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We love it when someone really GETS it.
Bryan Welch
Publisher & Editorial Director
Mother Earth News
The way (locally, personally, without profiteering impulses) you’re yoking business practices to total human/environmental welfare is inspiring. I’m increasingly impressed by the community building (really, the most effective way to propagate anything) that you foster.
The social and moral implications of greening the urban environment have to be the motivation behind any lasting change, and it gratifies me to see you actively realize the aforementioned, manifested in the way you promote and pursue the act and craft of building (which itself has to be one of the vehicles of any such change by dint of its potential widespread involvement of local community). Thank you for involving so many people in meaningful work.
Nick Liberis, Architect
Good stuff. It has been inspiring watching the unfolding of this process from the beginning. I see a keen focus on essential values which truly allows the means to serve the ends. This is the stuff of the Prometheans, who are ensconced in the mode of discovery– as opposed to “innovation” and invention. Keep up the good work and rediscover the new world!
Jason Stern
Publisher, Chronogram Magazine and Luminary Publishing.
I think you guys should be considered leaders in the philosophical movement towards green building and green living.
You really understand that green living is something that should be available to people of all social and economic backgrounds; this should be how everyone thinks. You recognize that using reclaimed and recycled material is critical to low consumption projects. I think your team at Eco Brooklyn is very innovative in your designs and set a great example for eco-minded initiatives.
Keep up the good work!
I have been surfing your web pages for hours for the past several nights. When I first discovered your pages last week, I bookmarked them and also promptly emailed myself the link. In the message I wrote a note to myself ” write them! call them! hire them! work for them!”
This is because I am convinced you are the people I have been looking for most of my life.
Okay, that sounds a little bit extreme, but after I read your statement of purpose, I found myself saying “of course!” “yes, obviously!” so many times I knew I must make contact.
We are new homeowners as of yesterday, in the Kensington neighborhood. We have remodeling to do, and we need to both learn re – purposing and hire green rebuilders. I have been looking for re purposers, salvagers, and green (re) builders in the area, and found some in Queens and the Bronx.
I was overjoyed to find someone in Brooklyn at last!
I looked at your internship pages and was amazed at the variety of skills you teach.
i’m an environmental tech senior at NCSU in raleigh nc,
and you’re company’s mission hits the nail on the head!!!!!!
Congratulations on your good work and I recommend that
people go to your web site to see how its done.
I think it is so wonderful the way you allow youth, who might not otherwise have positive things to do, learn this wonderful skill. And the fact that you are using natural products is awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Lana.
Hi Mr. Gennaro Brooks-Church,
My name is Easar Forghany and I was in the Drexel REU group which came by one of your Eco Brooklyn houses. I wanted to thank you for taking the time to show us your work and your accomplishments. I was very impressed by your business, as it creates a unique and modern household for people while being environmentally friendly. I have a great passion for moving our nation towards a more sustainable future with renewable fuels and help reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil. Your mission struck a chord with me and I hope to learn more about it in the near future. Thank you again and I look forward to hearing from you.
Love your blog, you guys are truly exemplary.
I purchased a beautiful brick, 2 family brownstone in Ridgewood this Summer and promptly tested my backyard soil (Brooklyn College soil testing service). The results revealed high levels of Lead and other toxic chemicals. I needed to remove the soil and replace it with clean dirt so my young child could safely play. I also planned to grow a garden. Brooklyn College recommended Gennaro Brooks-Church from EcoBrooklyn! They are incredibly helpful, professional, neat, reliable, kind and truly informative. This is a solid company and I highly recommend them.
I have been building for years and i can tell you this , Your NUTS!
I don’t know what to say!
I’m speechless!
I guess just a simple thank you.
A huge thank you!!
I just read your values page. Honestly, it makes me cry!! It is so right on.
You guys don’t kid around, love it! I could spend a month on the site, reading everything your boss talks about plus all the people and things he refers to. I feel his commitment, his passion and this is just so rare to come across someone genuine and in check with his core values, especially in the new green and socially responsible market. There are so many fakes looking to make a quick buck.
Eco Brooklyn feels different and I’m so glad I met you and got to know you guys. I def want to see the show house sometime soon.
My time with Eco Brooklyn was a highly rewarding and educational experience. I learned the foundational concepts of green building, was exposed to architectural plans and the management side of running a construction/ design company. My speciality lies in website editing, marketing and PR and I focused on these areas while I was here. There is so much latitude that you can contribute to virtually any area and pick up lots of new skills along the way. I highly recommend this company!
From start to finish we really enjoyed our experience working with Eco Brooklyn. Gennaro and his team were incredibly knowledgeable, professional and always on time. We were looking for someone who had experience in sustainable gardening. Our yard was a mess with old rubble and decayed tree stumps etc. Gennaro used most of these items in the new garden which avoided landfill etc. and reduced costs. All his ideas were great and they really work!! We would absolutely use Gennaro and his team again. We can highly recommend them.