<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for The Nation reports on sustainable revitalization of the New Orleans neighborhood]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by DarrylEMW http://www.grist.org/article/green-goes-the-lower-ninth1/ Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:24:21 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/green-goes-the-lower-ninth1/1 Green goes the Lower Nine

For folks that want to see more information on the Holy Cross Neighborhood Association and their work check out http://www.helpholycross.org

We are always looking for additional friend to help rebuild, renew and restore the lower 9 so take some time off and come to visit and work.

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Darryl Malek-Wiley
Sierra Club
Environmental Justice Organizer

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]]> Green goes the Lower Nine

For folks that want to see more information on the Holy Cross Neighborhood Association and their work check out http://www.helpholycross.org

We are always looking for additional friend to help rebuild, renew and restore the lower 9 so take some time off and come to visit and work.

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Darryl Malek-Wiley
Sierra Club
Environmental Justice Organizer

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]]> Comment #2 by caniscandida http://www.grist.org/article/green-goes-the-lower-ninth1/ Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:28:50 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/green-goes-the-lower-ninth1/2 security

This is a fascinating report.  The collaboration between HCNA and Sierra Club is encouraging.

Security seems to be a huge issue in why some people choose to return and try to rebuild, and others just cannot make it.  Homes are vulnerable while being restored, and the police are corrupt.  It is clear that many people from New Orleans, whether still living there or wanting to move back, have great, solid visions for renewing their wonderful city.  But it remains an American tragedy, that help for them is too often so hard to find.

Chickens are our cousins! So are other sensitive animals! Enough is enough! No more factory farms!

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This is a fascinating report.  The collaboration between HCNA and Sierra Club is encouraging.

Security seems to be a huge issue in why some people choose to return and try to rebuild, and others just cannot make it.  Homes are vulnerable while being restored, and the police are corrupt.  It is clear that many people from New Orleans, whether still living there or wanting to move back, have great, solid visions for renewing their wonderful city.  But it remains an American tragedy, that help for them is too often so hard to find.

Chickens are our cousins! So are other sensitive animals! Enough is enough! No more factory farms!

]]> Comment #3 by Brudaimonia http://www.grist.org/article/green-goes-the-lower-ninth1/ Sat, 25 Aug 2007 07:40:37 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/green-goes-the-lower-ninth1/3 A comprehensive, encouraging article

Kudos to Ms. Solnit for covering a lot of efforts in one well-written piece.  I agree with caniscandida that the article is fascinating.

As an outsider who came down to NOLA to volunteer for a couple weeks last September (hard to believe it has almost been a year already), I hope that these good efforts can weather the political entanglement that is overseeing New Orleans' recovery.

Ed Blakely, an experienced planner who was appointed planning czar a while back, has done a lot to try and coordinate the planning effort, but from what I hear there is more political red tape than there are crawfish in Louisiana, and it's contributing to the slow recovery.

I know several other universities also have programs helping out various areas of New Orleans.  The Univeristy of North Carolina has a program in Gentilly, and DePaul University in Chicago has a program in the Tulane Canal neighborhood.  But I'm sure there are many, many other institutions of higher learning, in addition to those mentioned above, which are helping.

]]> A comprehensive, encouraging article

Kudos to Ms. Solnit for covering a lot of efforts in one well-written piece.  I agree with caniscandida that the article is fascinating.

As an outsider who came down to NOLA to volunteer for a couple weeks last September (hard to believe it has almost been a year already), I hope that these good efforts can weather the political entanglement that is overseeing New Orleans' recovery.

Ed Blakely, an experienced planner who was appointed planning czar a while back, has done a lot to try and coordinate the planning effort, but from what I hear there is more political red tape than there are crawfish in Louisiana, and it's contributing to the slow recovery.

I know several other universities also have programs helping out various areas of New Orleans.  The Univeristy of North Carolina has a program in Gentilly, and DePaul University in Chicago has a program in the Tulane Canal neighborhood.  But I'm sure there are many, many other institutions of higher learning, in addition to those mentioned above, which are helping.

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