Originally published: . Volume 13, No. 4. Source pages: 6.
Environment and Health Council of Louisiana to Address Coastal Resiliency
The Environment and Health Council of Louisiana (EHCL) is hosting its annual conference on April 21 at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge. This year’s conference theme is “Coastal Resiliency—Louisiana Initiatives."
The most recent conference focused on Medical Marijuana in Louisiana. Other conferences have explored the topics of Living a Better Life in Louisiana, Effective Water Management, Diabetes, a Report Card 2 years later on the 2010 Oil Spill, Alzheimer’s Disease and Obesity in Children.
The 2022 conference will feature Charles Sutcliffe, Chief Resiliency Officer for the state; Chip Kline, Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Chair; and Ramsey Green, CAO and Resiliency Chief in the Mayor’s Office New Orleans.
They will discuss Coastal Governmental Initiatives. A review of Coastal Resiliency Research Initiatives will be led by Dr.Traci Birch; LSU School of Architecture and Dr. Nina Lam with LSU Environmental Studies. Providing a perspective on Local Initiatives to manage the coast will be provided by Archie Chaisson, President of Lafourche Parish. Wrapping up the conference will be a discussion of the History and Culture of Coastal Resiliency. Dr. Mike Pasquier of LSU Religious Studies and History and Dr. Craig Colten of the Water Institute of the Gulf will lead that discussion.
The event is free and open to the public. Pre- registration is suggested via the EHCL website at www.ehcla.org.
The Environment and Health Council of Louisiana is a nonprofit organization founded in 1983 to facilitate independent, balanced and factual assessment of health issues related to the environmental and economic wellbeing of Louisiana by providing a forum for developing perspectives on health and environmental issues and assisting the public in understanding those issues.
Dr. Phillip Brantley, psychologist, serves as a Member-at-Large and was previously an EHCL board member. Dr. Brantly holds the John Stauffer McIlhenny Endowed Professorship in Nutrition, John S. Mcllhenny Endowed Professor and isProfessor in Behavioral Medicine at Pennington.
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