Aaron Viles

We learned yesterday of a tragic loss to New Orleans and all who care about our city and region’s future. Pam Dashiell, a long-time leader in the Holy Cross neighborhood, was found dead in her home. As the co-leader of the Lower Ninth Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development, she was a strong and […]

Having seen all of the press coverage and politicians making statements about the opinion written by Judge Duval finding that Corps negligence resulted in the levee breach that flooded St. Bernard Parish and the Ninth Ward, last week I obtained a copy of that opinion.After having read all 156 pages of the opinion, what I

Here’s a cool shot from the NASA Earth Observatory image of the day website.

The Gulf Region is known for its fishing, and so it’s in everyone’s best interest that Gulf fish stocks thrive. Unfortunately, as Daniel Pauly pointed out this fall, the fishing industrial complex has made “eating a tuna roll at a sushi restaurant…no more environmentally benign than driving a Hummer or harpooning a manatee.”Recent recreational season

They’ve been here for years…Okay, it’s a comeback. But it’s a comeback with a cautionary note. Despite yesterday’s great news about the brown pelican being removed from the endangered species list, we can’t really call the species saved. Without a serious commitment both to coastal restoration and combating catastrophic global warming, this estuary-dependent bird won’t

This year’s Voodoo Music Experience was epic: KISS on Halloween, Bingo’s try for the World Record gathering of Zombies, and our Coastal Lines of Defense demo showing all Voodoo-ers what Southern Louisiana needs most if we’re to enjoy Voodoo in years to come.For the 3rd year as the official non-profit of Voodoo, GRN created barrier

Fun stuff from our friends at FOE and Agit-Pop Communications.

In June, the President created an Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force to develop a first-ever national ocean policy.If you’ve been paying attention to our coast and oceans for a while, this may sound a bit familiar. Back in 2003 and 2004 two separate commissions made recommendations on actions needed to help protect our coasts and

The Gulf of Mexico is an amazing natural treasure. From deep water corals far off shore, to miles of seagrasses hugging our coasts, we have diverse habitats which can help spawn enormous fish populations. Unfortunately, we haven’t always followed scientific advice to ensure that there will be enough fish for our great-grandkids to catch. From

John Snell from our NOLA Fox affiliate reports on the state’s land-building progress. Is it possible that this year we WON’T lose a football field of wetlands every 45 minutes?Now we just need to start putting back the Rhode Island we’ve lost in the last 100 years…Aaron Viles is GRN’s Campaign Director