Facing Down the Fossils: Restore

Can discarded glass bottles be used to protect one of the country’s most endangered landscapes? A New Orleans startup is turning bottles into sand that can support new vegetation, prevent erosion, and restore lost land along the Gulf Coast. Researchers and entrepreneurs are working together on this unique solution to the combined effects of sea level rise, ecosystem damage, and climate change.

"Facing Down the Fossils" is a series about the people who are dealing with generational consequences of the pollution and economic damage caused by the fossil fuel industry and who now face the prospect of even more fossil fuel projects in the United States. In response, these communities are not only standing up to wrongdoing but also leading the effort to advance clean energy production. The project takes viewers to these communities to hear from the people who have dedicated themselves to fighting injustice in opposition to governments and multinational organizations. In the process, it reveals what has been lost, what can be saved, and what might be gained in these vibrant neighborhoods, communities, and ecosystems.

This is the second episode of the four-part “Facing Down the Fossils” series, a co-production of Nexus Media News and Peril and Promise, a public media initiative from The WNET Group.

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Major funding for Peril and Promise is provided by Dr. P. Roy Vagelos and Diana T. Vagelos with additional funding from Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, and the Estate of Worthington Mayo-Smith.

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[wwiiinplastic]

Why don't you get rid of the levees and let the Mississippi return to depositing material normally? Seems easier than collecting glass to turn it back into the sand it was originally made from, especially since it will take a lot of glass collection to fill in the amount of area you're looking at.

[stevethea]

3:10 so its not safe to ingest "sand" any, more ?