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The Last Farm

Here is a poignant 17 minute film about an old man on an isolated farm in Iceland. His wife dies and he buries himself with her instead of going to an old people’s home in the city. He cannot bear to live without his two loves: his wife and the nature around him. It is [...]

Bringing Passivhaus to Harlem

Check out this great article about our Eco Brooklyn’s Passive House in Harlem.  GreenBuildingAdvisor.com, a great online source for building, designing, and remolding green homes, sent Richard Defendorf to our Harlem site to check out our work. Read his write-up of all the techniques we used to seal our passive house!

http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/green-building-news/bringing-passivhaus-harlem

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College Sustainability Initiatives

As a New York Green Contractor, here at EcoBrooklyn we focus mainly on one aspect of reaching sustainability, and that is by green building.  But of course, this is just one way to approach sustainability. Colleges for instance, are trending towards setting up sustainability initiatives.  They generally include some specific measures that will make [...]

Eco Brooklyn is a member of Co-op America

Eco Brooklyn is a member of Co-op America. They are a great ordanization full of resources. Their tag line is: Economic Action for a Just Planet.

From their web site:

Co-op America is a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1982.

Our mission is to harness economic power—the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the [...]

Eco Brooklyn is a member of Northeast Sustainable Energy Association

The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association really tries to see the connection between energy and people. I think they do great work and am happy to support them as a business.

Life is all about energy. In our daily lives we try to live a sustainable life, i.e. we try to stay alive on [...]