announcer: on this episode of "earth focus," lessons learned during hurrice katrinare being t to theest alonthe coa of losiana. so predictew orlns will be suerged byhe endf this ntury. e regio's svival depds on s abily to ada tolimate cnge. if sucssful, lisiana m provi a bluepnt forthers arou the world [film advance clicng]

cker: tre were milies here. tre were ds in th street playingootball,ight? the wereeighbo. this house was the candy lady. as kid we woulcome dow andpend ouruarters d t here this poh and ea and jusenjoy thatmosphe ofthe commity, rig, and tht wentway ju overnig. it ju got wasd away. elicopt whirrin ma: we areeeing sces like is one toughout e city. iebermando you rember if you told em thatthe leees had oken? bro: i don't reca

specifally, t it washat new orlns is flding. waers: no.it. knocked ovethem plas on their rch la night,uh? miss isome upsewith you a cple of mths ago,e had a ran storm,ust a ornary rainorm in stheast louiana.t was onof thosdays thawe thoug, "hey, st a lite rain,"ut low anbehold,he city floode the draage syem was not up to par. tucker: we lovedurricaneas kidsi rememb when e calm came, weould plaout in t ater. itas just other da ff from hool, right,ut now

it's terrifng. it's terriing. lters: ts is not hoax. ths is rea climatehange is rel, so hodo we li with it? i ink in ts section of town, 're srting to underand thatater and limate chae goes hd in nd. johon: neorleans n the st 5 to years hareally taken a greatdaptatioof climateesiliencand clate chnge. eletion is e of the maor adaptions thayou sotimes se is that the hoes are rsed high. this is t center r the sustnable engement a developmt. we ve rain gards here. help communies how tbuild ra

garden we alsoave a orard. youee over re, we havlemons. t us oneff re. ater katina, yohad all these tons from e water,o tht went io the il, and that's all ov the lower ninth ward and probably a lot in louisiana. evidently, the process of going through the trs to beafruit, idoesn't come in the fit. al, we recommenabove-begardens ere you n put frh soil t ve you cps that e not tanted witthat poi. wht we've trd to do help with theommunityo first educate th becausthey ge nfused aut, you ow, is climatchange aolitical sue. is real? wjust try tgive thethe fact then we y to shohow th can be advates f how we adapt to at clima. tucker: we don't do methin all ts beau of new oeans th everyby loves,ouristcome dowto e, the'll be lookingt

just water.hat'it. willia: the pl we've reli onelieves at we cafight ter, anif you've ev been toa beach en the's ripde andou thinyou can fight war, you wl learn thayou wi lose th battle. waggoner: with a climate adaptation plan, you have a wet system and a dry system, so when you need to lift water out, you can do that, but when you ne to let e water , yocan let e water though thasystem into ese cans and cculate iaround e city. willms: i ansome peole mighwalk pas here an think, "oh, yh. it's just orgrown grass.no. it's a w-lying

ea thatas certain vegetion in ithat is e perfect vegetion wheyou nt wateto absorand be ab to dissate at aore gradl rate. mean, itoesn't look le a lot natur sciee, but tre'a lotf tural sence thagoes int it. ggoner:osts lesto have green frastrucre becau this is low-maintenance. this is a model of a part of the city as the main draina basin. you ve an unrground stem, e white nes undethe ear. the id was to t the aternto thespipes, tget at watero thespumps d ush it o. that w the method. wiiams: trh of theatter is, ere is nway to sve our wat issues th just r pumpsnd turnes. it's not enoughit will never be enoh. ggoner:ou know,ecades of ing te wronthing uslly ll you.e got oudeath rning in005. lliamsif thereas a

poitical ll to ma sure hat thisity seesnother00 yearsit wouldeahaving very butiful, very aesthetic blueways along with greenways throughout the 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 started get reay serus aucoastalssues, a they arted tthink abt risk rection, ptecting ople rom floong, togeer with restoraon as onthing th eds to baddresse ando we me up wi this cotal aster an whichs a list of rojectsthat hae been ientificly vetd, ando whave procts thatredge marial froone ple and pu

it ianother ace to aually bui new mares wherehere's en wat at the ment. on th risk-rection de, we have eensive ries of leveesnd floodtes arou some itical cstal communies. these arerojects that thi will wo, not wok now, b work in the fuure. man: thiis skyla 5478 noember. kolke state's coaal maste an is a50 billi, 50-yea plani conser myselan oceanoapher ana coasta ologist,o i lo at issus le why weink in lisiana, and also lo at ises lik howe rebud coasta landspe. the rrier isnds are one of the rst lineof defens ainst atorm, rit, so note how th is now etty much connuous.here's no

chnnels inhe middlof it. is is anxample oa restor barrier land. all rig. th you can e new orans, so at'one of the mor post-trina lee improments, sthidea w to basical to wallff this ea torevent storm sge from getng to thlower nth ward lees are setimes blt with earth,nd sometes they're built wi concrete, b the coreoint is that ty are al a wl that ptects anrea frowaves d risingater from atorm. thbiggest variable inhis is s level rise. ifhe seal vel rise rates arat the l end of e sptrum of at peopl pdict, th you cou rebuild rge are of e landsce and prove ood prottion r a lot people.f ras aret the hi end, en i think lot of areas wl be lost,ven wi thetate's besefforts.

l rightwell, weome to codrie. e maste plan eds a l of inpu and so e kind owork thai do fee intohe paramers thathe tate nee as partf its masteplan. so, younow, i jt wantedo ve you aiew of wt the sa marshearound here ok like. you c see thathere's rsh f miles ithat dirtion. rshes pride a loof buffe om storenergy, they're a buffebetween r human civilition andhe sea, the restoration invols pumping sement io a marslike thi to rse the evation o allow it toetter keep pacwith sea levelise and fill inreas

thatave eroded. so thiss the bua dove ructure,hich is e of the jor flooates in e moganza tohe gulf vee systm. with levee, o questionhat you ve is ho'inside anwho is tside the lee syste by drawg this walin the msh, you're chging thenvironme, but yo'ralso setng dowa series princips of who lives wre and t kindsf chices thathese counities face inhe years ahead, me of which e going be veryvery tou choices

albert pnaquin: is area used tbe lover' lane cause therwas treeall over the pla. you cld getn he and go hidback the, so w'd listen music a hang ou with ur girliend. y'al on'mind if say tha huh? all rit. i wasorn and ised right hre, in he tll grass rightere. i gss it reresent wre all omy cestorsas born d raised nd died,nd a lots buried ov here, s well, to me, mens a who bunch. comardelle: the land is important to us because it's where our ancestors settled. that's wherare famies are. that's whe the hea of who we ares. it's a sace at we

becomone with alrt p. nain: the dians we in theay of e white man, sohey l sign eaties f more la and mor nd, and th' how we t to er here.he goverent chad us, soe settd over hee and wahappy, a now mothenature igetting ay. brnet: thiis my grdparents ony mothe's se, my grndmoth and my andfather rit there. i wasaised he my whollife. y. isle d jean charlesas alws been wonderl place liv the isld didn't actally opeup to thworld fully, notntil abo the ear fiftieshen our road wasuilt. was vereasy to ke up in he morni and seermadillo 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' seeing actuay just a kelen of whait used be, y know? alert p. nuin: to , it means almo, i guesyou can say, lika familyember hang ncer, yoknow? it's being eatenway, younow, whe it's just little b by litt bit getng destred. now,he only ting is,he piecof land is lting lonr than t human dy can.

the onright he is an o fielcanal. ere's one that sses her there's o that sses ait furth, and the's e that pses in the backso you're loing at water saltwat intrusi comg from t pipelincanals, anthey desoyed the vegetion tt we useto have... butyou knowmost of e people wk for thoil comnies. th'rethe one that's putng food d payin the nt and mtgages a stuff likehat, s as muchs you hate tm, youave to ke them. dupreisle de an charl is--

what's theommonsaying?-the canaryn the mi field. 're seeing-ver herewe call 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 o noticeifferees when you're alady onlylightly ove the ter likesle de jean crles. brunetin the binning, was slow press. it s really not rely noticble, but tn enever t water srted coing in en more wh it, it goto be me rapid ecause theyad morwater cong in andhe land dn' stand a

chanc so manpeople otheir o did makthe decion to go becau of the ter. dena naqn: my damoved of the isld, i wt to s, righ bere i w born beuse he wasn't able get to rk with theoad floong and hneeded to rk, but i amrom th biloxi-ctimacha-octaw ba of isle jean chles, and that's my ritage, at is my dauter's herige. younow, that's our mily legy. alber pnaquin:aah! aughter] t all t peoplwho wille namedhurry upfarmer b. a ild was rn,

evrybody wt and vit androught aift. nowt's t appening tnk you f today's sunse. aiden, u want indian name? yes.our na is litt fox. th displacent real, really mada changen our cuure. now weind of le-- ha ha !--le there e no iians, ok dre: the ly way tse coastacommunits will rvive into the ter 21st centu is to ptect ourlves rom thgulf omexico. realize 300 yea, this wl probay 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 tw or 3 gerations.

it's just about impossible t includthem inta levee sysm. it wod cost pbably $300 million, and it would be nearly imposble because the salt nditionsre so ba u know, build a fod-proteion prect, you ve to he more befits an ost. o thing tt's t faored in e cost, ey only look at t cost ofhe homes the st of thbusiness, the frastrucre, but,ou know, do't ow how y put arice ont, b they doot consir the st of a ole culte. [film advancelicks] [totom playg]

mardelleas displement keps happeni and we jt furtheseparateur mmunity, 'll jt get lo. [men anting] man: tn to theeft. mardell we leard about natnal disaer resience plan coetition,o we submied our pns. we wked to fitith thstate's master pl, and th present it, and t got fued. saders: rit now, t way elocatio typical hapn in t united ates, weely on an indivual buout mode anso, inther wds, somee

receiv some coensation togo live mewherelse, but in doinso, we o lose at culral fabr, so we n't reallynow if wcan move pele colleively as group chper and re efficntly th individls. comaelle: the's ry lile posite in the form settleme of peleyou know, gernmentsust don't do it well.e presend a different mol, communy-design, mmunitdriven. i ink tha wa, hud loed on that and said "let's tryt. let's try pilot progr, see if we n figure t how too this oa smalr scale we can ange itor--" weave so my mmunitiein the u.sand abroad hat'facing tse same climatessues, a i thi th's whso many peple are watchingbecause i's le, "ok. n we reay ge this rit?" beuse we kw hoimportanit is fothe fute of theor to get rht.

brnet: the's realityhere that ion'ke, butt' somethi tt i haveo face u to beuse, you see, had to there d make aecision to ave a ple that's alws been home for 7 or 8 genetions, and th wasn't easy to lego of, a, inact, in ite swering at questn a few times, it still doesn't ke it sy. ilm advae clicks comardel: so this ishe new prerred sitfor the land. this ishere ourommuty is gonna mo to. it's a betiful place. to , this i w life, w birth, sustnable ple. thiis a healthspace.

saders: no we do uerstand thathis is historicly ibal counity, a we also derstandhat poputions havleft thi particur locion ov a perioof time, d thoseolks whore successf in thisroject wl ve an oortunityo constite in theew locaon, but r primarset of beneciaries e the pele livingn the isnd. we wt to picup the pple thatre livg in thidire scenar and eure thathey live somewhe that isafe now d intthe futu. comdelle: i hope thathe tribe wld own t land, a actual, we ort of le a mixed nership.ou know,he foks wouldave fullights to theiland, buat the se me, if ey were go and wanto move o of it, would vert bacto the tbe so th way, atand wille foreve sacred f the tribe to ha. saers: we've g to walk prettyine line by whicwe'e velopingomethinghat make sense f this counity bu also cld be apicable ta mucwider ary of couniti

that y be in similar situatio we simp don't have good aner to at queion ye. omdelle: iind thivery empowin it'allowings to break wn some those cultul barrirs, som of those ief barrrs tha's en in ple from yrs past. you dn' even reize it. if everother huicane seon, ou' havingo replaccars or fuiture, y don't have chae to have vings, a you do't he a chan to allo yo kids toe a bett next step inife. staing ouin th piece opropertythey canave a ho and a w to pgress in the fute. if i was tportray on an endanged ecies li, this isour rebih where can start ounew popution to t off at endanred specs ist.

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