Protecting New Orleans' Environment:
For Our Families, For
Our Future
Previous Programs
This page contains a listing of all New Orleans Group Programs from
October 2003 until December 2008. Enjoy reliving past programs that
you may have attended or pine away for any that you may have missed.
To see more from some of the programs below as well as other events,
go to our Events page.
via Aaron Viles updated: Barry Kohl, July 2008
Listing in ascending order:
2008
December 2008: Holiday Potluck
November 2008:
October 2008:
September 2008: Insectarium talk
August 2008: Summer Break
July 2008: BBQ in Audubon Park
June 2008: "Smart Growth and the "Right
to Return" in post-Katrina New Orleans--
Finding Common Ground"; Harvey Stern, Mark Davis etc
May 2008: "Progress in Mercury Reduction and
Cleanup in Louisiana"; Barry Kohl
April 2008: Outings program: Byron Almquist
March 2008: City Park Master Plan: Bob Becker
Feb. 2008: "The Barataria Preserve pre and post
Katrina" Lafitte Nat'l Park Superintendent, Dave Luchsinger
Jan 2008: Wild Utah: America's Redrock Wilderness;
Bob Brister, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
2007
Dec. 2007: Holiday Potluck
Nov. 2007: The Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico: causes,
impacts on our fisheries, and
efforts to solve the problem : Stephanie Powell, GRN
Oct. 2007: "Wetlands Restoration as Disaster
Mitigation and National Security:
How the loss of Louisiana's coastal wetlands threatens the U.S. economy"
Collen Morgan
Sept 2007: Fisheries issues- Aaron Viles, GRN
August 2007: Summer Break
July 2007: BBQ at Audubon Park
June 2007:
May 2007: Southeast Louisiana Wildlife Refuges - Environmental
Challenges post-Katrina, NWR Staff
April 2007: La Vita Verde: Italian language students
help inform New Orleans recycling options
March 2007: Out of Balance: ExxonMobile's Impact on
Climate - film showing and discussion with director Tom Jackson
February 2007: Go Take a Hike - Byron Almquist shares
his favorite local haunts
January 2007: Mulching our Defenses - Cypress mulch
and our coast with Dr. Gary Shaffer and Dr. Barry Kohl
2006
December 2006: Holiday Potluck w/ Climate Jeopardy
brought to you by Micah and Aaron
November 2006: Hike for KaTREEna - local woman Monique
Pilie starts group,
hikes Appalachian Trail to re tree NOLA
October 2006: Parks, Refuges and Restoration - David
Muth of the Park Service spoke about Jean Lafitte national park
September 2006: Path of Destruction - Pulitzer winning
Times-Picayune reporter Mark Schliefstein discusses his new book on
Katrina and Global Warming
August 2006: Summer break
July 2006: BBQ at Audubon Park
June 2006: The School of Big Storms - Sierra Club/GRN
report presentation: Leslie, Aaron and Briana on the high costs of compromising
our natural defenses and the benefits of protecting them
May 2006: Geology of the Katrina Disaster - Dr. Steve
Nelson, Tulane Geology Chair and how NOLA's sediments undermined our
levees.
April 2006: MRGO has Gotta Go - Carlton Dufrechou
of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation and Louisiana state Senator
Walter Boasso on closing the coastal cancer
March 2006: Green Dots: A Smaller, Safer Urban Footprint
vs the Right to Return - Darryl Malek Wiley, Pam Dashiel
February 2006: Hurricanes and Our Wetlands: Losses
and Opportunities --- Mark Ford, Ph.D. Coalition to Restore Coastal
Louisiana
January 2006: Health and Sustainability in an Unundated
City - Jeff Thomas and Doug Meffert from the Bring New Orleans Back
Commisssion's Sustainability Subcommittee
2005
December 2005: Holiday Potluck w/Who Wants to Be an
Environmentalist? Brought to you by Casey and Steve
November 2005: New Orleans and Katrina: Looking Back,
Around and Forward - Karen Gautreaux, DEQ, Casey Roberts, Darryl Malek
Wiley.
September - October 2005: no programs
August 2005: "Here Comes Katrina"
July 2005: BBQ at Audubon
June 2005: Global Warming: Dangers and Opportunities
for New Orleans - Micah Walker Parkin w/Alliance for Affordable Energy,
Yarrow Etheredge w/Mayor's Office of Environmental Affairs, Prof. Franco
Marcantonio of Tulane
May 2005: Wet and Wild: Atchafalya - Charlie Fryling
and Dean Wilson
April 2005: Outings and Adventures: Byron Almquist,
Uptown Angler, Charterboat captains association, Bayou Haystackers,
Louisiana Hiking Club
March 2005: The Last Great Wilderness: Protecting
the Arctic - Lenny Kohm and Faith Gemmill
February 2005: From Cornwall to Cumbria: Walks in
Wales and England - Barry Kohl and Darryl Malek-Wiley
January 2005: Renewable Energy Solutions: At Home
and Abroad - Craig Morris on Alternative Energy in Germany, and Harold
Schoeffler on Gulf wind
2004
December 2004: Holiday BBQ and Who Wants to Be an
Environmentalist brought to you by Steve and Casey
November 2004: Jobs and the Environment - Tatum Neil,
Neil Corporation, Paul Breslow, Renewable Energy Council of Louisiana,
Charles Reith
October 2004: Election Day is Earth Day - Jeff Thomas
and Aaron Viles
September 2004: Our Urban Environment: New Orleans's
Transportation Future
-- Paul Cramer, Principal City Planner, City Planning Commission; Pat
Judge, Director of Public Affairs, Regional Transit Authority; Liz Davey,
Executive Committee, Metro Bicycle Coalition
August 2004: Summer break
July 2004: BBQ at Audubon Park
June 2004: Our Gulf and its Fisheries - Cyn Sarthou,
GRN
May 2004: Dispatches from Cancer Alley - Margie Richard,
Concerned Citizens of Norco
April 2004: Stood up by Elizabeth Souheaver of Southeast
Louisiana Wildlife Refuges
March 2004: Toxin-Free and Nearly Free: Habitat and
Greenpeace build a toxin free home in NOLA - Rick Hind, Greenpeace
February 2004: Trade and the Environment - Eric Dannenmeier,
Tulane Law School and Dr. John Clark, Loyola
January 2004: Third World Landscapes: Brazil, India
& Louisiana - Environmental artist Jacqueline Bishop
2003
December 2003: Holiday Potluck
November 2003: The Attack on the Clean Air Act - Adam
Babich, Tulane Environmental Law Clinic
October 2003: The Pearl River Basin - Dr. Paul Wagner,
Honey Island Swamp Tours; Prof. David White, Loyola; Debbie Bird, TNC
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