This is a TrustLive video, sponsored by San Francisco Planning, features Dr. Milton Chen, senior fellow and executive director emeritus at The George Lucas Educational Foundation and chair of the education committee of the National Park System Advisory Board, who understands the deep connections between place, story, and the preservation of cultural heritage. The video begins a discussion on new and inclusive approaches for safeguarding the places and practices associated with cultural heritage.

Co-presented with US/ICOMOS (The U.S. National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites), the culture-nature journey at the 2018 Past Foreward Conference held in San Francisco began with a keynote from author Terry Tempest Williams. Tempest Williams, a passionate advocate for nature, freedom of speech, and social justice, who will share her insights on the endless connection between humans and nature and ask us to consider how we can ensure equity in the preservation and management of cultural landscapes. This TrustLive complements a suite of culture-nature programming that will include both national and international perspectives in generating a range of strategic, comprehensive, and viable solutions for preserving cultural landscapes in the face of contemporary threats.