As a climate scientist, Heidi Root knows it's time to stop arguing and get realistic about how we can tackle climate change where we live.

You don't have to travel far from home to see the real consequences of climate change unfold around us.

Culinary historian Sarah Lohmann shows us an interesting side of American history

reflected in the foods we grow and eat. You can start in an apple orchard.

You know, we went from thousands and thousands of varieties to now maybe a dozen.

British guides offer tips for visiting Shakespeare's home at Stratford-upon-Eva.

See it in the morning, see it in the afternoon, it's a lot quieter, and it's a really nice town.

And hear how a love of Shakespeare helped to address the conflicts in South Sudan.

It was an experience which allowed a lot of different South Sudanese tribes to come on stage and to do something together.

Come along for the hour ahead.

It's Travel with Rick Steeves.

Airloom foods that we might take for granted and the agricultural practices that bring them to us.

They're at risk in all corners of America.

In just a bit, a culinary historian explains what's being done today to preserve local food

traditions. A few years ago a literature professor from Cambridge went to South

Sudan. What he encountered was part detective story and a Swahili version of fame.

He lets us in on the surprising influence of Shakespeare in East Africa a little later in the hour.

We'll also check in with British tour guides with tips

for visiting Shakespeare's hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon. Let's start the hour

with climate scientist Heidi Rup. She's traveled to all seven continents to be an eyewitness to the growing impacts of climate change on the local environment and to learn what people are trying to do to lessen its impacts.

Heidi, welcome back to Travel with Rick Steeves.

Thanks, Rick.

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