Sustainability Archives - Brooklyn Eagle

Cost-effective energy efficiency investments you can make, and how the Inflation Reduction Act could help

September 1 | Jasmina Burek, The Conversation

Energy efficiency can save homeowners and renters hundreds of dollars a year...

Cotton breeders are using genetic insights to make this global crop more sustainable

July 11 | Serina Taluja, The Conversation

Products derived from the cotton plant show up in many items that...

Brooklyn Grange's Navy Yard location. Eagle file photo by Lore Croghan

5 tips on being more sustainable, the Brooklyn way

September 6 | Keyshae Robinson

It’s easy to feel cynical in regards to the current state...

Volunteers at one of Project Eats' gardens. Eagle photo by Irene Archos

How one urban farm is breaking down barriers to healthy food

July 5 | Irene Archos

For over a decade during the Great Recession, Linda Goode Bryant gathered...

Farming takes to the rooftops in Sunset Park

May 29 | Jaime DeJesus

Brooklyn Grange, a company that specializes in sustainable living, is bringing a...

$Stephen Levin is one of nine Brooklyn councilmembers scoring 100 percent in a scorecard released on March 8 by the New York League of Conservation Voters. He is shown above congratulating Mayor Bill de Blasio at the signing of a bill prohibiting the use of fracking products in the city. File photo courtesy of Levin’s office$

Brooklyn councilmembers graded greenest in city

March 11 | Mary Frost

Brooklyn members of the New York City Council are the greenest in...