URBAN ECOLOGY BLOG

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How Much Are Your Trees Really Worth?

Learn just how much benefit your trees are adding to your property. Everyone knows trees are valuable, but did you know you can actually...

Our Health and Meat Processing Plants

Around 95% of Americans make meat or poultry as part of their balanced diet, and a lot of us buy processed meat at the grocery store....

The Magic of Soil

Soil is the basis of many things. It’s a home to a whole ecosystem hiding from our eyes. Ants and termites, earthworms, beetles, all...

Garden Friends or Foe?

What is that red dot moving on your plant? It’s a ladybug! These leaves have been chewed through! Maybe it was a caterpillar. You hear...

Nursery Fall 2021 Highlights

Students from Belmont Charter High School, just around the corner from our nursery, have been helping LandHealth with site development...

Where Do Our Nursery Plants Go?

At our plant nursery, we currently have approximately 1,000 plants. Year-round, we work to make sure that our plants stay healthy and are...

What's in a Healthy River Ecosystem?

What factors determine the health of a river or creek? Do you know if your home has a healthy river ecosystem? There are more to look at...

Heat From Asphalt and How to Reduce It

When walking around Philadelphia during the summer, it is easy to notice how hot it is outside, not just from the sun itself, but also...

Switching the Narrative: Who is Responsible for Stopping Climate Change?

In New York City, 1977, business was booming for fossil fuel companies. Leading scientist James Black held a meeting with Exxon...

Waste in Our Waters

Earlier this summer, ProFESS Northeast Philly Watershed Stewards explored Pennypack on the Delaware and came across some washed up trash...