STORE
STORE WAS
STORE WAS THERE EVER TIME WHERE YOU SAID TO SOMEONE, I'M 4@ INTERESTED4@ IN MO4@UNTAINS OR
DESERT.
>> OR WAS IT JUST NATURAL FOR
YOU TO BE PULLED FROM THE
WATER?
>> 4@I WANTED TO BE A FIREMAN.
BUFF AS I GOT OLDER.
WHEN I WAS 16 IN PARTICULAR, I
GOT A CHANCE TO 4@GO ON
EXPEDITI4@ON TO PAPUA, NEW
GUINEA.
I WENT UP TO THE HIGHLANDS4@ AN
SAW SOME OF THE NATIVE PEOPLES
UP 4@THERE.
AND IT WAS LIKE REAL-LIFE
INDIANA JONES.
AND I WAS HOOKED FROM THAT
POINT ON.
I COULD NEVER IMAGINE DOING
ANYTHING ELSE.
AND A PASSION FOR THE OCEANS.
AND A SECRET A LOT OF PEOPLE
DON'T KNOW IS 4@I 4@LOVE
SNOWBOARDING AND ROCK CLIMBING.
I LIKE THEM 4@BOTH. 4@
>> YOUR GRANDFATHER DIED WHEN
YOU WERE IN 4@YOUR LATE TEENS,
OBJECT?
YOU SPENT A FAIR AMOUNT OF 4@TI
WITH HIM GROWING UP?
>> I GOT TO SEE HIM.
HE WAS A VERY BUSY GUY
TRAVELING AROUND A LOT.
BUT HE HAD A TREMENDOUS
INFLUENCE ON ME AND MY LIFE'S
WORK.
>> YOUR LIFE'S 4@WORK IS FOCUSE
INFLUENCE ON ME AND MY LIFE'S WORK. >> YOUR LIFE'S 4@WORK IS FOCUSE@
AROUND ENVIRONMENTALISM,
CONSERVATIONALLISM?
>> YEAH, ENVIRONMENTAL,
CONSERVATIONAL, I CONSIDER
MYSELF A STORYTELLER.
MY GRANDFATHER WAS A
STORYTELLER.
A 4@HEALTHY SOCIETY IS DEPENDEN
UPON A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT.
>> AS YOU 4@LOOK AROUND THE WOR
TODAY, WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE
NUMBER 1 THREAT?
>> NO QUESTION, CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND THE CONSEQUENCES ARE
STAGGERING.
COLLAPSE IN FOOD. 4@
MASSIVE STORMS.
DECLINE OF CORAL REEFS,
WHICHING, OF COURSE, IS
IMPORTANT TO FISHERIES. 4@
SO WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT
ISSUES AROUND CLIMATE, WE'RE
VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE IT'S 4@N
JUST ABOUT NATURE CHANGING AND
THE ENVIRONMENT. 4@
IT'S REALLY ABOUT HUMAN
IMPACTS.
IT'S ABOUT OUR SECURITY, OUR
HEALTH AND ECONOMIC GROWTH THAT
WILL 4@BE RADICALLY TRANSFORMED
AND LIMITED, IF WE STAY ON THE
CURRENT PATH.
>> TH4@ROUGH YOUR STORYTELLING
WORK IN FILM AND TELEVISION,
YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THE
OCEAN.
DO YO4@U SEE FOR YOURSELF FIRST
HAND SOME OF 4@THE CHANGES THAT
ARE RESULTING AS A RESULT OF
WARMING WATERS AND A WARMING
PLANET?
>> SIX OR 7 YEARS AGO.
ALMOST 10 YEARS AGO NOW, I WAS
DIVING IN 4@THE GREAT BARRIER
REEF.
DOING A DOCUMENTARY OF STEVE
IRWIN.
AND I WAS BLOWN AWAY 4@BY WHAT @
SAW.
IT WAS JUST A BEAUTIFUL,
BEAUTIFUL PLACE.
I WAS THERE LAST YEAR.
AND IT IS ALL BLEACHED.
AND SO MUCH OF IT IS NOW GONE.
DEAD.
THAT STARK CHANGE IN 10 YEARS
IS DIRECTLY DRIVEN BY WARMING
OCEANS.
>> YOU CAN'T JUST GO OUT AND
PREACH GLOOM AND DOOM TO
PEOPLE.
BECAUSE THEY'LL SHUT DOWN.
YOU HAVE TO INSPIRE THEM.
YOU'RE HERE AT COLLEG4@E.
AND I KNOW YOU TALK TO YOUNG
PEOPLE A LOT.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO TRY 4@TO GET
THEM TO NOT BE DISCOURAGED, BUT
TO REALIZE THAT PEOPLE CAN 4@
EFFECT CHANGE, AND THAT THERE
CAN BE A BETTER FUTURE.
WHAT DO 4@YOU TELL THEM?
>> I TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD.
AND 4@I SEE LOTS OF PROBLEMS.
FROM PLASTIC POLLUTIONS AND
CLIMATE, OCEANS, ET CETERA.
SO I'M THE ONE THAT OFTENTIMES
NEEDS A BOOST.
AND WHENEVER I WALK IN AN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OR MIDDLE
SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL, I 4@AM S
STRUCK BY THE OPTIMISM THAT
ALREADY EXISTS IN THE EYES4@ OF
THESE YOUNG PEOPLE.
HOW FIRED UP THEY ARE 4@TO MAKE
CHANGE.
AND THEY'RE REALLY OPTIMISTIC
ABOUT THE FUTURE.
AND THEY 4@SHOULD BE.
>> YOU TELL YOUR STORY THROUGH
TELEVI4@SION, THROUGH FILM,
THROUGH VISUAL MEDIA.
AND IT NO DOUBT IS SOMETHING
THAT HAS OCCURRED TO YOU MANY
TIMES THAT THANKS TO CHANGES IN
TECHNOLOGY, YOU CAN GET FOOTAGE
NOW IN AN HOUR THAT WOULD HAVE
TAKEN 4@YOUR GRANDFATHER AND HI
CREWS WHAT?
A MONTH?
TWO MONTHS TO CAPTURE?
>> I REMEMBER THE EARLY STORIES
OF MY GRANDFATHER DIVING INTO
THE RED SEA.
BACK IN THE 1940s AND 50s.
AND THEY HAD THESE UNDERWATER
CAMERAS THAT THEY MADE.
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T EXIST.
THERE WAS NO VIEW FINDER, NO
FOCUS.
YOU JUST STARTED PRESSING 4@IT
AND FILMING IT.
THEY'D FILM STACKS AND STACKS
OF THESE CANIST4@ERS.
THEY'D SHIP THEM OFF. 4@
AND THEY'D DEVELOP ALL OF THEM.
THE PEOPLE BACK AT THE OFFICE.
THEY'D LOOK AT IT ALL.
AND THEN THEY WOULD TELEGRAM,
THIS IS IN FOCUS, THIS IS OUT
OF FOCUS.
AND FOR ANOTHER MONTH, THEY'D
GO 4@DOWN AND FILM STUFF.
THAT'S HOW THEY MADE FILMS NOW.
NOW IN OUR PHONES, IN OUR
POCKETS, 4@WE HAVE MORE COLONEL
PUTE -- COMPUTING PROBLEMS.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN TO WONDERFUL
PLACES.
WHAT DO YOU 4@DO WHEN YOU WANT
RELAX, UNWIND, AND TAKE A
VACATION?
WHAT FOR YOU IS A DREAM
VACATION?
>> BOY, A DREAM VACATION IS
PRETTY MUCH STAYING AT HOME,
WITH 4@MY WIFE, WHO ALSO WORKS
WITH ME.
WE DO DOCUMENTARIES TOGETHER
AND WORK TOGETHER.
WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO BE 4@AB
TO DO THAT.
WE HAVE 4@A RESCUE HUSKY NAMED
KENIGH.
AND BEING ABLE TO REST ON
SUNDAY, SLEEP IN.
THE PERFECT VACATION.
>>> MR. ADVENTURE, STAY AT HOME
MAKING 4@PANCAKESES.
>> I LOVE THEM.
. -- PANCAKES.
>> I LOVE 4@THEM WITH GOOD MAPL
SYRUP.
>> IT'S FUNNY HO4@W 4@MANY PEOP
THAT TRAVEL A LOT FOR WORK,
THEY DON'T WANT TO GO 4@ANYWHER
THEY WANT TO STAY HOME.
>> I'M INTRIGUED THAT HE LIKES
PANCAKES SO MUCH.
>> HE HAS SPENT A LOT OF 4@TIME
IN NEW ENGLAND.
AND MAINE.
HE TALKED VERY AFFECTIONATELY 4@
ABOUT THE TIME HE SPENT IN
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK.
HE WAS NOT MAKING THAT UP.
WHEN HE SAID HE INSISTS ON REAL
MAPLE SYRUP, IT'S LEGIT.
>>> TRAVEL CHANNEL CALLED 4@
CARIBBEAN PIRATE TREASURE.
>> I'M INTRIGUED.
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