The Green Spaces Alliances Nature Festival is putting on its 6th Annual Run the River 5k Green Run, on Saturday, November 12, at Mission Park. In addition to the run, there will also be festivities, intended to help connect the community members with nature. It’s guaranteed fun for the whole family. Registration and packet pick-up starts at 8:00 AM. The race begins at 9:00 AM. Entry fee varies depending on day and age. For more information, click here.

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In this essay on video, Carmen Tafolla, the 2015 Poet Laureate of the State of Texas, asks us to change the way we look at history.

Challenged by the prospect of thousands of new houses being located within the Edwards Aquifer watershed, the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance set about studying methods that might mitigate the effects of suburban development in this extremely fragile area. The result is a 106-page manual that is intended to fill a gap in the storm water management measures that currently protect the Edwards Aquifer in Central Texas.

REPLAY VIDEO: Join the live webcast as the San Antonio River Missions Descendants present the inaugural Indigenous Peace Gathering a program of music and dance celebrating the history and ancestral traditions of the Native Americans who helped build the Catholic missions of San Antonio in the 18th century. You can watch the video and participate in the chat live right here. The video will be archived, so you can come back and replay the video later.

Jerry Rodriguez, who lives in the Southtown area, took these photos while walking along the trails around the Probandt Street and Theo Avenue bridges on Aug. 10. The photos show the progress along the banks of the "Mission Reach" section of the San Antonio River.In this slideshow of those photos, you can see workers sandblasting designs of the natural habitat into a newly completed bridge over the river.Read NOWCastSA's story on the Mission Reach project here