I love discovering an occasional gem of a Website during minutes (hours?) of random Internet browsing, and today I found a real diamond: RUBARB, which stands for “Rusted Up Beyond All Recognition Bikes.”
Started by volunteers in March 2006 — about a half-year after Hurricane Katrina and the levee-failure flooding of New Orleans — RUBARB was inspired by a much-repeated experience of hurricane cleanup crews: pulling bicycle after unused, flood-damaged bicycle from the mountain
As New Orleans continues to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina many home owners are turning towards building green homes.
The post-Katrina rebuilding effort in New Orleans has a long way to go, but some residents, activists and volunteers are celebrating one small but noteworthy step after another toward a more sustainable city.
Rumor has it...
Heavy rain is leading to high water in parts of New Orleans where residents are finally recovering from Hurricane Katrina.
Two years after the storm, the devastated city is a boomtown of fresh ideas in architecture. One of the more original schemes is to retrofit houses with Styrofoam foundations. If high waters roll in, the houses can float. Lots of green features also taking off.
A tour of the Gulf Coast in photos showing the slow recovery from Hurricane Katrina, at the two year anniversary.
In the months following Hurricane Katrina, Beth Galante left behind a successful career in law and joined forces with Global Green USA, a national environmental organization working to rebuild New Orleans in an eco-friendly and energy-efficient way. Galante, now head of the local Global Green office, says things are off to a good start — last year, architecture buff Brad Pitt signed on to help sponsor and judge their competition for the best new green-housing design in New Orleans. Galante talks with marieclaire.com.
