Mardi Gras parades are known for featuring colorful plastic bead necklaces, but here's the surprisingly deep meaning behind it all.

New Orleans' efforts to reduce Mardi Gras waste and reuse beads and throws have been ongoing ... out of the traditional workforce a chance to earn wages and gain job experience, Matthews said.

While many think of parades, beads and floats, the Cajun Mardi Gras, particularly the Courir de Mardi Gras, offers a uniquely different experience. The tradition of Mardi Gras began as a Catholic ...

Arc of Acadiana is collecting beads for its annual Mardi Gras Bead Drive, an initiative to support individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities across Acadiana. Through this ...

There are ways to recycle the cheap, plastic beads that have become synonymous with Mardi Gras, but many end up in landfills. They also clog up the city’s 100-year-old drainage system.

She says there are ways to have a more sustainable Mardi Gras. "We're recycling beads and throws all along the route," Nguyen said. "Every year more than two million pounds of trash, just along ...

Mardi Gras can make a lot of trash, adding up to millions of pounds each year. Now, some parades in New Orleans are cutting down on their environmental footprint by banning plastic beads.

Shippensburg University College of Arts and Sciences Dean Sabita Manian hosted the inaugural Beads and Beignets social hour on March 5 in the Dauphin Humanities Center Fishbowl.