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December 5, 2024ByNicole GrinnanClimate Heritage Initiative, Heritage at Risk0

Signing Climate Change and Heritage

By Marcy Rockman, Lifting Rocks Climate and Heritage Consulting, for the SHA Climate Heritage Initiative An array of new signs has been added to British Sign Language (BSL) to convey climate change and associated issues such as greenhouse gasses, tipping points, and sustainability. Each is a creation that is more than finger spelling or compilations...

December 3, 2024ByNicole GrinnanClimate Heritage Initiative, Heritage at Risk0

Rewilding and Relearning in Ireland and Elsewhere

By Marcy Rockman, Lifting Rocks Climate and Heritage Consulting, for the SHA Climate Heritage Initiative Efforts are underway to rewild Ireland. While Ireland is known for the abundant and green vegetation its rainfall supports, recent assessments are showing this lushness is not equivalent to biodiversity and ecosystem health. Some rewilding work is now underway to try...

November 26, 2024ByNicole GrinnanClimate Heritage Initiative, Heritage at Risk0

Thanks and the Dogs of Tsenocomoco

By Marcy Rockman, Lifting Rocks Climate and Heritage Consulting, for the SHA Climate Heritage Initiative One of the superpowers of historical archaeology is its capacity to take stories we think we know well and give us new perspectives on them. One of the dangers of climate change is that it is removing this capacity out...

November 21, 2024ByNicole GrinnanClimate Heritage Initiative, Heritage at Risk0

Climate History of Carl Sagan

By Marcy Rockman, Lifting Rocks Climate and Heritage Consulting, for the SHA Climate Heritage Initiative I’m firmly of the opinion that if it is possible to reference or highlight the work of Carl Sagan, one should do that. This thoughtful piece by the Climate Historian brings together Sagan’s well known work in the public sharing...

November 19, 2024ByNicole GrinnanClimate Heritage Initiative, Heritage at Risk0

End of an Era, Power of an Arc

By Marcy Rockman, Lifting Rocks Climate and Heritage Consulting, for the SHA Climate Heritage Initiative At the end of September this year, an historic point was reached: England turned off its last coal-fired power plant, ending a 142-year history of coal-fired power in the country. There are many dynamics at work in this story. In the...

November 14, 2024ByNicole GrinnanClimate Heritage Initiative, Heritage at Risk0

Change for Culture and History, Small and Large

By Marcy Rockman, Lifting Rocks Climate and Heritage Consulting, for the SHA Climate Heritage Initiative There’s been a change at Lake Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin: a 114-year old historical marker set on top of the last burial mound in the area has been taken down. This is a good thing. Several factors led to the removal....

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