By Colleen Ford
Spruce up your balcony or patio with some hardy outdoor plants!
AMLI Blog | Living Apartment Life
By Jason Ernst
AMLI Residential is committed to doing its part in preserving the environment. As a proponent of happy, healthy living communities, we feel it’s our responsibility to raise awareness of the ways we can live more eco-friendly lifestyles. Since one of the easiest and most effective ways to minimize waste and make the most of our precious resources is through recycling, we launched an awareness campaign earlier this year to encourage residents of AMLI apartments to recycle more. The campaign morphed into a contest, AMLI Recycles!, which recently came to an end. Read more about it and find out the winners!
By Jason Ernst
On the warmest summer days, that moment when you walk into your centrally air conditioned apartment can feel like the best thing ever. For energy conscious apartment residents, however, this glorious experience can be tinged with feelings of guilt. To offset that guilt, there are a few simple changes you can make to save energy without sacrificing your comfort.
Summer is a time for barbecuing with friends, swimming to stay cool, getting in shape, and sprucing up your apartment. As you go about your fun this summer, there are easy green lifestyle habits you can employ to keep your carbon footprint to a minimum. Here are a few ways to help you get started on your path to a more environmentally sustainable lifestyle.
By The AMLI Team
How long could you really go without fuel? How about electricity? While there would be inherent annoyances that would come about from living without these resources, you couldn’t even survive three days without water. Water makes up about 65 percent of our body and 71 percent of Earth. The fact that we are seemingly surrounded by water causes many of us to take it for granted, but it’s a precious resource that needs to be conserved and recycled if we plan to keep our planet green and bodies healthy. Not to mention the money we save by conserving water! You would be hard-pressed to find someone […]
By Jason Ernst
On March 28 at 8:30 PM, millions of people around the globe switched off their lights, climate control units, and television sets for 60 minutes. Regional governments in 172 countries participated in Earth Hour by powering down the lights that illuminate iconic structures. This show of solidarity for the natural environment was the largest the world has seen yet, and was supported by World Wildlife Fund events in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, and Seattle. Regardless of whether you participated in Earth Hour, another big environmental sustainability event that you can use as a catalyst to make green lifestyle changes is on […]
By Jason Ernst
If there’s a season especially well-suited for sprucing up your apartment with eco-friendly DIY projects, it’s this one. Signs of life are returning to trees that lost their leaves in the fall. The grass is finally starting to stir. Eventually, wildflowers will dot fields and other open space in many parts of the country. Spring is the perfect time to inject some eco-friendly life into your home. And we’ve got a few ideas to help you green your apartment without spending heaps of cash or getting help from a professional.
Are you sick of sitting in traffic on your commute to and from work? Are you tired of having to squeeze in visits to a gas station every time you realize your tank is running on empty? If you identify with either of these nuisances and are thinking about leasing or buying a new car, now may be the perfect time for you to upgrade to an electric vehicle (EV). Judging by the ruckus raised by Tesla’s recently introduced ‘insane mode,’ some electric vehicles might sell well even if they didn’t boast a laundry list of benefits. Not all electric vehicles can go […]
Think about how much trash you have thrown out during your lifetime. Imagine what it would look like if it accumulated into one pile. Was any of that “trash” just old stuff you no longer wanted, but was still in good condition? Could it have been donated, recycled, or reused instead? To keep your carbon footprint to a minimum, here are some tips to donate items you no longer want or need that can’t be recycled or otherwise reused.
A heightened awareness of our impact on the environment and the knowledge that many green living habits save money have led many of us to adopt sustainable practices. But did you know adopting green habits can also help you cultivate a healthier lifestyle? Here are several ways you can simultaneously curb your carbon footprint and improve your health.
By Jason Ernst
Green living is not just a fad. It’s a practical solution to a number of problems the world faces today, such as conserving our natural environment for future generations and sustaining and supporting an ever-growing population on a fixed volume of land without destroying bio-diverse and oxygen regenerative ecosystems. Water resource management agencies, forest preservation programs, and other groups concerned with protecting the environment are emerging to tackle these issues, but everyone should be doing his or her part. In addition to benefiting the environment, many aspects of green living popular today also bring with them personal advantages. As consumers have […]