67. Longing for the Endless Immensity of the Sea with Philippe Cousteau Jr.
Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast
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🗓️ 28 August 2020
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
One of the often taken-for-granted and overlooked aspects of climate is our oceans. And by oceans, we mean ocean. One. All "oceans" are part of the same system, and they have been absorbing the heat and CO2 that we have been so irresponsibly emitting.
But how can we get people to take action on climate, sustained and long-term? Our guest, Philippe Cousteau Jr. believes it all begins when we fall in love with our oceans. Standing on the shoulders of his father, Philippe Sr. and grandfather, Jacques Cousteau, Philippe reaches even further by taking us with him to explore just how endlessly immense the sea is, how much it has loved us, and how much we love it back.
Stick around til the end for an incredible music performance by Nick Mulvey!
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| 0:00.0 | Everyone was very sharp today. |
| 0:03.0 | Very sharp today. |
| 0:04.0 | It's because I had a nap. Hello and I'm Chrisiana Figuero. |
| 0:14.0 | I'm |
| 0:18.0 | Hello and welcome to Outrage and optimism. |
| 0:20.0 | My name's Tom Rivikarnack. |
| 0:22.0 | I'm Christina Figuette and I'm Paul |
| 0:23.9 | Dickinson this week we fall in love with the ocean we realize that Costa Rica isn't |
| 0:29.6 | perfect we speak to Ocean Explorer and Educator |
| 0:33.0 | Philippe Cousteau, and we have music from Nick Malvee. |
| 0:36.4 | Thanks for being here. Christina, any comment on my opening introduction. |
| 0:54.5 | Yeah, what was that about, Tom? |
| 0:56.1 | There must be something serious. |
| 0:57.1 | What was fun about, Tom? |
| 0:58.1 | I would really love to know. |
| 0:59.7 | What audience? |
| 1:01.9 | I've heard a rumor that despite the overwhelming beauty of that country |
| 1:06.2 | there are creatures that can hide in your closet and sting you. |
| 1:08.8 | Yes but they're beautiful creatures they are scorp scorpions. They are absolutely fantastic. |
| 1:15.0 | Did you say scorpions? |
| 1:17.0 | Yeah, well I'm collecting them for you, Paul, when you come. |
| 1:20.0 | They're beautiful creatures. They do, they do sting you and you do undergo quite a bit of pain for a while and it depends on the species and the size of the scorpion but a you survive and b it does |
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