[Unedited] Colette Pichon Battle with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

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🗓️ 3 March 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Colette Pichon Battle is a generational native of the Gulf Coast of Louisiana. The ebb and flow of the Bayou was a background rhythm in her childhood to every aspect of life. She did not ever imagine in that childhood that she would one day be known as a “climate activist.” To be with Colette, and experience her brilliance of mind and spirit and action, is to open up all the ways the words we use and the stories we tell about the transformation of the natural world that is upon us blunt us to the courage we’re called to and the joy we must nurture as our primary energy and motivation. She is a vivid embodiment, too, of the new forms societal shift is taking in our world — led by visionary pragmatists close to the ground, in particular places, persistently and lovingly learning and leading the way for us all.

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0:00.0	On Being With Christa Tippett is supported in part by the Fetzer Institute, helping build the
0:04.8	Spiritual Foundation for a loving world. Fetzer's sharing spiritual heritage report asks,
0:10.8	how will we hold on to ancient wisdom traditions while applying them creatively in today's time?
0:16.4	Learn more at Fetzer.org.
0:19.2	I'm Christa Tippett. Up next, my unedited conversation with the wonderful Colette Peechone
0:25.2	Battle. There is, as always, a shorter produced version of this wherever you found this podcast.
0:33.6	Hello everyone. Welcome. Welcome to this live podcast recording of On Being, featuring
0:41.8	conversation between very special guests, Colette Peechone Battle, Louisiana Native,
0:48.8	a climate activist and lawyer. And Christa Tippett, the Peabody Award-winning broadcaster,
0:55.7	New York Times best-selling author, national humanities medalist, and our very own Minnesota treasure.
1:03.8	I'm Kate Nordstrom. I'm the executive and artistic director of the Great Northern. And every year,
1:10.2	our festival shares dozens of performances, our installations, outdoor activations, and solutions
1:18.0	focus climate talks over 10 days in January and February. We hope that they enrich the mind and
1:26.4	inspire the body. And this conversation is our first in a series of climate talks. It is part of
1:34.8	our climate solution series that runs through February 6th and you can find more information on
1:41.1	our website, which is thegreatnorthermfestival.com. So we are especially pleased that Colette traveled
1:48.4	from the warmth of the south to experience our cold and hearty winter here in the north. So,
1:55.8	Colette, we are grateful that you're giving Minnesota a chance. And it's now my great honor to
2:02.0	turn over this stage to Colette and Christa to share this very special live on being in conversation.
2:09.1	Thank you. Thank you, Kate. First of all, I feel really out of practice. Like, I've never done this
2:24.1	before because I haven't done it for two years. And it's amazing. It's lovely to be with the Great
2:33.0	Northern and that the Great Northern is happening and yes, that you came here and has anybody else said to
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