News and Insights | Green

News and Insights

August 2017

August 2017

Back to Bascis: Forgotten Fruit

What successful home gardener doesn’t end up with bushels of excess produce at the end of the growing season? 

Zucchini anyone?
Just imagine how much is left behind in community gardens and on farms. 
 

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (link is external)of the United Nations, about a third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year—approximately 1.3 billion tons—goes uneaten. 

August 2017

EverGreen: Green Housing is an Ethical Imperative

“I never considered myself a tree-hugger, but I was concerned about climate change and global warming,” says Cheryl Julcher, a 2017 EverGreen winner.  

Julcher, REALTOR®, GREEN, co-founder, CEO, and managing broker of Yellow Brick Properties, Evanston, Ill., spent 20-plus years in the real estate industry and sold land and worked with builders on marketing new construction. 

August 2017

This Month's Tips:  September Garden To-dos

This Month's Tips:  September Garden To-dos

The Missouri Botanical Garden has a great list of garden to-dos(link is external) for September. 

boxes

Newsletter Article August

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Pellentesque placerat, sapien consectetur bibendum maximus, tortor dui maximus nisl, et ultricies mauris nulla faucibus dolor. Nullam magna tortor, lobortis vel egestas et, aliquet nec sapien.

August 2017

Sustainability's Transformative Power  

Sustainability isn’t just reshaping the real estate industry. There’s a cultural shift happening and sustainability has the potential to transform our entire world. 

That’s one concept that emerged during the two-day 2017 NAR Sustainability Summit that was held in Washington, D.C. in July.