Historic Green Registration is LIVE!
Anisa
GREAT NEWS: Registration is now live for Historic Green 2010!!
Follow this link to secure your place at this year's event in New
Orleans: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=196930
I'll be sending out updates once a week until the event, letting you
know what we're working on and what you need to know before you travel
down to help out!
Not sure what you're getting into? Here's a little more information
about the event:
2010 SPRING GREENING:
March 9-19, 2010
Holy Cross Neighborhood, The Lower 9th Ward
Historic Green serves to transform and revitalize communities through
education and charitable activities that integrate sustainable design
and heritage conservation practices. Now in its third year, the
Historic Green event “Spring Greening” continues to focus on
sustainability and preservation techniques to combine the concepts of
green design construction and historic restoration. An idea that is
not often discussed in green design forums, sustainable preservation
is the focus the Historic Green initiative as it helps green the
existing built and natural spaces of the historic Holy Cross
neighborhood.
HISTORIC GREEN SPRING GREENING PROJECTS 2010:
· Aid in the construction a new LEED® Platinum facility to
house the new offices of The Center for Sustainable Engagement &
Development (CSED)
· Partner with Lower Ninth homeowners to green their
properties: weatherization, radiant barriers, and other measures
· Continue renovations at the Lower 9th Ward Village
· Design and install demonstration rain gardens throughout the
Lower Ninth Ward
· Restore a tupelo cypress ecosystem at Bayou Bienvenue and
restore public spaces around the Bayou
· Continue improvement efforts at the Delery Street Playground
– the only working playground in Holy Cross
· Conduct educational workshops throughout the 11 day period to
train residents and volunteers the tenets of sustainable preservation
· Provide Holy Cross neighborhood/Lower Ninth architectural
tours for volunteers