Pre-Trip, First Post

My buddy Luke Newbury and I are heading down to Louisiana for our senior project at the Colorado Rocky Mountain School. We have work set up with Habitat for Humanity and we are planning on filming a documentary on the youth of Louisiana. In the past years Louisiana has been hit by two of the worst environmental disasters of our time. Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the recent oil rig explosion on April 20th which threatens to be the worst environmental disaster of the century. We hope to report on what it's like to be a kid growing up in this area that has suffered so much. We hope to give them a voice so that they can tell their story to people who might not otherwise hear about it. We depart this coming Tuesday and all that stands in the way of our adventure and us is an AP environment studies class and 1,750 miles of driving! Stay tuned for upcoming blog posts throughout our trip.