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8:00 am in agriculture, farming, how to, new orleans, organic, Take Action by TreeHugger
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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 Academy in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward. According to Read the full story on TreeHugger
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9:37 am in beaches, bp, conservation, economics, fish, food, new orleans, united states by TreeHugger
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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 costs too. Having already visited the awesome urban farmers of New Orleans, Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine o...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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9:10 am in activism, agriculture, communities, farming, food, new orleans, united states by TreeHugger
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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 sustainability of keeping "unproductive" cows alive, it was still a useful reminder that there are different ways of approaching food production than the relentless drive for efficiency and scale. And it's one...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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8:51 am in Design & Architecture, design competitions, new orleans, passive house by TreeHugger
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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 limits are not going to mean a lot in New Orleans, where ArchDaily and Design by Many ran a competition to design a Passive House. But there...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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3:11 pm in Culture & Celebrity, new orleans, recycling, social networking by TreeHugger
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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, harnessing the power of crowds without the electricity of computer-based social networking. What would you write on the "B...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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