What You Do Counts

Overheard at National Geographic

National Geographic

Science, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 27 September 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Some of the most crucial countries in the global fight against climate change are in Latin America, and yet there are few resources on the crisis for Spanish speakers. Eyal Weintraub, a 22-year-old National Geographic Young Explorer and climate activist from Buenos Aires, Argentina, is working to change that. Guest host Jordan Salama joins Weintraub to talk about his popular podcast, Lo Que Haces Cuenta, which unpacks the climate crisis in bite-sized episodes—and explores the everyday ways people can fight it. For more information on this episode, visit natgeo.com/overheard. Want more? Learn more about Eyal Weintraub by following him on Instagram @eyalwein and follow Jordan Salama @JordanSalama19. Listen to Lo Que Haces Cuenta wherever you get your podcasts. Also Explore: For more content celebrating Hispanic and Latin American Heritage Month, visit NatGeo.com/HLAHM. Listen to some other Overheard episodes that feature Latin America like “The Guerrilla Cyclists of Mexico City” and their efforts to build DIY bike lanes or “Solving the Mystery of the Boiling River” about Explorer Andrés Ruzo’s search for an Incan legend. For subscribers: Since a 2016 peace deal, nearly 1,300 Colombians living in former guerrilla territories have been killed resisting mining, logging, and drugs. Read Jordan Salama’s article about the Colombian environmentalists risking their lives to defend their land. New York City has a rich and storied maritime history. Now, after centuries of degradation, both people and wildlife are finding their way back to city waters. Jordan explains how life is returning to New York's coastline in this article. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's Amy. Today we've got something special for you. We've invited our
0:09.8	Natuio colleague and reporting resident Jordan Salama to guest host overheard. He's going
0:14.8	to introduce us to a 22 year old climate activist and Natuio explorer who he met in Argentina
0:19.9	earlier this year and whose environmental education projects are helping to change the
0:23.9	climate conversation all over Latin America. Take a listen. Across Latin America, young people
0:31.5	are asking questions about climate change. Located in the west, a podcast produced by Natuio
0:36.9	Latin America and Radio Liesney, that means what you do counts is trying to answer them.
0:43.1	The show unpacks the climate and ecological crisis in bite sized episodes and has reached
0:47.1	hundreds of thousands of listeners, elevating the environmental conversation across the
0:51.7	Americas. I'm Jordan Salama. I'm a resident writer here at National Geographic and you're
0:57.6	listening to Overheard, a show where we ease drop on the wild conversations we have at
1:02.7	Natuio and follow them to the edges of our big, weird, beautiful world. Today I'm having
1:09.0	a conversation with a yellow wine throw. My name is Ayol Waintrop. I'm a climate activist
1:13.9	from Argentina and I'm also a young explorer at National Geographic. He also helped co-create
1:19.6	Locas as Guenta. We'll be talking about climate, Latin America and the role education and
1:24.8	technology can play in moving the needle in all aspects of society. And a little later
1:29.2	in today's episode, we'll also highlight some of our other incredible Natuio explorers
1:33.3	working in the region. From an eco-feminist storyteller in Mexico to a Chilean mycologist
1:39.1	working with the Kingdom of the Funga. Stay tuned.
1:44.7	Adventure is never far away with a free one-month trial to Natuio Digital. For starters, there's
1:49.4	full access to our online stories, with new stories published every day. Plus every
1:54.6	Natuio issue ever published in our digital archives. There's a whole lot more for subscribers
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