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On Being · May 30, 2024 · 60m
Colette Pichon Battle — Climate, Justice, and the Art of Building Resilient Communities
Colette Pichon Battle on climate justice in Louisiana's Gulf South. Frontline communities facing sea-level rise are developing resilience models that the rest of the world will need. Climate is not just an environmental issue — it's a justice issue.
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Pichon Battle: in the Gulf South, rising seas are physically reshaping communities. The environment-shapes-behavior Canon becomes literal: when your land disappears, your entire way of life must transform.
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Pichon Battle: in climate disasters, the communities that survive are the ones with strong social bonds. Engineering solutions fail; relationships endure. Social infrastructure IS climate infrastructure.
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