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More on the Ninth Ward: Musicians’ Village strikes an optimistic chord

October 20, 2009

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice , Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably

Tags:
community, katrina, musiciansvillage, neighborhood, neworleans, NinthWard, redevelopment, smartgrowth

       Last week's post on the architecture of the Make It Right Foundation's new homes in New Orleans brought some thoughtful comments, and it brought even more when I reposted it on another site that I also frequent. ...continued

As we consider Gustav, award-winning Katrina documentary enters national distribution

September 2, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
Gustav, HurricaneKatrina, neworleans, NinthWard, tialessin, TroubleTheWater

 Fortunately, Hurricane Gustav has not turned out to be another Katrina, as major storms go, but it appears mild only by comparison.  Hundreds of thousands are without power; evacuated citizens are getting by in shelters; the sewers in New Orleans...continued

Trouble the Water – a note from NOLA

March 9, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , The Media and the Environment

Tags:
HurricaneKatrina, NinthWard, RegionalEquity08, TroubleTheWater

 Trouble the Water is the name of a new documentary film about the survivors of Hurricane Katrina.  At this point, I bet I’ve seen a half-dozen such films, but this one is the best.What sets it apart is that it...continued

Kaid Benfield
Kaid Benfield
Director, Smart Growth Program
Washington, DC
Co-founder, LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system; co-founder, Smart Growth America coalition; author, Once There...
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