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Longue Vue House & Gardens

Contact:

Anandi A. Premlall

Sustainability Manager

apremlall@longuevue.com

504-293-4718

Region Served: New Orleans, Louisiana

Website: longuevue.com

Resources

Historic Conservation Projects

Soil Blocking

Ask an Expert: How to Control Pests and Weeds Naturally

Focus Area: Ecological Restoration and Landscapes Completed Planned

Ecological Restoration and Landscapes

Maximize use of electric landscape maintenance equipment

Use integrated pest management and sustainable land care practices

Additional Goals for This Institution

Buildings and Energy

Meet your nation's Paris Agreement targets for CO2 reduction

Engagement

Educate visitors on growing organic food

Educate visitors on sustainable, fossil-free horticulture

Educate visitors on the impacts of food choices and waste on climate change

Establish an employee green team to support climate action

Teach facts and best practices to mitigate and reduce global climate change

Food Service

Ensure 40% of food service menu selections are vegan or vegetarian

Make 10% of all food purchases within 100-mile radius of site

Investments

Divest from fossil fuel investments (by end of 2025)

Invest in socially responsible investments (by end of 2025)

Research

Initiate region-specific research related to climate change

Transportation

Waste

Compost 100% of food waste

Eliminate all single-use plastic in food service, horticulture, gift shop, and all other facilities and operations

Eliminate the sale and use of bottled water

Recycle or reuse all recyclable materials including metals, glass, and plastic (by end of 2025)

Water

Reduce potable water for irrigation by at least 25% (by end of 2027)

Reduce use of municipal water by at least 25% (by end of 2027)

‹ Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

Longwood Gardens, Inc ›

Presented by
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens

Community Resources and Consultation

Architecture 2030

Environment and Culture Partners

ICCROM

International Living Future Institute

One Earth

Project Drawdown

Public Gardens Sustainability Index

Regenerative Museums

Regenesis Institute

Rocky Mountain Institute

Shepley Bulfinch

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

We Are Still In

World Monuments Fund

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