News from LSU's Coastal Sustainability Studio: New Course on Wetland Revitalization Kicks Off

This week a major component of the CSS’s drive towards revitalization of our coastal wetlands begins with the first day of a new trans-disciplinary course at LSU. “Disturbed Systems” is a multi-level class in which geologists, environmental managers, and landscape architects will come together to design a coastal restoration project for Cheniere Caminada, a regressive beach ridge plain in Southeast Louisiana which has undergone significant changes in recent history due to human interaction.

The design projects chosen by student teams will start by first defining and then critically evaluating the variety of ecological and man-made systems at work in varying scales on the site. The students will then address this layered issue by offering design guidelines and a vision for intervention that seeks to revitalize this unique piece of coastal Wetlands.

This is the first course of it’s kind being offered at the school, using the trans-disciplinary working methods of the CSS  as model for collaboration

via css.lsu.edu