Spring Greening

Historic Green in Eco-Structure Magazine

Check out Historic Green featured in Eco-Structure Magazine here.  Historic Green Chair and Co-founder Jeremy Knoll is interviewed about HG discussing why we exists and where we are going. 

Presentation at the University of Minnesota

As part of a thank you for the USGBC Mississippi Headwaters Chapter (MN) www.usgbcmn.org for helping to fund the U of M students' trip to NOLA, Jodi Wilson gave a presentation on the experiences the students had working in Holy Cross.  I introduced Jodi and talked about why we felt it was important to help fund the students' trip.  We did our presentation a couple weeks ago, but I thought it would be nice to share, and I've been thinking a lot, especially after Jeremy gave us his "by the numbers" list! Download historic_green_new_orleans_u_of_m.pdf

At the end, one of the professors read some of the students' writings on their trip, and I found it to be so encouraging and inspiring.  One of the things that stuck out to me was the comment that in NOLA, people ask you how you are, and they really want to know.  And twenty minutes later, you're still talking!
The first day I was in Louisiana was October 8, 2005.  I had spent 10 days in Washington, DC, for training, and then I landed in Baton Rouge.  I had no idea where anything was, and I was trying to pick up the keys for the apartment I was going to be living in for the next four months.  I was tired, hot, and lost, and close to tears.  In the parking lot at the Super Target, this woman came up to me and asked me if she could help with anything.  I said I was lost, and we started talking.  She gave me directions, and I was actually able to just walk over to where I needed to go.  When I got back to my car, she had left me a note with her phone number and address, and had invited me to dinner.  This would not have happened in Minnesota or Nevada or Utah - the other states where I've lived.  This experience really helped shape my whole experience living in post Katrina/Rita Baton Rouge, and part of why I feel like I need to keep giving back to Louisiana.

And I can't wait for 2009 Historic Green! 

In the News

Appearing in this morning's Renewable Energy World:

A nice piece. Read the full story here.