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Gulf Restoration Network

United for a Healthy Gulf

About Me

The Gulf Restoration Network is the only organization dedicated exclusively to the health of the Gulf of Mexico. We take aggressive action to protect and restore the natural resources of the Gulf. By uniting with and empowering others, we advocate for effective policies and hold corporations accountable in order to protect wetlands, cypress forests, fish, endangered species, and water quality. Most importantly, we protect people in coastal communities by fighting to defend the wetlands, our natural storm protection.

My Interests

Taking action to save the Gulf. And you can too! Just click to call on Congress to restore our wetlands and protect coastal communities like New Orleans!

I'd like to meet:

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Music:

Voodoo Music Experience. The GRN and Rock the Earth are partnering with Voodoo Music Experience this year. Come check out our booth to become a GRN member and pick up your special edition "Defend Our Wetlands, Defend Ourselves" t-shirt. Or better yet, become a member today and be entered in a raffle to tickets to the festival.

Movies:

For the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, over 130 citizens throughout the country hosted movie screeings to educate people about the dire situation of Louisiana's wetlands and what can be done. After the movie, everyone took action by becoming members of the GRN and writing to their Congressperson.Over the summer, the GRN, the Charitable Film Network, and the Pearson Foundation collaborated to host a PSA competition. All the entries have been received, keep an eye out for the winners on this site soon.

Books:

Check out our summer book reviews in our blog.
The Most Important Fish in the Sea by H. Bruce Franklin
Nature Girl by Carl Hiassen
Fateful Harvest by Duff Wilson
The Swamp by Michael Grunwald
The Wilderness Coast and The Sea Bring Forth by Jack Rudlow

My Blog

SUSTAINABLE DIETS: SEAFOOD EXAMINED

There is a saying in the nutritional world: "Eat to live, don't live to eat". I am a native of Louisiana so this statement makes zero sense to me. Food is a huge part of our culture, from acquiring ...
Posted by Gulf Restoration Network on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:47:00 PST

CONFLICTED CORPS

I had a lawyer friend once who lived by the motto "sue early, sue often." I'm not sure if that is what I want on my tombstone, but I admired the dedication. Usually in the course of human events it is...
Posted by Gulf Restoration Network on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:18:00 PST

The Student Network Grows..

This past weekend, we had an awesome kick-off to our work with this semester's interns at our GRN training weekend. It started on Friday with an invite to our local and regional interns to participate...
Posted by Gulf Restoration Network on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:45:00 PST

No New Coal!

According to a new study on sea level rise by Architecture 2030, North America is just as vulnerable to dangerous property and land loss as the developing world because of how we have settled our ...
Posted by Gulf Restoration Network on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:45:00 PST

HOME COOKIN’ AND AGITATIN’ FOR THE COAST

So the results are pouring in. Over 100 GRN e-activists from all across the country (and Germany) stepped up for the Louisiana coast and our wetlands and opened their homes to friends, family and coll...
Posted by Gulf Restoration Network on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:43:00 PST

Building A Student Network

As a recent college grad, I know how overwhelming college life can be. You have a part- or full-time job, piles of books to read, papers to write, and exams to study for. Yet when you do take a break,...
Posted by Gulf Restoration Network on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:42:00 PST

WAL-MART TAKES THE FIRST STEP FOR CYPRESS, BUT THERE’S STILL A LONG HIKE AHEAD

Hopefully, everyone has already heard the good news: Wal-Mart has informed their suppliers that they will no longer accept cypress mulch harvested, bagged, or manufactured in the state of Louisiana. I...
Posted by Gulf Restoration Network on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:41:00 PST

Louisiana's Coastal Crisis Hits Yahoo News

Last October, Yahoo's Assignment Earth headed down to NOLA to get the story about Louisiana's coast- the problem, the solutions, and a sense of the urgency. I worked with producer Peter White to get ...
Posted by Gulf Restoration Network on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:37:00 PST

SAVE THE DATE: SAVE OUR COAST AND COMMUNITIES

If the post below got your interest, you may want to attend these public meetings on Louisiana's Draft Master Plan:Monday, February 26, 2007HoumaHouma-Terrebonne Civic Center346 Civic Center Boulevard...
Posted by Gulf Restoration Network on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:46:00 PST

DEFENDING OUR NATURAL DEFENSES

Big developments this week around the planning and actions needed for coastal restoration and hurricane protection for South Louisiana. I attended a meeting of the Coastal Protection and Restoration A...
Posted by Gulf Restoration Network on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:44:00 PST