Past Events
SPRING GREENING 2011 RECAP
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 [...]
LOOKING BACK: 2010
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, [...]
Lower Ninth Ward History
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, [...]
