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An advocate of the environment since high school, Leandrez isn’t afraid to be brazen and bold in sharing her passion for the environment and is used to standing up for what she believes in despite popular opinion. If there was an environmental army, you would be certain that she would be on the front lines and take a bullet for the cause. Leandrez believes that New Orleans is the perfect center for the green art movement, despite the cities lack of environmental practices and services and is already doing her part to lead the charge.

Today, you can barely take two steps without getting a “green” impression of one sort or another. We believe that’s a GOOD THING, and have compiled a list of 10 small ways that you can also contribute to the green movement here in New Orleans. These ideas are so simple, you could virtually start one right now: check out our new video feature hosted by Morgan Molthrop ~ on the right side of this article.

There is Green Power surging through colleges, universities, and even Fortune 500 companies this summer. But do you know exactly what it is, and how your business can become part of this movement? The following is straight from the EPA’s site, which has a plethora of information, to help you better understand where all the energy is coming from and what your business can do to help:

Cause for question: FEMA management recovery efforts in New Orleans have reached only 20% of the full recovery estimated completion date of September, 2009. Areas in Florida and Mississippi, according to the same FEMA source, will reach their 100% completion by the same date, on plan.

On my recent sneak-peek of the gardens of New Orleans, Longue Vue’s Head gardener, Amy Graham, walked us through the damage and rebirth, starting with the Portico Garden Terrace with its boxwood parterres with pink perfection camellias, gardenias, pale pink crape myrtle, sweet olives and “Little Gem” magnolias influenced by the Beauregard-Keyes (pronounced like skies) House at Chartres and Ursulines in the Vieux Carre.