I want to invite fellow New Yorkers to an event I’m doing at my house, the Eco Brooklyn Show House on Saturday 8/23/25 at 10am. 22 2nd Street Brooklyn. I’m introducing the community to my three new ducks. They will be six weeks old. They are Saxony ducks, second biggest in the world after Peking
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BROOKLYN, NY – [10/10] Eco Brooklyn, the innovative Brooklyn-based landscaping and living wall company, is set to redefine Manhattan’s urban landscape through a visionary collaboration with Invisible North for their esteemed client, Birkenstock. In a bold and ambitious venture, Eco Brooklyn, under the leadership of owner Gennaro Brooks-Church, has embarked on creating one day temporary
Gennaro Brooks-Church, the founder of Eco Brooklyn, has been a pioneer of environmentalism for years. His zeal for sustainability and his out-of-the-box ideas for urban greening have made him a changemaker in the industry. Due to Gennaro’s passion for the planet, Eco Brooklyn Living Walls is making a huge environmental impact. Gennaro’s brainchild – Eco Brooklyn – offers a unique and innovative solution for bringing nature back
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Let’s convert New York State’s energy infrastructure into something more sustainable. It’s a simple concept, with a multitude of benefits. Converting to renewable energy will stabilize costs of energy and produce jobs while reducing health and climate damage and overall improving the quality of life. A recent study by Mark Z. Jacobson et al. finds
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In the spirit of awards season, we’re pleased to announce that our green building Instagram account has been awarded an Instagrammy! Improvement Center evaluated the top ten home contractors to follow and we’ve been recognized for having the best urban space remodels. Our feed features images from our Manhattan and Brooklyn ecological construction projects including gardens, green roofs,
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Summer might not be just around the corner, but once gardens are in full bloom safe insect and pest control will become a necessity. As a NY green contractor that specializes in green roofs and gardens it’s part of our job to ensure that the spaces we create can be enjoyed to their fullest potential.
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Most of us have probably come to recognize that plastic is an extremely difficult item to cut out of our lives. From tupperware to composite lumber, plastic has become so engrained in the modern way of life, most people do not even realize how strong their dependency is upon it. There are ways, however, to
Temperature has assuredly become a hot topic in offices throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan during the recent heat wave. Eco Brooklyn’s office is no exception to the heat. However, we have a unique approach to the problem. Passive housing has been a cornerstone of environmental design since the ancient Greeks and Romans (check out this article
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FEMA reveiled updated flood zone maps two weeks ago, which doubles the previous estimated number of at risk New Yorkers to 400,000 residents and 70,000 buildings. These numbers are still proposed, and will take up to two years of reviews to become official, after which building regulations will be affected. Proposed updated flood zone
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Eco Brooklyn has been working on an interesting sustainable project in the Crown Heights area. The challenge is to build a fence using only salvaged material. How does this project work? Our green building team collects extraneous wood from the local company, U.S. Fencing Systems, Inc. The staff there are extremely gracious and are happy
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