Global Green New Orleans Has AmeriCorps VISTA Openings
Global Green USA’s New Orleans Office is seeking candidates for three Americorps VISTA positions: Technical Assistance Coordinator (AmeriCorps VISTA) Member Duties: RESEARCH: Research green building...
View ArticleGBRC Monthly Panel Series, January 26: Sustaining Our Coastal Resources
Global Green is proud to partner with the AIA, New Orleans Chapter and the USGBC, LA Chapter to present a series of monthly panel discussions on issues of sustainability and environmental...
View ArticleFrom The LensNola: Interested in a program for energy efficiency? Tell city...
Great new editorial by Global Green’s own Beth Galante – appearing today in The Lens! By Beth Galante, The Lens contributing opinion writer New Orleans is working to reduce the energy consumption of...
View ArticleSustainable Honor Awards – Vote for Global Green!
Global Green-New Orleans has been nominated to receive a Sustainable Honor Award! The AIA New Orleans Design Awards Program, to be held February 17, 2011, will give special recognition to a project,...
View ArticleHoly Cross: One of the Best Old House Neighborhoods for 2011
The Holy Cross Neighborhood was just featured in This Old House online! Photo: Courtesy of Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans After being inundated by more than 10 feet of water from Hurricane...
View ArticleBuild It Back Green: Helping New Orleans’ Homeowners
New Orleans homeowner Shirley Johnigan was distraught over high utility bills, which averaged nearly $400.00 a month, even though her income was 80% below the Area Median Income (AMI). Because she...
View Article1st Annual Kite-Flying Festival in Holy Cross
Photo by Jenga MwendoOnly a short distance from Global Green’s Holy Cross Project, the neighborhood held its 1st Annual Kite-Flying Festival yesterday on the Mississippi River Levee. It was a beautiful...
View ArticleTouring the Lower 9: Where Sociology Meets Sustainability
On March 28, students from Dr. David Burley’s Environmental Sociology class SOC 360 and Dr. Anna Kleiner’s Urban Sociology class SOC 455/555 at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, LA got a...
View ArticleBlue Urbanism: The City and the Ocean
An excellent essay by Timothy Beatley in Design Observer – one year after the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico: “On April 20, 2010 — one year ago this week — the Deepwater Horizon, a massive drilling...
View ArticleNew Rain Gardens at the Holy Cross Project
The houses at 401 and 405 Andry Street are now sporting new rain gardens – thanks to volunteers working with two groups that have been instrumental in local sustainable recovery and rebuilding efforts...
View ArticleGreen-It-Yourself Workshop: Financing Green Upgrades – Tax Incentives and...
Global Green USA is proud to present a series of monthly educational workshops that teach residents the whys and hows of green building and energy efficiency. A Green-It-Yourself Workshop: Financing...
View ArticleMonthly Panel Series: Legal Pitfalls of LEED Projects
Global Green USA is proud to partner with the AIA, New Orleans Chapter and USGBC-LA Chapter to offer a monthly panel series on issues of sustainability and environmental responsibility. Green building...
View ArticleWelcome to the Neighborhood, Bob Berkebile & BNIM!
Holy Cross friend Bob Berkebile returned to New Orleans this past week for the national AIA Convention and its theme, “Regional Design REVOLUTION: ecology matters” – fitting, since he and his firm BNIM...
View ArticleMonthly Panel Series: Planning for a Sustainable Coast
Global Green USA proudly partners with the AIA, New Orleans Chapter and USGBC, LA Chapter to present a monthly panel series on issues of sustainability and environmental responsibility. This month,...
View ArticleSunny Day at the Holy Cross Project
It was a beautiful Spring day in the Holy Cross Neighborhood yesterday. Global Green staffer Linda Morgano was out and about, taking these photos in and around the Holy Cross Project to share. Thanks...
View ArticleRebuilding Green in New Orleans
Nadav Malin, president of BuildingGreen, Inc., joined members of BNIM, local architects and Global Green’s Beth Galante on a tour of the Lower Ninth Ward during the recent AIA Convention in New...
View ArticleJoule Energy Volunteer Day: Raingardens & Bioswale Maintenance
A big shoutout to our volunteers from Joule Energy, a local solar energy provider, who worked at the Holy Cross Project all day yesterday (June 24) – weeding, mulching, and planting in our two rain...
View ArticleSustainable Design Competition: 5th Anniversary
This week, we mark the 5th anniversary of our Sustainable Design Competition for New Orleans. To celebrate the competition, we are looking back with daily posts, including reflections from Global...
View ArticleGlobal Green Room Interview: Andrew Kotchen
Andrew Kotchen of Workshop/apd As one of the principals at design firm Workshop/apd, architect Andrew Kotchen was a winner of Global Green’s Sustainable Design Competition for New Orleans in 2006. The...
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