Green Future for New Orleans
Hello from New Orleans!
It’s good to be back, and the team had a great first day. We spent the morning at Broadmoor’s Wilson Charter School where Lisa Jackson, Administrator of the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), spoke to students and answered their questions. Considering the significance New Orleans plays in the world of green building and energy efficiency in addition to the effects of the recent oil spill, it was interesting and enlightening to hear from someone so involved in the environmental sustainability of our country.
After Ms. Jackson’s speech, we attended the US Green Building National Competition deliberation session. This has been a competition enduring the last 10 months where architectural students and young professionals have submitted designs for homes to be built in the Broadmoor neighborhood. The homes must comply with a variety of standards, including affordability for families at costs under $100,000. Homes chosen were not only energy efficient, but also hurricane resistant.
Tomorrow, we’ll be heading back to the Lower 9th Ward to attend events honoring the progress made in the area since Katrina. Looking forward to an exciting couple of days here!
-Andrew Eisbrouch
New Orleans Bound
Hello to all those readers who are still with us!
Tomorrow, the majority of our team will return to New Orleans for the five year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. We will be attending multiple events where citizens will reflect on the destruction caused by the storm and the progress made since 2005. There were also be ceremonies to honor those who passed. Stay tuned throughout the weekend to see what we’re up to.
Looking forward to returning to the Big Easy!
-Andrew Eisbrouch
I Reminisce
Walked up to one in New York. Then there were two. Mosied onto a flight to DC. Dozed. One walked up to us in capital city airport. Then there were three. Flight to Austin. Slept. Bags jammed into trunk, backseat. Trained. Whole Foods. A little bit poorer. Drove to Greyhound. Then there were four. Hostel hallway. Hugs. More hugs. Then there were six. Room three. One sitting on a bottom bunk. Seven. Ate chili. Meat. No meat. Trained. Dying kitten. Trained. Bounce. Three drove to airport. Four came back. Eight. Slept. Trained. Bonded. Apples to Apples. First team meeting. Smoke-filled chili. Frisbees. Memorable Greyhound bus. Twelve hours. New Orleans.
-Candice Porter
What New Orleans is About
The Hyde family, New Orleans natives and Broadmoor residents for 25 years, explain and embody the spirit of their beloved neighborhood.
I look good.
Portraits by Max Collins and Sam Wolson
Video by Sam Wolson
Wrap Party Preview
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Photos by Max Collins and Ashley TsaiPreview of some photos that will be showcased at our wrap party this Sunday, August 8th. Want to see more? Come by the United States Art Authority on Fruth St. between 7pm and 10pm!
Photos at JP’s Java!
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The three SOW teams are now showcasing work at JP’s Java Coffeehouse (2803 San Jacinto). Check out our photos there throughout August!
Cloud Full of Awesome
The Final Countdown
Fourteen days left. Murmurs of disbelief travel through the office as we all wonder where the time has gone. In the editing bay, however, time seems to move at its own pace–thrashing like a roller coaster, leading us to a destination we can’t yet make out. We have fourteen days to finalize what we’ve spent 54 working on. We have fourteen days to explore new ideas in editing and gain closure on our favorite characters and themes. We have fourteen days to wrap up a story that goes far beyond what we have seen this summer. And though these fourteen days feel like the final stamp on a letter home, we are working as though it is our first, expectantly watching new clips, visiting and revisiting old assemblies, aggressive and industrious in working on this production.
This summer has started to become a memory. The days we have left are dwindling. But we are still here and we are still working.
-Marquise Eloi
Advocacy for Advocacy
With all of our creative work from photography to film, it is hard not to submerge oneself in the aesthetic and emotion of our projects. However, as team Events Planner, I’ve been given the task to take a step back from our work and instead look at its overarching purpose. What do we want to accomplish through our media? A person watches our video, and then what? What comes after that initial wave of sentiment and empathy provoked by our projects? Over the last few weeks, I’ve thought these questions over, and tried to come up with a cohesive answer that aligns with the goals of Students of the World.
The purpose of any sort of marketing is to get people to mobilize. A shampoo commercial mobilizes consumers to buy that shampoo. A seatbelt PSA mobilizes people to wear a seatbelt. We look to mobilize people towards activism. Whether that means going out into the world and helping those areas in need or just supporting the organizations we document monetarily, we need to convey both options in the presentation of our work. We are advocates of the issues we have documented and the organizations working to solve them. We are advocates of student activism, the necessity of student engagement and community involvement for our generation. It would be a terrible waste for people to see our work and then not know what to do with the new information processed. Therefore, the advocacy of our project must promote advocacy in others-advocacy for advocacy.
- Andrew Eisbrouch
