• WE BUILD CLIMATE SOLUTIONS

    RETI Center educates, trains and collaborates with local youth, industry experts, and community members to promote a balance of equity, ecology, and economy as we reimagine and adapt our waterfront communities to the new climate reality.

    Join us at our Field Station, hosted by GBX~ Gowanus Bay Terminal in Red Hook Brooklyn,
    an innovative learning site for water science, sustainable construction, circular systems, and ecosystem restoration.

  • SOLAR TRAINING

    No-cost skills training, paid internships, and green job creation for target populations.

  • LOCAL POWER

    RETI Center’s Community Solar Initiative. Offering three pathways to strengthen the community through sustainability and resilience.

  • FLOATING GARDENS

    Nature-based solutions that restore aquatic ecosystems and green industrial coastlines.

RESILIENCE EDUCATION TRAINING INNOVATION

SOCIAL JUSTICE IS OUR RESPONSE TO THE CLIMATE DISASTER.

Founded by the Red Hook community after Superstorm Sandy, we are teaching, training and working side-by-side local youth and low-income populations to transform our city. RETI Center values hands-on education and believes that innovative ideas, ambitious projects, and shared learning will empower all of us to adapt and thrive, together. Our work is to build, train and teach the practices that will help restore our built and natural environment. Working together we can shape a better future.

Climate

Ecological, equitable,
economic solutions

Community

Working against historic and entrenched neglect

Justice

Shared benefits for built and natural environments

NUMBERS THAT COUNT

People Served

70 Roof RETI Graduates

750 Volunteers

400 Students Engaged

12 RETI Interns

15 Community Events

Renewable Energy

Creating a community solar network and training the workforce to build it

4.5 Acres of Water

10 Floating Gardens

1400 ft of Sugar Kelp

Phytoplankton + Water Quality Monitoring

Floating Learning Lab