In today’s age and time, we have the knowledge and resources to combat climate change and natural disasters. One such method of combating climate change according to Kendall Powell is by building a living shoreline to combat climate change. There are two articles that support living shorelines, which will be outlined in the article. Powell mentions that Eileen Mahe, a conservationist uses sand, cement and large amounts of shells to attract oysters and prevent erosion. This process has been able to control or manage the tidelands around a South California port in America. Powell writes about Eileen Mahe’s journey in building a living shoreline on the coast of South California. Eileen Mahe is based on the Port of San Diego in California and is a conservationist land manager. Her team and herself manages about 4,850 hectares of tidelands, three-quarters of which is covered by water at high tide around the San Diego Bay. The team is also participating in the San Diego Bay Native Oyster Living Shoreline project, which helps to restore wetlands and prevent the erosion of the adjacent natural shorelines. The article mentions that a living shoreline is important because it helps to combat climate change by sequestering carbon. Sequestering carbon is vital as both oysters and eelgrass store a lot of carbon in them. Eileen Mahe ends by saying, “ The reef balls are win–win–win. I often joke that we’re trying to save the planet one acre (0.4 hectares) at a time.”