Alive Structures is a landscape design/build firm based in Brooklyn. We specialize in green roofs, green walls, ecological gardens and environmental education.
Brooklyn, NY
Joined August 2011
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Tell the EPA to raise water quality standards today! Read our blog post: ow.ly/9cvFm or sign NRDC's petition: ow.ly/9cvPc
We just won a DEC Environmental Justice grant to revitalize some community gardens on Kościuszko St in Bed-Stuy. Very excited!
A green roof on a library in upstate new york has saved taxpayers extimated $7,000. ow.ly/7tmtz
Check out our photos of the Pine Barrens, a crazy landscape with stunted pines and carnivorous plants in New Jersey. ow.ly/7u4ao
Al Jazeera did a fantastic interview and NYC #greenroof tour with our Marni Majorelle last month and it's up! Watch: ow.ly/7puOw
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Al Jazeera visits urban agriculture of NYC youtube.com/watch?v=Kbh-SEHj… @SSBx @AliveStructures @rooftopfarmer @highlinenyc HT @pauliegee
DEP, City Council and Mayor's Office on NYC's sustainability challenges + outlooks, including green infrastructure. ow.ly/71bmt
We encountered a lot of questions about rooftop farming/gardening at Union Square last week, so we blogged about it: ow.ly/6VqeB
Check out @NRDC's report on Water-related Impacts of Climate Change in American Cities. Has a section on NYC, very nice. http://ow.ly/6OfxG
Our Marni Majorelle was featured in the Epoch Times's writeup of @greenhomenyc's Green Block Party http://ow.ly/6O4Kn
We're at The New New York DIY Green Block Party at 11th and Wythe in Williamsburg. http://ow.ly/6INPP
We'll be at 2 sustainable events this week in NYC! Green Block Party, WBurg Sat 10/1 + New Green City, Union Sq Wed 10/5 http://ow.ly/6INrY
If midtown were covered in green roofs in the shape of a turtle it'd look like this, or, why green>white: a blog post. http://ow.ly/6Fd9Y
EPA released Plan EJ 2014 (that's Environmental Justice) yesterday. #environmentaljustice @EPAgov http://ow.ly/6vi10
New Yorkers: Want flowers next spring? Alive Structures will plant bulbs for you now. Plan ahead! http://ow.ly/6s7wj
What a great trend - ask us how! "A rain garden is the latest must-have for the ecofriendly gardener" | The Guardian http://ow.ly/6qKRx
At the West Side County Fair in Riverside Park- come say hi on the Children's Lawn at 68th St! There's a petting zoo. http://ow.ly/6qKMg