In episode 90 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons travels to beautiful Saint Augustine, Florida for the Keeping History Above Water conference.  Doug interviews experts on the threat of sea level rise to cultural resources. Learn the innovative, proactive approaches the city of St. Augustine is taking to address sea level rise. The conference highlights the specific examples of adaptation planning that are happening at the local community level.  Discover how historic preservation will be a key catalyst for adapting the built environment to climate change. Learn how the Keeping History Above Water series is challenging the historic preservation sector to factor in the enormous challenges of sea level rise.  

This episode of America Adapts was generously sponsored by Sponsored by the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, Flagler College, and the University of Florida.

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Interviewed in this episode:

• Leslee Keys – Assistant Professor, Director of Historic Preservation and Special Initiatives, Flagler College (2:50)
• Kelsey Mullen - Public Programs Manager, Newport Restoration Foundation (11:46)
• Andrea Dutton – Asst. Professor, University of Florida (14:50)
• John Regan – City Manager, City of St. Augustine (27:09)
• Lisa Craig – The Lisa Craig Group (33:45)
• Emily Jane Murray - Public Archaeology Coordinator at The Florida Public Archaeology Network (40:49)
• Katherine Jacob – Education Director, The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach (43:43)
• Briana Paxton Grosicki - Director of Research at PlaceEconomics (48:30)
• Jeff Goodell – Rolling Stone Magazine (53:46)
• Marcy Rockman – Climate Change and Cultural Heritage, IPCC Team Lead (1:01:42)
• Mallory Hopkins – Filmmaker “Sea Level Rise in St. Augustine” (1:06:50)
• Morris Hylton III - Program Director Historic Preservation, University of Florida (1:14:13)
• Melissa Wyllie – Executive Director of The Florida Trust for Historic Preservation (1:24:32)
• Isabel Rivera-Collazo - Assistant Professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (1:28:10)

Links in this episode: http://historyabovewater.org/2019-st-augustine/ https://dcp.ufl.edu/historic-preservation/ http://historyabovewater.org/2019-st-augustine/st-augustine-program/ http://historyabovewater.org/2019-st-augustine/2019-st-augustine-speakers/ https://www.palmbeachpreservation.org/directory/katherine-jacob http://www.citystaug.com/government/administration/city_manager.php http://www.newportrestoration.org/staff-and-trustees/

Link to the presentation Doug Parsons did at Flagler College on “How to podcast” prior to the conference.

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