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"Around this time each year, thousands of volunteer environmentalists in
Louisiana enlist themselves to bag oyster shells for recycling. Later, they
will wade into the Gulf of Mexico’s waters; in a line, shoulder to shoulder,
the volunteers gently plop the oyster shells into the water, stacking them to
form a reef.
In recent generations, the Louisiana coast has found itself in ecological
peril. As a result of oil and gas activity and centuries of leveeing and
dredging the Mississippi River, maximizing its economy to transport oil and gas
and industrial products, roughly 2,000 square miles of Louisiana coastal lands
have fallen into the sea since the 1930s.
While it lacks the heavy duty equipment and ambitious landscaping plans of the
state, the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL) is playing its own
unique role in guarding against the worst of the Bayou State’s coastal erosion
crisis.
Since 2014, the CRCL’s Oyster Shell Recycling Program has grown into one of the
largest of its kind in the country. Its success depends on the 35 New Orleans
area restaurants currently taking CRCL up on its slogan — “Once you shuck ‘em,
don’t just chuck ‘em!” — and donating their leftover shells. In nearly a decade
of work, the CRCL has recycled more than 13 million pounds of shells, in turn
helping protect over 8,000 feet of shoreline, which is then tracked and
measured over time to ensure its maintenance."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
