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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

April Garden

April 5, 2018 By Amelie Desormeaux

It's April and the weather is just perfect! Here's what we've been up to at the Edible Teaching Garden. We grew seedlings of Brandywine Tomatoes, Cherry Tomatoes, Parsley, Cilantro, and Bell Peppers last month and have been putting them in our freshly composted beds. We give the … [Read more...]

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Volunteer Spotlight: Jackie and Ben

March 27, 2018 By Amelie Desormeaux

Nearly every day, there is an awesome volunteer at Green Light New Orleans helping install rain barrels, paint garden beds, schedule light bulb routes, etc. But twice a week, we are graced with two very exceptional volunteers named Jackie and Ben. They showed up one day eager to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Green Light New Orleans, Green Light Spotlight, Green Light Volunteer, Teaching Garden Tagged With: Action, Community, green light volunteer, GreenLightNewOrleans, stormwater management, teaching garden, Volunteer

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