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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 13h

What is at the heart of #WeMakeTomorrow?

Our Founder Alison Tickell reminds us why cultural voices matter in the climate conversation.

Join artists, artivists & cultural leaders, united in climate action, by signing the Global Call today >> www.wemaketomorrow.global

🎥 credit Yusef Yarmohamed

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Jenny Hay, PhD @ajennyh.bsky.social · 6d

In San Antonio it would be around $15/hr.

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Jenny Hay, PhD @ajennyh.bsky.social · 8d

Already see familiar names on the list of signatories, friends from classes and from Longhorn Band - proud of my fellow alumni for speaking out about this ridiculous and potentially tragic choice our alma mater is considering.

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Harlem Toots @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 8d

bit.ly/nodealtexas

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Jenny Hay, PhD @ajennyh.bsky.social · 10d

@climateheritage.bsky.social member Lori Ferriss of Built Buildings Lab came to San Antonio earlier this year to show off the CARE tool for comparing the carbon impact of reuse, retrofits, and new construction. #climateheritage
youtu.be/JoN67e6q23I?...

See the tool that calculates the real impact of REUSING buildings: The CARE Tool

YouTube video by City of San Antonio - Historic Preservation

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Jenny Hay, PhD @ajennyh.bsky.social · 12d

This is another space where culture needs to lead the way to climate solutions. Food ways and practices are important parts of community identity. Rather than be a barrier, we must/will help foster real, lasting change. It's happening and we need to accelerate. @climateheritage.bsky.social

Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 12d

Yes, dietary choices have an impact on our use of resources.
So do choices of irrigation technologies. And where certain crops are grown. And the vast wastes & inefficiencies in the food processing and distribution system. And what goes bad in our kitchens.
Actions in all these areas are important.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12d

Meat is a blind spot for people who care about climate. When I used to have dinner with my colleague Wally Broecker, the climate scientist who coined the term “global warming”, he would always order a steak.

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Jenny Hay, PhD @ajennyh.bsky.social · 12d

Making sustainable art at Solar Fest in San Antonio today!
www.buildsagreen.org/solarfest
www.spsatx.org

Kid with short hair and a white T-shirt stands next to man with dark hair and black T-shirt that says "spare pARTS" at a booth making art with people walking on green grass and other booths in the background

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Jenny Hay, PhD @ajennyh.bsky.social · 13d

Recentering this morning after many days away from home. Breathing and practicing gratitude for the experiences and knowledge shared with me in Milwaukee, NYC, and Barcelona.

Sidewalk stretching ahead running parallel with the San Antonio river to the right. Green grass in foreground, cypress trees in background shading the walkway and reflecting green and yellow in the water with a perfectly clear blue sky

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Jenny Hay, PhD @ajennyh.bsky.social · 14d

Late to this but wanted to throw in the CARE tool as a resource (among the many others already shared here!) for calculating the impact of decarbonizing existing buildings. I'm sure Indiana's own @andrewspotts.bsky.social would love to see something like this happen there!
www.caretool.org

CARE Tool | Carbon Avoided: Retrofit Estimator

www.caretool.org

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Jenny Hay, PhD @ajennyh.bsky.social · 14d

#climateheritage

History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 14d

"By looking to stories of seasonality and sustenance, as well as the example of reciprocity between distant peoples that the history of the Choctaw Gift illustrates, we can reconsider our relationships to peoples, plants, and places."

Shelley Angelie Saggar on Recipes for Resilience.

Recipes for Resilience

Discover the history of the Choctaw gift that symbolizes generosity and connection between Indigenous and Irish communities.

www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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Jenny Hay, PhD @ajennyh.bsky.social · 14d

Window seats make this geographer's heart happy. Heading home to San Antonio!

Aerial view of Pamplona, ancient city in northern Spain featuring the winding Arga river and star shaped citadel, now a park, in the center

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Jenny Hay, PhD @ajennyh.bsky.social · 15d

15 yrs ago I had the privilege of hearing Dr. Jane Goodall address geographers in DC. She explained how preserving cultural practices of indigenous communities also benefitted chimpanzee conservation. #climateheritage
She's part of the reason Z's middle name is Jane. May her memory be a blessing.

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Jenny Hay, PhD @ajennyh.bsky.social · 16d

I have long suspected this truth, and regretfully I must confirm its veracity now that I have met my colleagues in person for the very first time - they are genuinely and unapologetically hilarious.

Isaac Eseet in a blue suit with a yellow tie, jenny Hay in a black dress, and Simon Musasizi in a Climate Heritage Network polo and jeans stand in front of a green lawn and modernist white concrete building which houses the Juan Miró museum.

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Jenny Hay, PhD @ajennyh.bsky.social · 16d

Culture belongs at the heart of climate action and we will not wait, we will lead as we imagine (and manifest) just, low carbon, climate resilient futures!

Climate Heritage Network @climateheritage.bsky.social · 16d

Dispatch from Simon Musasizi, Regional Co-Chair for the Africa and Arab States, who is in Barcelona this week for @uclg.bsky.social Culture Summit and @unesco.org #Mondiacult.

Simon wears a black shirt with a geometric pattern in white on the right side, with palms trees and the Mediterranean Sea in the background

The Ministers of culture from the UAE, Brazil, and Spain as well as Princess Dana Firas of Jordan, sit at a table with white linen, microphones, and paper cards indicating their affiliation.

Jenny Hay, PhD @ajennyh.bsky.social · 16d

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 This is an appreciation post for translators. Your work is crucial in facilitating these international dialogues on climate and culture. I am so grateful for your expertise. That is all. ❤️❤️❤️

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Jenny Hay, PhD @ajennyh.bsky.social · 17d

The word coal evokes childhood memories of works by Charles Dickens, Frank McCourt, Anna Sewell, Frances Hodgson Burnett - hell, even the movie October Sky - that use it as a marker of poverty, misery, desperation, and squalor.
Imagine explaining this news to Oliver Twist.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17d

Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Fox: "We're announcing today expanded programs to help the American coal industry. We're helping it because for years it has been under assault. It was out of fashion with the chardonnay set in San Francisco, Boulder, and NYC ... coal just makes the world go round."

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Jenny Hay, PhD @ajennyh.bsky.social · 17d

Yesterday was magical and motivating. Can't wait to share more about the Third High Level Ministerial Dialogue on Culture-based Climate Action - but first, more Barcelona joy!

Skyline at night with illuminated cathedral including oval stained glass window, bell tower, and dome topped with a large statue

Smiling selfie of Jenny in a brown jacket and Simon Musasizi from Kampala (Regional co-chair of Climate Heritage Network in Africa & Arab States) in a black button down shirt with white geometric pattern

Smiling selfie of jenny with her family in a subway station with large white tile in the background

Yet another smiling selfie, this time of Jenny's husband and daughter in front of La Segrada Familia

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Jenny Hay, PhD @ajennyh.bsky.social · 20d

Good morning Barcelona! Here for @uclg.bsky.social and @unesco.org convenings, of course championing climate action through culture-based solutions with so many of my favorite @climateheritage.bsky.social leaders and other amazing partners!
#mondiacult

La Rambla, a pedestrian thoroughfare in Barcelona Lined by sycamore trees with white bark and bright green leaves on a background of blue skies with soft low patches of clouds

A narrow street in Barcelona with stone buildings stretching upward and the Catalonian flag, estelada (red and yellow stripes with a blue triangle with a single white star on the right edge) blowing in the wind

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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 22d

This week we're off to Barcelona for Mondiacult 2025.

As the world’s biggest cultural policy conference, we’ll be amplifying the #WeMakeTomorrow Global Call to a wide array of policy makers, artists, activists & cultural practitioners.

Grab yourself a sticker or business card from one of our team.

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Jenny Hay, PhD @ajennyh.bsky.social · 22d

Encouraged by the work of this extraordinary group of advocates for culture-based climate action! Representing @climateheritage.bsky.social today in NYC 💚

Andrew Potts🏳️‍🌈 @andrewspotts.bsky.social · 22d

Meeting today during #ClimateWeekNYC of Activation Group 19 i.e. folks working with the @cop30brazil.bsky.social Presidency & Climate High-Level Champions to help deliver the COP30 Action Agenda objective on Culture, cultural heritage protection & climate action. 50 days to Belém! #ClimateHeritage

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Climate Heritage Network @climateheritage.bsky.social · 23d

"We are the originators when it comes to recycling and green building, but now we must be the innovators."

Thank you Ethiel, Carl, and James Lindberg for your perseverance in carrying forward this critical work, the most important effort our generation will endeavor to achieve.

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Jenny Hay, PhD @ajennyh.bsky.social · 26d

Listening to fellow travelers muse about why TSA is here at our gate checking IDs again before we board - even here in TX ppl know it's a childish show of force, schoolyard bully tactics of intimidation, unnecessary, fashy. Houston, we have a problem. 😡

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · Sep 16

If you're a @drilledmedia.bsky.social listener you know I think social scientists are key sources if we want to understand why governments haven't acted on climate. So imagine my nerd delight to get my hands on an incredible new batch of research on climate obstruction. drilled.media/podcasts/dri...

Welcome to the World of Obstruction

Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

drilled.media

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Jenny Hay, PhD @ajennyh.bsky.social · Sep 16

I'm on my way to #PastForward in Milwaukee! Looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones. If you're going to be there, let me know - I'm bringing these awesome @climateheritage.bsky.social stickers! And come see me tomorrow afternoon talk about "Old Buildings, New Tricks, Cooler Planet"

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Jenny Hay, PhD @ajennyh.bsky.social · Sep 16

Heading to Milwaukee tomorrow for NTHP PastForward - high there is 78° 🥶 It's almost 11 pm and it's 79° on my patio in San Antonio. Packing all of my favorite cardigans lol

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