Bill Weir: Our Story Effects The Planet & How And Why To Do Anything That Matters

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Kevin Miller

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🗓️ 29 July 2024

⏱️ 110 minutes

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I’m more focused than ever on how our personal stories are what drives us. Part of my own story is care and concern for our planet. Not because I’m so altruistic, but I adore the outdoors. It’s my playground and I selfishly want it conserved and protected so I can keep enjoying it…and my grandkids can as well. So I’m driven to help conserve and protect it. But I also realize how frustrating it is. I have a full life and taking time to recycle or limit my own use of resources feels like a drop in the bucket and a hassle. Then comes along Bill Weir, CNN’s first and current Chief Climate Correspondent. He’s written a book titled, Life As We Know It (Can Be): Stories of People, Climate, and Hope in a Changing World. It came from some letters he initially wrote for his son. The book is actually crafted to follow Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Bill states, “Now more than ever human stories will be the difference between destruction and salvation. Climate change on a degraded planet is not a problem created or solved by physics or technology. It is a problem created and solved by stories.” That’s what piqued my interest. So I sat down with Bill. Honestly, I wanted to get some education and understanding about what is actually happening from someone on the front lines, not just someone else theorizing on what they’ve heard. Bill draws on his experience creating and hosting the primetime CNN Original Series “The Wonder List with Bill Weir,” now streaming on Discovery+. Weir and his team produced four seasons of the show across 28 countries, highlighting wondrous people, places, cultures, and creatures on the brink of seismic change. He actually won an Emmy Award. Bill is one of those news reporters like they depict in the movies. He was among the first reporters into the floodwaters of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and Japan’s tsunami zone during the nuclear crisis of 2011. He dodged Taliban bullets in Afghanistan, led network coverage from Iraq and was the first American to broadcast live from Tibet. His live shots have come from atop the Golden Gate Bridge and below the waters of the Great Barrier Reef while his adventure reporting includes Head to airdoctorpro.com and use promo code KEVIN and depending on the model receive UP TO 39% off or UP TO $300 off! Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at shopify.com/kevin Go to shipstation.com and use code KEVIN to sign up for your FREE 60-day trial. Sign up for AromaTru's Insider Club and today you'll receive a FREE Waterless Oil Diffuser and a FREE lemon eucalyptus oil - that's over $200 in savings. Head to aromatruorganics.com/kevin to take advantage of this exclusive offer. Kajabi is offering a free 30-day trial to start your business if you go to Kajabi.com/kevin Get 20% off any AquaTru purifier today! Visit AquaTru.com and enter code "KEVIN" at checkout. Go to Quince.com/drives for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the what drives you podcast. I'm Kevin Miller. I produce this show to help us all continually
0:06.1	discover where we want to go, why and how to best get there. All the while enjoying the daily drive as much as the destinations we want to reach.
0:16.5	In this episode, our story affects the planet and how and why to do anything that matters.
0:24.0	So I'm more focused than ever on how our personal stories are what drives us.
0:29.0	Part of my own story is care and concern for our planet, not because I'm super altruistic, but I just adore the outdoors.
0:37.4	It's my playground. I selfishly want it conserved and protected so I can keep enjoying it.
0:41.5	And yeah, my grandkids as well. So I'm driven to do that how can I help conserve and protect it?
0:47.5	But I also realize how frustrating it is. I have a full life taking time to recycle or limit my use of resources feels like a drop in the bucket and a hassle.
0:58.0	Then comes along Bill Weir, he is CNN's first and current chief climate correspondent. He's a celebrity news reporter.
1:06.7	He's written a book now titled Life As We Know It, and in parentheses can be. Life as we know it can be stories of people climate and hope in a changing world and it came from some letters he originally wrote for his son which I appreciated And the books crafted to follow Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
1:26.8	It's really interesting to me.
1:28.7	Bill states, now more than ever,
1:30.8	human stories will be the difference between destruction and
1:34.0	salvation. Climate change on a degraded planet is not a problem solved by physics or
1:41.1	technology, it's a problem created and solved by stories and that's what
1:46.4	peaked my interest. That's why I invited them on the show. So I sat down with
1:50.2	Bill. Honestly I also want to just get some education and understanding about what is actually
1:55.1	happening from someone on the front lines, not just someone else theorizing and what
1:59.4	they've heard.
2:00.4	Well, Bill draws on his experience creating and hosting the Prime Time CNN original series The Wonder List with Bill Weir.
2:09.0	It's streaming on Discovery Plus.
2:11.0	Well, Weir and his team, they produce four seasons of the show across 28 countries, highlighting just wondrous people, places, cultures, and creatures on the brink of seismic change. Bill's actually won an Emmy Award for his work.
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