PPH - If You Get, You've Got to Give

This week’s guests are from the Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement & Development (CSED). Hear from Arthur Johnson (CEO) and Dr. Bernard Singleton (Research Director) on CSED’s mission and focus on environmental research projects.

Learn about some of CSED's ongoing projects including their Environmental Research Internship for High School students, air monitoring in Lower 9th Ward Community, and a Wetland Nursery initiative that is growing cypress trees to be planted in the wetlands area.
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About The Lower 9th Ward CSED

The Lower 9th Ward CSED focuses on coastal rehabilitation, greening the built environment and increasing food security by lifting up and strategically reinforcing community driven goals throughout our work of creating an economically, culturally and environmentally sustainable Lower Ninth Ward. As we rebuild our economic, cultural and environmental capacities – we initiate, support, stimulate and partner on projects and programs that help us reach our goal of rebuilding an equitable, sustainable and resilient community. Our mission is to lift up and strategically reinforce community driven goals throughout our work on the built, natural and socio-cultural environment.