Allyson Bradley ’23 For those of you who don’t know, which is probably most of you, I was asked to give a reflection today because I helped organize a service day with 17 motivated Dominican students and a non-profit organization. I’m very fond of SOUL, which stands for Sustaining Our Urban Landscape. It is an… Read More
St. Mary’s Dominican High School’s Ecology & Stewardship Club partnered with the National Art Honor Society to express their creativity and support of the Green Light New Orleans water-saving and stormwater management program. Fruits of their labor were ten painted rain barrels with colorful artwork reflecting the New Orleans landscape, including aquatic life, farmers’ markets,… Read More
Members of the Ecology and Stewardship Club at St. Mary’s Dominican High School found several ways to embrace the international observance of Earth Day. An annual event, Earth Day is celebrated around the world on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First celebrated in 1970, it now includes events coordinated globally by the… Read More
Dominican’s bountiful collaboration with the Ecology and Stewardship Club, moderator Mrs. Joann Schwartz Haydel (’91), two Dominican alumnae, and Chef Baker Guevara at Ye Olde College Inn, reaped a lush herb garden on campus. Spearheading the effort was Mrs. Shelley Mateu Cesulka (’92) who applied her experience from growing up visiting a family farm. She… Read More
The Ecology and Stewardship Club ended 2016 at ARC of Greater New Orleans, that provides assistance and job training to adults with mental disabilities. Club members helped sort recycled beads that are collected by ARC and repurposed for sale as Mardi Gras beads to crews and individuals. Early January, the club volunteered at City Park to… Read More
Members of Dominican’s Ecology and Stewardship Club participated in Super Saturday Volunteer Day at City Park. They mulched trails in the Couturie Forest. Here’s a picture from a hill in the forest which is the highest point in NOLA…42 feet above sea level. Read More
Members of The Ecology and Stewardship Club at Dominican planted their fall garden as part of a continued collaboration with Andrew Shuford, Director of Food Service for Sage Dining Services for the school. The planted herbs of thyme, chives, and mint will be used as flavoring in future dishes served in the school dining hall…. Read More
Members of the Ecology and Stewardship Club and the Biotechnology Club volunteered for the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation (LPBF) annual Fall Beach Sweep; a day designated to clean up the Lake Pontchartrain Basin. Students picked up debris and recorded their collections on data cards that catalogue and quantify the types and amounts of trash collected…. Read More
Hogs for the Cause & “Spring Sweep” Members of the Ecology and Stewardship Club, along with faculty and staff, volunteered with the Young Leadership Council Recycles program at the March Hogs for the Cause, a three-day event in New Orleans City Park that drew an estimated 30,000 plus. Hogs for the Cause, now in its… Read More