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Beyond the Horizon: Pioneering Green Aviation with BERTRAND PICCARD - Aviator, Explorer, Environmentalist

Beyond the Horizon: Pioneering Green Aviation with BERTRAND PICCARD - Aviator, Explorer, Environmentalist

FromHeroes, Action, Adventure, Extreme Sports - Profiles in Courage - The Creative Process


Beyond the Horizon: Pioneering Green Aviation with BERTRAND PICCARD - Aviator, Explorer, Environmentalist

FromHeroes, Action, Adventure, Extreme Sports - Profiles in Courage - The Creative Process

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Length:
55 minutes
Released:
Mar 14, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

What is the future of green aviation? How do we share environmental solutions to unite people and change the climate narrative from sacrifice and fear to enthusiasm and hope?Bertrand Piccard is a notable Swiss environmentalist, explorer, author, and psychiatrist. His ventures include being the first to travel around the world in a non-stop balloon flight and years later in a solar-powered airplane. He is regarded as a pioneer in clean technology. Piccard is also the founder of the Solar Impulse Foundation, which has identified over 1500 actionable and profitable climate solutions and connects them with investors. As a UN Ambassador for the Environment, his goal is to convince leaders of the viability of a zero-carbon economy, which he will demonstrate via his next emission-free project Climate Impulse, a green hydrogen-powered airplane that can fly nonstop around the earth."In a lot of regions of the world, ecology has started to be a hostage of political parties. You have the left wing, which takes ecology as its flagship. You have the right wing, which is fighting against ecology because they want to fight against the left wing, and they use all the arguments of ecology to destroy ecology. It's very strange that the people who want to protect the environment are not able to make their cause much more appealing. This is what I try to do with the new narrative of the Solar Impulse Foundation: to show the opportunities more than the risks. To show the solutions more than the problems."http://www.solarimpulse.comhttps://climateimpulse.org/https://bertrandpiccard.com/Photos:COPSummitBertrand Piccard with Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCCVille de Demain exhibition, Cité des sciences et de l'industrie, Paris
Released:
Mar 14, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (22)

Stories of heroes, action & adventure from the popular The Creative Process podcast. Hear how free solo climber Alain Robert rebuilt his body and learned to climb again after falling from a mountain and being 60% disabled, discover 35th Generation Shaolin Master Shi Heng Yi’s secrets for building mental and physical strength, hear cave diver Jill Heinerth stories of cave diving in Antartica and other continents, or aviator of the first round-the-world solar-powered flight Bertrand Piccard accounts of being an explorer and environmental leader. Go underwater with Ian Seabrook cinematographer of Hollywood films and television shows, hear from Melissa Cristina Marquez about what she loves about diving and swimming with sharks, and learn from women’s and girls’ rights activist Memory Banda true stories from Malawi, where being an activist means putting your life on the line. Listen to our interviews on The Creative Process - Arts, Culture & Society on Apple: tinyurl.com/thecreativepod, Spotify: tinyurl.com/thecreativespotify, or wherever you get your podcasts! The podcast is hosted by founder and creative educator Mia Funk with the participation of students, universities, and collaborators from around the world. These conversations are also part of our traveling exhibition.
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