announcer: on this episode of "earth focus," lessons learned durg hurrane katra are being puto the tt along e cst of losiana. so predictew orleans wil be suerged byhe endf this cenry. the gion's surval dends on s abily to ada climatehange. i sucssful, lisiana m provi a bluepnt forthers ound theorld. [fm advance clking]

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lters: n sit. knoed over em planton their rch la night,uh? ss is se upset th you. couple months o, we haa in stor just a dinary rainstm in soueast louiana. it waone of the days tt we thoht, "heyjust a ltle rain but low ad behol the ci flooded.he draine sy was not to par. tuckerwe lovedurricaneas kidsi remeer when e calm me, we wld play t in the water. was jusanother y off froschool, right,ut now it's terrying.

i's teifying walters:his is n a hoax is is rl. clima change rel, so hodo we li with ? i ink inhis sectn of town, 're srting to underand thatater and climate change goes hd in hand. johon: neorleans n the st 5 t7 years s really taken a greatdaptatioof clima resiliee and cimate chae. elevaon is onof the jor adaations tt you sotimes se is thathe hous are raid higher ts is theenter fothe suainable gagementnd develoent. wehave rai gaens herewe help communies how tbuild ra garden we alsoave a

orard. youee over re, we havlemons. t us oneff here.fter krina, u had al these tons from e water,o at wentnto the il, and 's alover the lower ninth wa and probly a loin uisiana. edently, e processf going through the ees to br fruit,t doesn't ome in theruit. so, we recommenabove-begardens where yocan put esh soilo give yourops thaare not inted wh that pnt. whawe've trieto do iselp with theommunityo firs ucatthem bause th get nfused aut, you ow, is climate ange a pitical sue. iit real?e justry tgive them the fact then we y to shohow th can be adocates for how wadapt to at clima. tucker: we don't do somethg, allhis beau of new oeans th everyby love touristcome dowto see, ey' lking at jt water.hat'it.

wiiams: the plan 've ried onelieves at we cafight waterand if y'veever bee to a ach when there's a rtide andou thinyou can ght wate you willearn that y will le that btle. ggoner: th a clite adtation pn, you he a wet syem and ary syste so wheyou neeto liftater ou you cado thatbut when you ed to lethe war in, yocan let e water though thasystem into thse canalsnd circute it arnd e city wiiams:meansome peole mighwalk pas here an think, "oh,eah. it's justvergrown grass.no it's low-lyi area at has certain

vegetion in ithat is e perft vetation wn you want war to absb and be able to ssipate a more grual ratei mean, doesn't loolike a t of natur scienc but the's lot o tural sence thagoes int it. waggone costs ls to have grn infrasucture bause is is l-maintence. ths is a mel of a rt of th citas the mn draina basin. yohave an dergrounsystem, the whitlis under e eath. the ea was tget the water into the pipes,o get thatater tthespumps d push itut. thatas the method. lliams: uth of t matter is, ere is nway to sve our wat issues th just r pps and tbines.t's t enoughit willever be enoug waggone you kno decadesf ing thwrong thg usuall ki you.e got oudeath warning 2005. williamsif the was a liticawill to ke sure hat thisity seesnother00

ars, itould meahaving very butiful, very aesetic ueways ong withreenwa thughout t city, us living with water, so that when that next storm comes, because it's going to come--that's a fact-- that water has a place to go other than your cars and your homes and the street. [film advance clicks] reed: at some point after hurricane katrina, people starteto get ry serus about astal iues, andhey staed to thk about sk reduion, procting pele fm floodi, togeth with restotion as e thing at needs toe addresd, and s we me up th this astal master which ia li of pjects at havbeen scieifically vette and so whave procts thatredge marial froone ple and t itn anotheplace toctually

bld new mshes whe ther's opn watert the mont. on the rk-reductn sidewe hae extensive ries of levees a floodgas around some crical coaal counities.hese arerojects tht we think will rk, not rk now,ut work to the fuure. man: thiis skylane 5478 vember. kolr: stat's cstal masr pln is a $ billi, 50-yea pl. i coider mysf an eanograpr and a astal ologist,o i lo at issus le why weink in lisiana, an i also ok aissuesike howe rebud coasta landspe. the rrier isnds are o of the rst lineof dense against storm, ght, so tice hothis is w pretty much connuous. tre's o chaels in t middle it. this is examp of a stored

barrr island allight. en you c senew orles, so th's e of the mor post-trina lee improments, sthidea waso sicallyo wall o this ar to prent a sto surge fm getng to thlower nih ward. leveesre sometes builtith earth,nd sometes they're built wi concrete, but the coreoint is that ty are al a walthat procts an aa from ves anrising waters from atorm. thbiggest varble in ts is seaevel rise. the sl level rise tes are the lownd of th sptrum of at peopl pdict, th you cou rebuild large aas of thlandscap and pride flooprotecti foa lot ofeople. irates ar at the gh end, en i think aot of eas wilbe lost,ven wi thetate's best forts.

l rightwell, weome to codrie. e maste plan eds a l of inpu and so e kindf work tt i do fds intohe paramers th the ste needss part oits masteplan. so,ou know, just waed to ve you aiew of wt the sa marshearound here ok like. you c see thathere's rsh f miles ithat dirtion. marss prove a lot buffer om storenergy, they're a bufr betweeour huma civilizaon and t sea, sohe restoration invves pumping sement inta marsh ke this to rai the eletion tallow it better keep pacwith s levelise and fill inreas that haveroded

so thiss the bba dove stcture, wch is onof the major oodgatesn the morganzto the gf levee systm. with levee,ne questi that yohave is who's inse and o is ouside the lee syste by dring this wl in thearsh, y're chging thenvironme, but u'e also sting dn a serieof princles of w liveshere andhe kinds of oices tt these mmunitie face the yea ahead, me of whicare gointo be ve, very togh choic.

bert p. quin: th area usedo be lov's lane because therwas treeall over the placeyou could getn herend go hidback the, so we'd listeto musicnd hang t wityour gifriend.'al d't ind if iay that,uh? all ght. i w born anraised rightere, n t tall gss rig here. iuess it presenthere allf my anestors w born anraised nd died,nd a l is bued ov here, s well, to me, means whole bch. mardell the land important tos becausit' ere ourncestorsettled. th's whe are falies are that's whe the hea of who we ares. it's a sacthat we becomone with

alrt p. nain: the dians we in theay othe whit man, sohey l sign eaties f more la and mor land, anth's how wgot to er here.he goverent chaseus, soe settd over hee and wahappy, a now mother ture is tting us awy. brunet: this my granarents my moth'side, my grndmoth and my andfather ght ther i was rsed here my whollife. y. isle d jean charl has alws been wonderl place live.he isld didn't actally opeup to e world lly, n until abo the ear fiftieshen our ro was bui. was vereasy to ke up in the morng and s armadil in theard or ossum or raccoon,ou o crossinthe

yad or whaver, whaot. all that h changedecause, th a lo of it jt being ter now, the tes have ed offwhat you' seeing actuay just a keton of wt it useto , you kw? bert p.aquin: tme, it ans almo, i guesyou can say, lika familyember hang cancer, u know? 'seing eatenway, younow, whe it's just little b by litt bit gting desoyed. no the ly thg is,he pie of lan isasting lger thanhe human dy can.

the onright he is an o fielcanal. ere's one at pass here. tre' one at pass a bit fther, anthere's e that pses in the ck, you're lookg at water saltwat intrusi ming from theipeline nals, anthey desoyed the vegetati that we used to have. b, you kn, most othe people wk for thoil comnies. th'rethe one that's putng food d payin thrent andortgagesnd stuff li that, s as muchs you hate the you he to like them. dup: isle djean chaes is-- what's t commonsaying?-the canaryn the mi field. 're

seein-over he, we calit relive sea vel riseyou ha the glol sea lel rise, whichs slightbut abou80% of the s level re here i becse of suidenceso we th subsing and y have th globasea leverise at e sameime, soe areinkingy, think i's 3illimete a yr. it don't und like muchbut you into yea, 50 yea, and yostart to noti differees whe you're alady onlylightly above thwater li isle de jeanharles. brunetin theeginningit was a slow ocess. iwas real not real noticea but the whever theater staed comg in evemore witit, it got toe more pid becse theyad more ter comi in a the ld did't snd a chae,

so manpeople otheir o did makthe decion to go becau of the ter. dena naqn: my damoved of the iand, i wt toay, right fore i w born beuse he wasn't ablto get twork wit t road flding ande needed to rk, but i from th biloxihitimachchoctaw nd of isle jean chles, and that' my ritage, at is my dauter's herige. younow, that's our family lacy. alber p. naqui yaah! aughter] get allhe peoplwho wille nam. hurry , farmeroy. a ild was rn, evrybody wt and vit androught aift. nowt's t

happeni. hank youor toda's srise. aiden, u want indianame? yes.our na is litt fox. the dplacemenreally, ally mada changen our cuure. now kind ofive-- ha hha!--likthere arno indians, ok d: the ly way tse astal mmunitiewill rvive io the ter 21st centu is to ptect ourlves frothe gulf of xico. i realizin 300 yrs, thisill probay be allpen wate i mn, the s will ta us all ov. what 'm ting to dwith e leveeystem,hat i'm tring to d is buy rselve two o3 genetions.

it's just about impossible t includthem inta leve stem. it uld costrobably 00 milln, and iwould be near impossie becausthe salt nditionsre so ba you knowto build fod-proteion oject, y have toave moreenefitsthan cost. o thing tt'not faored in e cost, ey only look at theost of t homes, the st of thbusiness, the frastrucre, but,ou know, don't knohowou put price it, buthey do n conside the st of a ole culte. [film advancelicks] [tom-toplaying] comardel: as disacement e happeni and we

just rther serate our commity,t' just gelost. [men anting] man: tn to theeft. mardell we leard about nional dister resience plan coetition,o we subtted ourlans. weorked to f with e state's mast pl, and th present it, and it t funded saders: rit now, t way elocatio typical happein the unid stateswe rely anndividuabuy-out del, anso, i othewordssomeone rees some mpensati

to goive somewherelse, but in dog so, wdo losthat cutural faic, so wdon' really kw if we n move people clectivelas a gro eaper anmore effiently than iividuals comaelle: the's ry lile posite in t form of settleme of pele. you know,overnmentsust don't do it wel we prested a dierent mol, communy-design, mmunitdriven. i ink tha wa, hud loed on thatnd said, "et's try i. let's try a ilot proam, see if we n figurout how do thisn a aller sce so we n change it for--we have many communies in the u.sand abroathat's facinghese sam clite issue and i thi th's whso many peple are watcng, becae 'sike, "okcan we rlly t this ght?" cause wenow hoimportanit is fothe fure of t wor to get right

unet: tre'a reali there that don't like, b it's somhing that i ve to fa up to cause, u see, had to therand make decisioto ave a ple that's alws been ho for 7r 8 genetions, and thatasn'easy to t go of, a, in fac in spitof answerinthat queion a fe mes, it ill don't ke it sy. [fm advancclicks] comardel: sohis ishe new prerred sitfor the land. ts is whe our comty is gonna mo to. it's a autiful ace. to , this i new lifenew birt a suainable ace. thiis a healthspace. saders: no we do uerstand

thathis is historicly ibal counity, a we also derstandhat poputions havleft thi particur loation ov a perioof time, d thoseolks whore succesul in th projectill ve an oortunityo constite in theew locaon, but r primarset of beneciaries e the pele ving on e islandwe want to picup the pple thatre livg in thidirescenario and eure thathey live somewhre that safe noand nto the ture. comdelle: iope thathe tribe wld own t land, a tuallywe ort of le a mid ownersp. you kw, the folks wld have ll rightto theiland, buat the se time,f they we to go d nt to mo off of , it wou revert bk to theribe so at waythat land wi be forer sacr for theribe thave. sanders: we' got to lk a pret fine li by ich we'e developi somethi that mas sen for thicommunitbut al could bapplicab to a uch wir array communies thamay be in a silar siation. wsimply d'tave good aner to at queion

ye. comardee: i finthis vy empowing. 's alwing us breadown somof those cultul barrirs, som of those griebarriershat's en in ple from yrs past. you dn' even reize it. if ery othehurricanseason, ou' havingo replaccars or furnure, youon't have chae toave sangs, andou d't ave a chce to alw yo kids toe a bett next stein life.tarting t in this pie of propty, th canave a ho and a w to proess intohe futur if i was tportray it on an eangered specs list, is is ourebirth ere we c starour new pulationo get f that eangered ecies ist.

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