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In the wake of BP, on the 5 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina ...Policylink, Mississippi NAACP, Oxfam America, Gulf Coast Restoration Network, BISC, Center for American Progress, and a host of other social justice and environmental restoration organizations from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Florida, and nationwide have released "One Gulf," a Report calling for Secretary of Navy Ray Mabus and the US Congress to develop a national plan to put the gulf coast on a road to resiliance.
Per the Report, this Resiliancy Plan should:
- Create livelihood opportunities through investments in multiple resiliency strategies, including ecosystem restoration, adaptive technologies, renewable energy, and energy efficiency.
- Ensure jobs are good jobs and reach target populations, using inclusive contracting practices and multiple employment mechanisms.
- Help current workers and employers transition into resilient workers and employers.
- Ensure a governance structure that incorporates community participation, federal-state and interagency cooperation, accountability, and transparency.
- Create adequate immediate and long-term federal funding.
Verde is honored to have had the opportunity to add value to the Report's development (See page 14 of the Report for a list of contributors), sharing our experiences on social enterprise and inclusive contracting mechanisms, and we look forward to future work down south to implement the Report's recommendations.
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