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Brad Pitt's "Make It Right" Unveils New Duplex Designs
Brad Pitt's "Make It Right" Foundation has released a new set of duplex designs for New Orleans, by yet another
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Gehry Designs Shotgun House for New Orleans
There is a lot of disagreement about why the narrow, deep houses common in New Orleans were called "shotgun" and where they came from. There are no halls and one room connects directly to another,
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Society of Environmental Journalists Announces 2008-2009 Award Winners
Cue the horns: The Society of Environmental Journalists has announced the winners of the
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8 Celebrity Eco-Businesses We Can't Stop Talking About
While we've seen many celebrities jumping on the green bandwagon, we've also seen them doing it for the real deal. Many have been eco-conscious for years--some are just realizing how important it is...
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How Brad Pitt Could Spark a Green Building Revolution
Brad Pitt started the Make It Right foundation in 2007 to rebuild homes for residents in New Orleans who lost theirs to Hurricane Katrina. Which would have been plenty admirable if that was the extent...
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Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation Unveils Floating House
The Float House, designed by Morphosis Architects, is the latest design to be built by Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation, which is helping families rebuild eco-friendly homes in the Lower Ninth...
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Rebuilding a Green New Orleans: An Interview with Matt Petersen, President of...
"This wasn't just folks with a bunch of good ideas and a Hollywood star" Global Green USA, a charity founded in 1993 by Mikhail Gorbachev, may be best known for its initiatives with celebrities like...
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Pop!Tech Pop Quiz: Tom Darden of Make it Right (Video)
Tom Darden steers Make it Right, the green building non-profit that Brad Pitt sparked after Hurricane Katrina. The mission: to bring 150 sustainable (and storm resistant) homes to the Lower Ninth Ward...
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Out of the Ruins, A More Sustainable Haiti?
With over a million left homeless and its capital city all but destroyed, Haiti is set to become the focus of an enormous rebuilding effort. Internationally, many are calling for a full-fledged...
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Make It Right: The Saints Come Marching In
The New Orleans Saints not only made it to the Super Bowl XLIV, they took the championship for the first time in its history! In honor
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Tom Darden on Making It Right in New Orleans
Image: PBS Brad Pitt's vision for a green rebuild of the Lower Ninth Ward is being realized by Make It Right, an innovative organization whose cutting-edge designs, sculpted by world-class architects,...
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The 'Katrina of Smell' is Attacking News Orleans Thanks to BP Oil Spill
A 'Gag-inducing' Fuel Smell: "my nose is now burning"As if water and (no doubt soon to come) land pollution wasn't enough, the BP oil spill caused by an exploding oil rig is also causing some serious...
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From Pink To Paradigm: Brad Pitt's Make It Right Houses
The Pink Project Almost three years ago, Brad Pitt built the Pink Project, which was, as described by Archinect: "150 randomly scattered pink-clad structures have been erected to occupy 14 city blocks...
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From Pink To Paradigm: Brad Pitt's Make It Right Houses (Slideshow)
Almost three years ago, Brad Pitt built the Pink Project. TreeHugger founder Graham asked recently if we had covered it and I had to admit we had not; three years ago it seemed to me, frankly,...
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Nutmobile Travels to Green Spaces
The goofy looking Nutmobile is headed to New Orleans on a 16-city tour through summer to show off its green features, including a wind turbine,
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Hypothetical Developments On Display In New Orleans
I was not quite sure what to think when Rob Walker, G.K. Darby and Ellen Susan launched the Hypothetical Development Organization late last year. In some ways, it hearkened back to the architectural...
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Abandoned House Becomes 'Before I Die' Wall of Dreams (Photos)
This wall asks a question. What's important to you? What do you want to do before you die? What's on your bucket list? In New Orleans, an abandoned house has been converted into a community art project,
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Passive House Design from Canada Wins Competition For New Orleans
The Passivhaus (now called Passive House in North America) standard is usually thought of as a response to temperate or cold conditions, given its German origin. Certainly its annual heating energy...
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The Awesome Urban Farmers & Brass Bands of New Orleans (Video)
Yesterday I posted a video from The Perennial Plate about an award-winning humane dairy that lets its cows retire (as opposed to grinding them up for hamburger). While some folks questioned the...
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A Gulf Fisherman Struggles for Economic Survival (Video)
Oil seems to be a double curse for the fishermen of the Gulf Coast. Not only are they dealing with the devastating fallout of the BP oil spill, but they are struggling to keep up with ever-rising fuel...
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Supporting Food Security in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward
Click on image to view the video. Photo: Kickstarter A Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans food project could promise real change to a struggling community. Our School at Blair Grocery is a Food Security...
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Traveling Off the Beaten Path in New Orleans, Eco-Style
Steer clear of the plastic beads on Bourbon Street to experience a more local NOLA (New Orleans, Lousiana).
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Massive Waste of Mardi Gras Beads is No Party
You can't kiss all that trash away: But a few environmental groups in New Orleans plan to divert some of the plastic beads from landfill this year.
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New Film 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' Promises Magic and Wonder (Video)
The lyrical drama won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, and the hearts of everyone who watched it.
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The Music Box: Artists Turn Shanties into Musical Instruments in New Orleans...
Nine ramshackle structures have been rigged by a team of musicians, artists, and inventors to create a musical shantytown.
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Frank Gehry Returns To His Roots With His House for Make It Right
Not a curvy piece of titanium in sight.
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Beat The Heat: If You Want A Cool House, Get A Shotgun
In much of the southern United States, people used to build what's called Shotgun Houses. They were cheap and cool.
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Mealworm stuffing? Cricket pumpkin pie? Bugs meet Thanksgiving classics
If you're bored with traditional Thanksgiving fare, here's an option for the truly adventurous: a side of insects.
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Repurposing NOLA: An entire store full of stuff made from scrap and waste
Traci Claussen makes bags out of burlap sacks and carpet, vinyl from car interiors, all right in New Orleans.
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More on whatever happened to the Katrina Cottage
Problems with manufacturing, with image, even with the name, all contributed to holding it back.
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