(Above) LA Green Corps Outdoor Appreciation Day at Jean Lafite National Park.

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The Louisiana Green Corps (LA Green Corps) is a "green" job skills training program for 17-24 year old youth living in the Greater New Orleans Area.

• MISSION: To involve youth in enviromentally focused service learning projects while teaching valuable 21st century job skills. The LA Green Corps utilizes an innovative training method in which Corps members gain a sense of ownership and pride for their work while planning and implementing service projects that benefit the environment and the community.
• PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS: Eligible LA Green Corpsmembers are part of the national AmeriCorps movement. Upon completion of a three month term of service and required training, Members receive an AmeriCorps Educational Award. Members also earn an hourly wage of $8.33 while conducting service activities. Training encompasses a wide variety of subjects including: computer skills, life skills, academic skills, and site specific technical skills such as: green building, deconstruction and materials reuse, warehouse management, organic and sustainable farming, and energy conservation.

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Corpsmembers, Lance Colemen and Andre McDermott practice milling salvaged building materials into reusble products under the guidance of their Crew Leader, Daren Sumrow. At the Old City Building Center Corpsmembers learn how to turn recycled building materials into an array of finished products like display tables, frames, and furniture which will be sold at the non-profit architectural salvage depot in MidCity. 

Corpsmember, Amanda Farria installs radiant barrier in the attic of a low income home owner.  Corpsmembers at Alliance for Affordable Energy weatherize and repair the homes of low income or elderly New Orleanians and community centers', churches', and non profits' facilities.

Corpsmember Kendrick Kelly waters the green house at the Arc of Greater of New Orleans.  Corpsmembers at the Arc of GNO restore wetlands areas and green spaces and are also working to rehabiliate a previously flooded tract of land in the rear of the Arc of GNO's Fontanta Building into a garden and greenhouse that will provide sustainably grown food to the community.