Marcus de la fleur - Guides to sustainable, environmentally friendly, and green tools for your home and garden

You find on this page information on …

...	environmental issues and opportunities for your yard and garden;
...	sustainable treatment of landscape, water and ecology around your home;
...	green roofs, rain barrels, porous pavement, rain gardens, gravel grass, cisterns, and bioswales;
...	what you can do to lessen YOUR environmental impact on YOUR community;
...	why these things really matter (not only for YOU, but more so for your KIDS).
...	myself (the author), my interests, work and project;

Ever wondered about how …

...	to change your yard work routines towards a more sustainable approach?
...	to do some of that green and environmentally friendly garden stuff?
...	to responsibly deal with drainage, flooding, and stormwater in your yard?
...	to develop solutions that would address water and runoff in sustainable ways, such as at the 168 Elm Pilot project:

Project update: Right now…

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my wife and I plan to purchase a house in Chicago and look forward to start another sustainable demonstration project. One that caters to the thousands of retrofits out there with owners who like to implement green upgrades. Upgrades that provide excellent opportunities to make the home more economic to run, own, and live in. Upgrades that reduce our environmental footprint. Keep tuned for more...

News update:

The 168 Elm Ave. pilot project was featured on Chicago Public Radio as part of the Chicago Matters - Growing Forward series. You can listen to a 40 minute interview broadcast on Worldview, or a five minute segment.

Go to Media Page for mor information.

Web Page update

March 29, 2008 @ 2:00 pm - burning of the native prairie vegetation in the rain gardens. See a Time-Lapse to the event.