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Welcome!

Welcome to Go Green NOLA! Our website is the guide for the New Orleans community on how to build and live green. We hope to introduce you to new ways of thinking and living because we know one person can make a difference in her/his community. ( here's proof )
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Site Highlights

GREEN GARDENING 101
Don't like the idea of spraying your fruit and vegetable plants with harmful pesticides? Neither do we. Luckily, Grant Estrade from Laughing Buddha Nursery has given us information on methods of natural pest insect control including repellents and organic pesticides. Plus learn about bad bugs and good bugs.


GROW GREEN
Our friends at Parkway Partners are doing great work...from their recent newsletter... A new schoolyard garden is taking shape at Lusher High School. This garden is the eighth schoolyard garden established by Parkway Partners since Hurricane Katrina.


EAT LOCAL CHALLENGE
Before you sit down to eat that poached salmon, consider it's probably traveled at least 2700 miles meet you for dinner. Now, consider how far those gulf shrimp from the local farmer's market traveled. Probably only 100 miles. By choosing the shrimp, you'll be getting a fresher product. So, why not consider take the next step by accepting the eat local challenge?
WHY GO GREEN?
Back before there were plasma screen and liquid crystal display (LCD) tubes, we were all watching our Super Bowls and sitcoms on cathode ray tubes (CRT). The CRT model provided room for all your switches and wires in a box behind the screen, but it also stored a lot of lead.

Approximately 20 percent of CRTs are comprised of lead, equivalent to between four and eight pounds per unit.

Combine this with the fact that the FCC is going to require all televisions to run a digital signal by February 19, 2009, and we could be looking at a lot of lead headed for landfills. Even the smallest amounts of lead can be a serious issue, and we’re talking about eight pounds per unit.earth911.org

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INTERVIEWS WITH ARCHITECTS Meet Prisca Weems from Future Proof.
 

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Local Events

Cresent City Mkt
July 4, 2009, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
German Coast Mkt
July 4, 2009, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Camellia City Market
July 4, 2009, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Gretna Mkt
July 4, 2009, 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Westwego Farmer's Market
July 4, 2009, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Covington Mkt
July 4, 2009, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
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recycle Why Go Green?
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