Date: Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Building: Richardson Memorial (Architecture) in Room 201
Location: uptown campus
Other Information: Lecture Hall, Main Floor, School of Architecture building, , Tulane University Campus

Cynthia (Cyn) M. Sarthou has been Executive Director of the Gulf Restoration Network (GRN), headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana since 1995. The GRN is a diverse network committed to uniting and empowering people to protect and restore the resources of the Gulf Region. The GRN works to coordinate among and build the capacity of the grassroots groups across the Gulf, and pursues regional campaigns on priority issues that include: (1) monitoring and advocacy in the aftermath of the BP Oil Disaster; (2) water pollution, most particularly nitrogen pollution causing the Dead Zone; and (3) increasing resilience of coastal communities through application of a multiple coastal lines of defense approach.

Sponsored by: School of Architecture as well as In partnership with the World Trade Center of New Orleans, the UNO Department of Planning and Urban Studies, Loyola's Center for Environmental Law and Land Use and the Urban Land Institute of Louisiana.

Admission: Free
Attendance: Open to the public
Open to: Alumni, Faculty, Graduate students, Parents, Prospective undergrads, Staff, Undergraduates, Visitors

Tickets: Not required

Please RSVP via email to ebrierre@wtcno.org or via phone at 504-529-1601 via the web at http://www.nolasustainglobal.com

For more information contact Alexandra Stroud via email to astroud1@tulane.edu or by phone at 504-865-5389

Additional information may be found at the event website at http://www.nolasustainglobal.com