Climate on Tap: Stories of Remembrance & Restoration

In honor of our launch, Taproot Earth produced a riveting 7-episode virtual experience featuring the voices of frontline leaders taking on - and advancing - solutions to the climate, economic, and political crises of our times. This 7-day journey is grounded in a commitment to Black liberation, Indigenous leadership, and honoring of frontline solutions. Beginning with a sacred remembrance of the impacts of Hurricanes Katrina and Ida, this event will feature conversations and reflections that show the collective power of frontline communities to rise up and meet the moment we are in, so we can all live, rest and thrive in the places that we love.

Co-host

Bette Billiot

FEATURED IN RECLAIM

Bette Billiot is a native of Dulac, LA and now resides in Houma, LA. She has hosted multiple youth camps focused on tribal and environmental education. The camps exposed native youth to the effects of coastal erosion and other natural and man-made disasters that are impacting their coastal communities. In 2015, she was a facilitator for the 2015 Gulf South Rising Initiative, which focused on significant commemorations, anniversaries, and historical turning points in the South. After successfully completing the first Lead the Coast cohort as a participant in 2016, she was then asked to participate in redeveloping and structure of the program in 2018. She then became a co-facilitator for the Terrebonne/ Lafourche 2019 Lead the Coast Cohort. She was the Administrative Assistant to former Principal Chief Thomas Dardar of the United Houma Nation from 2013-2020.