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)

❤️ The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club! I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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

Photos and artifacts displayed as part of the oral history exhibit

Giant molcajete featuring statuettes of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Foreground: traditional regalia of the Tāp-Pīlam American Indian Background: large image of a smiling woman in traditional embroidered blouse holding a glass and pitcher of aguas frescas

World Heritage Center sign - metal letters on a stone wall with large fabricated metal artwork reminiscent of papel picado sharing the building

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.

A tabby cat with yellow eyes sits in the center of an oak tree

A tabby cat splooting on a concrete patio

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

Sometime in the last half hour Mission Control referenced a VIP event coming up, maybe that's it?

CHN Leaders in the Field: Cultural Global Stocktake — Climate Heritage Network Isaac Eseet, Coordinator for CHN Africa Region Marrakech Partnership Accelerator-Cultural Global Stocktake for Climate Action Last week, I had the privilege of representing the Climate Heritage ...

Read the latest brief from CHN Africa Regional Coordinator Isaac Eseet!

#cop31 #climateaction #globalsouth #culture

www.climateheritage.org/press/chn-le...

View from a front porch with white round column and balustrade in foreground and red hibiscus, palm trees, and historic homes in the background. Sky is cloudy and soft gray.

My office today. #galveston

MEMORANDUM OPINION March 11_, 2026 [Dkt. #51] The President of the United States is the steward of the White House for future generations of First Families. He is not, however, the owner! President Trump ("the President") claims that Congress has given him authority in existing statutes to construct his East Wing ballroom project and to do it with private funds. The plaintiff, the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States ("National Trust"), claims the President has no such authority under existing statutes and that a preliminary injunction is necessary to avoid irreparable harm. I have concluded that the National Trust is likely to succeed on the merits because no statute comes close to giving the President the authority he claims to have. As such, I must therefore GRANT the National Trust's Motion for a Preliminary Injunction, and the ballroom construction project must stop until Congress authorizes its completion.

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...

Priorities of the COP31 presidency include Zero Waste and Resilient Cities. If you aren't already following the circular economy work of Stephanie Phillips in San Antonio, now is your moment!
www.linkedin.com/in/circulars...

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!

A 40 something mom in a purple shirt that says Protect the Dolls, an elementary age kid with short hair and colorful glasses wearing an orange shirt that says Happy Halloween, and a bald man with a beard smile in a selfie with protest signs in the background

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!

Kids on a hike crouch around a guide explaining how snails wait for rain to knock them off plants so they can move around the forest floor

Kids and grown ups in a circle look down at a large harvester ant nest

A shallow shady river (clearly we are in Texas because this would be called a creek most other places) with a harshly eroded bank on one side with native trees including hackberry and pecan leaning over the water

Kids and adults inspect the shallow muddy edge of the river with tall trees covered in bright green new leaves in the background

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 The sexual abuse allegations against Chavez have rocked them. But their focus is still on protecting other women.

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 Twenty-three states, led by Democratic-governed New York and California, along with 14 cities and counties, ​sued President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday seeking to undo its decision to revoke the government's ‌scientific finding that underpins U.S. climate regulations, the New York Attorney General's Office said.

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!

Imagine the policy implications of scaling this concept in the US - what if the popular state level tax credits for the film industry included a mechanism to facilitate local reuse?

... she anticipates that it could serve another purpose. “We’re set up to be a disaster relief zone in the middle of Los Angeles.”
@19thnews.org @climateheritage.bsky.social

From 'Hamnet' to 'Wicked': How women are leading sustainable filmmaking in Hollywood From using electric vehicles on set to showing less plastic on screen, the entertainment industry is rethinking how movies get made as the government pulls back on climate action.

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...

Ooooh wow I had forgotten about Awanas!

Purple mountain laurel blooming against a brick building

A single, lonely bluebonnet blooming in rocky terrain

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.

Large conference room with adults seated at round tables with the words "How Much Does Your Building Weigh?" projected on a screen

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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Accelerating global city commitments and actions on climate change As national-focused orthodoxy in climate policy has proven insufficient to address the climate crisis, a shift to a multilevel framework is needed, ce…

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:

Smiling tabby cat with eyes closed stresses out her dog sister by using her soft golden dog butt as a pillow as they both lay on a teal fabric couch

Kevin the dog (12 yrs old, 65 lbs) is just a little scared of Bob the cat (1.5 yrs old, 8.5 lbs). Bob likes it this way.