About Us

Jackie Brookner

Senior Designer

Ecological artist and designer Jackie Brookner has been working collaboratively with ecologists, landscape architects, policy makers, city governments and grassroots community groups on water remediation/public space projects in the U.S. and abroad for over ten years.
Brookner's whole systems approach identifies nodal points where social, cultural, and ecological revitalization meet. Her Biosculptures™, vegetated water filtration systems, in the US and Germany, reclaim stormwater and other polluted waters to create lush environments, restored habitat, and expressive, multifunctional public spaces. In her planning work with the National Park Service in the Pacific Northwest, and as a consultant in CA, PA and Germany she takes an intensive approach to community process and participation that goes beyond consensus to activating collective revisioning and maximum potential. Her work fosters sustainable watershed practices through environmental education, community empowerment, and ecological restoration.
Brookner received her BA from Wellesley College, her MA and ABD from Harvard University. She lectures internationally, and has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard Univ. and Parsons School of Design, where she currently teaches. See JackieBrookner.net