What Camels Teach Us about the Future

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.4 • 7.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Global temperatures are rising, severe storms are intensifying and people are feeling climate anxiety. Does saving the planet mean living without comfort or convenience? Can policies and technology turn things around? CNN Chief Climate Correspondent, Bill Weir believes taking better care of the earth and our ourselves can go hand-in-hand. He talks with Dr. Sanjay Gupta about what’s working, what needs to change and why there is reason to be optimistic about the future. They also discuss Weir’s call to action - his new book, “Life as We Know It (Can Be): Stories of People, Climate and Hope in a Changing World.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's this one?
0:05.0	That's called a horseshoe crab.
0:10.0	Horseshoe crab.
0:12.0	Horseshoo crab. Porshoot crap.
0:15.2	I have seen that that crab before.
0:18.2	Yeah, yeah.
0:19.3	The Conservancy.
0:20.6	Right, yeah, at the Nature Conservancy.
0:23.0	That's my friend Bill Weir.
0:25.0	He's in the middle of story time with his four-year-old son, River.
0:28.0	What's that?
0:30.0	As a moose.
0:31.0	You're right.
0:32.0	I'm so smart. You're right. You're so smart. You've probably heard Bill over the years tell
0:39.0	quite a few stories as CNN's Chief Climate Correspondent. He's also the host of the documentary series, The Wonder List.
0:45.0	Didn't know I'd be going from sea level beaches
0:50.0	to a thousand feet higher than the tallest ski mountain in the continental US.
0:57.2	Welcome to the peak of Monique.
1:02.0	Now Bill recently added another title to his already impressive resume, author.
1:08.0	His first book is called Life as We Know It Can Be, Stories of People, climate, and hope in a changing world.
1:15.0	And the book was published this month.
1:17.0	When you read it, you'll find that the book begins with a letter that Bill wrote to River.
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