Past Events

Saturday October 13, 2012 – Saturday October 13, 2012 W 47th Terrace & Delmar St Map and Directions | Register Description: Facilitated by Greg Gladish of the Metropolitan Energy Center (MEC). Sealing the air gaps around windows & doors improves the energy efficiency of a home; reduces utility costs, and improves the comfort of the [...]

With sidewalks and rainwater collection system complete, a group of around 50 community and professional organization volunteers gathered throughout the first Saturday of June to install the first phase of the community garden, giving new life to an overgrown lot.

Saturday March 10, 2012 – Saturday March 10, 2012 | Register Description: Yay! We’ve rescheduled this fantastic event– this time on a Saturday! Come work with the Metropolitan Energy Center’s green-collar job training class and neighborhood volunteers as we learn how to restore and weatherize historic windows in a affordable housing renovation project in Kansas City’s  Ivanhoe [...]

Friday February 17, 2012 – Friday February 17, 2012 | Register Description: Join Historic Green for a special evening of delicious New Orleans-style food, wonderful music, great company, while experiencing a green historic building in Kansas City! As our annual Kansas City fundraiser, we’ll be serving up Jambalaya and Red Beans and Rice to support [...]

The Lower 9th Ward – New Orleans, LA Educational & Social Events The Crawfish Broil: Over 100 volunteers and community members from the Holy Cross neighborhood attended this year’s Spring Greening Crawfish Broil at the Lower 9th Ward Village! Smitty’s Tour of the Lower Ninth Ward: Smitty, Historic Green friend and local, gave volunteers a [...]

Got more pictures for us? We want to see them! (HistoricGreen2011@gmail.com) Green Buildings Green Homes: Radiant Barriers, CFLs & More Working with the Alliance for Affordable Energy, Louisiana’s advocacy group for fair and equitable energy policies, and the Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development, up to twenty homes will be targeted for radiant barrier installation, [...]

Got more pictures for us? We want to see them! (HistoricGreen2011@gmail.com)

Got more pictures for us? We want to see them! (HistoricGreen2011@gmail.com)

THE LOWER NINTH WARD: roots run deep here! This was Ground Zero, one of the hardest hit places in all of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast as a result of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Entire blocks were leveled, businesses in shambles, essential services gone, the loss of life overwhelming. In terms of property damage, [...]