announcer: on this episode of "earth focus," lessons learned ring rricane trina ar ing put the tesalong th oast of uisiana. me predi new orlns will be suerged byhe endf this ntury. e regio's svival depds on its abilitto adapt tolimate cnge. if sucssful, lisiana m pvide a beprintor other ound the wld. [film advance clicng]

tucker:here werfamilies here. tre were ds in th streetlayingootball,ight? therwere nghbors. this house was the candy lady. as kid we woulcome dow andpend ouruarters d sit heron this rch and t and jusenjoy thatmosphe ofthe commity, rig, and at wentway justvernight it justot washeaway. elicopt whirrin ma: we areeeing sces like is one toughout e city. lbermando you rember if you told em thatthe leees had oken? browni don't recall

specificly, but was tha ne orleanss floodi. walts: no. s. knoed ovethem plas on heir poch lastnight, hh? miss some upt with y. a cple of mths ago,e had a ran storm,ust a ornary rainorm in stheast louisia. iwas one of those ys that thought "hey, st a lite rain,"ut ow and ehold, t city flooded.he draine syst was not up to par. tucker: we lovedurricaneas kids. i rememb when thcalm came, weould plaout in t ater. itas just other da ff from hool, right, b now

it'terrifyi. it'terrifyng. walters:his is n a hoax ths is rea climatehange is rea so how we liveith it? i ink in ts sectn of wn, we're srting to understd that wer and lima changgoes hd in nd. johnsn: new leans ithe la 5 to years hareally taken a greatdaptatioof climateesiliencand clate chnge. eletion is e of the maor adaptions thayou sotimes se is thathe hous are raid higher this is t center r the sustnable engement a developmt. we ve rain gards here. help mmuniti how to ild rain

rdens.e also he a orard. youee over re, we have mons. geus one o re. ater katina, yohad all ese toxi from thwater, s 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 commend ove-bed rdens whe you caput fressoil to ve you cps that e not tanted witthat poi. wht we've trd to do help th the cmunity tfirst educate th becausthey ge coused abo, you ow, is climate ange a pitical ise. is real? wjust try to ve them e facts.hen we y to shohow theyan be advates f how we apt to th climate cker: ife don't do methin allhis beau of new orlns thatverybod loves,ourists me down e, the'll beookingt

just water.hat'it. willia: the pl we' relied on bieves th we can ght ter, anif you've ev been toa beach en the's riptie 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 needo let thwater , you n let thwater in though thasystem into ese cans and cculate iaround e city. willms: i an, me peop might lk pas here an think, "oh, yea it'just overown ass." . it's a w-lying

ea thatas ctain vegation int that ithe perfect vegetion wheyou want war to absb and be ab to diipate at more gradl rate. mean, itoesn't look ike a loof natal sciee, but tre'a lotf tural sence thagoes int it. wagoner: cts less ave green frastrucre becau this is low-maintenance. this is a model of a part of the city as the main drainage basin. you ve an unrground stem, e white lines undethe ear. the id was to t the ater io these pes, to t at wat to the pumps and ush it o. that w the thod. wiiams: trh of theatter is, the is no y to sol our waterssues wi just r pumps a turbis. it's not ough. will never be enoh. ggoner:ou know,ecades of dong the wrong ing usuay ki you. wgot our ath rning in005. lliams: thereas a poitical ll to ma sure

hat thisity seesnother00 ars, itould mean ving 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 aboucoastalssues, a they startedo think out risk reduion, procting pele rom floong, togeer with restoraon as onthing th eds to baddresse and s we ca up wi this cotal aster plan whichs a list of rojectsthat hae been ientificly vetted, and s we ve projes that ddge mateal from e place and pu

it ianother ace to aually buildew marsh where t's opn watert the mont. on theisk-rection de, we ve extsive sees of leveesnd floodtes arou some crical coaal communies. thesere projes thawe thi will wo, not wok now, b work in the fute. n: this skyla 5478 noember. kolke state's coaal maste plais a $ billion50-year plani conser myselan oceanogrher and coastal ologist,o i lo at issus likwhy we sk in louiana, and ilso lo at ises lik how we rebuilcoastal landspe. the rrier isnds are one of the rst lineof defens ainst atorm, rit, so notichow thiss now prty ch continuous. tre'no chnnels inhe middlof it.

th is an emple of restored rrier land. all rig. thenou can e new orans, so at'one the maj post-kaina leve improvents, so thidea w to basical to wallff this ea torevent atorm sur from getti to the weninth wa. lees are setimes blt with earth,nd sometes they're built wi concrete, b the coreoint is that ty are al a walthat procts an aa frowaves and risi waters fm a sto. the biest varble in ts is seaevel rise. ifhe seal verise ras are athe low e of the sptrum of at peopl pdict, th you cou rebuild rge are of thlandscap and prove ood prottion for a loof peopl if ras aret the hi end, th i think lot of areas wl be lost, en wi thetate's besefforts.

l rightwell, weome to codrie. thmasterlan eds a l of inpu and so e kind of rk that do feeds into t paramets thathe ste needss part oits masteplan. , you kw, i juswanted t gi you a vw of whathe salt marshearound here ok like. you canee that ere's rsh oriles in at direcon. rshes provide a t of bufr om storenergy, they're a buffebetween r human civilizaon and t sea, sohe storation invols puing sement inta marsh ke this toaise thelevatioto allo it toetter keep pacwith sea level re and toill in aas

thatave erod. soth is the bba dove stcture, wch is onof the mar floodges in th mornza to t gulf lee syste with a vee, o questionhat you ve is ho'inse and o is ouside the lev system.y drawin is wall the mar, you're chging thenvironme, but yo'ralso setng dowa series princips of who lives wre and t kindsf chices thathese counities face inhe yearshead, so of which e going be veryvery tou choices

bert p. quin: th area used tbe lover' lane cause therwas trees all ov the pla. youould g in herend go hide ck thereso we'd listen music a hang ou with ur girliend. y'al d't ind if iay that,uh? all righ i was bn and raed right hre, in he ta grass rightere. i gss it reresent wre all omy anestors w born anraised a died, a a lot iburied overere, awell, soo me, it mea a wholeunch. 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 werin the w of e white man, sohey all signed trties forore landnd more nd, and that' how we t to ov here. t governmt chad us, soe settd over hee and wahappy, a now mother ture is tting us ay. brnet: thiis my grdparents ony mothe's se, my grandmoer and mgrandfather ght there. i wasaised he whole fe. yesisle de jeanharlesas alwaybeen a wonderfuplace live.he islandidn't actuly open to thworld fully, notntil abouthe earlyifties wn our ad was blt. itas very sy to wa up in he morni and seermadillo in theard or ossum or

raoon, yoknow, cssing th yaror whater, whatn. all that hashanged bause, wi a lot of just beg water w, th tre have di off. wh u' seeing actualljust a keton of wt it useto be, younow? alert p. nuin: to , it means almo, i guesyou can say, lika familyember hang ncer, yoknowit' being eatenway, younow, whe it'just a ttle bity little t getti destroy. now, t only ting is,he piecof land is lasng longethan theuman bo can.

the one ght here is an o fielcanal. ere's one that sses her there's o that sses a b further and the's onthat pass in the back, you're lookg at water saltwat intrusi comg from t pipelincanals, anthey desoyed the vegetion thawe useto have... butyou knowmost of e ople worfor the l comnies. th'rethe one that's putng food d payin the nt and mtgages a stuff likehat, so,s much ayou hate tm, youave to ke em. dupreisle de an charl is-- what's theommon ying?-he

nary ithe mineield. w're seeing-ver herewe call relate sea lel rise. u havehe globasea leverise, ich islight, t about % the seaevel rishere is becau of subsence, we bo subsidi and youave the global a level se at th same te, so w are snking b i ink it's 3 mlimeters ear. it esn'sound li much, t you gonto 40 years50 yearsand you art o noticeifferenc when you're alady onlylightly ove the ter likesle de jean crles. brun: in theeginningit was slow press. it s really not rely noticble, but tn whever theater staed coing in en more wh it, it got be morrapid bause they h more ter comi in andhe land dn' stand a chanc

so many ople on eir o did makthe decion to go becau of the ter. na naqui my dad ved off the isld, i wanto s, righ bere i wasorn becae he wasn't able get to rk with theoad floong and hneeded to wo, t i amrom the loxi-chimacha-chtaw band isle deean chars, and that's my hetage, th is my daughr' herita. you kow, that's our mily legy. alber pnaquin:aah! [lghter] t all t people o will b namedhurry upfarmer b. a chd was bo, evebody wenand visi

and bught a gt. now 's no appening tnk you f today's sunse. den, you want andian me? yes. your names littleox. theisplacemt reallyreally made change iour culte. now weind of le-- ha ha !--le there e no iians, ok dre: the ly way tse astal mmunitiewill rvive io the lar 21st centu is to ptect ourlves from thgulf omexico. realize 300 yea, this wl probay be allpen wate i mea the seaill takes all overwhat i'm tryg to do th e leveeystem, wt i' tring to do, is y oursels tw or 3 gerations.

it's just about impossible t clude em into a 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. onehing th's t facted in thcost, th only look at t cost ofhe homes the co of the sinessesthe frastrucre, but,ou know, do't ow how y put arice ont, b they doot consir the co of a whe cultur filmdvance ccks] [tom-m playin

cordelle: displacent kepsappeningnd we jt furtheseparateur mmunity, 'll jt get lo. [men anti] man: turto the lt. coardelle:e learneabout a natnal disaer resilnce an compition, swe submied our pns. we wked to fit wh thstate's master planand theyresentedt, and t got fued. sanrs: righnow, theay elocatio typical happen in t united ates, weely on individl buy-t model, and o, in oher wor, someon

receiv some coensation togo live mewherelse, but in doinso, we o lose at culral fabr, so we n't really kw if we n move pele colleively as group chear and mo efficiely th individls. comardle: the's ve litt positivin t form of settleme of peopleyou know, gernments just don't do well.e presend a different mol, communy-design, comunity-riven. i ink tha wa, hud loed on thatnd said,let's try i. let's try a pil programsee if we ca gure ouhow to dthis on smalr scale we can ange it f--" we he so man mmunitiein the u.sand abroathat's facinghese sam imate iues, and i thinkh's whso many peple are tching, cause it's like,ok. can really ge this rit?" beuse we kw hoimportanit is fothe fute of theorldo get it rht.

brnet: the's realityhere at i d't li, but i's mething tt i haveo face u to beuse, yosee, iad to go there d make aecision leave a ace tha's aays been home for 7 or 8 genetions, and thatasn'easy to lego of, a, in ft, in ite of swering at questn a few times, it still doesn't ma it eay. ilm advae clicks comardel: so this ishe new prerred sitfor the land. his is wre our cmuni is gonna moveo. it's a betiful ple. to methis is nelife, nebirth, a sustnable ple. this a healthspace.

saders: no we do uerstand that is is a storical trbal commity, ande also unrstand tt populaons have ft thisarticula locion over period time, d thoseolks whore successf in thisroject wl hae an opptunity t reonstitutin the n locati, but ouprimary t of beneciaries e the pele livingn the isnd. we wt to pick the peoe that a livg in thidirescenar and ense that ty live somewhe that isafe now d into e future comardee: i hope that the ibe wou own theand, and actual, we ort of le a mixed nership.ou know,he foks wouldave fullights to theiland, buat the se tie, if th were too and want tmove offf it, itould rert back the tbe so th way, thand wille foreve sacred f the tri to ha. saers: we've g to walk etty finliney which 'r deloping sething tt makes sese for this commity but also cou be applable to much wir array commuties that mabe in a milar

tuation.e simplyon' have a ood answ to tht questn yet. omarlle: i fd this ery empowin it'allowings to brk down se of tho cultul barrirs, som of those grf barrie that's en in ple from yrs past. you dn' even reize it. if everother huicane seon, ou' havingo replaccars or furnure, youon't have chae to have vings, a you don't hava chanceo allow yo kids toe a bett next step life. srting ouin is piecef proper, they canave a ho and a w to pgress in the fute. if i was tportray on an endgered specielist, th isour rebih where can start ounew popution to t off at endanred specs ist.

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