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Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat

Alexandra Cousteau - Life as an Explorer and Restoring Our Planet's Lost Abundance

Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat

Mo Gawdat

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Today's guest is the magnificent Alexandra Cousteau, a third generation member of the legendary Cousteau family who explore and explain the natural world. She is captivating.Continuing the work of her world renowned grandfather Jacques-Yves Cousteau and her father Philippe Cousteau, Sr., Alexandra is a National Geographic "Emerging Explorer," filmmaker and globally recognized advocate on water issues. She is a masterful storyteller dedicated to advocating the importance of conservation and su...

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0:00.0

I am so glad you could join us. I'm your host Mo Gaudet. This podcast is nothing more than a conversation between two good friends sharing inspiring life stories and perhaps

0:16.3

some nuggets of wisdom along the way.

0:20.3

This is your invitation to slow down with us.

0:25.7

Welcome to slow more. If you're like me a lover of the environment, then for sure the Kusto family has made a significant difference to your perception of our world.

0:46.4

My guest today is a third generation member of this amazing family,

0:52.4

the magnificent Alexander Cousteau.

0:55.0

Alexandra continues the work of her world-renowned grandfather, Jack Eve Costau,

1:01.4

and her father, Philippe Costo Sr.

1:04.8

She's a National Geographic emerging explorer filmmaker,

1:09.5

a globally recognized advocate on water issues.

1:14.1

She's a masterful storyteller dedicated

1:17.7

to advocating the importance of conservation

1:21.8

and sustainable management of the water resources in order to preserve a healthy planet.

1:28.6

Alexandra is the co-founder of Oceanceans 2050, a global initiative would the aim to restore abundance in the

1:38.2

oceans in one generation.

1:41.1

She's also a senior advisor to Oceania and is deeply involved in its campaigns to curb overfishing.

1:49.0

Alexandra, I'm so, so grateful that you join me today.

1:52.8

Hello?

1:54.8

Hi!

1:56.8

Believe it or not, one of the things I wanted to ask you today

2:00.6

is, so I'm the typical mainstream doer. I've lived my life in the fast-paced

2:07.4

tech environment worked at IBM, Microsoft, Google. I've always lived in cities whether in a house in the city or in an apartment building closest to the center of the city.

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