New Orleans' efforts to reduce Mardi Gras waste and reuse beads and throws have been ongoing for decades and involve a ...

Of all the gifts thrown at the New Orleans parades, one of the newest and most unusual is a collection of South Asian family ...

Cheap plastic beads often end up in landfills and can clog up the city’s 100-year-old drainage system. That’s led to more ...

Observers say that New Orleans may be seeing a culture shift, toward a more sustainable Carnival. This year, one parade – ...

Launched in 2023 as a pilot program by the City of New Orleans, the Recycle Dat! initiative has been implementing innovative ...

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about the lineup of musicals coming to the Saenger Theatre next season. We also learn ...

Comfort food nirvana exists in Springfield, Missouri, where clouds of potato perfection await the hungry masses. Forget fancy ...

Australian artist Rachel Burke suffered personal trauma that left her grieving and, at times, bedridden. She discovered a sense of healing in sharing her story via artworks created with thousands of ...

Tuesday’s family friendly Mardi Gras in Snowmass Village is marking its 43rd year. It gives locals and visitors alike an ...

We've rounded up several ways you can reuse plastic jugs and bottles. And the best part, these super-resourceful ideas don’t ...

The Carnival season has just kicked off in Germany and local businesses are raking in billions from the beer-fueled ...

Our brains are increasingly plastic. Minuscule shards and flakes of polymers are surprisingly abundant in brain tissue, a study of postmortem brains shows. This appraisal of microplastics and ...