{"id":3163,"date":"2012-09-25T21:27:18","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T21:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gnof.org\/?p=3163"},"modified":"2013-08-20T21:29:07","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T21:29:07","slug":"how-do-our-wetlands-carbon-clean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/gnof\/how-do-our-wetlands-carbon-clean\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do Our Wetlands Carbon-Clean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F88144595\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We know how trees clean our air by removing carbon from the atmosphere and how, in an era of cap and trade environmental policy, industries can pay for reforestation projects to offset the carbon pollution they create. Wetlands do a similar carbon-cleaning job for the environment \u2014 in fact wetlands do the work much more efficiently than forests \u2014 and one New Orleans company has figured out how to turn the urgent task of rebuilding Louisiana wetlands into a new tool for companies looking to offset their carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLouisiana has some of the fastest rates of wetlands loss in the world,\u201d says Dr. Sarah Mack, president of Tierra Resources. \u201cAnd one of our biggest issues, it\u2019s not the science on how do we restore wetlands, it\u2019s a lack of funding, and an ability to implement wetlands restoration in a near term, to protect us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new process developed by Tierra Resources measures how wetlands restoration can combat climate change, and after more than five years of research it has recently been certified by outside experts. A pilot restoration project is now in the works.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt allows private dollars to come in and initiate large-scale wetlands restoration at a much larger scale and in a short timeframe than what our government programs have been doing,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Mack\u2019s work has the potential to help preserve our region\u2019s fragile ecosystem, build back the natural hurricane buffer for coastal communities and, along the way, create local jobs, from designing and financing these wetlands restoration projects to actually building them.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s that potential that made Tierra Resources a winner of last year\u2019s Water Challenge, an annual business competition from the Idea Village, a New Orleans nonprofit for local entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe entrepreneurship is an agent of change, and we believe that if you invest in entrepreneurs there will be economic growth within the city,\u201d says Kevin Wilkins, chief operating officer of the Idea Village. \u201cSo Idea Village uses entrepreneurship to tackle significant issues that are facing the city. There are issues we\u2019re trying to create into opportunities. One of the issues facing New Orleans is how do you handle with water, how do you live with water as an asset.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The hope is that New Orleans companies developing the technology, the tools and the know-how to tackle vital water management issues can also tap a global market of communities grappling with the same concerns, all while creating more jobs at home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo what we\u2019re doing is using the water challenge to challenge those individuals, to say, instead of living in fear of water, instead of looking at it as a threat, more looking at it as a huge opportunity that we could become a leader in water management in the city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, in its third year, the Water Challenge is looking for more new ideas. Entrepreneurs apply for the Water Challenge during the fall, and winners are announced in the spring. They get money, and as Sarah Mack learned, consulting and technical assistance that can really help propel their businesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Water Challenge was a huge blessing to me,\u201d she says. \u201cMy background is a PhD scientist, so they helped me, not only advised into my business, but really trained me on how to be a businesswoman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Written by Ian McNulty for the Community IMPACT Series and produced by WWNO in partnership with the Greater New Orleans Foundation. To learn more about The Idea Village,\u00a0<a title=\"The Idea Vilage\" href=\"http:\/\/ideavillage.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>\u00a0or find out more about the work of Tierra Resources,\u00a0<a title=\"Tierra Resources\" href=\"http:\/\/tierraresourcesllc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We know how trees clean our air by removing carbon from the atmosphere and how, in an era of cap and trade environmental policy, industries can pay for reforestation projects to offset the carbon pollution they create. 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