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Eco Brooklyn Transforms Manhattan Concrete Jungle into Living Art with Temporary Forest Installation then donates it to NYC Parks.

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 […]

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InsideClimate News – Brooklyn

Eco Brooklyn would like to recognize the efforts and accomplishments of a fellow green advocate located in Brooklyn. InsideClimate News is a rising nonprofit news website that focuses chiefly on environmental issues. Their objectives include providing scientific and objective investigations and news stories to inform the public and our officials living in these times of serious energy

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3 Months Free Yoga in Return for Green Building Help – This weekend

Eco Brooklyn is looking for volunteers for a day of help moving some salvaged flooring from one lot to another in Park Slope. In exchange we can offer three months of free yoga at Area Yoga on court street and Montague Street. http://www.areayogabrooklyn.com/ When: Sunday March 24th. Where: Park Slope, Brooklyn. Please email if interested.

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Green Building is not a product

A reporter just interviewed me on green building. I thought I’d share it here since the reporter has a pretty common viewpoint, one I believe is not correct. What aspects home remodeling/room design are the most popular “green” solutions? Most clients know they want to renovate green but usually don’t know exactly what the details

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The Living Building Challenge- Winner of the 2012 Buckminster-Fuller Challenge

Green building and eco-sensitive design is currently at the forefront of our modern ethos.   What this means for the green builders, contractors and architects of NY, and the world, is a period of dramatic change and challenge is ahead if not already begun. A change in the way we think about new buildings and construction,

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Radical Sustainability and Passive House

Eco Brooklyn’s director, Gennaro Brooks-Church will be giving a presentation at New York’s 2012 Passive House Symposium. The topic of his presentation is “Radical Sustainability and Passive House.” The all day event is filled with interesting speakers and is a must for anyone interested in the worlds most cutting edge energy efficient building technique.  

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