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TEDxNOLA Conference August 27

Join Mayor Mitch Landrieu and dozens of thought leaders on Friday, August 27, to explore Ideas that Matter on the theme Crisis and Creativity at TEDxNOLA. Listen to one of the day’s featured speakers, Irwin Redlener of Columbia University’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness, speak about a recent study he led on the effects of the BP disaster on Gulf residents.

Aug 15 2010

The Urban Conservancy Responds to the BP Gulf Disaster

The Urban Conservancy announces the launch of a new web portal connecting donors to local gulf groups. Read more.

Read more about the Delta Working Group here.

Jul 13 2010

BP Disaster & Coastal Restoration Resources

The wetlands that are in danger are more than just trees. They act as a first line of defense for the communities against hurricanes, storms and tidal surge.

Take Action:
Gulf Restoration Network

Volunteer:
Voice of the Wetlands
Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana

Submit an Incident:
Bucket Brigade

Donate:
Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana
Greater New Orleans Foundation

Report Claims, Oiled Wildlife:
Various phone numbers and webistes

Spill Trajectory Forecasts:
Updated maps from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration showing the predicted trajectory of the oil slick.

Monitoring Air Quality:
Louisiana Environmental Action Network
AIRnow

News:
Local and national news stories on WWNO

Photographs:
Photos from Times-Picayune - NOLA.com

May 4 2010

Thinking Outside the Box: UC Releases Economic Impact Report

This 2009 collaboration between The Urban Conservancy and Civic Economics shows that compared to leading chain competitors, local New Orleans retailers generate twice the annual sales, recirculate revenues within the local economy at twice the rate, and on a per square foot basis, have four times the economic impact while consuming a fraction of the land. Read the study here.

Sep 24 2009

90 Seconds on New Orleans’ Local Economy

Entrepreneurs tell you why Stay Local! matters. Stay Local! is a project of The Urban Conservancy. Produced by DocNO Productions.

Aug 10 2009

Taking Stock: New Orleans Five Years After Katrina

If there is a leit-motif to all of the documentaries, reports, memoirs and retrospectives on New Orleans five years after Katrina, it is this: we are a city that is at once rich in excess and desperately in need. Both the _*Price of Civilization*_ and the _*New Orleans Index at Five*_ reports highlight a second, less headline-grabbing but equally resonant theme for residents shoring up our infrastructure, our levees and our coastline: prioritization and coordination. Read more >

Aug 24 2010 | Start the Discussion

Black Tide Rolls In

In Ysyclosky, Brad Robin, an old podnah of my fathers, watched as deckhands unloaded the last sacks of oysters from the Ms. Donna Ann. “I’m a oyster fisherman today,” he said, “but I don’t know what I’m going to be tomorrow.” Read more >

May 3 2010 | Start the Discussion