We’re used to Brad Pitt’s green building foundation, Make It Right NOLA, revealing some new takes on sustainable design, but a house that floats when it floods? Now that’s something that truly raises the bar for sustainable and functional design in the face of adverse elements!
The home, which is the brainchild of Morphosis Architects and [...]
Sporting a longer than usual goatee/beard, Brad Pitt took to the podium at the fifth annual Clinton Global Initiative to give an update on his Make It Right foundation’s progress in New Orleans. “I don’t know how we build any other way anywhere else,” Pitt said, addressing the audience in New York. “We can no [...]
Sure, Brad Pitt recently expressed absolutely no interest in running for Mayor of New Orleans — but that doesn’t mean you can’t jump on the cult t-shirt sweeping the nation! (Actually, only a little over 1,000 have been sold.)
$2 from each tee benefits Pitt’s Make It Right NOLA foundation — which supports the green rebuilding [...]
Treehugger’s first-ever Best of Green Awards has honored Ecorazzi with the “Best Celebrity Twitter Feed” trophy. We’re truly humbled to be included in a category that features incredible people and projects like Make It Right NOLA (Best Celebrity Foundation), Newman’s Own Organics (Best Celebrity Green Product), Neil Young (Best Celebrity Over 50), Jack Johnson (Best [...]
In a surprise event, Brad Pitt paid a visit to the White House yesterday for meetings with both President Barack Obama and Democratic congressional leaders. The actor was in town to discuss his charity and green rebuilding efforts in New Orleans through the organization Make It Right NOLA. “I just want to say thank you [...]
Every time I write a post about New Orleans, I find it hard to believe that “rebuilding” is still a major focus for the region. Here we are, more than three years later, and there are still many people — scratch that, neighborhoods — that still have not been restored to community status. It’s 2008 [...]
If I’m not mistaken, I believe this is the Make It Right NOLA home at 1720 Tennessee Street in the Lower 9th Ward. Looks large enough for the Brady Bunch, right?
As was announced earlier, the first six homes from Brad Pitt’s foundation have been completed. In total, 150 homes of this nature are expected to [...]
According to Nola.com, the first half-dozen houses built by Brad Pitt’s Make It Right NOLA foundation are now complete — giving some thankful residents their first true homes in almost three years. 68-year-old grandmother Gloria Guy was one of those moving in and had nothing but praise for Pitt and the organization. “I thank God [...]
Brad Pitt has announced that his Make It Right NOLA Foundation has received additional funding for six more homes — bringing the current total to 90 properties fully financially backed for construction. Back in August, the first half-dozen homes currently under construction performed well in coming through unscathed in the face of Hurricane Gustav. Over [...]
As mentioned earlier last week, there was good news from of the Make It Right NOLA camp that Brad Pitt’s green home development project in Lower 9th Ward had successfully beaten back Hurricane Gustav. At that time, the organizers had only heard via people on the scene and had not yet taken an in-depth look [...]
