The Texas Drought Project
Community Partners
Thanks to all our community partners! We've organized events, planned rallies and worked together to craft better policy for the State of Texas. Here's hoping we all have a great future!
350.0rg (National and State)
Alamo Chapter of the Sierra Club
Alamo Heights Garden Club
Aquifer Guardians in Urban Areas
Austin Center for Peace and Justice
Austin Eco-Network
Citizens for Responsible Developement, Comal County
Clean Economy Coalition of Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend
Clean Water Action Texas
Coastal Bays Foundation
Council on American Islamic Relations (Texas)
Downwinders at Risk
Earthworks
The Environmental Stewardship Committee of the West Texas Diocese of the
Episcopalian Church
Environment Texas
Esperanza Peace and Justice Center
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin
First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Antonio
Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance
Helotes Nature Center
Hill Country Alliance
Hill Country Peace Alliance
Hill Country Planning Association
The Houston Arboretum
Houston Peace and Justice Center
Independent Texans
Interfaith Environmental Network
Jewish Federation of San Antonio, Environmental Stewardship Committee
Master Gardeners of Corpus Christi
Mission Presbytery
Prescribed Burn Alliance
Progressive Populist Coalition of Corpus Christi
Public Citizen-Texas
San Antonio Council of Congregations
San Antonio Peace Center
San Geronimo Nature Center
Save Barton Creek Association
Save our Springs Alliance
Shaletest
Solar San Antonio
Sustainable Energy and Economic Development
Texans for Peace
Texans for Responsible Energy and Water (TREW)
Texas Native Plant Society
Texas Oil and Gas Accountability Project
Texas Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
Third Coast Activist
Unity Church of Corpus Christi
The Wimberley Valley Watershed Association
Working Films
Political groups in Aransas, Nueces, Lee, Kendall, Gillespie, Kerr, Travis, Bastrop, Bexar
and other counties throughout Texas...
The Texas Drought Project
Community Partners
Thanks to all our community partners! We've organized events, planned rallies and worked together to craft better policy for the State of Texas. Here's hoping we all have a great future!
350.0rg (National and State)
Alamo Chapter of the Sierra Club
Alamo Heights Garden Club
Aquifer Guardians in Urban Areas
Austin Center for Peace and Justice
Austin Eco-Network
Citizens for Responsible Developement, Comal County
Clean Economy Coalition of Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend
Clean Water Action Texas
Coastal Bays Foundation
Council on American Islamic Relations (Texas)
Downwinders at Risk
Earthworks
The Environmental Stewardship Committee of the West Texas Diocese of the
Episcopalian Church
Environment Texas
Esperanza Peace and Justice Center
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin
First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Antonio
Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance
Helotes Nature Center
Hill Country Alliance
Hill Country Peace Alliance
Hill Country Planning Association
The Houston Arboretum
Houston Peace and Justice Center
Independent Texans
Interfaith Environmental Network
Jewish Federation of San Antonio, Environmental Stewardship Committee
Master Gardeners of Corpus Christi
Mission Presbytery
Prescribed Burn Alliance
Progressive Populist Coalition of Corpus Christi
Public Citizen-Texas
San Antonio Council of Congregations
San Antonio Peace Center
San Geronimo Nature Center
Save Barton Creek Association
Save our Springs Alliance
Shaletest
Solar San Antonio
Sustainable Energy and Economic Development
Texans for Peace
Texans for Responsible Energy and Water (TREW)
Texas Native Plant Society
Texas Oil and Gas Accountability Project
Texas Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
Third Coast Activist
Unity Church of Corpus Christi
The Wimberley Valley Watershed Association
Working Films
Political groups in Aransas, Nueces, Lee, Kendall, Gillespie, Kerr, Travis, Bastrop, Bexar
and other counties throughout Texas...
The Texas Drought Project
Our Mission and Contact Information
The Texas Drought Project
arose out of an effort in 2008 to mobilize around
the Waxman-Markey bill, an admittedly imperfect attempt to create a carbon
pricing structure in the United States Congress. The founders of the Project,
Jere Locke, a longtime activist from Austin and Alyssa Burgin, communications professional with a science
background from San Antonio, realized that there was an energy on climate
issues that needed to be captured in Texas, but there was still a great deal of
deliberate misinformation floating around in the over-heated atmosphere.
Thus was formed the Texas Drought Project, a non-profit originally arising from the
Texas Harambe Foundation, of which Jere Locke was the Board President. The mission became clear—to educate
Texans on climate change through the lens of drought. Through that focus, the
Project took on matters related to water policy, water scarcity, water quality
issues, but also issues critical to resilience, such as air quality and
pollution, sea level rise, sustainable development and the destruction of
oceans and habitat.
In the more than four years since the founding of
the Texas Drought Project, we've showcased the work of prominent climate
researchers like Dr. Richard Seager and Dr. Jonathan Overpeck, and brought
educational programs to almost every corner of the State and all points in
between. We've participated in panels, provided policy recommendations to all
levels of government and served as a resource for countless members of the
media, local as well as international.
We're funded primarily by small public donations and
mostly staffed by volunteers--and we can always use your help. Contact us
through the following:
[email protected]
Texas Drought Project
16306 Buena Tierra
San Antonio, Texas 78232
210-381-4021
