{"id":6891,"date":"2016-04-28T09:43:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T14:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gnof.org\/?p=6891"},"modified":"2016-04-28T09:43:24","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T14:43:24","slug":"green-light-new-orleans-makes-a-large-impact-through-small-actions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/gnof\/green-light-new-orleans-makes-a-large-impact-through-small-actions\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Light New Orleans Makes A Large Impact Through Small Actions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/261334151&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Green Light New Orleans strives to operate as a model of energy efficiency and sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m in the backyard of Ms. Mira Cosey\u2019s home. She tells me what vegetables she\u2019s been growing in her garden since Green Light New Orleans built one for her, free of charge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTomatoes, collards, okra, turnips! Beets. And that\u2019s my cucumber over there,\u201d says Mira Cosey. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t this tall when I was out here last week. See, all that nice rain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Green Light New Orleans was started by musician Andreas Hoffman in 2006 to assist in the sustainable rebuilding of New Orleans. Greenlight offers New Orleans residents tools that can save money on recurring costs and reduce their own carbon footprint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSee, I\u2019m from Woodville, Mississippi. My family had gardens, a small farm. So when they came out with the idea, I jumped for it,\u201d says Cosey.<\/p>\n<p>Green Light New Orleans\u2019 volunteers have installed free energy efficient light bulbs to over 26,000 homes, backyard vegetable gardens, and rain barrels. Andreas Hoffman and Megan Bayha from Greenlight are also with us as they prepare to install one of those rain barrels for Ms. Cosey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt rained a lot. We want to collect that rain water for two reasons. One reason is that she could take that rain water and water the garden through periods that we don\u2019t have any rain,\u201d says Andreas Hoffman, the executive director for Green Light New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p>Another reason is so that a percentage of rain is caught instead of going out into the street. New Orleans has some of the highest annual rainfall in the country at over 60 inches per year. The city\u2019s pumping system is often overwhelmed during heavy rainfall and uses up a vast amount of resources to pump this polluted water from city streets, and into Lake Pontchartrain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich is the largest carbon footprint that we actually have for the city. But it also leads to the city sinking. So, it leads to subsidence. So to remediate those two issues we install the rain barrels. So there\u2019s all kinds of benefits to install the rain barrel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That includes the beautification of Ms. Cosey\u2019s backyard<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love my rain barrel already. It looks like something from the jazz fest. It\u2019s so colorful and I think that\u2019s why I picked it. When somebody come in the backyard they\u2019ll say \u201cwhat in the world is this,\u201d says Cosey.<\/p>\n<p>Now that Ms Cosey has her rain barrel picked out, it\u2019s time to install it. The teams digs out a foundation and pours sand. Then, Megan Bayha drills into the existing gutter along the side of Ms. Cosey\u2019s house to install the downspout that connects the gutter to the barrel. Finally, a water measuring device so Ms. Cosey can see how much she collects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlright, there you go! I think it\u2019s gonna rain on Thursday so your rain barrel will start to fill on Thursday,\u201d says Hoffman.<\/p>\n<p>I ask Ms. Cosey if she\u2019s excited now that her rain barrel is installed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, I am. I am. As soon as some water gets here.\u201d exclaims Cosey.<\/p>\n<p><em>Written by Jasmin Lopez\u00a0for the Community IMPACT Series and produced by<a href=\"http:\/\/wwno.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">WWNO<\/a> in partnership with the Greater New Orleans Foundation. Learn more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenlightneworleans.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Green Light New Orleans<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green Light New Orleans strives to operate as a model of energy efficiency and sustainability. I\u2019m in the backyard of Ms. Mira Cosey\u2019s home. She tells me what vegetables she\u2019s been growing in her garden since Green Light New Orleans built one for her, free of charge. \u201cTomatoes, collards, okra, turnips! Beets. 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