Climate Optimism with Gina McCarthy, White House National Climate Advisor
At Home with Linda & Drew Scott
Drew Scott
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🗓️ 29 June 2021
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Gina McCarthy, White House’s first National Climate Advisor, joins Linda & Drew At Home to deliver a healthy dose of optimism that we all need as we collectively take on climate challenges. She shares stories about her home and family life growing up, and how being a mother and grandmother has influenced her passion to make the world better. We also talk about how we can all bridge policy with everyday action!
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This fun, hopeful and informative conversation is part of At Home x EMA Talks series. EMA Talks is a program at the intersection of arts and sciences, bringing together entertainers, experts, scientists, doctors and innovators for in-depth conversations dedicated to making the planet a better place for everyone.
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This episode was co-produced in collaboration with Harvard Chan C-CHANGE’s Reel Science program.
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The Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ( Harvard Chan C-CHANGE ) translates innovative research from faculty and students across the Chan School of Public Health to inform actions that improve public health today and create a more just, sustainable, and healthy future for all. Harvard Chan C-CHANGE’s mission is to increase public awareness of the health impacts of climate change and use science to make it personal, actionable, and urgent.
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| 0:00.0 | You know, it's really hard to make environmental issues a kitchen table issue unless you talk about it like that. |
| 0:07.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:07.6 | And I'm trying to do the same thing for climate. |
| 0:10.6 | You know, it's not like it doesn't matter to you and your family. |
| 0:13.8 | It's not like it isn't about the food you eat or your ability to get a good job, a breathe, clean air. |
| 0:20.7 | You know, these are now bread and butter issues. Yeah. or your ability to get a good job, a breathe, clean air. |
| 0:24.2 | You know, these are now bread and butter issues. |
| 0:26.0 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:28.0 | Wow, you went super low there. |
| 0:29.1 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:30.9 | We're Linda and Drew Scott. |
| 0:33.2 | Welcome to At Home. |
| 0:34.9 | Ouch, that hurts. |
| 0:35.8 | Welcome to At Home. |
| 0:42.2 | This is a show where we chat with artists, experts, dreamers, and doers about the good that they're creating in the world. |
| 0:45.9 | We go beyond design and get to the root of what home means. |
| 0:51.7 | And through these conversations, we learn that it's all about relationships with ourselves, our communities, and our planet. |
| 0:52.9 | So come on in. |
| 0:53.9 | But bring pizza. |
| 0:55.1 | All our friends bring pizza. |
| 0:59.5 | You know all those boxes that I've been collecting? |
| 1:00.9 | Yes, the junk. |
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