New Orleans Neighborhoods Partnership Network

Global Green is proud to partner with the United States Green Building Council – Louisiana Chapter, and the American Institute of Architects, New Orleans Chapter, to present a monthly panel series on issues of sustainability in the built environment. Please note change from our usual date and location.

This month’s event, hosted by USGBC-LA Chapter in partnership with Historic Green:

Green From the Ground Up: How Putting People First Changes What We Do Next.

Wednesday, March 10th
5:30 p.m. to 7:30pm
All Souls Church
5500 St. Claude Ave
Lower Ninth Ward

USGBC-Louisiana is excited to welcome Historic Green’s invited speaker, Rick Fedrizzi. Mr. Fedrizzi, founding chairman of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in 1993, was appointed President & CEO in April 2004. Under his leadership, the Council has tripled its membership, broadened its influence, and cemented its role as a leadership voice in the global sustainability movement.

The evolution and extension of the internationally recognized LEED Green Building Rating System to all building types and expansion of LEED certification and accreditation through the spin off the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI), of which Rick is chairman, has helped build in speed and capacity to the organization. Collaboration, through work with the Clinton Global Initiative, the International Codes Council, AIA, ASHRAE, ASID, ASLA, BOMA and IFMA has broadened the base of green building. Expanded outreach and education, advocacy support for public policy initiatives, and a heightened emphasis on green building’s role in social equity progress are part of Rick’s vision for the organization.

This event presented by Historic Green: http://www.historicgreen.org . Light refreshments will be served. AIA Continuing Education Credits apply.

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The New Orleans Citizen Participation Program is competing in the Pepsi Refresh challenge for a $50,000 grant. Bringing these funds to New Orleans will help us to complete the final stages of this project which will empower citizens throughout our city to have a voice in city government policies and decisions that impact their city, their neighborhoods and their lives. You can vote once per day per email address and it takes less than 60 seconds to cast your vote. The steps to help us win this grant are very simple:

1. Go to http://www.refresheverything.com/neworleanscitizenparticipation and sign up using the “Join Pepsi Refresh Everything” link located on the lower left side of the page. All you need is an email address.

2. Vote for NOLACPP

3. Spread the word among your friends and networks — please share this as widely as possible (your email contacts, through Facebook, Twitter, etc. — there are icons on the site to do these), because the competition will be strong and we need every vote we can get every single day.

4. Return every day during the month of March to vote for NOLACPP.

Thank you for your support. With your help we can bring this money to New Orleans and give our people a voice in our future.

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