Response, Recovery, and Resilience to Oil Spills and Environmental Disasters: Engaging Experts and Communities

A Symposium and Workshop for Community Stakeholders, Researchers and Policymakers

Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013
8 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Location: Energy, Coast and Environment Building, LSU Campus, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Sponsored by: Louisiana State University Superfund Research Center, LSU Department of Environmental Sciences School of Coast and the Environment, Oregon State University Superfund Research Program, Oregon State University Environmental Health Sciences Center, and the Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN).

Presentations

Enhancing Community Resilience

Resilient Human Communities - Social-Ecological Resilience Theory

Margaret Reams, PhD, associate professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, Community Engagement Core leader, LSU Superfund Research Program (SRP)
Topic: Attributes of resilient communities

A Network Organizational Model For Local Environmental Groups - Leading from the Grass Roots

Marylee Orr, executive director, Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN)
Topic: Enhancing the adaptive capacity of communities by encouraging self-organization among local environmental groups

An Environmental Overview of Hurricane Katrina – Regulatory Perspectives

Tom Harris, M.S.P.H, Lousiana DEQ
Topic: An Environmental Overview of Hurricane Katrina - Regulatory Perspectives

Innovative Methods and Approaches to Respond to Environmental Disasters

Response options: Biological Response Indicator Devices for Gauging Environmental Stressors (BRIDGES), examples: deepwater horizon oil spill & Superfund sites

Kim Anderson, PhD, professor, Environmental & Molecular Toxicology; SRP Project leader - Biological Response Indicator Devices for Gauging Environmental Stressors (BRIDGES), Oregon State University
Topic: Engaging residents for environmental assessments; Demonstrations of passive sampling techniques.

Data-Sharing Issues for Community-Based Research Projects Involving Academic and Community Partners

Anna Harding, PhD, professor and co-director, School of Biological & Population Health Sciences; SRP Community Engagement Core leader, Oregon State University.
Topic: Data-sharing issues for community-based research projects involving academic and community partners

Response to Natural and Man Made Disasters Impacting Louisiana

Wilma Subra, past vice-chair of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology.
Topic: Engaging community stakeholders in assessing local environmental conditions.

Disasters and Resilience: Issues and Perspectives

Representatives from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ)
Topic: Communication between agencies and communities, and environmental monitoring protocols following environmental emergencies

Adaptive Strategies for Community Recovery

Louisiana Vietnamase Community Impacted by Oil Spill

Tuan Nguyan – deputy director, QMVN Community Development, Corp, New Orleans, La.

Topic: Overview of the actions taken by this New Orleans East community to recover after Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill