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ReThink – Why Housing Matters
This past Wednesday the Global Green Team arrived in Milwaukee, WI to provide Technical Assistance to the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee. After touring Milwaukee’s larges public housing development-Westlawn, and facilitating multiple meetings with City and Housing Authority staff, as well as many health and community based organizations, we spend some time with [...] -
Governor’s Budget Does Not Prioritize Our Neediest Schools
CA Governor Jerry Brown released his revised state budget earlier this week and the results are disappointing. While the budget prioritizes education, an area that has been underfunded and ignored for far too long, we have some serious concerns with the details. Specifically, Global Green wants to see Proposition 39 money (the ballot initiative passed [...] -
In the News: Plastics Publication Features Global Green’s Work in NOLA and NYC
Last week, two of Global Green USA’s projects were featured in the May 2013 issue of Plastics in Packaging, which has a circulation of over 6,000 and an estimated worldwide readership of 14,000. Editor Steven Pacitti was in New Orleans for the annual Plastics Recycling [...] -
Hands Across the Sand
We are excited to invite K-12 students to submit posters in the first ever Hands Across the Sand, New Orleans poster contest! Hands Across the Sand is an international day of unity to raise awareness about the consequences of offshore drilling and promote a green energy economy. In New Orleans, the event will focus on [...] -
Mayor Bloomberg Announces New York City Food Waste Challenge
Mayor Bloomberg announced the launch of a Commercial Food Waste Challenge initiative yesterday at the New York Times “Building Sustainable Cities” Conference. More than 100 participating restaurants have pledged to reduce 50 percent of the food waste they send to landfills through composting and other waste prevention strategies. The initiative was hailed by a broad spectrum of industry and environmental [...]
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Global Green Room Interview: Andrew Kotchen
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 team’s winning design is actualized with Global Green’s Holy Cross Project development in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans. On the 5th anniversary of the international design competition, we talked [...] -
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 Green CEO Matt Petersen and one of the winners, Andrew Kotchen from Workshop/apd. To begin with: the finalists from the design competition. As part of our [...] -
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 gardens. The group also weeded and added gravel and did some additional countouring on our bioswale. Thanks for all your [...] -
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 Orleans. In addition to visiting the Make It Right project, he and the group learned about developments underway at the Holy Cross Project [...] -
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 Linda!
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