We encourage you to read what we learned five years ago and to think “out of the box” on how this knowledge can support cultural responses to a convergence of disasters, an experience that more and more of our population are and/or may experience.

In November National Geographic partnered with the Lowlander Center to host a photo camp. During the photo camp, students worked to create a video depicting stories from their community. Here is the final product:

The Lowlander Center has worked with the Isle de Jean Charles Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Tribe and other partners in support of the creation of a Tool Kit for communities undergoing environmental and developmental pressures. The final product is Preserving our Place: A Community Field Guide to Engagement, Resilience, and Resettlement:

Lowlander Center members spoke on a panel at the State of the Planet Conference hosted by Columbia University School of Law. Read about the panel and the response on the Columbia University Earth Institute blog.

Through the Lowlander Center’s partnership with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, the Lowlander Center and its members have attended several gatherings and contributed to UUSC publications.