New Orleans Nuns Turn their Convent into an Urban Wetland
The 25-acre Mirabeau Water Garden in New Orleans, Louisiana will be one of the country's largest urban wetlands, managing stormwater and easing the workload of the city's current drainage system - all thanks to the Sisters of Saint Joseph. The Sisters had owned that land since the 1950s - it was home to their convent and provincial house - destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
