http://greenlagirl.com/2007/09/28/clicklist-green-celebrity/ Urban environmental lifestyle blog in Los Angeles Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:12:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://greenlagirl.com/2007/09/28/clicklist-green-celebrity/#comment-131113 Les Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:53:35 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2007/09/28/clicklist-green-celebrity/#comment-131113 Having been born and raised in the City of New Orleans, and having been personally effected by the devestation of the hurricane... i can still strongly say that building eco-homes in the lower 9th ward is the worst backwards idea i have read yet. To build eco-sustainable homes in an area that is swamp land quickly eroding, constantly flooding, and guaranteed to be destroyed over and over, seems like an oxy-moron to me. I understand the giving nature of his plan, and the beauty of doing it the right way(eco safe) - but this is the wrong place. Unless those houses can double as getaway boats, and resist the continued sinking of the land.... Having been born and raised in the City of New Orleans, and having been personally effected by the devestation of the hurricane… i can still strongly say that building eco-homes in the lower 9th ward is the worst backwards idea i have read yet. To build eco-sustainable homes in an area that is swamp land quickly eroding, constantly flooding, and guaranteed to be destroyed over and over, seems like an oxy-moron to me. I understand the giving nature of his plan, and the beauty of doing it the right way(eco safe) - but this is the wrong place. Unless those houses can double as getaway boats, and resist the continued sinking of the land….

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