Feeling bad for our South Texas meteorologists tonight competing with the Spurs game to alert folks to severe thunderstorms and tornado warnings in the region. Not here in SA yet but plenty close.

Uplifted & stimulated after a week at the 2026 US National Adaptation Forum & especially thankful for the passion & wisdom of my culture & heritage colleagues & for the support of the Mellon Foundation for #HeritageAdapts US Leader Circle attendees. Our communities need this work! #ClimateHeritage

Small funny anecdote from my afternoon: waiting at the veterinary surgical center for my cat (he's fine, just needed to get snipped) and they just called for the family of a pet named COBRA CHAI LATTE 😄 A three year old kid promptly stood up, raised his hand and yelled THAT'S US! 🤣

Krenak "delivers piercing messages about the deadend we are in and the burden we have become for the Earth, seeking to put the Anthropocene epoch into words everyone can grasp."

Climate migration / mobility / relocation / displacement (pick your poison) is getting a lot of attention because of a piece published in Nature Sustainability that uses the clickbait phrase "point of no return" to describe a beloved, beleaguered city in the American South. 1/

This week's edition of Talking Climate features guest editor and fellow climate Katharine, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson, as she helps us navigate our way through the climate crisis.

Herds of bison literally shaped the landscape - the audacity of someone to say they don't fit is beyond me. The arbitrary division of these creatures into livestock vs wild reminds me of the self-defeating way we (in the US) treat natural vs cultural resources as distinct categories.

Got up early in hopes of catching this photo before work this morning. There's only a few days each year where it's cool enough in the morning to make this shot possible. Thankfully, today was one of those days! #wildlife #birds

Tonight was our last class for my Heritage Tourism course. Students presented their final projects: interpretive panels for a historic site, topic and location of their choosing. Stories of women and immigrants becoming entrepreneurs, urban renewal projects redefining neighborhoods

Don't forget to register for this week's webinar: Transforming Libraries from Quiet Repositories of Books into Active Climate Futures Lab! www.climateheritage.org/press/webina...

I love this. It reminds me of how I prefer to describe my work as a geographer, quoting Yi Fu Tuan: I study the earth as the home of people. (You really should read the whole thread)

And they didn't even mention her award-winning documentary on Pancho Barnes! I was so fortunate to have her as a professor and dissertation committee member while she was at LSU. Her work on Bodie is an essential part of my heritage tourism syllabus!

My nonprofit does INCREDIBLE stuff and I never post about it here 🫠 So here you go! A new cohort of the Living Heritage Trades Academy completed hands-on training in wood window repair this week—building skilled careers while preserving irreplaceable historic resources. 🛠️ popsatx.org

Tonight's heritage tourism class heads to San Antonio's World Heritage Center! This beautiful, art filled space opened just last year, a decade after the inscription of the 5 Missions as a #UNESCO World Heritage site, the first and only in Texas.

The neighbor's cat has begun hanging out at our house. He has a lot of personality. His name is Keanu but I'm calling him Heathcliff since he is a gruff, handsome man who is desperately in love with me. Look at those eyes! Hopefully he becomes a regular and we can get him snipped.

Today was the San Antonio Book Festival! Relished taking my kid to listen to several of her favorite authors, watching them compete in a hilarious sketch off, and hanging out at my favorite New Orleans + San Antonio mashup, the Ursuline Academy (c1851).

Artemis II has brought joy for me this week. I love this patch and its representation of indigenous art, knowledge, and lifeways. Did you know that the expertise and craft of Navajo women in New Mexico were critical components for the success of the moon landing? www.bbc.com/news/article...

wish we were still living in a time when this picture could catalyze an entire environmental movement as humans realize all we have is this pale blue dot

Read the latest brief from CHN Africa Regional Coordinator Isaac Eseet! #cop31 #climateaction #globalsouth #culture www.climateheritage.org/press/chn-le...

My office today. #galveston

BREAKING: Judge Richard Leon enjoins Trump ballroom construction in suit by National Trust for Historic Preservations. Order stayed for 14 days to allow for appeal. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Up early for a webinar with the High Level Champions and leaders of COP30 and COP31. Culture is a critical part of the pathway to accelerate solutions in this era of implementation. @climateheritage.bsky.social is part of several of the almost 500 plans in the action agenda!

Also made it to the San Antonio #NoKings march yesterday, however briefly. Gotta practice democracy with the little so she knows how to stand up for her community. Abolish ICE! Protect trans kids! Fund science!

Spent a few hours outside this afternoon with a troop of girl scouts hiking near a local river. Now I feel a little bit healed and a lot more grounded. These kids are so curious and bright!

The women leading the farmworker movement won’t let it be defined by Cesar Chavez 19thnews.org/2026/03/wome... via @19thnews.org

States challenge Trump decision to revoke basis of US climate regulations

Golden Flake factory in Birmingham! 🥔 My favorite was always the dill pickle chip 🥒 And SciTrek in Atlanta ❤️ IYKYK In San Antonio, kids went to Butterkrust Bakery 🍞 and to the rodeo!

Resilience hubs benefit from a circular approach! "Now she’s renovating a warehouse in Los Angeles in partnership with four other nonprofits. It will include a large walk-in freezer that will be able to store some of the food donations. But after the Los Angeles wildfires...

It is 95°F (35°C) here in San Antonio today. Previous record high for today was 91°F. Mountain laurel bloom will likely be cut very short, and bluebonnets are emerging early.

Moderating the plenary with Stephanie Phillips and Kelly Alvarez Doran at the Full Circle Summit at Trinity University in San Antonio this morning! #climateheritage More info: www.circularsanantonio.org/summit/agenda

Tonight's topic in my heritage tourism course is Sustainability! Ready to bring @climateheritage.bsky.social to life here in San Antonio 💚

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In this new analysis, Ben Leffel + @sovacool.bsky.social argue that, "as national-focused orthodoxy in climate policy has proven insufficient to address the climate crisis, a shift is needed, centering cities as pivotal actors in global climate mitigation" -- and I COULD NOT AGREE MORE. Read here:

A senseless blow to a system of international nature, culture and heritage cooperation that the US itself played a leading role in creating as Trump quits ICCROM IUCN IFACCA IPBES & UN Habitat. US already quit UNESCO. Non-federal US actors must fill the gap! web.archive.org/web/20260107...

This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis. www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

New Orleans culture bearers may be forced out of Musicians’ Village after property sale www.nola.com/gambit/news/...

Tomorrow's menu: Sweet potato sage and turkey sausage frittata, crispy hash browns, and berries with coconut whipped cream Then smoked turkey from HEB, greens, beans, brussel sprouts, cornbread and wild rice dressing, mac and cheese, with tapioca pudding and pumpkin pie for dessert.

CHN leaders in Brazil advocated tirelessly for culture-based climate solutions at #COP30. Moussa Elimane Sall took a moment to reflect on his experience with a call to action to leverage this momentum to insist "Climate action without culture is incomplete." www.linkedin.com/pulse/chn-fr...

Starting now: Culture, Heritage, and Climate Change! 🔗 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

I am not in Brazil but I can gratefully confirm that the @climateheritage.bsky.social team on the ground there is safe. #cop30

This week the event "Culture, Heritage and Climate Change: a look from Latin America" will take place on November 21, at the Amazon Museum (Belém, Para, Brazil)! The meeting will be hybrid with simultaneous translation into English and Spanish. #COP30 🔗 Registration and info: abre.ai/culturapatri...

Culture at the Heart of Climate Action Highlights from Week 1 Members of the Climate Heritage Network are making a powerful impact at #COP30 in Belém. These CHN leaders are showing that heritage and culture are essential for climate resilience, justice, and decarbonization. #climateheritage 1/

In the midst of one of those travel stories where a missed connection means a 24 hour delay - enter a very patient and inventive airline agent et voila, I am in Brazil only a few hours later than my original flight! I was the last person to board the flight from DFW to Sao Paulo 🤪 On to Rio!

Traveling again tomorrow, so please prepare yourselves for photos from rainy Rio and stories about communities empowering the arts, culture, and heritage transforming climate ambitions into actions. Enjoy this pecan pareidolia in the meantime 🤪

Look at this incredible green lynx spider!

Ran some errands this morning to get ready for next week's work travel, then spent some very needed time walking in the rain

Really trying to be a good sport but it's 93° at my daughter's school Muertitos Fest (a sweet local tradition that co-celebrates Day of the Dead and Halloween). Average high is ten degrees cooler. I am melting in the sun and my climate anxiety is out of control.

"a job for the storytellers who shape how we see the world" Couldn't agree more, @sammyroth.bsky.social. I remember the Autopia story, thank you for sharing this personal look behind the scenes. #climateheritage www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/why-writin...

Late to share because of a post-protest headache but the Hay family showed up yesterday! #nokings #sanantonio