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Celebrate Earth Day by supporting Green Light. Every little bit helps.

April 10, 2025 By Christian Ryan

Earth Day is April 22nd, and we suggest celebrating by supporting your favorite local sustainability non-profit - Green Light New Orleans! Your support is a gift not just to us, but to your local and global community! Your support funds our rain barrel program by providing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Green Light New Orleans, Rain barrel, Support Tagged With: GreenLightNewOrleans, Support

Hello!

April 7, 2025 By Christian Ryan

Christian Ryan

Dear Friends,  I am delighted to join Green Light as the new Executive Director. Since its conception in 2006, Andreas Hoffmann has nurtured the growth of a bright idea into a beautiful organization that serves our community members through both knowledge and empowerment. I am … [Read more...]

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World Refugee Day

June 19, 2018 By Amelie Desormeaux

Green Light New Orleans was excited to participate in this year's World Refugee Day celebrations. We got to be one of the many organizations offering our services and showing a welcoming face to our community members- some new and some who have been here for many years. We had a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events, Green Light New Orleans, Stormwater Management, Uncategorized Tagged With: Action, Community, Environmental Education, GreenLightNewOrleans, stormwater management, Sustainable Home

Tulane Pathways to Urban Sustainability

May 2, 2018 By Amelie Desormeaux

A Tulane class, Pathways to Urban Sustainability, has been helping us in our endeavor to address various urban environmental problems for the past few years. The students have explored new methodologies for addressing carbon offprints from backyard gardens, and are now doing the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Green Light Spotlight, Stormwater Management Tagged With: Action, Community, Environmental Education, GreenLightNewOrleans, Living Sustainably, stormwater management, Volunteer

Donation Spotlight: Compost from Westward Productions!

April 7, 2018 By Amelie Desormeaux

We are grateful to Westward Productions for their donation of compost to the Green Light New Orleans Backyard Garden program. Westward recently wrapped filming “The First,” where the production operated a green set and office dedicated to minimizing carbon emissions and single … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Green Light New Orleans, Green Light Spotlight, Gulf Coast, Uncategorized Tagged With: Community, garden, greenlightgardener, GreenLightNewOrleans, growyourown, Living Sustainably, Spotlight, teaching garden

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