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Kaid Benfield an environmental advocate who is an inspiration for young people. Benfield wrote his short essay related to the Katrina hurricane and how it affected New Orleans. New Orleans was affected in 2005 by the Katrina hurricane. Its population when down quickly but still recovering from this catastrophe. This article relates to sustainability in so many ways. One is the reconstruction of the houses helped by families and communities. The article says that when they first started only five people were working with them now there is a majority of twenty-seven people full time worker. This has increase over the years. In this short article, it says that New Orleans work together to keep their local history and their community together.

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