96. Climate Action Is the Adventure of Our Lives with Bertrand Piccard and Dee Caffari
Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast
Persephonica
4.7 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2021
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
This week, the climate solutions are here, and they’re neatly labeled.
You may have heard of Bertrand Piccard, the explorer, balloonist, and ‘inspioneer’ who was the first to circumnavigate the globe in a solar powered aircraft in 2016. Well, since then, he’s been on a mission to support climate friendly technologies. With his Solar Impulse Foundation, he is close to having found, assessed and labeled 1000 cleantech solutions that have a positive impact on both the environment and the economy. Now he’s making sure that they get used. In our interview with him this week, we discuss his commitment to create and nurture innovative new ways of thinking that reconcile ecology and economy, providing a compelling argument for business and governments to act today to achieve planetary health and profit with his ‘Tao of Economics’.
And with Tom taking a well earned break away from hosting, we are delighted to introduce a special co-host for this episode, Dee Caffari, MBE! Dee is the first woman to have sailed single-handed and non-stop around the world in both directions and the only woman to have sailed non-stop around the world a total of three times! Yes, you read that right. Having witnessed personally the problem of single use plastics on ocean health, she uses her platform to raise awareness on Ocean health, sustainability, and a new danger - microplastics. Her fascinating first-hand experience and deep thinking on climate change makes determined ambition a reality.
Our adventure awaits!
Hang tight after the interview for a live musical performance from Easy Wanderlings!
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Thank you to our guest this week!
Bertrand Piccard
Chairman of the Solar Impulse Foundation | Explorer | Psychiatrist | Inspirational Speaker
Solar Impulse
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Check out the climate solutions here: Solar Impulse Solutions
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And thank you to our guest co-host this week:
Dee Caffari, MBE
Chair of the World Sailing Trust | World Record Holder | Author and Ocean Advocate
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Our musical guest this week is Easy Wanderlings!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Outrage and Optimism. |
| 0:16.2 | I'm Cristiana Piguetis. |
| 0:17.6 | I'm Paul Dickinson. |
| 0:19.4 | And Paul, this week we don't have Tom. |
| 0:22.1 | No. |
| 0:23.1 | So what do we do without Tom? |
| 0:27.6 | Well, we improvise in the most spectacular and fantastic fashion. |
| 0:32.0 | I am so delighted to introduce a special old co-host for this episode, D Capari, the first |
| 0:38.4 | woman to have sailed single-handed and nonstop around the world in both directions. |
| 0:42.7 | Hello, D. |
| 0:43.7 | It's wonderful to join you and I feel privileged to take the hot seat from Tom. |
| 0:49.6 | I hope I'm doing proud and I'm just keeping it warm and full until he comes back. |
| 0:53.7 | Well, thank you very much. |
| 0:54.7 | You are wonderful. |
| 0:55.7 | You are most welcome. |
| 0:57.1 | In this week's episode, we also talk with another explorer who has circumnavigated the globe |
| 1:01.9 | in a solar-powered aircraft, the Inspire near Bill Trampicard, and we have music from Easy |
| 1:09.6 | Wonderlings. |
| 1:10.6 | Thanks for listening. |
| 1:17.8 | So we are so delighted to have you here joining us, D, as Paul has already said. |
| 1:24.7 | Our reputation precedes you as being the British female sailor who has achieved global recognition |
| 1:32.6 | for your sailing achievements. |
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