Monthly Archives: May 2011
13 Lessons Learned From 31 Days of Blogging
Eco-NOLA was born for the blogathon – literally on May 1, 2011. I had a website, and even a blog, but very few entries with no common theme among them. So when I read about the blogathon, I challenged myself … Continue reading
Best of the Blogathon
The Best of the Blogathon according to me. Continue reading
Blogging from the field
For someone like myself who enjoys days, sometimes weeks, in the wilderness blogging daily about seems like an impossible task. Today’s post almost didn’t happen because I spent the day on the beach with six friends, four dogs, and a … Continue reading
Blogathon Theme Day: What’s in a Wordle?
Want to wordle? Before the Blogathon I had never even heard of Wordle.com though I’ve seen shirts with word graphics similar to the ones produced by this nifty website. It’s easy to create, just put in your text or URL … Continue reading
Friday’s Five: Fight the Blight in New Orleans
Blight – it’s big, it’s bad, it’s ugly. And it’s a problem for everyone except the alarming number of wild animals now taking shelter in the abandoned buildings. According to a new study released by the Greater New Orleans Community … Continue reading
New Orleans Students Grade Their Cafeterias
It doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone to hear students aren’t happy with thier cafeteria choices. But what may surprise you is what they are complaining about. A group of New Orleans students called the Rethinkers released a report … Continue reading
National Brown-Bag-It Day: Brown is Out, Green is In
So I don’t even remember the last time I actually saw a a brown paper bag at a lunch table – even at a school – though I am sure they still exist. No, like a camelion brown-bagging it has … Continue reading
My Favorite Place to Write
Like Creedence Clearwater Revival, I get my inspiration looking out my back door. There are no tambourines and elephants playing in the band but there are lizards, frogs, flowers, and fruits. Continue reading
Eat Crawfish: Sustainable For Earth and Your Girth
Did you know crawfish are classified as livestock? Neither did I until this past week when I was on assignment for Louisiana Seafood News. I visited a crawfish farm in New Iberia, Louisiana, just west of the projected flooding due to the opening of the Morganza Floodway. The story, In Cajun Country, the Crawfish are Biting, Flood or No, was as fun to write as crawfish are to eat. Continue reading
Sailing on Lake Pontchartrain
So tonight I am going to just share five cool facts about Lake Pontchartrain. Continue reading
