tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000125324767148982.post9164258144097311204..comments2023-10-10T05:55:16.564-07:00Comments on N'awlins: Pumps, Levees .... I'm curiousCursed Teahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11887314545308348100noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000125324767148982.post-8413268041154759202007-03-24T08:05:00.000-07:002007-03-24T08:05:00.000-07:00You might want to check out Tim's Nameless Blog, N...You might want to check out Tim's Nameless Blog, NOLA-dishu, and Matt McBride's Fix The Pumps (all linked on my blog!). Peruse their archives for some flood protection-related posts.<BR/><BR/>Good stuff to read as well: Christopher Hallowell's "Holding Back The Sea", and Mike Tidwell's "Bayou Farewell". Pick up those books sometime. I think the wetlands disappearance and restoration efforts are covered in greater detail in those books - plus, they are good reading!<BR/><BR/>Check 'em out sometime.Leigh C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13654596932726420097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000125324767148982.post-14054556542132406612007-03-22T13:21:00.000-07:002007-03-22T13:21:00.000-07:00Thanks for your work in New Orleans. Maybe you co...Thanks for your work in New Orleans. Maybe you cover the conference below for your blog.<BR/><BR/> Inspired by the achievements of the Bolivarian Revolution and moved by the ongoing human rights crisis in the Mississippi Gulf Coast, grassroots organizers in the Katrina Self-Determination and Bolivarian Movements throughout the country have agreed to host the Mutual Aid and International Solidarity Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana at Dillard University, one of the country's oldest black educational institutions on May 24th – 27th, 2007. Presenters & attendees will share organizing experiences, explore opportunities for mutual aid and stand in solidarity for human rights and self-determination.<BR/><BR/>The conference calls on all progressive forces in the U.S. to join at the to build the Katrina Self-Determination and Bolivarian Solidarity Movements. This conference is designed to network person-to-person and grassroots links between the peoples of Venezuela and the United States. <BR/><BR/>For more info go to <A HREF="http://www.mutualaidsolidarity.org" REL="nofollow">MutualAidSolidarity.org</A> or <A HREF="http://www.peopleshurricane.org" REL="nofollow">PeoplesHurricane.org</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com