Keeping New Orleans Beautiful

February 16, 2016 by Charlie London

February Updates from Keep New Orleans Beautiful

Keep Louisiana Beautiful “Healthy Communities” Grants now open
Orleans Sierra Club presents: “Common Sense Solutions to Waste, Litter and Pollution at the City Level”
YLC Recycles seeks Volunteers for Rock n’ Roll Marathon Feb 27 & 28
Lots of Spring Litter Clean-ups!

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1. Keep Louisiana Beautiful “Healthy Communities” Grants now open

The Keep Louisiana Beautiful Healthy Communities Grant Program is designed to encourage community action in the specific areas of litter abatement, waste reduction, environmental education and stewardship, training, litter enforcement, and recycling. KLB will support strong, sustainable, action-oriented programs dedicated to our mission, and which demonstrate a clear commitment to community education, volunteer engagement and behavioral change.

Applications are available to 501c3s, governmental entities, schools, universities and other civic organizations. Awards vary from $1,000 to $10,000 and are offered on a reimbursement basis. These are great grants for purchasing recycling bins. Applications for this grant must be submitted by April 7th, 2016. http://keeplouisianabeautiful.org/grants/

2. Orleans Sierra Club presents:
“Common Sense Solutions to Waste, Litter and Pollution at the City Level”.
Max Ciolino, No Waste NOLA
Sunday, February 21
6:30 PM refreshments
7 PM to 8 PM program
Audubon Zoo Dominion Auditorium
Call 504-307-0187 for information.

3. YLC Recycles seeks Volunteers for Rock n’ Roll Marathon Feb 27 & 28
YLC Recycles needs your help for our kickoff event for 2016, which is also one of our largest – The Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon on February 28th! We have 4 shifts available for our volunteers to help: (1) setup shift on Saturday, February 27th and (3) shifts between 7:15AM and 5PM on February 28th. Refreshments and other perks will be given to our wonderful volunteers to enjoy the race after party. Please bring your friends because this will be all hands on deck!

RSVP below for your spot today!

Lots of Spring Litter Pick-ups!
If your group is planning a spring clean-up or Great American Cleanup event, let us know so we can help publicize!

NOLA Trash Mob: Has a full schedule of Sunday morning clean-ups throughout the spring. To find out each week’s location, visit their Facebook page

Leaders against Litter: On Friday morning, March 18, local leaders working against litter will gather as part of a statewide awareness event. To participate, contact ccnola1@gmail.com

March 23: Cleanest City Contest Judging : The Garden Clubs of New Orleans have entered the statewide Cleanest City Contest again, and they are calling on New Orleanians everywhere to mow lots, maintain green space, involve community and YOUTH, form adopt-a-block groups, clean curbs and catch basins, paint over graffiti, and involve schools, churches, and organizations to make New Orleans more beautiful. Send pictures of your efforts to ccnola1@gmail.com. On March 23, judges will do a drive-through visit to the city.

Greenway Clean Way

June 5, 2015 by Charlie London

Friends of Lafitte Corridor and NOLA Trash Mob are joining forces for a third time!

On Sunday 14 June, we will meet on the Mid-City Market Patio (401 N Carrollton Ave) at 9:30am, then work on sprucing up the area around the intersection of the nearly-complete Lafitte Greenway and Carrollton Ave. The clean-up will last about two hours.

***IMPORTANT: Please also RSVP with FOLC by following this link

—> http://goo.gl/O4nsK0

NOLA Trash Mob will be able to provide trash and recycling bags, gloves, and a limited number of grabbers and orange vests. Keep your eyes on the skies–in the event of inclement weather, we may have to postpone, so keep checking at this link…. https://www.facebook.com/events/592016204234228/ leading up to the event.

NOLA Trash Mob is proud to partner with FOLC, an organization aiming to revitalize the Lafitte Corridor by working to build, program and promote the Lafitte Greenway as a great public space. See you out there!

Keeping the Greenway Clean

April 11, 2015 by Charlie London

With the opening of the Lafitte Greenway fast approaching (end of Summer 2015), NOLA Trash Mob teamed up with Friends of Lafitte Corridor and volunteers from the LSU School of Public Health to clean up the Lafitte Greenway around the 2200 block of Lafitte Street on Saturday, April 11, 2015.

Friends of Lafitte Corridor, ladies from the LSU School of Public Health and the Trash Mob cleaned the Lafitte Greenway on April 11, 2015.

A few of the ladies from the LSU School of Public Health who helped clean the Lafitte Greenway on April 11, 2015.

Volunteers enjoyed treats provided by the ladies from the LSU School of Public Health.

Children enjoying the playground at 2200 Lafitte Street in New Orleans.

The Lafitte Greenway is projected to be complete at the end of Summer, 2015.

The Lafitte Greenway as of April 11, 2015.

Lafitte Greeway progress as of April 11, 2015.

Work continues on the Lafitte Greenway which should be complete at the end of Summer, 2015.

Progress on the Lafitte Greenway as of April 11, 2015

Lafitte Greenway progress as of April 11, 2015

The Friends of Lafitte Corridor distributed the flyer below at the Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association meeting on April 7, 2015.
Click on any of the pages below for a larger view.

NOLA FOR LIFE DAY January 10th

January 4, 2015 by Charlie London

Join Mayor Mitch Landrieu, City departments and agencies, and citizens of New Orleans for a day of service to the community.

On 10 January 2015, the ninth NOLA FOR LIFE Day will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

in and around Sampson Playground at 3101 Louisa Street.

NOLA Trash Mob will be cleaning up in and around the Playground during the event.

Please bring gloves. White or clear bags are used for recyclables and black bags for trash.

RSVP here (and please put NOLA Trash Mob as your organization):

http://www.nolaforlife.org/events/nola-for-life-day-sampson-playground/

NOLA FOR LIFE DAY

January 10, 2015 10:00 AM through January 10, 2015 2:00 PM

Sampson Playground-3101 Louisa Street New Orleans, LA 70126

Mayor Mitch Landrieu will host the ninth NOLA FOR LIFE Day on Saturday, January 10, 2015.

All residents are invited to get involved and help rebuild our neighborhoods.

Activities will take place in and around Sampson Playground at 3101 Louisa Street from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

About NOLA FOR LIFE

Launched in May 2012, NOLA FOR LIFE is New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s comprehensive murder reduction strategy to tackle the city’s historically high murder rate. Recognizing that law enforcement alone cannot solve the murder problem, NOLA FOR LIFE takes a holistic approach to get to the root of the problem, and implements initiatives in five main categories: Stop the Shooting, Invest in Prevention, Promote Jobs and Opportunity, Strengthen the NOPD and Get Involved and Rebuild Neighborhoods. For more information, visit www.nolaforlife.org and tune in to NOLA FOR LIFE original programming 24/7 on Cox Cable Channel 99.

Join the Mob Sunday at 10 a.m.

October 1, 2014 by Charlie London

**Get your head out of bed and join the mob at 10 a.m.**

And, you’ll still be home in plenty of time for the Saints game!

This Sunday, 5 October, we will meet at

10 am

at the intersection of

Conti and Jeff Davis

to mob from there down Conti toward Carrollton. This area is always littered, but we can’t promise that we’ll find a mattress like usual! Come help us clean up this neglected corner of Mid-City.

We will bring some supplies, including gloves and bags and grabbers, but do feel free to bring your own stuff, too. That is always appreciated. We will mob for an hour, pile everything up, and take some photographic proof of our efforts.

NOLA Trash Mob is on a continuing mission to change the way New Orleans thinks about litter. We hope that by setting a good, visible example we can get others to reconsider throwing garbage on the streets and sidewalks and make our city just a bit more beautiful, if only for a day and in our small way.

If you have any ideas about spots that need mobbed, please reach out and email us, ya hear? Our address is nolatrashmob@gmail.com.

TRASH MOB TACKLES BAYOU ST. JOHN

February 11, 2014 by Charlie London

Trash Mob Takes on Bayou St. John (Photos)

Posted Tuesday, February 11th, 2014 by NoDef Staff

Photos by Brandon Robert

While many New Orleanians were sampling king cakes at Champions Square, the NOLA Trash Mob was cleaning up da’ Bayou on Sunday. The volunteer group meets once a week to tackle a different area of the city, and Brandon Robert captured some highlights from this Sunday’s pickup.

Membership is open to anyone, and the clean ups typically last an hour. Mobster Daniel Paschall said that the goal is to not only beautify the city, but empower neighborhoods.

“The group hopes that these trash mobs will empower communities by the simple action of cleaning their neighborhood, while leading to a greater awareness overall of the importance of not littering and taking responsibility for shared spaces,” said Paschall.

According to Paschall, NOLA Trash Mob believes that litter “devalues the city.

“The act of picking up litter adds that value back and builds a closer connection between the person and their environment,” said Paschall.

Participants are encouraged to bring their own gloves and garbage bags, but the group provides a limited supply of extras as well as trash grabbers.

For anyone interested in joining the mob, the upcoming trash mobs are posted on the group’s Facebook page, and people can also join the email list by contacting the group at nolatrashmob@gmail.com.

Article courtesy NOLA DEFENDER –> http://www.noladefender.com/content/trash-mob-takes-bayou-st-john-photos

TRASH MOB SUNDAY

November 1, 2013 by Charlie London

Please share this Sunday’s event with your networks: http://tinyurl.com/kjznotvInline

We will meet at Jefferson Davis Parkway and Conti Street at 10:30am. Bring bags and gloves if you can, but we will provide a limited supply. Trash mob lasts only an hour, so bring friends to make that hour count!

Upcoming trash mobs:
Please contact us if you would like to jump in for any of the open days for which we don’t have anything scheduled yet. Most listed below are very tentative, so don’t hesitate to request a trash mob for a specific littered location!

Sunday, 11/3/2013 – Conti and Jefferson Davis Pkwy
Sunday, 11/10/2013 – OPEN: YOUR TRASH MOB HERE!
Sunday, 11/17/2013 – Tulane Avenue
Sunday, 11/24/2013 – Broad and Washington: Recall the Wetlands Installation
Sunday, 12/1/2013 – OPEN: YOUR TRASH MOB HERE!
Sunday, 12/8/2013 – Claiborne and MLK
Sunday, 12/15/2013 – Dorgenois and Washington
Sunday, 12/22/2013 – OPEN: YOUR TRASH MOB HERE!
Sunday, 12/29/2013 – Musician’s Houses
Sunday, 1/5/2014 – Second Line Mob

Still to be confirmed:
– New Orleans East Trash Mob, Crowder and I-10, Dwyer
– Irish Channel Mob
– Milan Mob

Thank you for your time and please look through the schedule as well as our Facebook events, spread the word, and come join NOLA Trash Mob!

Best,
Daniel Paschall and Chandler Moore
NOLA Trash Mob

E-mail: nolatrashmob@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NolaTrashMob
Website: http://nolatrashmob.wordpress.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NOLATrashmob

TRASH MOB CALENDAR

September 26, 2013 by Charlie London

After some calendar scribbling, Chandler and I have put together a tentative schedule of trash mobs for the rest of 2013. Please do let us know if there are any scheduling requests or feedback that might help us gather more support at the mobs. These are by no means set in stone, so they can be moved around for the most part (all except for the 10/26/13 mob at Coliseum Park). Also, we can put together evening mobs as well if that works better for people.

Here is the rundown for the upcoming mobs, which are posted on our Facebook page’s calendar. Note the hyper-linked mobs have official FACEBOOK events set up already.

9/27/2013 N. Rampart and St. Ann

9/29/2013 St. Charles and Louisiana

10/6/2013 Gert Town

10/13/2013 Carrollton and Canal Mob

10/20/2013 Lighthouse Mob

10/26/2013 Coliseum Park, ISL

11/3/2013 APEX Central City Mob

11/10/2013 New Orleans East Trash Mob, Crowder and I-10, Dwyer

11/17/2013 Trash Mob at the Fly

11/24/2013 Irish Channel Mob

12/1/2013 Claiborne and MLK

12/8/2013 Lower 9th Ward Trash Mob

12/15/2013Dorgenois and Washington

12/22/2013Freret

12/29/2013Musician’s Houses

1/5/2014Second Line Mob

We would greatly appreciate it if you could share the events with your followers and networks!

Participants are encouraged to bring their own gloves and garbage bags, but we will try to bring a limited supply of extras. The trash mobs will last for about 1 hour each, but people can participate however long they would like.

Finally, our vision for the trash mob is to get the entire city doing their part all the time to keep the city clean. And as great as it is to have a group volunteers working at this once a week, it would be even greater to have many groups of volunteers working at this multiple times of the week all over the city.

So PLEASE, if anyone thinks they can take on leading their own trash mobs and needs help getting volunteers, we will be more than happy to teach you what we’ve learned and spread the word for you to our followers. Neighborhood organizations could start at one mob a month and work their way toward cleaning up more frequently. Remember, one hour is a very small portion of the week, and the more people you have, the more you can take on. And once you have you have residents who actually live in the area they’re cleaning you reach a much greater level of accountability and responsibility in ensuring New Orleans stays beautiful.

Thank you for your time and please look through the schedule as well as our Facebook events, spread the word, and come join NOLA Trash Mob!

Best,
Daniel Paschall and Chandler Moore
NOLA Trash Mob

E-mail: nolatrashmob@gmail.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NolaTrashMob
Website: http://nolatrashmob.wordpress.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NOLATrashmob

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The Mob is Looking for You

May 31, 2013 by Charlie London

NOLA TRASH MOB | 11 a.m. | Sunday, June 9

The monument by the Jeff Davis Trail where it crosses Tulane Avenue was surveyed and it was peppered with trash. This area has become the main battleground, and this Sunday, June 9 we’ll take it back. We can then mobilize toward where litter is dense, perhaps even over I-10 across the Jeff Davis Bridge if we’re so moved.

Meet at 11AM by Jefferson Davis Parkway and Tulane Avenue ready to take back one of our nicest green spaces!
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Participants are encouraged to bring their own gloves and garbage bags, but we will try to bring a limited supply of extras. The trash mob will last for about 1.5 to 2 hours, but people can participate however long they would like.

For those that are new to NOLA Trash Mob, we are a group of volunteers who want to change the way New Orleans thinks about litter, primarily through clean-ups or “trash mobs”. For these trash mobs, we select a public space, usually a particular city block or area that has a significant amount of litter, and we set a time and day to go and pick up trash there. They usually are scheduled about once a week on Sunday mornings.

We welcome feedback from the community of where areas there is a lot of litter to target for future trash mobs. Additionally, if anyone knows of any organizations that would like to publicize and/or sponsor a trash mob event, we are always in need of publicity, incentives for participants, and trash grabbers to save the mob’s back.

So tell your friends and come on out this Sunday to join NOLA Trash Mob!

Check it out on Facebook…
https://www.facebook.com/NolaTrashMob#!/events/130778570459960/

Trash Mob Sweeps Clean Sunday

May 26, 2013 by Charlie London

photos by Daniel Paschall

Best mob yet! We were able to take on a very trashed lot with standard drink and food containers and wrappers as well as heavy debris, and we cleaned up in and around Comiskey Park. A big thanks to everyone who got the word out and came out to mob! ~Daniel Paschall

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Jefferson Davis Parkway at D’Hemecourt Street, New Orleans

Trash Mob is set to clean up in and around the beautiful park between Jeff Davis and S. Clark and between Baudin and D’Hemecourt. The trash is especially dense along the sidewalk along Jefferson Davis Parkway between Tulane Ave. and D’Hemecourt, so we will also pick up along that sidewalk as well.

Participants are encouraged to bring their own gloves and garbage bags, but we will try to bring a limited supply of extras.

So tell your friends and come on out this Sunday to join NOLA Trash Mob!

Sunday Environment

April 21, 2013 by Charlie London

9 am Earth Day Festival begins with Yoga | https://fsjna.org/2013/04/earth-day-on-the-bayou/

9:45 am: IRON MAN Arrives in Faubourg St. John | https://fsjna.org/2013/04/iron-man-arrives-in-faubourg-st-john/

11 am: Bicycle Workshop at the Earth Day Festival | https://fsjna.org/2013/04/bike-easy-today/

11 am: Earth Day Regatta | https://fsjna.org/2013/04/earth-day-regatta/

NOON: Sunday Brunch in Faubourg St. John | https://fsjna.org/2012/12/breakfast-anyone/

5 pm: TRASH MOB on Conti | https://fsjna.org/2013/04/trash-mob-on-conti/

TRASH MOB ON CONTI

April 21, 2013 by Charlie London

Trash mob on Conti at Jeff Davis Parkway this Sunday at 5:00 pm during the Earth Day festivities.

N. Jefferson Davis Pkwy and Conti St, New Orleans, LA 70119
1) Come to the Bayou for the free Earth Day Festival with great music and green vendors (all day Sunday): http://tinyurl.com/bwzouk8
2) Join up with NOLA Trash Mob to pick up trash at Jefferson Davis Pkwy and Conti St. at 5pm.

Additionally, if trash mobsters don’t want to leave the festival at that time, there will still be trash to pick up there from the festival as well with the Louisiana Bucket Brigade. So there you have it, you can pick up new trash or old trash. And for all of it we applaud you!