Please join us in congratulating Lowlander director Kristina Peterson on being selected as a 2026 Coastal Stewardship Honoree by the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana!
The grant aims to rebuild elevated, storm-resilient homes and install disaster-preparedness green infrastructure to help communities affected by Hurricanes Ida and Francine.
We are excited to announce that the Lowlander Center placed first in the Greater New Orleans Foundation’s 2024 Pitch It! Innovation Challenge. The $50,000 grant we will receive will support our “Sky Power for the People” project, which brings emergency, portable solar panels to communities in need.
For a hot week in August folks gathered in DeRidder, LA to learn and build portable solar units to be used both in blue skies and in disaster situations. Rev. Jerry Egbert and Boksoon Egbert hosted a crew of eager learners from across the coast. At the end of the week, one complete unit was taken away on the back of a pickup truck and delivered to Grand Bayou.
Lowlander Center sent several youth to Hawaii to work with and learn from Kalani Souza of the Olohana Foundation.
