Wildfires and Imperfect Activism with Graham Zimmerman

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🗓️ 23 August 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Graham Zimmerman is an alpinist, filmmaker, and climate activist who, over the past few years, has watched his home in Bend, Oregon be consumed by smoke over and over again. As someone who loves the outdoors and encourages "imperfect activism," he wondered what he could do to help.

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0:00.0	Many people across the country, especially in the Western United States, have been dealing
0:11.9	with a new season recently.
0:14.3	Smoke season.
0:15.9	Starting in late summer and going into fall, they have to monitor air quality levels and
0:19.9	hunker down when it's not safe to go outside.
0:23.0	For those needing to be outside, it can be a massive shock.
0:26.2	They can feel stifling, your eyes can burn, it can be hard to breathe, and the sunlight
0:30.6	is filtered with this apocalyptic red glow.
0:35.0	Over the past few years, alpineus, filmmaker and climate activist Graham Zimmerman has
0:40.2	watched his home in Bend, Oregon get consumed by smoke over and over again.
0:45.4	As someone who loves spending time outside, Graham wondered what exactly he could do to help.
0:50.5	He decided to dig deep and investigate.
0:53.3	Why are there so many destructive wildfires at this point in history, how are they related
0:58.2	to climate change, and what can we do about them?
1:03.0	I'm Shelby Stanger, and this is Wild Ideas' Worth Living.
1:13.1	Graham Zimmerman, welcome to Wild Ideas' Worth Living.
1:16.7	I am honored to be here, thanks for having me on the show.
1:19.8	Where are you now?
1:20.8	Are you in the Pacific Northwest?
1:22.0	I'm at my home in Bend, Oregon.
1:24.8	This is where I live with my wife Shannon and our dog, Pebble.
1:28.8	We've been here for, I think, seven or eight years now, and it's been a really great little
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