The Green Project
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The Green Project is a nonprofit organization located in New Orleans, Louisiana and serves mainly Southeast Louisiana and the Mississippi Coast. We focus on recycling building components, materials, and paints, along with occasional supplies, furniture, appliances, or garden items. We return basic materials to the community, at low cost, while supplying architects, builders, artisans, artists, households, and hobbyists for particular projects. The Green Project is an important player in efforts to rebuild livable neighborhoods, preserving both modern and historical buildings, and reducing the waste stream.
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[edit] Contact Information
The Green Project
2831 Marais Street
New Orleans, LA 70117
Tel: (504) 945-0240
mailto:thegreenproject@bellsouth.net
Offical Homepage: The Green Project
[edit] ReClaim Project
[edit] After the Storm: First Step Toward Rebuilding
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the Gulf Coast, and left the region’s residents struggling with the reality of rebuilding. In New Orleans, and adjacent Mississippi communities, many of the most historic neighborhoods were so badly damaged that their residents face no other option but to bulldoze their homes and start over. The Adopt-A-House program offers another, more positive, option for these citizens who have already lost so much and gives back to a city facing a long road ahead.
[edit] Deconstruction: A Constructive Approach
Deconstruction is the planned dismantling of a building in order to recover still valuable materials that would otherwise be lost in the demolition process. Rather than bulldozing these historic homes into debris bound for the landfills, dismantling them as carefully as they were constructed conserves valuable resources.
All of the recovered materials are kept out of landfills that are straining to keep up with the debris created by the storm. Some of these materials can be recycled and made into new building materials. Certain irreplaceable materials, such as many architectural elements, hardware, and old growth lumber can be reused in the rebuilding and repairing of damaged homes. Although deconstruction is comparable in cost to demolition.
