What a great way to both help restore a critical ecosystem while teaching young kids valuable lessons about the real world: encourage schoolchildren to grow wetland plants at their schools for later planting in coastal habitat restoration projects.
That’s what Louisiana State University’s (LSU) Coastal Roots Project aims to do. Established in the pre-Katrina days of 2001, the program is now more vital than ever and — happy to say — schools across the state have come on board to join the cause.
By Jerry James Stone •
October 22, 2008
Louisiana is oiling up for a hydrogen network.
Exxon Mobil has entered in to a long-term contract with Air Products for constructing a new Steam Methane Reforming (SMR) Hydrogen production facility in Louisiana. The facility will be connected to Air Products’ Louisiana Hydrogen Pipeline Network and will service Exxon Mobil’s Baton Rouge, Louisiana refinery.
As part of its Earth Day observations next week, Louisiana State University plans to hold its first-ever conference on sustainability.
Hosted by LSU’s Environmental Conservation Organization, the conference is scheduled to run from Monday, April 21, through Friday, April 25, as part of the university’s third annual environmental festival. Earth Day is on Tuesday, April 22.
You want music with a message? Then you’ve got to — if you haven’t yet — check out the works of Tab Benoit.
A Louisianan through and through (born in Baton Rouge, reared in Houma), Benoit is not only a wonderful Southern Cajun/blues musician, but an outspoken and active environmentalist. His primary cause: protecting and restoring the wetlands of the Gulf Coast … something that would not only help native wildlife but the people of coastal Louisiana (and the overall climate) as well.
What a great way to both help restore a critical ecosystem while teaching young kids valuable lessons about the real world: encourage schoolchildren to grow wetland plants at their schools for later planting in coastal habitat restoration projects.
