You can save more than $50 dollars per light fixture by installing compact fluorescent lights instead of regular incandescent bulbs. The use of these lightbulbs is one of the easiest energy saving measures that you can take to make your home more energy efficient. These bulbs are slightly more expensive to purchase but they more […]
Archives for January 2012
(Open) Round Table: Energy Efficiency & The Alliance For Affordable Energy
We celebrated our founders this past Saturday at a 25th anniversary Gala. While everyone was having a good time, we decided to take a minute and ask people what energy efficiency and the Alliance’s mission mean to them. Here’s what some of our guests had to say. Lela Claude Neff: There’s the obvious, that they’re helping […]
Friday Fav: Lynne Cherry & Young Voices For The Planet
Lynn Cherry is behind the series of short films Young Voices for the Planet. She’s an author and illustrator and the kids she’s made films about are young, inspired and determined to do their part in securing the future of the planet that they will inherit. We’ve chosen to feature the video below because of […]
Population Growth, Climate Change & Empowering Women
The world’s population hit seven billion not too long ago and as the population grows, so does the human impact on the environment. In this video interview with linktv Suzanne Ehlers, the president & CEO of Population Action International (PAI) speaks about the relationships between population growth and climate change and how empowering women is an […]
Media Spotlight: Clean Energy
The Louisiana Public Service Commission adopted a Renewable Energy Pilot Program in the middle of 2010 to test out the feasibility of having a renewable portfolio standard in place that would oblige utilities to source a fixed percentage of their power from renewable energy sources. With the pressure to shift towards renewable energy comes innovation […]
Be Smart Energy TIps: LED Mardi Gras Lights
The Mardi Gras season is upon us and as you go about getting ready for the parties and parades, consider using LED lights to decorate instead of their traditional counterparts. The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that using LED lights for 12 hours a day for 40 days, can save 90 percent or more energy […]
Friday Fav: Life In A Day
On July 24, 2010, thousands of people all over the world uploaded videos to YouTube as part of “Life In A Day”, a cinematic experiment driven by critically acclaimed director, Ridley Scott. After it’s cinematic release, the film is now available free of charge on YouTube. You can watch the film in its entirety here. […]
Flashback: The Louisiana Green Corps
The Alliance was one of the founding organizations of the Louisiana Green Corps. Together with Arc of Greater New Orleans, the Old City Building Center, Mary Queen of Vietnam CDC, and the Sierra Club, LGC set out to help empower young people, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, by teaching them life skills, helping them develop […]
Media Spotlight: Biofuels
Odds are when you think of renewable energy sources, zebras don’t have a lot to do with it. But right here in New Orleans, Dr. David A. Mullin, a professor of molecular biology at Tulane, is researching ways to make biofuel cost effective. And as this New York Times article explains, zebras and other herbivores, […]
Be Smart Energy Tips: Solar Water Heater
Looking for ways to make your home more energy efficient? The Alliance is a big supporter of Energy Smart, the program run by the New Orleans City Council to make energy efficiency even more appealing to the community. Among the different ways that Energy Smart can help you save energy (and money!) is with their […]
Round Table: A Young People’s Perspective
For our very first Round Table, we sat down to chat with three of our legal interns and get their opinions on the environmental issues of the day. Justin Shlensky is a Chicago native and his classmates at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, Linya Chen and Wenqi Zhao both hail from Beijing. The three of […]
Friday Fav: Anjali Appadurai
Anjali Appadurai addressed the delegates at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa last month. She spoke on behalf of the world’s youth – which accounts for half of the world’s population – and reminded the governments present that it was the future of her generation and successive generations that was at […]
Five Questions With: Casey DeMoss Roberts
Casey DeMoss Roberts is the Executive Director of The Alliance For Affordable Energy. In addition to her past work with the U.S. Peace Corps and the Gulf Restoration Network, Casey holds a Masters in Public Health from Tulane University. As the Alliance celebrates the end of its 25th year, Casey is focused on ensuring that […]
