Inspired Volunteer Hosts Ping Pong Tournament for Green Light
Adam Cooper is one of the many volunteers who visit and serve with Green Light New Orleans from out of town. He first came to…
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Green Light Spotlight: Jude Sorapuru
If you had to summarize your experience with Green Light in one word, what would that word be? “Gratifying.” It doesn’t take more than a…
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Now Hiring: Goal Intern!
Green Light New Orleans’ mission is to invest energy in people and assist New Orleans residents face to face, one household at a time. Our…
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Green Light Spotlight: Ms. Brenda Bailey
A former New Orleans librarian, Ms. Brenda Bailey has retired and now resides in the East with her husband. When asked about her post-retirement life,…
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Uncertainty in Science–It’s Effects on Public Opinion
As an environment and film studies student at Loyola University, I have had an amazing opportunity to learn about the communication of environmental issues. I…
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Katrina10 Day of Service
On the Saturday morning of August 29, 2015 instead of sleeping off the long work week, over ten thousand New Orleans residents and visitors demonstrated…
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Welcome our Fall 2015 Interns!
We are happy to have these four new interns to our Green Light Family! Read about where they come from and why they wanted to…
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Green Light Spot Light: Oeyvind Solaas
Meet Oeyvind Solaas, who introduces himself as “Vin”, probably for my own sake. Originally from Norway, Vin hopped from Israel and skipped to the United…
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A Research Partnership: Green Light New Orleans, Tulane University, and Commission for Environmental Cooperation
This past semester, an environmental class at Tulane University worked with Green Light New Orleans to begin to create a carbon reduction methodology for our Backyard Vegetable Garden Program. We want to know… how much of an impact on the carbon reduction and financial savings are our gardeners contributing to as they grow their own food? The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (NAPECA) helped to make this happen by funding the research and a number of our Backyard Vegetable Garden builds. The Commission for Environmental Cooperation hosted two student researchers at their conference last month (July 2015) to present the research and its connection to Green Light. This is what the students learned at the conference and through their research…
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Green Light’s Teaching Edible Garden
Last summer (2014), we introduced the concept of permaculture, a farming philosophy that works with, rather then against nature. If you missed the explanation and…
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Green Light Spotlight: Heart 2 Heart Family Worship Center
Robert Oliver is a member of the Heart 2 Heart Family Worship Center’s, an up and coming church on Washington Avenue where Green Light recently…
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Green Light Spotlight: Melinda Morris
I am warmly greeted at the door by Melinda and a barking dog I am soon to learn is named Sandy. He trots ahead, much…