When thinking about sustainability, Home Depot doesn't usually come immediately to mind, but perhaps changes are afoot. Global Green has teamed up with the Home Depot Foundation to rebuild the Katrina-devasted Holy Cross neighborhood of New Orlean's 9th Ward. Is Home Depot finally beginning to see what the future holds for it? We would like to think so, but perhaps we won't start holding our breath just yet... This next bit is challenging to muster too: props to Brad Pitt. He gave this project some celebrity shine which undoubtedly attracted additional supporters plus he put up $200K toward the Sustainable Design Competition for New Orleans.
A quick comment on the winning design: we wonder why more entires didn't emulate the classic southern architecture of New Orleans. Still we're happy for the city and certain it's a matter of time before sustainable design can be imbued in all sorts of different architectural styles rather than being reserved exclusively for the modernists.
