Green Options » Holy Cross project http://greenoptions.com/tag/holy-cross-project Posts tagged 'Holy Cross project' Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:55:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en New Orleans Green Home Stands up to Gustav, Ike http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/19/new-orleans-green-home-stands-up-to-gustav-ike/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/19/new-orleans-green-home-stands-up-to-gustav-ike/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:55:38 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/19/new-orleans-green-home-stands-up-to-gustav-ike/ Global Green USA at Flickr, free license to publish.)Here’s a rare but welcome thing: good news from post-Katrina New Orleans. Global Green USA’s first ultra-green home in the Holy Cross neighborhood stood strong during hurricanes Gustav and Ike, both of which caused massive damage in parts of Louisiana and Texas, as well as elsewhere.

Global Green USA’s first house, which currently serves as a visitors’ center,”withstood the storm and is now open and ready to show others how they can rebuild stronger and greener,” said Beth Galante, director for Global Green USA New Orleans.

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