announcer: on this episode of "earth focus," lessons learned durinhurricankatrina e being puto the tt along e coa of louiana. so predictew orlea will besubmergeby the d of th cenry. the gion's survil depds on itability adapt to cmate chae. if sucssful, lisiana m provide bluepri for oths arnd the wld. [fm advancclicking

tucr: thereere famies here.here werkids in e streetlaying ftball, rht? ere wereeighborsthis houswas the ndy ladyas kids, wwould co down nd spendur quarts and sitere on ts porch d eat itnd just joy the mosphere of thcommunit right, d thawent awajust oveight. it justot washeaway. elicopt whirrin n: we a seeing enes lik thisne throuout the ty. liebean: do y remembe ifou told em thatthe levs had bren? brwn: i d't rell specifally, buit was tt newrleans iflooding

walter no. sit knock over th plants the porchast nit, huh? miss isome upsewith you a couplof months ago,e had a rain orm, jusa ordina rastorm inoutheast losiana. iwas one ose dayshat we tught, "hey, ju a littlrain," b low ad behol the ci flood. the dinage syem was not upo par. tuckerwe lovedurricaneas ki. i remeer when e calm came, would py out inhe wer. it w just anher day ff from hool, rit, but n it'terrifyi.

it's terriing. walters:his is n a hoax thiis real.limate cnge is al, so w do we ve with ? i ink in ts sectioof wn, we're staing to understd that wer and clite changgoes hanin had. johnsn: new leans ithe last 5o 7 yearhas real taken a greatdaptatioof clima resiliee and cimate chnge. eletion is e of the maor adaptions thayou metimes e, is th the houses a raised gher. this the cenr for th sustaible engament and velopmen we ha rain gards here. help commuties howo build in gards. we al have a orchar you seever herewe

ave lemo. get usne off re. afr katra, you d all these xins frothe wate so thawent intthe soiland that's all ov the low ninth wa and probly a loin losiana. edently, e processf going rough th trees toear frui it doe't ce into t fruit. so, we remmend abe-bed gaens ere you n put frh soil t gi you cro that arnot taint with th point. what w've ied to dis help with t communi to firs educate em becaue they t confusedbout, yoknow, is climate ange a pitical issue.s it rea we justry o give tm the fas. then try show hothey cane vocatesor how wadapt to that cmate. tuck: if we don't somhing, l this auty of new oeans th everyby loves, trists co down to seethey'll be lking at juswater. tt's .

williamsthe plane'veelied onelieves at we cafight waer, and you've evereen to a ach whenhere's a riptidand youhink yo can fight war, you wl learn that ou willose thatattle. wagger: with climate adaptati plan, ou have wet systemnd a dryystem, s whn you nd to li water t, you cn do th, but when yoneed to t the watein, u can lethe watein rough tt systemnto the cans and cculate iaround the ty. willias: i me, some pple mit walk pt here d think "oh, yeah. 's ju overgro grass.no. it's a lolying ara that h certain vetation it thats the perfect getationhen you

wanwater tobsorb anbe able tdissipatat a mor gradual te. i me, it doe't loolike a t of naural ience, b there's a l of naturalcience tt goes io it. wagoner: cts less have grn infrasucture bause this low-maienance. this is model oa part othe city the maidrainageasin. yohave an dergrounsystem, the ite lineunder th rth. thidea waso get th wat into the pipes,o get thatater to ese pumpand push out. th was the meth. lliams: uth of t matter is, ere is nway to sve our waer issuewith jusour umps andurbines.t's t enoughit willever be ough. wagoner: y know, dades of dong the ong thinusually killou. we t our deh waing in 25. lliams: there w a polical wi to makeure thathis citsees anher 30 ars, itould meahaving

verbeautil, veryesthetic bluays alonwith greways througut the cy, us ling witwater, sthat whethat next sto comes, cause i's gog to com-that's a fact that wat has a pce to go other an your rs and yr homesnd the seet. ilm advan clicks] ed: at me pointfter hurcane katna, peop started get reay serio aboucoastalssues, a they startedo think out risk duction,rotectinpeople fm floodi, togeth with rtorations one thg that needto be adessed, a so we ca up withhis coasl aster pl which ia list o procts th have en scieificallyetted, a so whave procts thatredge terial fm one ple and pu in anotr place actuall uild newarshes wre ther's

open ter at e momenton th risk-rection si, we have eensive ries of vees andloodgatearound some crical coaal communits. thesere projes tht we thi will wo, not work no but worinto the fuure. man: ts is skyne 5478 novemr. olker: ste' coastalaster an is a50 billi, 50-yea plan. i nsider melf an ocnographeand a cotal geogist, s i lookt issue ike why sink inouisiana and i ao look aissues le how wrebuild astal lancape. thbarrier lands e one othe firslines of defens aginst a srm, righ so tice hothis is w pretty muchontinuou there's no channelin the mdle of i this is examplef a rested barrieisland.

all rht. thenou can see neorleans,o that's one ofhe majorost-katra levee imrovement so the ea was t sicallyo wall o this ar torevent atorm sur from gettingo the lor ninth rd. levees a sometim built wh rth, andometimeshey' built th concre, but t coreoint is at they e all a wl that ptects anrea frm waves d risingaters fm a sto. the biest varble in ts is seaevel riseif the sl level se rates e at theow end othe spectr of whateople pdict, th you cou rebuild lage areasf the lascape d providflood prection for a t of peoe. if ras e at thhigh endthen i think lot of eas wilbe los even wi the sta's st effos.

l rightwell, weome to cocodriethe masr plan needs lot of put, ando the kindf work tt i do fds into t paramets that t stateeeds as rt of it mater plan so, y know, iust want to giveou a vieof what e salt mahes arou here lo like. you canee that ere'marsh or milesn that dection. rshes pride a loof buffe from orm ener, so th're a ffer beeen our man vilizati and theea, so t restoraon invols pumpin sedint into marsh li this to rai the eletion tallow itto bettekeep pacwith sea levelise and fill inreas that he eroded

so thiss the bua dove struure, whi is one the major fldgates ithe rganza the gullevee syste with a vee, one qution thayou haves wh's iide anwho is tside theevee sysm. by dring this walin the msh, you're channg the eironmentbut you're al settingown a seies of pnciples who liveshere andhe kindsf chices thathese counities face the yea ahead, me of ich are ing to bvery, ve togh choic.

bert p. quin: th area ed to beover's lane cause the was trs all ov the place. u couldet in he and go he back tre, so 'd listen music a hang ou th yougirlfrie. y'l don't mind i say tt, huh? all rit. i wasorn and ised rit herein theall gra right he. i gue it repsent whe all of ancesto was borand rais nd died,nd a lots buried over he, as we, so to , it mens a who bunch. comarlle: theand is portant us becae it's ere ourncestorsettled. at'where arfamiliesre. at' where t heart owho e are i. it's a spe that w come onwith. albert. naquinthe indis

were inhe way othe whit manso they l signed treatiesor more nd and me landand tha's h we got over her the govnment chaseus, so wsettled er re and s happy,nd now mother ture is tting us awy. brut: this my granarents on my ther's side,y grndmothernd my grdfather right the. i wasaised he my whollife. y. isle d jean chaes has aays beena wondful placto live.he island dn' actual open up to thworld fuy, not uil abo the ear fiftieshen our ad was blt. it wasery easyo wake uin t morningnd see aadillo in t yard orpossum oa raoon, yoknow, cssing th

yard whateve whatnotall thatas chang becausewith a t of itust beinwater no the tre have di off. wh u'reeeing isctually st a sketon of wt it useto be,ou know? alberp. naqui to me, ans almo, i guesyou can say,ike a faly membehaving caer, you ow? it's bei een away,ou know,here it's jusa littleit by lile t getti destroy. now, t only thg is, t piece land is lting lonr than t human body c.

the one ght heres an oil field nal. thre'one thapasses he. ther's one th passes bit furer, and the's onthat pass in e back, you're lookg at ter or stwater irusion cominfrom theipeline nals, and th destroy the vetation tt we useto have... but, yoknow, mo of the people wk for thoil comnies. th'rethe one th'sutting fd and paing the rentnd mortges and sff ke that,o, as mu as you hate the you he to li them. dupreisle de an charl is-- wh'she comm sayin--the canaryn the mi field. 're

seing--ovehere, weall it rative selevel ri. you ve the gbal sea vel rise whi is slig, but abt 80% of the s level re here i beause of bsidenceso we both subding andou have e globasea leverise at e me time,so we a sinkin by, i think 's millimers a ear. it esn'sound li ch, but u go int40 years50 yearsand you art to tice difrences wn you're alady onlylightly above e water ke isle jean chaes. brun: in theeginningit was a slow ocess. iwas real not real noticeae, but tn whenev the wat started coming even mo with itit goto be me rapid ecause th had morwater cong in a the landidn't stand chance, so many ople on eir wn did me the desion to

ecause othe wate dena naqn: my damoved of th island, want toay, righ before was borbecause wasn't able get to rk with theoad floong and hneeded towork, but am from e biloxihitimachchoctaw nd of islde jean arles, a tha's mheritagethat is dghter's hertage. y know, th's oufamily lacy. albert. naqui yaah! [laughr] getll the pple who ll be med. huy up, faer boy. child waborn, everybo went anvisit an brought gift. n it'not happeni.

hank youor toda's srise. aidenyou want indian me? ye your na is litt fox. the dplacemenreally, ally ade a chge in ouculture. nowe kind live-- ha ha ha-like the are no indns, ok? dup: the on way the coastacommunits will rvive io the lar 21st cenry is torotect oselves fm the gu of mexi. i realize 300 yea, this wl prbably bell open ter. iean, theea will ke us al er. what'mrying too with the lev system,hat i'm ying too, is buourselve twor 3 genetions.

's ust abouimpossib to incle them io a leve syste it woulcost probly 00 milln, and iwould be near impossie becausthe salconditio are so d. you kn, to bui a flo-protectn projec you ve to he more befits an ost. onehing th's no ctored ithe costthey onl ok at t cost ofhe homes thcost of e businees, the frastrucre, but,ou know, do't ow howou put price it, buthey do n conside thcost of whole cuure. [filmdvance ccks] [tm-tom pling] cordelle: displacent keeps hpening a we just fuher sepate our

commity, it'll jusget lost [mn chanti] man:urn to t left. comdelle: wlearned out a ational saster rilience an compition, swe submitt our pla. we word to f with thstate's master plan, d they psented i and t got fued. nders: ght now,he way elocatio typical happen thenited stes, we ry on anndividuabuy-out del, d so, i other ords, soone ceives se compention to go le somewhe else, t

in dog so, wdo losthat ltural bric, soe don't reallynow if wcan move peopleollectivy as a gup cheaper d more eiciently thanndividua. comardle: the's ve ttle posive in t form of rettlementf peopleyou kw, goverents jusdon'do well. wpresentea dierent mol, mmunity-signed, communy-driv. i thi that s, hud oked on at and said,let's try i. let's try a pil programsee if wcan fige out hoto do th on a smallescale soe can chge it for" we havso many communies in t u.s. an abroathat's facinghese sam clima issues,nd i thinkhat'why so my ople arwatchingbecause it's like,ok. can really ge this rit?" becae we kno how imrtant its for th fute of theorld to t it rht. brut: ther's aeality tre tht i do't li, but i's

soething tt i haveo face u to becae, you e, i hado go therand make decisioto leava place at'always en me for 7r 8 genetions, a that wa't ea to let of, a, in fac in spitof swering at questn a few mes, it ill doe't ma it sy. ilm advae clicks comardle: so ts is theew preferr site fothe isla. this ishere ourommunitys gonnmove to.t's autiful ace. to , this i w life, w birth, sustainae place.his is a hethy spac sande: now, wdo underand hat thiss a histically tribal mmunity,nd we al

undersnd that pulation he left ts partilar locatn over aeriod ofime, d thoseolks whore ccessfuln this pject wil ve an oortunityo reconstute in t new lotion, buour primy set benefiaries arthe peop living othe isla. we wan pick uphe peoplthat are livg in thidire scario nd ensurthat thelive mewherehat is se now an io the fure. mardell i hope at the tribe wld own t land, a actualy, we ort of le a xed ownehip. younow, the fol would he full rhts to theiland, buat the se time,f they we to go d nt to mo off of , it wou revertack to t tribe sthat w, that ld will bforever saed for t tribe thave. sanders:e'veot to wa a pret fine li by whicwe'e velopingomethinghat make sense f this counity bu alsoould be plicableo a mh wider ray of cmmuniti at may in a silar situion. we mply do't he a good swer to at queion t.

comdelle: iind thivery eowering.t's lowing uto break do some ofhose cultul barrirs, som of thosgrief baiers tha's be in placfrom yea past. yodidn't even alize it if ery othehurricanseason, you're havi to reple cars or fuiture, y don't have chnce to he saving and you on'have a ance to low your ks to hava betterext step inife. staing out this pie of propty, they n have home and way to rogress to the fure. if waso portrait on an endanged specielist, th is our birth whe we can start ounew popution to t off thatndangerespecies list.

announcer: "earth focus" is made possible in part by the orange county community foundation and the farvue foundation.