Thanks for visiting! Subscribe to the RSS feed, receive posts via email, or find other ways to subscribe in the ‘Subscribe’ box to the left. Thanks again and see ya soon.I really meant to post this earlier, but even though the course was this morning, I think GBKers will still appreciate the course and keep […]

Remember those sick oysters in Gowanus Canal that I mentioned a bit ago?
Could they actually be used to save our waterways?
NYT:
Hendrix Creek, flowing for just over a mile in Brooklyn through East New York, passes under the Belt Parkway and between two dormant landfills before it empties into Jamaica Bay. The creek, once fed by […]

NRDC:
NEW YORK (January 30th, 2008) – The New York City Council passed legislation today to tackle the sewage overflowproblem in the City’s overburdened sewer system. The legislation advances the implementation of green design elements, which mimic nature’s own filtering systems, into the City’s existing streets, parks, and other public spaces and into existing and new […]

We all know there is a building boom in our beloved borough. And we know that green building is great, and is here to stay. But here are 3 real-world examples of residential buildings in Brooklyn going for gold or platinum certification under the LEED standard of green building set by the USGBC.
93 Nevins

By now, […]

As you may have noted from the previous post, we definitely like permaculture.
But we love urban permaculture!
Andrew Faust — who is offering the permaculture design certification class — and GBK have gotten together and the result is a seven-part series on the greening of Brooklyn and NYC.
We bring you:
A Permaculture View On Brooklyn […]