announcer: on this episode of "earth focus," lessons learned during rrrricankatrtrinare ining puto t theest alalg the coastf f louiana.a. somereredictew o orlns wilil be bmerged t the d o of is centu. . the gionon's s svival epends oits abily to ada climatehange. i succefuful, lisiaianaay provide aluluepri foror oers arou the wor. [film advance icking]

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orchard.ouou seever hehe, we have lemonsgeget usne o off here. aftekkatra, yohad alal ese toxins from e e wate soo at wentnto the il, and th's alover theower nin ward androbably lot in louisian evident, the pross of going through the trees to br r frui it t don' comininto t fruruitalso, , recommenabove-begardens wheryou can t fresh il to give yourops thaare not tainteditith th poioint aat w'vtried d do is help with theomommuni to o fit ucucate em b becse thth get confused about, you ow, is imimate ange a piticical issue. iitit rea we e ju try to give theththe fas. t thewe try tohohow hotheyey c be adococatesor h howe adapapto that clitete. tucker: if we don't do sometining, l t thibeautytyof new orlns thatverybod love touristcome dowto see, eyey'll beookingngt just ter. th's it msmsthe plane've relied

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perfect vetatationhen n yo want teter tobsororb d be able to dissipate a a mor gradual ra. . i me, itit dsn't look like a loofof nauralal scncnce, b theher's s lot of tturalcienencehat gogo into it. waggoner: cos l less havave green infrastrtuture bausese ths is lowaintenan. thiis a modod of a pa of the ty as the main aiainageasinin. you veve an dergrgrod systst, the whe e lineundeder e eathth. thideaea w to gegethe waterntnto the pipipe to gege that werer to ese e pus andd push itutut. th wasas t method williams: trh h of t matatte is, the is no y to sol o our water issues thth jusourr pumps and tbibines.t's t enough. will ner be enoug waggoner: you know, deceses of doing the wrg g thinusually ll you.e got oudeath warning 2005. willia: if the was a liticawill to ke sure that isis citsees anher 30

yersrs, itould meahaviving ery beatiful, ry aesthic ueways ong withreenways thughout t city, uliving ith wate so thathen that xt stormomes, beususe i's going come--tt's fact-- thatater has place tgo otr than yr cars a your hes and t street. [film aance clis] reed:t some pnt after rricaneatrina, ople stted to get reallseserio about aastalssueues,nd they started tththink out risk reduction, ptetectinpeople froflflootogedi, er witit resrarations onone ing thth needs b be adessesed,nd soo wcame up with this coasta masteplan whi is a list of projetsts th hahavbeenn scienticicallyetteted,nd soo we veve procts thatredgdge maririal fm onone ace ananput it in anotheplplace actctuay

build new mshshes wre t the' opn watert the mont. on the risk-reduction dede, we vve eenssivseriesesf levees and fododgatearouound some critalal coaal mmmmunits. t the arect pje thawewe thi wilill rk, nono rrk no butut wk intotohe fute.e. man: thiisis skyne 5 547 novembe kolker: sta'' coaoast mastete pln n is a50 b bilon, 5050ear plan. i coidider melf f an oceagrgrapheand d a astal geolisist, s i lo at isises like why weinink inouisisia, dd i ao lolookt issusu like how we build cotatal landspepe. thbarrrrieislandnd are o of the rst lineof dense against storm, ght, so notichow thiss now prty ch contious. there'no chaels in t middle it. thiss an exale of a stored

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happening. thank you f t toda's unrisese den, yowant a iian name yes.our names s litt foxox. the disacacemenrealallyreallyly made a chan i in oucultltur now kinind live-- ha ha ha!-ikike the are no india, , ok? drethonlyay these coastal mmmmunits wiwill suvive intththe lar 2121st centu i is torotetecturselvlv froththe gu of f meco. ii alalize 30000 yrs, thth will problbly bell o opewater.r. i mean, the s w will ke u us l over. what 'm tining too wiwith e leveeystem, wt t i'm tring g too, i is y oursels two o3 generaons.

it's jt t abouimpopossle to includthem inta a leve stem. it uld cost pbably 00 milln, and iwould be nearly impossiblbebecausthee salt nditionsre so ba u know, to build floodrorotectn prprojt, you hae e to he momoreenefii than ct.t. onehingng tt'not factored in e e costtheyey oy lok k at t cosost the h hes, the cost of thbubusinees, , th infrastructu, , but,ou k kno i do't ow w h you p pt a prie on it, but ty y do n cononsir the cost of a olole cuure. [film aanance ccks]s] [tom-toplaying] comaelelle: disisplementt eeps hpeniningnd wee

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go livsosomewhe elelsebut n doing so, we o o losthatat cututural bricic, we dod't really kw w if wcan n mo people clelectivy asas aroup cheaper anmomore eiciently than iivividua. mardelle: there's ve lilele posive e inhe fororof reselelementf pepeop. youu kno g goverentsts jt don'n't do it wel we prested a different mode community-degngned, mmmuny-ddrien. i thnk thaha was, hud loeded on at a and said, "etet's try i. lelet's tra pilotrorogramsee e ife can figurouout hoto do o is on n smaller alale soe cacan ange it for--wewe havso many communits s in t u.s.s. d abroad hat'fafacinghesese se climatessssues,nd tthinkhat't's why y many peplple arwatctchi, becacae it's like, ". . can reaeall gethis s rit?" becae wewe kw how impoanant its for th future of the wldld to t itit rig.. unet: tre'a reality there

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

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