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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...

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GBRC 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...

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From 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...

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Sustainable 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,...

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Holy 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...

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Build 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...

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1st 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...

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Touring 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...

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Blue 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...

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New 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...

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Stories from the Gulf: Living with the BP Oil Disaster – airs on Planet Green

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Green-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...

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Monthly 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...

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Welcome 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...

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Monthly 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,...

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Sunny 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...

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Rebuilding 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...

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Joule 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...

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Sustainable 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...

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Global 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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