Global Green USA is in 2023 working to rebuild and empower the community of the Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans. The Global Green Community project is a first of its kind, for environmental justice and sustainable housing.
Global Green USA celebrity advocates are supporting efforts for the revitalization of the Lower Ninth Ward Community of New Orleans.
The Global Green Community project aims to bring forth environmental justice and help 109 families in one of the hardest hit communities that to this day remains devastated by the climate catastrophe of Hurricane Katarina (in 2005). The project will rebuild homes with sustainable materials, certified green building practices, and renewable energy. The Global Green Community project in New Orleans will serve as a pilot for underserved communities in need in cities all over in the United States.
Global Green USA has a long and successful track record working to for environmental security and sustainable solutions, together with world’s leading voices in advocacy for Mother Earth. Global Green has partnered with EPA Sustainable Neighborhoods to develop policy change and sustainability impact for underserved communities in 29 US cities, including New Orleans. Global Green is a non-profit organization, working for 30 years to uplift impoverished communities living with environmental degradation and suffering health issues, in the US and globally as an affiliate in partnership with Green Cross International.
Brad Pitt is one of the caring activists within the Global Green family of celebrity advocates. His collaboration with Global Green USA began 15 years ago, where he was first inspired to support communities devastated by Katrina. Together with many other celebrity advocates, he voices his support for the Global Green Community project.
Join us to bring forth environmental justice and a brighter future for the people of the Lower Ninth Ward.
SUPPORT GLOBAL GREEN COMMUNITY IN THE LOWER NINTH WARD
THE GOFUNDME CAMPAIGN
Fundraising for the 2023 Global Green Community project is targeted to rebuild and revitalize the underserved community of the Lower Ninth Ward, New Orleans, and to empower its residents. The determination is to bring forth environmental justice – to cultivate a safe and healthy community for its people. The fundraising goal for the GoFundMe campaign for the Global Green Community in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans is set at $5 million.
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GLOBAL GREEN COMMUNITY ENVISIONED FOR CITIES ACROSS THE US
The Global Green Community project in New Orleans will serve as a pilot for underserved communities in need in cities all over in the United States. We will start work in the 28 cities where we have conducted our Sustainable Neighborhood Solutions program (from 2012 to 2016), with a grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency.
A Global Green Community is inspired by the declaration of the Earth Charter, which are guidelines with fundamental principles for building a just, peaceful and sustainable global society. We also aim to align with the
United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals, a universal call to action to end poverty and protect the planet. The construction protocol is guided by the global frameworks of Net Zero, meaning to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; and the LEED certification systems for sustainable building practices.
Building on our groundwork and vision for a sustainable planetary future, the revitalization of the Lower 9th Ward will mark the startup of Global Green Communities across the across the US.
PEOPLE ARE THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE COMMUNITY
A community is made up of the heart and soul of its people. The project aspires to empower its residents by bringing people together in community activities for education, individual prosperity, and the greater planetary good. The aim is to improve food security and community health, by way of access to local and affordable healthy organic food sources.
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Environmental injustice is today a planet-wide problem. Underserved communities of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) are most vulnerable to climate change, as they suffer the greatest ecological apartheid and injustice. These communities are on the frontlines of the climate crisis. Bringing forth environmental justice and sustainable solutions for underserved BIPOC communities is the goal of the Global Green Community.
LaToya Cantrell
Mayor of New Orleans
"On behalf of the City of New Orleans we envision the Global Green Community as a long-term strategy in the steps forward towards a sustainable future, not only for the residents of the Lower Ninth Ward but a model for cities across the US. This project can act to empower people, social environmental justice, and climate adaption."
LEED CERTIFIED
The guidelines for the housing construction are LEED, with cutting edge sustainable materials and renewable energy-powered. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) to set a benchmark for design, construction, maintenance, and operation of high-performance green buildings and homes, used world-wide.
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Your contribution, no matter how small or large, is appreciated. Fundraising for this campaign goes to help improve the quality of life for others and making the Global Green Community possible.
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