601 Looking for Rome; The End of Ice; Earth Day
Travel with Rick Steves
Rick Steves
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🗓️ 16 May 2020
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Is it really too late? A mountain-climbing journalist explains why he says the accelerating effects of global warming have put the earth in hospice — and what it requires to turn it around. We'll also hear what the original Earth Day accomplished 50 years ago, and we'll take a closer look at Rome, where viewing more than 2,000 years of history can teach us a few things about our own civilization.
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| 0:00.0 | Mountain Climber Dar Jamil is noticing how glaciers and a whole lot more are disappearing. |
| 0:06.0 | He warns us we're running out of time to get serious about how we treat the earth. |
| 0:10.0 | When we now get to go see things that are still there, I hope that that deepens our appreciation |
| 0:17.2 | and love for these places. |
| 0:19.2 | An organizer of the very first Earth Day in 1970 reminds us of the hopes the environmental movement |
| 0:24.9 | tried to instill in all of us. |
| 0:27.6 | Throughout nature, the most powerful drive of living things is for survival, and the power of Earth Day lay in its ability to tap that core |
| 0:35.7 | instinct. Plus a guide from Rome helps us recognize what the Eternal City can show |
| 0:40.2 | us about the centuries. My mission is to make Rome accessible because I understand that it can be overwhelming |
| 0:45.6 | and what do you do with 2,000 years of history? |
| 0:47.8 | What do you do with 2,000 years of arts? |
| 0:49.8 | The glories of Rome and the changes you should expect on our warming planet. |
| 0:54.0 | It's where we're going in the hour ahead on Travel with Rick Steves. |
| 0:57.0 | Hi, I'm Rick Steves. |
| 1:02.0 | As the world grapples with the coronavirus and news changes almost daily about it, |
| 1:07.0 | many people are isolated at home. But our travel dreams are free to bounce all over our world. |
| 1:13.6 | Even if we can't travel right now, let's continue to enjoy the many cultures and experiences |
| 1:19.4 | that await our discovery when this crisis is old news. |
| 1:23.0 | Thanks for joining us for Travel with Rick Steeves. |
| 1:26.0 | It took a decade for Americans to take Rachel Carson seriously. |
| 1:31.0 | In her book, Silent Spring, she described the dangers of carcinogenic pesticides |
| 1:36.0 | to the environment and to our health. It spurred the U.S. government to create the Environmental |
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