For a hot week in August folks gathered in DeRidder, LA to learn and build portable solar units to be used both in blue skies and in disaster situations. Rev. Jerry Egbert and Boksoon Egbert hosted a crew of eager learners from across the coast. At the end of the week, one complete unit was taken away on the back of a pickup truck and delivered to Grand Bayou.
Theresa Dardar, Donald Dardar, and Kristina Peterson discuss land loss as the first part of the PBS docuseries “In Their Element: Earth, Air, Fire, Water.” Watch it here!
A new report by Naomi Yoder and Sheehan Moore analyzes pollution incidents that occurred directly or indirectly due to Hurricane Ida.
Lowlander Center will be a partner in the research hub lead by Haskell Indian Nations University.
Lowlander Center co-founder Kristina Peterson along with collaborators Wenceslaus “Boyo” Billiot, Jr. and Stanley Tom presented about relocation at Cultures Under Water: Climate Impacts on Tribal Cultural Heritage.
Read/listen to this piece from WWNO on the possibility of federal buyouts in areas with increases in flooding.
