is sometimes finding the books I  left behind in college and getting to reread them. This year I stumbled upon a 1977 copy of John McPheeâs Encounters with the Archdruid. The book concerns three trips McPhee took with the âArchdruid,â David Brower, the controversial executive [âŚ]
January 9, 2013
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