announcer: on this episode of "earth focus," lessons learned during hurrice katrinare being puto the tt along e coast olouisian some prect new oeans wil be bmerged the en of this centurythe regi'survival dends on s abily to ada climatehange. i sucssful, lisiana m prode a blurint f other ound theorld. [fm advance clicng]

tucker:here werfamili her there we kids ithe stre playi footbal right? the wereeighbo. this houswas the ndy ladyas kids,e would me down andpend ouruarters d t here this poh and ea and jusenjoy thatmosphe the counity, rht, and that went awajust oveight. it ju got wasd away. [helicoer whirrg] n: we a seeing enes lik is onehroughouthe city ieberm: do youemember if you tolthem th the vees habroken? bro: i don't reca specifically, buit was tt w orlea is floong.

waers: no.it. knocked ovethem plas on their rch la night,uh? ss is se upset th you. couple months o, we had in stor just a dinary rastorm inoutheast louiana. it was e of the days tt we thoht, "heyjust a ltle rain but low ad behol the ci flood. the dinage system was noup to par. tuck: we lov hurricas as kidsi remeer when e calm me, we wld play t in the water. was jusanother y ff from hool, right,ut now it's terrying.

i's terrfying. walters:his is n a hoax is is rl. clima change rel, so hodo we li with ? i thinin this ction of wn, we're staing to underand thatater and climatehanggoes hanin nd. johon: neorleans n the st 5 t7 years s really taken a greatdaptatioof clima resiliee and cimate ange. evation ione of t jor adaations tt you metimes e, is th the uses areaised hier. ts is theenter fothe suainable gagementnd devepment. have rn gaens herewe help communies how tbuild ra garden we alsoave a

chard. y see ovehere, we havlemons. t us oneff here.fter krina, u had al these tons from e water,o at wentnto thsoil, an that's all er the lower ninth wa and probly a loin losiana. evintly, th processf going through the ees to br fruit,t doesn't come to theruit. al, we recommenabove-begardens ere you n put frh soil t give yourops thaare not inted wh that pnt. wht we've ied to dis help with theommunityo first edate them becaue they t nfused aut, you ow, is climatchange aolitical sue. is real? wjust try tgive them the fact then we y to shohow th can be adocates for how wadapt to that clite. tucker: we don't do somethg, allhis bety of new oeans th everyby love touristcome dowto see, th' lking at jt water.hat'it.

wiiams: the plan 've ried onelieves at we cafight water, d if yo've er been toa beach en tre'a ripde a you thk you c fight war, you wl learn thayou wi lose th battle. ggoner: th a climate adaptati plan, y have a t system and ary syste so when yoneed tlift wat ou you cado thatbut when you ne to let e watein, yocan let e water rough tt system intthese caals andirculatet around e city. lliams: mean, so people mit walk pt here d think h, yeah.t's st overgwn grass" no. 's a w-lying area at has certain

vetation it thats the perft getationhen you wanwater tobsorb anbe able to dissipatat a mor graduarate. i an, it dsn' ok lika lot oftural scnce, buthere's a lotf naturalcience thagoes int it. waggone costs ls to have greeinfrastrture becse this isow-maintance. is is aodel of part of e citas the mn draina basin. yohave an dergrounsystem, the whitlines unr the rth. thidea waso get th water into the pipes,o get that wer to these pumpand push out. th was the method. williams: uth of t matter is, ere is nway to sve our wat issues th just r pumpsnd turnes. 's no enoughit willever be enoug waggone you kno decadesf ing te wronthing uslly kill yo we got r death warning 2005. williamsif the was a liticawill to ke sure hat thisity seesnother00

years, would meahaving very butiful, very aesetic ueways ong withreenways roughouthe 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 strt. [film advance clicks] reed: at some point after rricane katrina, people starteto get ry serus aboucoastalssues, a they startedo think out risk rection, ptecting ople rom floong, togeer with restotion as e thing at needs toe addresd, ando we me up th this astal master anhich ia list of pjectsthat hae been scieifically vette and so whave procts thatredge terial fm one place anput in anotr place actuall

uild n marsheshere ther's en wat at the ment. on the rk-reductn si, we havextensive sees of leve and flogates arnd somcriticaloastal commities. these arerojects thawe think will rk, not rk now,ut work to the fute. man: thiis skylane 5478 vember. kolr: stat's cstal masr pln is a $ billi, 50-yea pl. i coider mysf an oceanoapher ana coasta geologis so i ok at ises le why weink in lisiana, and ilso lo at ises lik howe rebud coasta lancape. thbarrier lands are o of thfirst lis of defense against storm, ght, so noice how is is nopretty much ctinuou there's no annels the mide of it. is is anxample oa restor

barrieisland. all rig. th you can e new orans, so at'one of the mor post-trina lee impvements,o e idea w to basally to ll off ts area to prent a sto surge fm gting to e loweninth wa. lees are setimes blt with earth,nd sometes they're built wi concrete,ut the coreoint is that ty are al a walthat procts an aa frm waveand risi water rom a srm. thbiggest variable inhis is s level rise. ifhe seal vel rise tes are the lownd of th sptrum of at peopl pdict, th you cou rebuild large aas othe landape and pride ood prottion for a t of peoe. if rates ar at the gh end, en i thi a lot oareas wl be lost, even with the stat's besefforts.

l rightwell, weome to codrie. e maste plan needs lot of put, ando the kind owork thai do fee intohe paramers th the ste needss part oits masteplan. so, y know, iust want to give you view ofhat the lt marshes ound here lo like. you canee that ere's mah foriles in at direcon. rshes pride a loof buffe om storenergy, they're a bufr betwn our hun civilition andhe sea, the restoration invves pumping sediment io a marslike thi toaise thelevatioto allo it better keep pacwith sea levelise and fill inreas thatave ered.

so is is thbubba ve ructur which ione of t majofloodgat in the morgaa to theulf leve syem. wita levee,ne questi that yohave is who's iide anwho is tside theevee sysm. by dring this wl in thearsh, y're channg the eironmentbut u'e also sting dn a sers of priiples ofho liv where a the kinds of oices tt these mmunitie face inhe years ahead, me of whicare gointo be ve, very togh choic.

albert pnaquin: is area usedo be lov' lane cause pla. youould g in herend go hidback the, so w'd listeto musicnd hang t wityour gifriend.'al on'mind if say tha huh? all ght. i w born anraised rightere, ithe tll gra rig here. iuess it presenthere allf my cestorsas born d raised nd died,nd a lots buried ov here, s well, to me, ans a wle bunch comardee: the ld impoant to ubecause 's whre our aestors stled. that's wherare famies are. tha's wre the hrt of wh we ares. i's apacthat we becomone with

alrt p. nain: the dians we in theay othe whit man, sohey all sign eaties f more la and mor land, anthat' how we t to ov here. t governmt chad us, so we seled over hee and wahappy, a now mothenature igetting away. brunet: this my granarents my moth'side, my andmoer and mgrandfher righthere. ias raisehere my whollife. y. isle d jeanharlesas alwaybeen a wonderl place liv the isld didn't actally opeup to e world lly, n until abo the ear fiftieshen our ro was built. was vereasy to ke up in the morng and s armadil in theard or ossum or raccoon, yoknow, cssing th

yaror whater, whatn. all that h changedecause, th a lo of it jt being ter now, e tes have ed off. at you're seeinis actlly just a keton of wt it useto , you kw? bert p.aquin: tme, it means alst, i gus you ca say, lika familyember hang cancer, u know? it's being eat away, y know, wre it's just little b by litt bit gting desoyed. no the only ting is,he pie of lan is lting lonr than t human dy can.

the onright re is anil fielcanal. ere's one that sses her there's ne thatpasses ait furth, and ere's one thatasses in the backso you're loing at water saltwat intrusi coing fromhe pipele canals anthey desoyed the vegetion tt we useto have. b, you kn, most othe peopleork for e oil comnies. th'rethe one that's putng food d payin thrent andortgagesnd stuff li that, s as muchs you hatehem, yo have tlike 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 ear. it esn'sound li muchbut you into yea, 50 yea, and yostart to noti differees whe you're alady onlylightly above thwater li isle de jeanharles. bret: in t beginni, it was slow press. it s really not ally noteable, buthen enever t water srted ming inven moreith it, goto be me rapid ecause theyad more water cong in andhe land dn' stand a chae,

so manpeople otheir wn did me the desion to becse of thwater. dena naqn: my damoved of the iand, i wt to s, 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's my ritage, at is my dauter's herige. younow, that's our family lacy. alert p. nain: yaa [laughr] 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 weind of le-- ha hha!-ike therare no ndiansok? dre: the ly way tse astal mmunitiewill rvive io the ter 21st cenry is torotect oselves from thgulf of mexicoi realize 300 yea, this wl probly be a open war. i mn, the s will ta us all ov. what 'm ting to dwith the lev system,hat i'm tring to do, ibuy oursves o or 3 neration

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 u know, build a fod-proteion prect, you have toave moreenefitsthan cost.ne thinghat'not faored in e cost, ey only look at theost of t homes, the st of thbusiness, the infrastrture, bu you kno i n'know how y put arice it, b they doot consir the st of a ole culte. [film advancelicks] [totom playg] mardelleas displement e happeng and w

jt furtheseparateur communit 'll jt get lo. [mechanting] man: tn to theeft. mardell we leard about nional dister resience plan coetition,o we subtted ourlans. weorked to fitith the state's mast pl, and th present it, and t got fued. saders: rit now, t way relocatns typicly happen in t united ates, weely on an indivual buy-t model, anso, inther wds, somee rees some mpensati

go livsomewhe else, t in dog so, wdo losthat cutural faic, so wdon' reallynow if wcan move ople colctively a group chper and re efficntly an indivuals. comaelle: the's ry lile posite in the form 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 th and said "let's tryt. let's try pot progr, see if we n figure t how too this oa smler scalso we cachange itor--" weave so my communits in the u. and abrd that's faci these se climatessues, a i thi th's whso many ople arwatchingbecause it's lik "ok. cawe reall ge this rit?" cause wenow hoimportanit is fothe fute of t wor to get ight.

unet: tre'a reali there that don't like, b it's sometng that i ve to fa up to cause, u see, had to therand make decisioto leave a ace tha's aays been ho for or 8 gerations, a th wasn't easy to t go of, a, inact, in ite answerinthat queion a fe mes, it ill esn'make it sy. [filadvancclicks] comardle: this the new eferredite for e island his is wre our cmuty is gonna mo to. it's a autiful ace. to , this i new lifenew birt a suainable ace. thiis a healthspace. nders: w, we donderstan

thathis is historicly ibal counity, a we also derstandhat poputions havleft thi particur loation ov a perioof time, and tho folks w are succesul in th projectill ve an oortunityo constite in theew locaon, but r primarset of beficiarieare the ople livingn the isnd. we wt toick up t people at are ving inhis dire scenio and eure thathey live somewhre that safe noand intthe futu. comardee: i hopthat the tribe wld own t land, a actual, wsort ofike a mixeownershi you kno the lks wou have fu rights theiland, buat the se me, if ey were go and wanto move o of it, would vert bacto the tbe so th way, atand wi be forer sacredor the tbe to ve. sanders: we' got to lk a pret fine li by whh we're deveping somhing thamakes senseor thicommunitbut al could bapplicab to a mh wider ray of counies thamay be ia simila situatn. we sily don't hav good aner to at queion

ye. comdelle: iind thivery emperin it'allowings to eak downome of tse culral barers, se of ose griebarriershat's en in ple from yrs past. you did't en realizit. if ery othehurricanseason, ou' havingo replaccars r furnite, you d't have chnce to he saving and you do't he a chan to allo ur kids have a beer next stein life.tarting t in this pie of propty, ey can hava home a a way t progrs into t future.f i waso portrait on an eangered specs list, is isour rebih where can starour new pulationo get off thatndangerespecies list.

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

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