Environmental
Education
Our hands-on, inquiry-based projects are community-focused. Through these projects, we strive to provide comprehensive access for underserved populations to high quality environmental education.
Education Projects
We provide school and community programs and an online collection of environmental explorations designed to expand environmental literacy.
C.I.T.E
C.I.T.E
Communities Investigating Their Environment
C.I.T.E is a flood monitoring project funded by the National Science Foundation. It brings together coastal communities in Plaquemines, St. Bernard, Orleans, St. Charles, and St. John the Baptist Parishes to collect and share flood data. Residents help design the monitoring system and provide real information that improves flood maps and planning. Get involved by joining a Community Advisory Team, attending meetings, becoming a flood monitor, or sharing feedback.
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F.L.O.W
F.L.O.W
Facilitating Learning in Our Watershed
FLOW is a one-semester program that helps rural Louisiana teachers and students explore local environmental issues through hands-on learning. Teachers receive training based on the MWEE (meaningful wastewater educational experience) framework, then use ready-to-go STEM kits and customized lessons that fit their curriculum. Students investigate their local watershed, build science skills, and take part in real-world stewardship projects—deepening their connection to the environment around them.
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List of parishes we work in
- St. Bernard Parish
- St. John the Baptist
- Plaquemines Parish
- Upcoming FLOW schools: Iberville and East Baton Rouge .
Consider Litter
Consider Litter helps stop trash before it reaches local waterways. Partner sites collect litter and track data at a chosen location. That information, along with input from community partners, helps shape action projects or service-learning activities. The goal is to build stronger, litter-free communities through local stewardship.
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Consider Litter in Practice
Pontchartrain Conservancy runs the Consider Litter program throughout the Pontchartrain Basin. The goal is to raise awareness about litter and inspire young people to take care of the environment through better waste habits and community action.
Who Can Participate?
Are you a church, business, or school that would like to implement Consider Litter on your property or nearby? Anyone can participate as a Consider Litter site!
Click the button below to interact with the Consider Litter FieldScope database. It is a student-driven platform used to document and visualize litter data collected throughout the Pontchartrain Basin. Through hands-on investigations, students upload geo-tagged observations, helping track litter trends and identify pollution hotspots.”
Professional Development
Professional Development
We offer 2-hour workshops that help teachers bring local environmental topics—like water quality and coastal land loss—into the classroom. Each session includes hands-on activities, free STEM mini kits, a stipend, and lessons aligned to state standards for easy use.
CORE St. James
CORE St. James
CORE, or Collaborating on Resilience, is a project located in St. James Parish that centers the community in the process of planning for coastal resilience. St. James Parish community members attend trainings, use Coastal Hubs, and attend meetings to prioritize coastal resilience projects in the parish with a focus on sustainability and community input.
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What is Coastal Resilience?
"Coastal resilience means building the ability of a community to ’bounce back’ after hazardous events such as hurricanes, coastal storms, and flooding – rather than simply reacting to impacts.” - NOAA
Use a Coastal Hub
Coastal Hubs are locations in St. James Parish that centralize public learning tools such as computers, books, and interactive models. Hubs are in parish community centers, schools and libraries and are accessible for all community members. Pontchartrain Conservancy will hold training sessions to show residents how to use these resources.
Attend a Coastal Resilience Project Field Trip
Coastal Resilience Project Field Trips provide opportunities for St. James Parish program participants to see current and planned resilience projects in the Pontchartrain Basin. Attendees will see examples of levees, swamp reforestation, stormwater management and more.
Other Ways to Get Involved
In addition to Coastal Hubs and field trips, Pontchartrain Conservancy will hold training events, community listening sessions, and other coastal resilience outreach events. Community participation is vital! If you live in St. James Parish, be sure to sign up for project updates, use the CORE Coastal Hubs, and attend meetings and trainings. Email education@scienceforourcoast.org for more information.
Thank You to Our Sponsors
Thank You to Our Partners
Our Work
Pontchartrain Conservancy’s programmatic areas work throughout the 16 parishes of the Pontchartrain Basin to advance our mission.
Get Involved
Discover the many ways you can contribute to save Southeast Louisiana. Take part in a tree planting, aid in gardening and instruction at our Lighthouse, or giveback in other ways. We need you today!
Support Our Work
By supporting Pontchartrain Conservancy, you have the opportunity to help save the Louisiana you know and love. Your support enables us to build a sustainable, prosperous, and resilient region together.