The Environmental Fund
The Environmental Fund was established in 1994 using the settlement money from a legal dispute involving a phenol spill that tainted drinking water in the Mississippi River. The original gift of $6 million was invested and has grown to $10 million. The endowed fund’s goal is to encourage ecological, economic, and cultural vitality, resilience, and [...]
United Houma Indians
Evan Solet and Trent Dardar are dancing their way into an uncertain future. Threatened by the encroaching waters of the Gulf, the United Houma Nation’s very existence is at stake. An Environmental Fund grant will help them adapt their architecture and make other changes that will enhance their resilience and sustainability. Changes that could very [...]
Our School at Blair Grocery
Ensuring a source of healthy food, wholesome after-school activity and awareness of the environment is the goal of the Urban MicroFarm administered and run by the School at Blair Grocery. Founder Nat Turner works in the garden with student, Josh Jones. The students feel so empowered that they renamed the school, “Our” School at Blair [...]
Environmental Expert Mark Davis Moderates Discussion on Master Plan
“This master plan is unlike any ever done in this city or anywhere else in the country. Of necessity it is rooted in the unprecedented challenges this city faces but it is fundamentally based on the strengths, traditions, and opportunities of the city and region,” says Mark Davis, executive director of the Tulane Institute on [...]
New Orleans Institute for Resilience and Innovation
Bringing together the staff and leadership of organizations that received grants from the Foundation’s Environmental Fund, the New Orleans Institute for Resiliency and Innovation aims to foster the “connective tissue” between groups, to provide opportunities for peer [...]
Friends of Lafitte Corridor: Reclaiming the Heart of the City
Imagine riding your bike through a 3-mile linear park that connects the French Quarter to the Treme, Lafitte, Tulane/Gravier, Mid-City, Faubourg St. John, and Lakeview neighborhoods, and that links to City Park and the Marconi and Weisner bike routes via Bayou St. John [...]
Environmental Fund Launches
Marco F. Cocito-Monoc, director of regional initiatives, discusses the Foundation’s commitment to addressing environmental issues, the origins and goals of the Environmental Fund, the team of experts the Fund brings together, the most recent round of grants, and plans to regularly convene grantees through the Institute for Resilience and Innovation [...]
