Summer Gardening Tips From Our Garden Coordinator!
New Orleans summers can be very intense for people and plants. Here are some tips to help you beat the heat this year: 1) Water…
Author: Jessica Caines
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Dogs of Green Light
The Green Light team loves meeting residents’ furry friends! Send us photos of your pets and your rain barrel to be featured! …
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Entergy’s Yearlong Support of Green Light
A longtime partnership between Green Light New Orleans and Entergy will continue to positively impact the New Orleans community and support our rain barrel program….
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Green Light Garden Revival
This spring our garden coordinator Helena has been working very hard with the help of some ready and willing volunteers to take our teaching garden…
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Rain Barrel Artists and Recipients!
We love having so many amazing artists who give their time to Green Light so recipients can have awesome barrels like these! Artists love to…
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Travelocity Sweepstakes
Green Light has partnered up with one of our donors, Travelocity, and their Sweepstakes for Good to create a sweepstakes that gives one winner and…
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How to keep foods fresh for longer
“Tomatoes have no place in the fridge,” “Eggs and milk stay in the fridge door,” ” Yogurt and sour cream are supposed to go in…
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The More AmeriCorps, The Better!
For the past month, Green Light has had the pleasure of hosting a team of six AmeriCorps NCCCs, more than doubling our workforce! As a…
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Volunteer Spotlight: Entergy
This MLK day 2019 we had volunteers from Entergy spend the day with us. Their group fully prepared and decorated a significant amount of barrels,…
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Community Member Spotlight: Ms. Rosie
Ms. Rosie received light bulbs from us back in 2015, and on January 22, 2019 we installed both a rain barrel and a garden for…
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An Event With A Sweet Purpose
This year, Green Light partnered with HandsOn New Orleans, SOUL, and NOLA Tree Project to host hundreds of volunteers from Ben and Jerry’s. Yes, the…
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Green Light Spotlight: Rebecca Madura
Green Light couldn’t be more grateful for our Board President and resident artist Rebecca Madura. A New Orleans native, Rebecca studied studio art at Newcomb…