At 5:30 on Tuesday July 9 Kristina Ortez will speak at St James Church, Taos, on Climate Change and Caring for Creation, after a light supper. Ms Ortez represents District 42 in the New Mexico House of Representatives and was previously Executive Director of Taos Land Trust, which has protected thousands of acres of agricultural land, wildlife habitat and open space across Northern New Mexico with conservation easements. She protected the abandoned Romo farm from residential development to create Rio Fernando Park.