UnchainedTV: First ever LA Climate Week!

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L.A. Climate Week, it is coming up

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people!

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September 8th to the 15th and there are

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more than 100 events and there are incredible

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events that you can be part of and

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we're going to tell you exactly how you

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can do all that and of course all

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of it is a call for planetary health

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and climate justice.

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Guess what people?

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All you have to do is step outside

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to realise we are in a climate crisis.

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The earth is on the verge of five

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catastrophic climate tipping points.

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According to scientists who are warning us about

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this, the world is on the brink of

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five disastrous climate tipping points.

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Giant ice sheets, ocean currents and permafrost regions

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may have already passed the point of irreversible

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change.

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But we are optimists and we know that

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together we can do something to stop a

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climate apocalypse.

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Turn it around and what better place to

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start than Los Angeles!

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So I would like to introduce the folks

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who are part of all this.

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I've gotten to know them.

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JC Arce.

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Yes, hi everyone.

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My name is JC and I am the

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co-founder, co-executive director of the Kaleidoscope

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Foundation.

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What we do, very simple, support impact leaders

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and nonprofits with their back office and through

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collective power.

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And in the last year that we've been

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working, I had I had this idea alongside

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my co-founder Dan Thorman a year ago

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during your client week where we were like

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LA has so many amazing organisations and so

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many amazing impact leaders that work in climate

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but they're not talking to each other.

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Frankly there's a lot of opportunities, a lot

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of resources, capital in LA that can be

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used to mobilise real solutions to to address

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this climate issue.

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Now I'm so happy to say a year

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later this division has come to life alongside

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my dear friend and partner Larudar.

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And just to see the community thousands of

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people and hundreds of organisations come together and

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producing these hundreds of events this year brings

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so much joy and a lot of hope

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for me and for us at Kaleidoscope Foundation.

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We're just really excited to have you all

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join us during Climate Week.

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I am super jazzed.

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I want to hear from Laura all about

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the various extraordinary events and we can all

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take part.

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And by the way if you're listening or

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watching from far away you too can take

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part because there are some remote events that

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you can join via Zoom.

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So the most important thing for you to

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write down, I think you should actually write

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some of this stuff down, is to visit

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LAClimateWeek.com and register for these events because

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there's gonna be a lot of them.

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I'm attending a lot of them.

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I'm speaking at one of them.

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I'm super jazzed that Unchained TV is a

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media partner and that I'm on the steering

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committee.

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Steering steering steering.

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But Laura tell us about what people can

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expect.

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Sure there are a hundred events, more than

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a hundred events actually happening throughout the week

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all the way from documentary screenings to hikes

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to town halls with deputy mayors to sustainable

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fashion shows and of course our closing ceremony

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which will be one big party celebrating climate

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action and the community here in Los Angeles.

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So so many different events open to all

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age groups.

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We have you know elementary children's book readings

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on climate to climate runs and marches.

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So really something for everyone.

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So I hope that you join us.

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I'm very excited about it and one of

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my dear friends Samantha Lau has just jumped

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Samantha I'm going to ask you to tell

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me why you decided to get involved.

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For plant-based treaty this is a very

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exciting opportunity for us to get involved because

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we need everybody to understand that a plant

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-based food system can absolutely fight climate change.

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Right now the animal agriculture is very devastating.

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It is causing a lot of havoc on

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our planet and we have this opportunity to

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let everyone know to get everybody involved who's

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involved in the LA Climate Week importance of

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having a plant-based food system to fight

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climate change.

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Yeah and I'm just gonna put up some

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of the events that look there's a hundred

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of them so we could literally spend an

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hour listing them but guys and gals if

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you're watching and you're in LA take notes

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if not listen and realise that this could

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happen in a city of your choice.

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I know we're nationally syndicated that we're heard

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in Atlanta as well as various other parts

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of California and on podcasts around the world

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so if this excites you you might be

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able to do this in your city.

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At a great restaurant called Olock there is

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going to be a film called Eating for

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Tomorrow narrated by the famous actress Kate Winslet

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that is happening on Friday September 13th.

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Oh my god Friday the 13th well I

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don't believe in superstition it's a good way

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to remember it and one of my heroes

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Dr. Silas Rao is going to be doing

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a Q&A afterward.

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I did an entire documentary on Dr. Silas

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Rao that streams on Unchained TV he is

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a genius and he has some great solutions.

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Here's a really fun one we've got a

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sustainable fashion show happening and that's on September

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10th so that is a Tuesday I believe

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from 6 to 9 p.m. everybody is

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invited and I would say that that is

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going to be one of the most exciting

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We've also got this is on the 9th

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so this is Monday this is one of

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the first events after the big kickoff on

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Sunday this is a climate town hall and

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again you're invited you know you can see

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here that it's on September 9th 530 p

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.m. Fiesta Hall in Plummer Park which is

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in West Hollywood so just remember Plummer Park

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in WeHo and it starts at 530 and

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it's going to be an incredible panel discussion.

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So these are just some of the incredible

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events that are happening and obviously Unchained TV

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is a vegan streaming network so I am

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very excited that there's going to be a

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big emphasis on plant-based lifestyle and you

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can see that there's going to be vegan

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food trucks including one of my favourites word

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-of-mouth at the closing ceremony so I

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want to go back to JC Arce and

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ask him all about the opening ceremonies and

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the closing ceremonies what are those going to

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be?

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Well we are really excited to bring together

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the hundreds of organisations and hundreds of people

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that have produced all these events and celebrate

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at the start of LA Climate Week this

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Sunday evening September 8th for our opening ceremony

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and it's really a time to come together

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meet other organisers and celebrate this momentous occasion.

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The closing ceremony is an opportunity to bring

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together the larger LA community anyone who is

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a you know think children to families to

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parents to partake and really see the magic

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that is LA Climate Week and just celebrate

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all the energy and all the work that's

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been done throughout the week.

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Let me see if we can go back

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to my dear friend Samantha Lau.

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We are planning almost we have nine events

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scheduled for the entire week and we're our

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involvement is that we're planning a lot of

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different types of activities and events throughout the

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week ranging from a town hall to a

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climate run to an art exhibition art gallery

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showing the devastation of climate change and to

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a fashion show to screening of Eat for

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Tomorrow and then we are gonna end it

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with a climate march so we're very excited

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to have all these different avenues of reaching

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different people in spreading the message about how

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important it is to fight for a sustainable

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Excellent I know you've been working very hard

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on it and I am very excited to

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attend these events.

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Let's cut to the chase.

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Let's talk about the underlying issue here and

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that is climate change and the fact that

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climate change is literally posing an existential threat

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to our world and I think you know

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what's great about this is that Los Angeles

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is where all the trends start so we

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need to get serious about fighting the climate

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that is super super important and there is

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one aspect of the climate crisis that cannot

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be ignored but it has been ignored a

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lot and that is animal agriculture and food.

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I'm going to put up an article that

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was in the New York Times and that

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pretty much explains where we're coming from and

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that is save the planet put down that

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hamburger.

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Researchers examined the diets of 55,500 people

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and found that vegans are responsible for 75

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% less in greenhouse gases than meat eaters.

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Now this is not just anybody saying this

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this was an Oxford University study that studied

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55,000 diets and after very in-depth

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study came to this conclusion.

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Now when I saw this article I thought

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well surely CNN is going to say something

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about this because they play catastrophe porn day

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and night.

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Surely MSNBC is going to say something about

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this.

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I certainly didn't expect Fox News to say

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anything about it but no nobody picked up

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this story.

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The story of the impact of animal agriculture

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on the climate is not being told.

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Well there's a pretty obvious reason.

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Look at the advertisers.

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The advertisers are the meat dairy and pharmaceutical

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industry.

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So if they put this up well wait

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a second what are the implications?

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The advertisers keep the lights on.

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I was in mainstream media for more than

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I'm not just talking you know off the

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top of my head okay.

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I've seen it.

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I've seen it in action.

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So what we're trying to do is alert

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people that of course we want to fight

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fossil fuels.

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Of course we want to switch to sustainable

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energy.

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Of course we want to use solar and

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other alternative energy sources.

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But what we eat three times a day

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what goes on our plate is extremely important

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and I personally feel that it has been

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under-emphasised by the environmental movement and I'm

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extremely thrilled that LA Climate Week is giving

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it its due.

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So Lara can you weigh in on that

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a little bit?

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Sure yeah we as LA Climate Week really

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want to inspire action and inspire lifestyle change

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So one of the ways we're doing this

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is partnering with different companies, with different restaurants,

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Of course our opening closing ceremony all the

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events we organise are plant-based entirely but

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it's been so amazing seeing that the restaurant

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for example that we're partnered with for the

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opening closing ceremony for catering or the venue

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that we're partnered with will be going entirely

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vegan for the week of Climate Week with

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a special plant-based menu.

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But then also extending that to the whole

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month and slowly trying to become vegan as

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a restaurant.

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So it's been really great having discussions with

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restaurants not really in the plant-based community

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and for them seeing this excitement of LA

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Climate Week, seeing the community wanting more from

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different businesses and restaurants and them actually contributing

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to climate action in their own way.

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So genuinely I think LA Climate Week is

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a great place for people to even just

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try plant-based food and see how amazing

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it is and then integrate it into their

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diet.

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So we really are trying to cater to

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the broader public and get them into lifestyle

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changes into the climate movement.

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All right and we've got some callers right

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now.

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Let's go to Dezar from the Plant-Based

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Treaty is joining us because the Plant-Based

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Treaty is very involved in this.

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Welcome and what are your thoughts and comments?

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How's it going?

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Thank you again Jane for everything you do,

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for being a pillar in the community.

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Yeah we're just very excited to be a

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part of LA Climate Week.

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You know thank you to LA Climate Week,

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all the organisers, Laura and everyone.

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And it's exciting.

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You know it's a great moment in history

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because we need to empower ourselves because so

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much so much of the time we're not

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empowered by our governments or you know officials

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such as being in the drought in California.

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They say shorten your showers, let your lawn

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die, don't wash your car, get ticketed.

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Never once did they say hey watch out

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that to get a plant-based meal when

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you can save about two months worth of

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showers predicted you know.

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So it's a great sign of the times

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and we're so happy to be a part

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of it and you know and make that

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bridge so you know go along with fossil

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fuels, solar, electric, drought tolerant.

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But let's get the food systems in there

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because that's like half of the toolbox, half

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of the fire extinguisher.

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We got a lot of work to do

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so we're very excited.

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You know there's so many events we invite

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everybody to join the event in person and

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there's also online events so you know LA

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Climate Week everybody's been working around the clock.

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Sam, Laura, JC, everyone, all the organisers, Eugene,

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myself, our organisers from Plant Based Treaty, Ellen.

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So we're very excited and it's just it's

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here now so we hope everybody comes out

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and joins.

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Don't miss out.

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We hope to see you at all these

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amazing events.

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You're gonna want to be there.

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All right, Cesar, tell us about the March,

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the Climate March which is, everybody write this

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down, Saturday, September 14th.

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It's a great opportunity to go to the

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beach.

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Lot 5, which is very easy to find.

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You're going to see a lot of people

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gathered right smack dab in the middle of

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the boardwalk Santa Monica.

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Just remember Lot 5 South.

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It's easy to find.

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Go to the beach in Santa Monica.

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Easy to find.

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Tell us about the Climate March.

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Yes, the Climate March is amazing.

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So again, we're bridging the communities, you know,

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the vegan vegan communities, animal rights communities, climate

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communities.

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We all need the unity because we are

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stronger together and to have this march in

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beautiful California on the coast reflecting towards the

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oceans and just everything in general.

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It's going to be amazing.

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A lot of networking going on.

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We're going to have some food from the

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vegan joint is donating some food.

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So you know, make sure to bring your

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sunscreen and stay hydrated and it's going to

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be amazing.

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So we hope to see you there as

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well as the WeHo Town Hall on Monday

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and there's events all in between, the opening

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and closing ceremonies.

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It's going to be amazing.

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So we hope that you can make it

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out.

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Tell your family and friends, come on out

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and let's save our planet.

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We only got one home.

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This is it.

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We owe it to the future.

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We owe it to the past, present, and

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future.

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All the babies, everyone.

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Tell us about another one.

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Tell us about Eating for Tomorrow narrated by

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Kate Winslet down at the incredible Olock restaurant.

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Yes, yes.

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We're going to be at Olock screening the

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amazing Eating for a Better Tomorrow.

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You know, don't forget Unchained TV will be

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covering all these live streaming, the live streaming

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network.

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So we're going to be over there with

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the Q&A with Dr. Salish Rao will

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be there doing a Q&A.

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It's going to be really awesome.

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So we hope you can make it there.

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I think that one is a capacity but

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there's a waiting list.

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So, you know, some people might not show

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up so we'll be able to get more

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people in there.

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The WeHo Town Hall on Monday with Vice

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Mayor is going to be amazing.

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Tuesday we have a sustainable fashion show with

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a panel as well.

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That's going to be amazing.

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Wednesday we have the unveiling of the gallery.

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We have the reception at the gallery.

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That's going to be a lot of fun.

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A lot of amazing artists are going to

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be there and showcasing their artwork.

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Thursday we got a 5k at Besties Vegan

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Paradise and I believe there's going to be

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some shirts given away.

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That's not announced yet.

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You guys are the first to hear.

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There's going to be some free shirts given

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away for the runners as well as there's

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going to be amazing musical event in Pasadena

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for Mother Earth with legendary jazz artists.

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So check that out and get some more

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of those details and see.

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And then Friday of course the screening and

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Saturday the Climate March.

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So we're busy but you know what?

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We don't have any time to waste.

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The time is now.

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This is the coolest summer you will experience

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for the rest of your life unless we

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start making changes right now and you can

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empower yourselves.

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Y'all have the power to do it.

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You are so absolutely right and Cesar Acevedo

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you are my hero because you are working

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so hard on this and I've been getting

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all sorts of updates.

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So it's true.

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We are dealing with a climate crisis.

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It's right in our face every single day

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we see it.

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I happen to live near the coast.

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It's a little cooler but it's still plenty

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hot to the point where my dogs at

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3 o'clock in the afternoon they can't

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even touch the pavement.

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Imagine what it's like in Arizona or Phoenix.

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Mother Nature likes the idea of summer sticking

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around out west where heat alerts are in

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effect.

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This includes LA where temperatures will get close

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to 100 degrees.

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A ridge of high pressure will be responsible

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for potential record heat across Washington and Oregon

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Thursday and Friday.

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Seattle could hit 90 on Thursday with triple

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digits in the forecast from Portland down to

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Medford.

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This is going to be very uncomfortable for

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people without AC which is common in this

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part of the country.

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Yeah that's just a slight taste.

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I was reading about temperatures are hitting 120

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degrees.

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Look it doesn't matter how much money you

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have.

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If you can't walk across the street without

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fainting.

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If a delivery person and this is already

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happening cannot deliver because they're collapsing due to

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the heat.

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Now what's the point of it?

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JC what is the big picture here?

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Yes I mean the heat issue within Los

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Angeles is a very very paramount issue here

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and I'm really excited to actually be speaking

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and moderating the panel alongside not just Deputy

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Mayor Chelsea Vice Mayor Chelsea Byers from Los

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Angeles but the LA City Chief Heat Officer

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of Los Angeles.

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Now this Chief Heat Officer is in a

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very unique and influential position as a decision

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maker within Los Angeles and a leader within

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the space to actually advocate and push forward

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policies and recommendations to address this heat issue.

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Now as an Angeleno and resident that's been

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living in LA for the last five years

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I've only seen this issue become worse and

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worse and the reality is it's not just

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a heat issue it's not just a food

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systems issue.

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All these issues are so intersectional and interconnected

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that if we can actually identify these opportunities

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to tangibly work on heat and food systems

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for example you can actually move the needle

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forward in this like collective manner that we're

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doing at Climate Week.

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So I'm very very excited to actually set

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the new precedent addressing these issues.

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I am so excited and honestly honoured to

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be a part of this.

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It's really mind-blowing like the amount just

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the sheer amount of events it's it's great

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and it's you know you can take part

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in this you could be a part of

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history this is the first LA Climate Week

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but it certainly won't be the last.

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So when you look back on your life

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don't you want to be a part of

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history?

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I remember being at the Women's March in

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Washington DC I will never forget that I

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was part of history.

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This is the same kind of thing so

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we really want everybody to get involved.

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Okay we've got some more callers.

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Neelofar in Dallas Texas your question or thought?

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It seems like such a huge endeavour to

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hoist and dispatch such a grand event in

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Los Angeles.

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I will wager it's going to be successful.

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Los Angeles is the top vegan friendly city

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in this country.

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Well what do you think about copying this

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event for example in another metropolitan city such

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as Dallas Texas?

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I love that question Lara you want to

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take it?

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Sure yeah there are a lot of different

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climate weeks happening all around the world.

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I think the original I might be wrong

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was New York Climate Week so that happens

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every year.

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We also have London Climate Week and then

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SF and also Pacific Climate Week so there

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are a lot of different climate weeks a

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lot of companies and organisations putting them on.

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We just thought as a nonprofit based in

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LA why is there no climate week in

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LA which is the second biggest city in

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the US and also a very highly emitting

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city so there definitely has to be more

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work done here.

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So please reach out to your local nonprofits

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and companies and ask them hey why is

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there no climate week in Dallas Texas and

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maybe they can put one on or you

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can also create one yourself so please all

546
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the power to you.

547
00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:55,460
Well they say everything starts in LA and

548
00:22:55,460 --> 00:22:58,060
then spreads eastward I've seen it with many

549
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many things and I think this is going

550
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to be one of them.

551
00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:02,940
Now we've got a special caller Jonathan O

552
00:23:02,940 --> 00:23:05,860
'Hion who is the man who is putting

553
00:23:05,860 --> 00:23:07,960
together the fashion show.

554
00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:13,060
Jonathan bonjour monsieur tell us all about your

555
00:23:13,060 --> 00:23:15,400
sustainable fashion show that's going to be happening

556
00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:20,640
September 10th 6 to 9 p.m. Yes

557
00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:23,880
bonjour yeah first of all the reason why

558
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I called is mainly to give a big

559
00:23:25,420 --> 00:23:27,920
thank you to LA Climate Week for creating

560
00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:31,960
this and yes so sustainable fashion I think

561
00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:34,600
one of the biggest pillars of sustainable fashion

562
00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:38,480
is ethic and compassion I think we don't

563
00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:40,860
talk enough about it in the sustainable fashion

564
00:23:40,860 --> 00:23:43,380
world and so thank you for giving this

565
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opportunity.

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I believe if we were implementing ethic in

567
00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:51,760
fashion meaning taking care of our planet taking

568
00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:54,680
care of the humans of the animals the

569
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fashion wouldn't be one of the world leading

570
00:23:57,360 --> 00:24:01,400
polluter but actually will be the one healing

571
00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:07,100
it by creating secondhand store by giving more

572
00:24:07,100 --> 00:24:11,820
more beautiful alternatives to a leather or fur

573
00:24:11,820 --> 00:24:15,140
all these horrible material that are destroying our

574
00:24:15,140 --> 00:24:17,420
planet so that's what we're going to do

575
00:24:17,420 --> 00:24:21,780
in this event is showcasing ethical alternatives in

576
00:24:21,780 --> 00:24:23,660
our conference and as well in the fashion

577
00:24:23,660 --> 00:24:26,800
show where you can see beautiful alternatives that

578
00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:28,620
you can actually purchase on shop like you

579
00:24:28,620 --> 00:24:31,080
give a damn which is a beautiful marketplace

580
00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:35,080
the founder who we live in Amsterdam is

581
00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:37,380
coming all the way for this event is

582
00:24:37,380 --> 00:24:38,660
going to be amazing.

583
00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:43,220
All right now tell me one thing that

584
00:24:43,220 --> 00:24:45,680
I'd like to know and I kind of

585
00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:47,620
know it but you are the expert Jonathan

586
00:24:47,620 --> 00:24:51,880
people say well leather is natural and they

587
00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:55,200
love to point to leather alternatives as being

588
00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:59,840
synthetic and not natural and somehow extrapolating that

589
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those are worse for the environment that's not

590
00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:04,620
true you've explained it to me you've written

591
00:25:04,620 --> 00:25:06,780
a book about this tell our audience.

592
00:25:07,380 --> 00:25:10,520
Yeah yeah exactly I talked about it in

593
00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:13,120
the fashion industry doesn't want you to read

594
00:25:13,120 --> 00:25:16,780
this book and basically leather is not natural

595
00:25:16,780 --> 00:25:18,860
what is natural is the skin of the

596
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animals but nobody wants to wear a skin

597
00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:24,240
that will rot after a couple days it's

598
00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:27,140
gonna smell bad so they use around 50

599
00:25:27,140 --> 00:25:31,340
to 250 different chemicals to make this leather

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I mean this skin becoming leather so then

601
00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:36,920
it's become non-biodegradable and you release a

602
00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:38,780
lot of chemicals there's a lot of carcinogenic

603
00:25:38,780 --> 00:25:43,000
chemicals in those leather like arsenic you can

604
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,740
find a chrome 6 which is one of

605
00:25:45,740 --> 00:25:48,920
the worst and that's why a lot of

606
00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:51,920
people are producing overseas because the regulation are

607
00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:54,280
not as bad so then they can produce

608
00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:57,420
a lot of leather full of chemicals and

609
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even if it was if it were if

610
00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:01,860
you went to biodegrade it will release all

611
00:26:01,860 --> 00:26:03,940
these toxic chemicals in a in a river

612
00:26:03,940 --> 00:26:06,780
in our soil so it's the world there

613
00:26:06,780 --> 00:26:10,880
is as well studies that prove that the

614
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production of plastic even the worst type of

615
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plastic has four time less impact on the

616
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environment than the production of leather so I'm

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not saying plastic is a solution I'm just

618
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saying that if we all agree that we

619
00:26:23,860 --> 00:26:26,240
should get out of plastic we should agree

620
00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:28,120
four time more that we should get out

621
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of leather I agree and I could talk

622
00:26:31,340 --> 00:26:32,640
to you about this all day I feel

623
00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:34,600
very strongly about it but let's go to

624
00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:38,120
the next caller we have thank you Jonathan

625
00:26:38,120 --> 00:26:40,480
and I'll have one this year I will

626
00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:43,240
see you at the fashion show Karen in

627
00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:45,320
Venice California your question or thought for our

628
00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:51,860
fabulous panel hi there so I get pretty

629
00:26:51,860 --> 00:26:55,220
infuriated when I'm watching mainstream media and the

630
00:26:55,220 --> 00:26:57,380
weather people come on and they talk about

631
00:26:57,380 --> 00:27:00,400
climate change but they don't discuss the issues

632
00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:03,720
okay they just talk about you know maybe

633
00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:07,380
fossil fuels how can we educate to them

634
00:27:07,380 --> 00:27:10,360
and I know it's scary for them because

635
00:27:10,360 --> 00:27:12,340
the ones that might know I don't think

636
00:27:12,340 --> 00:27:16,560
they all actually realise this how can we

637
00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:21,000
get them to talk about this on TV

638
00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:24,920
is it possible JC you're nodding your head

639
00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:29,300
well let's I mean I'll just be very

640
00:27:29,300 --> 00:27:32,260
frank the reality is climate journalism and climate

641
00:27:32,260 --> 00:27:34,560
anxiety is a great story to tell on

642
00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:36,920
news and media outlets and that is a

643
00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:39,300
story that turns people's heads but frankly our

644
00:27:39,300 --> 00:27:42,700
mission at the LA climate week and kaleidoscope

645
00:27:42,700 --> 00:27:45,080
foundation is to take that anxiety take that

646
00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:47,020
doomer as a narrative and change it into

647
00:27:47,020 --> 00:27:51,420
something hopeful something tangible I mean as longtime

648
00:27:51,420 --> 00:27:54,320
activists and organisers you know working with people

649
00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:56,940
like Laura for example we understand being on

650
00:27:56,940 --> 00:27:59,440
the front lines that there are tangible ways

651
00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:02,400
for people in their personal life to in

652
00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,700
these larger institutions or through media groups as

653
00:28:04,700 --> 00:28:08,500
well to actually identify those opportunities to to

654
00:28:08,500 --> 00:28:11,100
be hopeful I'm actually it's it's really interesting

655
00:28:11,100 --> 00:28:14,840
that that that is an issue the reality

656
00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:18,500
is is that we as the people curious

657
00:28:18,500 --> 00:28:20,120
and and wanting to do the work we

658
00:28:20,120 --> 00:28:22,280
just have to find ways to smile I

659
00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:25,280
was I remember being at an event climate

660
00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:29,160
conference event where I was put down because

661
00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:32,000
I was smiling and I was questioned to

662
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,200
have hope in this space the reality is

663
00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,460
if you all cannot identify a way to

664
00:28:36,460 --> 00:28:39,700
visualise a future in five ten twenty thirty

665
00:28:39,700 --> 00:28:42,360
hundred years where your family where you're where

666
00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:45,140
you're yourself and your community can can feel

667
00:28:45,140 --> 00:28:48,460
happy can feel safe and healthy then it

668
00:28:48,460 --> 00:28:50,080
is a lot harder to even fight and

669
00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:52,220
address these these issues and that's really what

670
00:28:52,220 --> 00:28:53,940
we want to do is make it so

671
00:28:53,940 --> 00:28:56,380
that we give you a reason and through

672
00:28:56,380 --> 00:28:58,580
climate week a reason to smile and reasons

673
00:28:58,580 --> 00:29:01,140
to find that hope and to work together

674
00:29:01,140 --> 00:29:05,000
to address these issues yeah I mean I

675
00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:06,780
agree in fact there was an article in

676
00:29:06,780 --> 00:29:09,040
the New York Times it said that climate

677
00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:12,920
apocalypse doomsday mentality is giving way to hope

678
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:14,780
and I just read a book called not

679
00:29:14,780 --> 00:29:17,180
the end of the world which is by

680
00:29:17,180 --> 00:29:23,420
a very very knowledgeable statistician who interprets the

681
00:29:23,420 --> 00:29:26,940
data in a way that allows us to

682
00:29:26,940 --> 00:29:29,540
say hey we can turn this around if

683
00:29:29,540 --> 00:29:33,300
if if we start making changes and that's

684
00:29:33,300 --> 00:29:34,980
why I want to applaud the two of

685
00:29:34,980 --> 00:29:37,700
you for and I'll be honest with you

686
00:29:37,700 --> 00:29:43,920
including the plant-based message in your overarching

687
00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:49,740
mission and how you're making it manifest because

688
00:29:49,740 --> 00:29:53,500
in the past I personally have been shouted

689
00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:56,360
down and told to quote-unquote you be

690
00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:59,020
quiet when I have brought up the issue

691
00:29:59,020 --> 00:30:02,820
of animal agriculture's impact on the climate and

692
00:30:02,820 --> 00:30:05,840
the amount of land that is used for

693
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:09,000
animal agriculture and how it contributes to habitat

694
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:12,640
destruction wildlife extinction and of course human world

695
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,040
hunger which is not necessarily a climate issue

696
00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:18,720
but it's a very serious issue obviously especially

697
00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:22,040
for those people who are hungry because animals

698
00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:24,060
are eating a huge percentage of the food

699
00:30:24,060 --> 00:30:26,400
we produce that could be diverted to humans

700
00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:30,760
so there's so many aspects of this it's

701
00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:34,120
a natural but let's face it food is

702
00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:36,760
a very primal issue and a lot of

703
00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:39,800
people were very resistant and I've even read

704
00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:42,540
books by climate authorities who say well people

705
00:30:42,540 --> 00:30:43,600
are going to eat what they want to

706
00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:46,860
eat that's a cop-out because the US

707
00:30:46,860 --> 00:30:51,560
government for example heavily subsidises animal agriculture that

708
00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,160
cheap hamburger that you get for two bucks

709
00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:57,840
would cost 25 maybe even more dollars if

710
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:00,880
it weren't subsidised by the US government and

711
00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:02,800
Unchained TV has been doing a lot of

712
00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:05,460
interviews and stories on the farm bill that

713
00:31:05,460 --> 00:31:07,980
is currently being debated in Congress that will

714
00:31:07,980 --> 00:31:11,740
set the agenda for how much subsidy goes

715
00:31:11,740 --> 00:31:13,860
to that and how much goes to actually

716
00:31:13,860 --> 00:31:16,180
fruits vegetables nuts grains and legumes that humans

717
00:31:16,180 --> 00:31:19,640
eat which is a teensy tiny fraction so

718
00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,100
I think it's a really important subject and

719
00:31:22,100 --> 00:31:24,500
I just want to applaud LA climate week

720
00:31:24,500 --> 00:31:29,000
for having the courage to bring it up

721
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,660
because I will tell you that there are

722
00:31:31,660 --> 00:31:34,200
a lot of quote unquote environmental groups that

723
00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:35,780
don't want to give it up because they

724
00:31:35,780 --> 00:31:39,980
don't want to offend their donors and their

725
00:31:39,980 --> 00:31:44,720
membership group that are still eating animals so

726
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:46,980
it takes a lot of courage but let's

727
00:31:46,980 --> 00:31:50,360
face it the reward is coming up with

728
00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:52,900
a solution to climate change which thus far

729
00:31:52,900 --> 00:31:56,160
those cop meetings and all of that have

730
00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:58,880
not even accomplished and the final thing I'll

731
00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:03,200
say about that is that look the World

732
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:06,980
Bank itself which is an incredibly powerful institution

733
00:32:06,980 --> 00:32:11,200
that controls billions of dollars has publicly called

734
00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:14,080
for changes in farm and food production to

735
00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:18,780
cut greenhouse gas emissions and the final final

736
00:32:18,780 --> 00:32:21,440
thing I'll say is that the Intergovernmental Panel

737
00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:23,600
on Climate Change which is a UN agency

738
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:27,300
wanted to attempt attempted to recommend a plant

739
00:32:27,300 --> 00:32:30,640
-based diet very recently and it was blocked

740
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:34,260
it was blocked the recommendation was just shut

741
00:32:34,260 --> 00:32:37,640
down and so what you're doing you're on

742
00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:40,060
the forefront of history and I think you

743
00:32:40,060 --> 00:32:43,060
the two of you are my heroes no

744
00:32:43,060 --> 00:32:49,740
no exaggeration you are my heroes for doing

745
00:32:49,740 --> 00:32:51,680
the doing the right thing and making it

746
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:55,180
a part of this so my gosh we've

747
00:32:55,180 --> 00:32:58,900
got so much going on here more people

748
00:32:58,900 --> 00:33:02,980
calling in Steve in Dallas Texas your question

749
00:33:02,980 --> 00:33:07,710
or thought for our panel yes hey Jane

750
00:33:07,710 --> 00:33:10,110
thanks for bringing up what happened with the

751
00:33:10,110 --> 00:33:14,390
IPC the IPCC the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate

752
00:33:14,390 --> 00:33:19,030
Change their summary report for policymakers was blocked

753
00:33:19,030 --> 00:33:21,850
and edited in a lot of ways but

754
00:33:21,850 --> 00:33:27,490
their main report still has the recommendation to

755
00:33:27,490 --> 00:33:30,070
and it shows that a vegan diet by

756
00:33:30,070 --> 00:33:36,470
far causes great reductions in greenhouse gas emissions

757
00:33:36,470 --> 00:33:38,790
it's still there in the main report it's

758
00:33:38,790 --> 00:33:41,310
just not in the summary reports and they

759
00:33:41,310 --> 00:33:44,130
have bold statements in that main report saying

760
00:33:44,130 --> 00:33:48,510
that changing our diets is essential it's one

761
00:33:48,510 --> 00:33:50,790
of the best things we can do it

762
00:33:50,790 --> 00:33:54,190
shows that it has the potential to reduce

763
00:33:54,190 --> 00:33:56,970
more emissions than many solutions out there that

764
00:33:56,970 --> 00:34:00,090
are pitched all the time our national climate

765
00:34:00,090 --> 00:34:06,090
assessment mandated by Congress also highlights this diet

766
00:34:06,090 --> 00:34:08,750
change plant-based diet as a huge and

767
00:34:08,750 --> 00:34:11,510
essential thing we can do to address climate

768
00:34:11,510 --> 00:34:13,670
change it is there in those main reports

769
00:34:13,670 --> 00:34:17,170
that the summary reports are being influenced by

770
00:34:17,170 --> 00:34:22,850
a lot of people so it's there great

771
00:34:22,850 --> 00:34:27,790
resources plant-based treaty plant-based data speciesjustice

772
00:34:27,790 --> 00:34:31,929
.org slash FAQ George Monbiot a lot of

773
00:34:31,929 --> 00:34:34,870
these experts are out there dispelling the myths

774
00:34:34,870 --> 00:34:37,690
there's a great article merchants of doubt same

775
00:34:37,690 --> 00:34:40,230
strategies by the by the climate fossil fuel

776
00:34:40,230 --> 00:34:44,690
groups are trying to spread misinformation I think

777
00:34:44,690 --> 00:34:47,270
it's great to empower us to to reach

778
00:34:47,270 --> 00:34:50,210
out the climate movement activists show them that

779
00:34:50,210 --> 00:34:53,929
there's energy here get them on board there's

780
00:34:53,929 --> 00:34:55,630
a lot of great resources out there thank

781
00:34:55,630 --> 00:34:57,870
you for highlighting this as one of the

782
00:34:57,870 --> 00:35:01,030
most important things we can do to address

783
00:35:01,030 --> 00:35:03,590
climate change thank you thank you so much

784
00:35:03,590 --> 00:35:06,610
and you obviously are very knowledgeable and I

785
00:35:06,610 --> 00:35:10,350
appreciate that there's nothing like a knowledgeable caller

786
00:35:10,350 --> 00:35:14,270
they're gems so now we have Samantha Lau

787
00:35:14,270 --> 00:35:17,990
on the phone she is somebody who has

788
00:35:17,990 --> 00:35:23,010
done so much work for this effort this

789
00:35:23,010 --> 00:35:27,150
climate week LA's first ever September Sunday September

790
00:35:27,150 --> 00:35:31,150
8th through Sunday September 15th Samantha tell us

791
00:35:31,150 --> 00:35:33,730
about some of the key events and I

792
00:35:33,730 --> 00:35:36,370
want to start with this Hollywood Town Hall

793
00:35:36,370 --> 00:35:39,250
tell us about the Hollywood Town Hall it's

794
00:35:39,250 --> 00:35:42,010
open to the public is my understanding I'm

795
00:35:42,010 --> 00:35:43,670
gonna be there we're gonna be going live

796
00:35:43,670 --> 00:35:50,300
and interviewing people this sounds absolutely fascinating yes

797
00:35:50,300 --> 00:35:53,320
it is a very very exciting event this

798
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:56,460
is the event that where we are and

799
00:35:56,460 --> 00:35:58,780
we have invited a lot of local policymaker

800
00:35:58,780 --> 00:36:02,900
vice mayor of West Hollywood Chelsea Byers is

801
00:36:02,900 --> 00:36:04,340
going to be on the panel and as

802
00:36:04,340 --> 00:36:06,700
JC mentioned earlier we're also going to have

803
00:36:06,700 --> 00:36:10,640
LA chief heat officer Mara Segura we're going

804
00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:12,660
to be able to talk about how local

805
00:36:12,660 --> 00:36:16,340
legislative action can help fight climate change can

806
00:36:16,340 --> 00:36:20,060
help build resiliency in all our communities and

807
00:36:20,060 --> 00:36:23,140
we've invited a lot of policymakers from all

808
00:36:23,140 --> 00:36:26,180
over the area such as Beverly Hills Culver

809
00:36:26,180 --> 00:36:29,640
City Pasadena all over and of course LA

810
00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:33,160
City Council to come and participate and see

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00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:35,700
how we can use food systems to fight

812
00:36:35,700 --> 00:36:38,240
climate change and other programmes that West Hollywood

813
00:36:38,240 --> 00:36:41,060
has implemented to fight climate change and aside

814
00:36:41,060 --> 00:36:44,000
from the panel discussion we're also going to

815
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:47,220
have plant-based food all vegan food available

816
00:36:47,220 --> 00:36:49,940
for everyone to try out we're gonna have

817
00:36:49,940 --> 00:36:52,740
crates we're gonna have mini samplers and so

818
00:36:52,740 --> 00:36:54,500
that's going to be a very exciting event

819
00:36:54,500 --> 00:36:57,000
and all we're also going to have NGOs

820
00:36:57,000 --> 00:37:01,140
nonprofit organisations tabling their networking with policymakers to

821
00:37:01,140 --> 00:37:04,820
make sure that LA climate week is not

822
00:37:04,820 --> 00:37:07,720
just this week but beyond after LA climate

823
00:37:07,720 --> 00:37:09,240
week we want to make sure we take

824
00:37:09,240 --> 00:37:13,560
continue the conversation and take action on fighting

825
00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:16,560
climate change with a food system and again

826
00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:19,300
this is a climate town hall Unchained TV

827
00:37:19,300 --> 00:37:21,200
will be there as well as the plant

828
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:26,640
-based treaty and it's Monday the 9th and

829
00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:29,480
it's 530 to 830 at Fiesta Hall in

830
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:32,480
Plummer Park which is in West Hollywood just

831
00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:35,400
put Plummer Park in your ways and you'll

832
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:38,400
get right there it's at 530 but the

833
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:41,600
discussion goes on till 830 and again delicious

834
00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:45,140
plant-based food will be served if you

835
00:37:45,140 --> 00:37:47,860
are feeling wow there's so many events how

836
00:37:47,860 --> 00:37:50,440
do I keep up you can very easily

837
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:56,600
go to LAClimateweek.com and it's all there

838
00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:58,800
for you you can register for these events

839
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:02,200
they're free it's gonna be fun cuz why

840
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:03,700
do I know that I'm gonna be there

841
00:38:03,700 --> 00:38:06,360
just kidding but it's gonna be a lot

842
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:09,160
of fun so this is a really fun

843
00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:13,020
one and just give me one more insight

844
00:38:13,020 --> 00:38:17,620
into this March because I'm super psyched about

845
00:38:17,620 --> 00:38:21,020
this climate March I'm gonna be speaking and

846
00:38:21,020 --> 00:38:24,740
it's it's it's I've been to a few

847
00:38:24,740 --> 00:38:27,640
of these climate marches it's a celebration it's

848
00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:30,640
a perfect way to spend a Saturday that's

849
00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:33,580
Saturday September 14th it starts at 11 o

850
00:38:33,580 --> 00:38:36,880
'clock go to lot 5 South in Santa

851
00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:39,200
Monica basically just go to the main parking

852
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:42,060
spot at the beach in Santa Monica not

853
00:38:42,060 --> 00:38:44,580
not the pier but just south of the

854
00:38:44,580 --> 00:38:47,640
pier there's a nice little a parking lot

855
00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:49,900
toward the southern end of Santa Monica and

856
00:38:49,900 --> 00:38:52,420
you're right there tell us about that Sam

857
00:38:53,740 --> 00:38:57,700
yes so that is a big climate March

858
00:38:57,700 --> 00:39:00,260
we plan to do to raise awareness about

859
00:39:00,260 --> 00:39:02,140
the ocean because you know as you know

860
00:39:02,140 --> 00:39:07,880
animal horticulture is definitely devastating the ocean temperature

861
00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:11,400
rise sea level rise so we definitely want

862
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:13,720
to raise awareness about what's happening in the

863
00:39:13,720 --> 00:39:16,540
ocean at 11 we will start our rally

864
00:39:16,540 --> 00:39:18,720
where as you know Jane you'll be one

865
00:39:18,720 --> 00:39:20,360
of the speakers and we'll have other speakers

866
00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:24,040
talking about the importance of the ocean because

867
00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:26,580
if the ocean dies we all die so

868
00:39:26,580 --> 00:39:29,160
we need to take action on making sure

869
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:33,540
our ocean is safe and so we expect

870
00:39:33,540 --> 00:39:35,120
a lot of people to show up and

871
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:37,320
we're gonna have a rally from 11 to

872
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:39,060
12 and then at 12 we're gonna start

873
00:39:39,060 --> 00:39:41,920
the march along the along the beach and

874
00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:43,820
it'll be it'll be great we'll also have

875
00:39:43,820 --> 00:39:47,380
drone footage and unchained TV will be there

876
00:39:47,380 --> 00:39:49,940
thank you so much for capturing this important

877
00:39:49,940 --> 00:39:52,820
event well thank you for all you do

878
00:39:52,820 --> 00:39:56,680
Samantha you have worked around the clock I

879
00:39:56,680 --> 00:39:59,540
can tell you I know that everybody on

880
00:39:59,540 --> 00:40:02,120
this show has worked around the clock in

881
00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:04,920
fact I'm a little nervous about taking time

882
00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:07,880
away from them to talk to us because

883
00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:11,120
they've got so much work to do however

884
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:15,900
let me say this you are the people

885
00:40:15,900 --> 00:40:19,780
listening the people watching you are the most

886
00:40:19,780 --> 00:40:22,320
important people because you have to come to

887
00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:26,220
make it come alive so I go to

888
00:40:26,220 --> 00:40:29,040
a lot of different events I can tell

889
00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:30,800
you from what I know these are gonna

890
00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:34,200
be super fun super fun I like to

891
00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:37,060
have fun I'm not a doomsday person sure

892
00:40:37,060 --> 00:40:39,480
do we have to go to protests every

893
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:41,900
so often yes but this is a celebration

894
00:40:41,900 --> 00:40:46,120
JC why you you you're a very young

895
00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:48,360
man you and Laura have taken the lead

896
00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:52,000
on this tell us about you and how

897
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,240
you came to be the person who is

898
00:40:54,240 --> 00:40:58,840
spearheading this well first off I so appreciate

899
00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:01,320
the acknowledgement in terms of like leader this

900
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:03,920
leadership and this opportunity but frankly I would

901
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:05,420
not be here and this would not all

902
00:41:05,420 --> 00:41:07,320
happen if it weren't for people like Laura

903
00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:09,500
and my entire team and just my entire

904
00:41:09,500 --> 00:41:12,820
support system who have contributed to my well

905
00:41:12,820 --> 00:41:15,800
-being my ability to smile widely on and

906
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:19,340
off camera and and frankly I would say

907
00:41:19,340 --> 00:41:22,100
I've always been really really passionate and really

908
00:41:22,100 --> 00:41:25,720
curious around climate change ever since I was

909
00:41:25,720 --> 00:41:27,500
young I every opportunity I had to do

910
00:41:27,500 --> 00:41:29,920
a research paper at school I was always

911
00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:31,260
doing on climate change and I had this

912
00:41:31,260 --> 00:41:34,500
fascination especially towards a polar bears and you

913
00:41:34,500 --> 00:41:38,460
know when the height of the youth climate

914
00:41:38,460 --> 00:41:41,620
activist movement I would say started in like

915
00:41:41,620 --> 00:41:45,040
2017 through like 2020 I had this opportunity

916
00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:48,800
I had moved to Boston Massachusetts actually and

917
00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:52,220
and was able to to organise the largest

918
00:41:52,220 --> 00:41:55,520
strike in history Massachusetts the Boston climate strike

919
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:57,360
and we got over 50,000 people to

920
00:41:57,360 --> 00:41:59,740
to strike business as usual and fight for

921
00:41:59,740 --> 00:42:01,740
a Green New Deal and that was such

922
00:42:01,740 --> 00:42:05,320
an amazing experience that really cemented this fervour

923
00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:07,400
this ambition within me I didn't know at

924
00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:09,280
the time what that actually meant but this

925
00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:11,400
this pledge to build a life and career

926
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:13,620
root and impact purpose and community and so

927
00:42:13,620 --> 00:42:16,120
you know now five years later six years

928
00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:21,020
later working alongside folks at Kaleidoscope Foundation and

929
00:42:21,020 --> 00:42:24,080
the LA climate week organising team to say

930
00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:26,880
hey I have this vision of bringing the

931
00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:30,020
Los Angeles community together 10 million people within

932
00:42:30,020 --> 00:42:33,480
the county and and hundreds of hundreds of

933
00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:35,740
thousands of people online millions of people online

934
00:42:35,740 --> 00:42:39,060
saying hey we have this opportunity now to

935
00:42:39,060 --> 00:42:41,880
take the amazing precedent that New York climate

936
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:44,840
week that that cops that other events and

937
00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:47,820
over other leaders in this climate and sustainability

938
00:42:47,820 --> 00:42:50,800
space have done throughout the many years and

939
00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:53,140
say we can do this here in our

940
00:42:53,140 --> 00:42:56,640
home and and do something to fight this

941
00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:59,180
issue but also find ways to smile together

942
00:42:59,180 --> 00:43:01,660
and be in each other's arms that is

943
00:43:01,660 --> 00:43:03,960
really you know that is it's to be

944
00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:06,380
to say hey that was the vision and

945
00:43:06,380 --> 00:43:07,860
to see that vision come to life is

946
00:43:07,860 --> 00:43:09,480
just the most heartwarming thing that and and

947
00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:12,420
just feeling very very blessed to to have

948
00:43:12,420 --> 00:43:14,760
all this happen and really I just I

949
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:16,780
want to echo what I said I would

950
00:43:16,780 --> 00:43:18,940
we would not be here if it weren't

951
00:43:18,940 --> 00:43:21,160
for the amazing folks such as Laura who've

952
00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:23,920
just done such an amazing job to make

953
00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:27,620
this vision come to life well absolutely and

954
00:43:27,620 --> 00:43:29,900
Laura I would love to hear why you

955
00:43:29,900 --> 00:43:32,540
what is your inspiration and backstory that makes

956
00:43:32,540 --> 00:43:37,520
you so passionate about this particular issue sure

957
00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:41,000
the story is that of course Dan and

958
00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:44,560
JC thought about this months and months ago

959
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:47,560
and they came to me and JC especially

960
00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:48,960
was like Laura I have an idea like

961
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:51,440
what if we host LA climate week and

962
00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:52,800
I was kind of like okay JC calm

963
00:43:52,800 --> 00:44:01,840
down but nothing happens for like a month

964
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:03,860
after but then I was just thinking and

965
00:44:03,860 --> 00:44:05,740
I was like wait actually I was in

966
00:44:05,740 --> 00:44:08,000
one of my lectures at university and I

967
00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:10,380
was like wait actually this is a very

968
00:44:10,380 --> 00:44:13,740
important thing to create why does LA not

969
00:44:13,740 --> 00:44:15,680
have a climate week and so I went

970
00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:16,860
back to the team I'm like okay guys

971
00:44:16,860 --> 00:44:18,520
like we're doing this I don't care we

972
00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:20,400
all think I think it is a brilliant

973
00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:23,160
idea and we we have to do this

974
00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:25,580
so we've been working on it day in

975
00:44:25,580 --> 00:44:27,840
day out literally around the clock to put

976
00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:30,820
this together so it's been amazing for me

977
00:44:30,820 --> 00:44:34,920
I have attended different conferences I was at

978
00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:38,720
COP 28 in Dubai I was at the

979
00:44:38,720 --> 00:44:41,020
Stockholm plus 50 conference and it was just

980
00:44:41,020 --> 00:44:45,040
always the same a thousand people the same

981
00:44:45,040 --> 00:44:48,900
faces at these conferences and if really climate

982
00:44:48,900 --> 00:44:51,620
is impacting the public why is the public

983
00:44:51,620 --> 00:44:55,960
not at these conferences it is so I

984
00:44:55,960 --> 00:45:00,420
guess like inaccessible to people and people find

985
00:45:00,420 --> 00:45:03,060
it really hard to become activists and attend

986
00:45:03,060 --> 00:45:05,640
these conferences so really LA climate week is

987
00:45:05,640 --> 00:45:08,400
all about getting the public and bringing them

988
00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:11,940
into these conversations because climate change and climate

989
00:45:11,940 --> 00:45:14,880
action can only be achieved and solved if

990
00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:17,100
the public is involved because it really is

991
00:45:17,100 --> 00:45:21,540
a collaborative effort so yeah bringing all the

992
00:45:21,540 --> 00:45:23,080
lessons I've learned from all these different UN

993
00:45:23,080 --> 00:45:27,480
conferences meeting with IPCC I really wanted to

994
00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:30,920
put something together that is really a reflection

995
00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:33,820
of our climate space today so thank you

996
00:45:33,820 --> 00:45:36,640
JC thank you to the whole team it's

997
00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:38,120
going to be a brilliant week and we

998
00:45:38,120 --> 00:45:41,180
hope to see you there you guys are

999
00:45:41,180 --> 00:45:46,580
so inspiring I really see a sea change

1000
00:45:46,580 --> 00:45:50,000
in the environmental movement in the last five

1001
00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:55,400
years I think that prior to that people

1002
00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:58,240
kind of had their attitude toward well this

1003
00:45:58,240 --> 00:45:59,880
is how you do it I can't tell

1004
00:45:59,880 --> 00:46:01,920
you how many biographies of famous people I

1005
00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:03,780
listen to because I walk my dogs and

1006
00:46:03,780 --> 00:46:06,380
listen to biographies and they are purporting to

1007
00:46:06,380 --> 00:46:08,560
be environmentalists but there's a lot of things

1008
00:46:08,560 --> 00:46:11,400
they are personally doing that are very environmentally

1009
00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:16,280
unsound big-time and so not that we

1010
00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:18,920
want to shame people I'm sure I'm not

1011
00:46:18,920 --> 00:46:21,820
the perfect environmentalist either I only recently started

1012
00:46:21,820 --> 00:46:25,300
composting primarily because I run a streaming network

1013
00:46:25,300 --> 00:46:28,540
about plant-based living and sustainability and I

1014
00:46:28,540 --> 00:46:30,940
was uploading videos about composting and I stopped

1015
00:46:30,940 --> 00:46:33,700
myself and I said I'm a hypocrite I'm

1016
00:46:33,700 --> 00:46:35,920
uploading videos about composting and I don't compost

1017
00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:38,440
I started composting and now I love it

1018
00:46:38,440 --> 00:46:42,300
and you know I learned so we're all

1019
00:46:42,300 --> 00:46:45,300
a work in progress but I do feel

1020
00:46:45,300 --> 00:46:48,200
that as this crisis manifests more to our

1021
00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:50,920
face I have friends who can't live in

1022
00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:52,520
Palm Springs in the summer they can't even

1023
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:54,240
go to their houses in Palm Springs in

1024
00:46:54,240 --> 00:46:56,860
the summertime it can't they have to have

1025
00:46:56,860 --> 00:46:58,820
an apartment here in LA which is kind

1026
00:46:58,820 --> 00:47:03,520
of crazy and so we're seeing this happening

1027
00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:05,760
in our face we're seeing the rising sea

1028
00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:08,420
levels we're seeing houses not far from here

1029
00:47:08,420 --> 00:47:11,420
in Rancho Palos Verdes crumble and fall into

1030
00:47:11,420 --> 00:47:16,260
the ocean we're seeing wildfires devastating not just

1031
00:47:16,260 --> 00:47:20,000
people but also the wildlife it's becoming less

1032
00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:22,980
hypothetical and more real and I think you

1033
00:47:22,980 --> 00:47:25,440
know as the road gets narrower people are

1034
00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:28,060
starting to maybe get a little more real

1035
00:47:28,060 --> 00:47:31,340
I use an addiction analogy we have to

1036
00:47:31,340 --> 00:47:34,230
hit bottom okay I'm 29 years sober and

1037
00:47:34,790 --> 00:47:37,390
until I hit bottom by making a big

1038
00:47:37,390 --> 00:47:39,050
fool of myself at a party in Hollywood

1039
00:47:39,050 --> 00:47:41,570
with a lot of important people around I

1040
00:47:41,570 --> 00:47:42,890
didn't want to hear from anybody I was

1041
00:47:42,890 --> 00:47:44,770
like yeah yeah yeah but then I hit

1042
00:47:44,770 --> 00:47:47,650
bottom and then I got help and I

1043
00:47:47,650 --> 00:47:50,390
haven't had a drink in 29 years hopefully

1044
00:47:50,390 --> 00:47:53,050
April Fool's Day it'll be 30 years and

1045
00:47:53,050 --> 00:47:56,070
yes that is my sobriety date which is

1046
00:47:56,070 --> 00:47:57,470
very apropos because I made a fool of

1047
00:47:57,470 --> 00:48:00,010
myself all the time but the point is

1048
00:48:00,010 --> 00:48:02,450
I had to hit bottom when are we

1049
00:48:02,450 --> 00:48:04,750
gonna hit bottom on the climate crisis and

1050
00:48:04,750 --> 00:48:08,550
realise that it's gonna take a lot more

1051
00:48:08,550 --> 00:48:11,370
than just lip service JC it's gonna take

1052
00:48:11,370 --> 00:48:17,890
us changing our lifestyles yeah I if I

1053
00:48:17,890 --> 00:48:20,990
if I can hop in here I we're

1054
00:48:20,990 --> 00:48:22,950
at the point I actually I firmly believe

1055
00:48:22,950 --> 00:48:25,950
this is especially now that Gen Z and

1056
00:48:25,950 --> 00:48:28,750
young people have really taken that leadership position

1057
00:48:28,750 --> 00:48:31,630
and communicating and raising awareness around these issues

1058
00:48:31,630 --> 00:48:34,830
we're at the point where climate change is

1059
00:48:34,830 --> 00:48:37,230
no longer this intangible you know oh is

1060
00:48:37,230 --> 00:48:39,130
this a problem or not I think people

1061
00:48:39,130 --> 00:48:40,850
have reached the consensus not just within the

1062
00:48:40,850 --> 00:48:43,930
u.s. but around the world that this

1063
00:48:43,930 --> 00:48:45,850
is something that impacts our lives in very

1064
00:48:45,850 --> 00:48:49,850
different ways for example due to climate change

1065
00:48:49,850 --> 00:48:52,250
we are expected to have a whopping 1

1066
00:48:52,250 --> 00:48:55,670
.2 billion people displaced due to climate change

1067
00:48:55,670 --> 00:49:00,030
and climate related catastrophes by 2050 and things

1068
00:49:00,030 --> 00:49:04,070
such as displacement to food apartheid that is

1069
00:49:04,070 --> 00:49:05,770
not just impacting people in the global south

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anymore now it's impacting people in developed cities

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in Western states such as the u.s.

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such as Los Angeles you might not know

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this but if you go out in your

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community there are displaced individuals your neighbours might

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be impacted by those these by climate change

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themselves and all that to say this is

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an opportunity this LA climate week September 8th

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or 15th there's an opportunity for you all

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to you know go beyond asking questions and

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doing research it's applying what the little that

1081
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you know and taking that leap of faith

1082
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like we all have done here and saying

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you know what I can find a way

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to do something about this and take this

1085
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theoretical knowledge that I have and apply it

1086
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in my own personal life and no snow

1087
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act is too small and you're never too

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late to get started and I really really

1089
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believe firmly believe now that no matter where

1090
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you go people are talking about this and

1091
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people are curious be the one to start

1092
00:49:58,610 --> 00:50:01,810
those conversations and and be crazy enough like

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like we were to be like you know

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what what if in a year from now

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we're going to do a climate week or

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we're going to put on that sustainable fashion

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show we're going to do this this town

1098
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hall you are part of the solution as

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much as we are and and we need

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you frankly we need all of you to

1101
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be with us to find these these these

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solutions and I want to say one more

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thing sustainability and and action can mean a

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lot of different things and what is sustainable

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for one community can be different for another

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and I say that because being representatives and

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being part of your community you know your

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community the best to be the one to

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voice and and and to advocate for what

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works for your community and for your people

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for your for your for your for your

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home that is really what what we're trying

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to do here in LA just because there

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are 88 cities for example when LA County

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and each city has its own set of

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constituents its own policymakers and really really giving

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that that space making that space to to

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advocate and not just advocate but to do

1119
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something about it is very very important well

1120
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I just think first of all your courage

1121
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in so many ways this is a big

1122
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project I recently threw one party and I

1123
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thought I was gonna lose my mind by

1124
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the way I apologise for barking at you

1125
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when you had your your mics muted it's

1126
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you know these things become very stressful and

1127
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I just want to give you to a

1128
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compliment for handling everything very gracefully I can

1129
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learn a little bit from you guys I

1130
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don't know how you're doing it staying calm

1131
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cool and collected while this massive event more

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than 100 events within LA climate week September

1133
00:51:49,150 --> 00:51:52,510
8th through 15th they're they're putting their blood

1134
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sweat and tears into this so guys and

1135
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gals out there do yourself a favour get

1136
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involved in LA climate week okay I mean

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it's gonna be fun and I just want

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to say thank you to both of them

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