The Oil Business of Charles Pratt – How Greenpoint’s Environment Was Destroyed
There is perhaps no figure in Greenpoint’s long history who had a greater impact on the neighborhood than Charles Pratt. However, his legacy is...
Eco-friendly Brooklyn
Most importantly, polluting industries have a negative impact on the environment. So, if politicians are unable to bring them justice, buyers will be able...
The famous Brooklyn scientist and the first female president of the Geological Society of...
Doris M. Curtis is an American paleontologist, stratigrapher and geologist who became the first female president of the Geological Society of America (GSA). She...
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Historians traditionally study human history through preserved texts, while architecture is analyzed through images. However, the living world offers its own unique way of...
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogeneration – a supplier of heat and power that cares...
Learning about the background of the Brooklyn Navy Yard is the same as reading about the history of the United States Navy and milestone...
Irwin Rose, a man from Brooklyn who “tamed” cancer
Biologists examine the living things that surround us and how they interact with the environment. Biologists study the effects of the human-created environment on...
Wind energy. An eco-development project of Norwegian oil industry workers and Brooklyn environmentalists. What...
Throughout the history of mankind, people have learned to use all of nature's gifts. Not only those that are hidden in the ground. Scientists...
Next-Generation Farmers Training Program – A Brooklyn Company Shares Its Expertise
Consumers worldwide demand greater transparency about where and how their food is grown. However, most urban dwellers remain tied to an industrial food system...
How Brooklyn Homes Were Heated — Fireplace: Necessity or Decorative Element?
The history of heating systems is a fascinating journey through time, innovation, and technological progress. From Ancient Rome to the present, the evolution of...
The Unpopular Brooklyn Biologist: Richard Levins
Richard Levins was born in Brooklyn in 1930. Like many Brooklynites, his family had immigrated to the United States. He had both Ukrainian and...