The guardian of the glaciers and climate action. Dr Heidi Sevestre

Beyond the Mountains podcast

My guest today is Dr Heidi Sevestre.

She is just an awesome human, plus she is a glaciologist and is on the front line of climate change. So we had a lot to talk about during this episode

BUT BEFORE I hit the intro music I want to say a few things.

After I finished recording the interview with Heidi, we were just chatting as I was packing up my equipment and she said something that really stuck with me.

Then when I returned home and was reflecting on the interview and looking forward to sharing it with you when something else sparked a thought.

So please let me indulge for a minute before I hit the intro music and start the interview with Heidi.

Firstly, we need to change CHANGE is hard. Changing long-practised behaviours is going to be hard

Change is Really hard and it means sacrifice. But we need to suck it up. We need to get uncomfortable, we need to be inconvenient and hear the uncomfortable truth

Because doing nothing is going to be worse.

I am sure most of you listening will agree and believe that we need to change, but that belief for change needs to turn into action.

Take one step in the direction of hope and then take another in the DIRECTION of action AND then another intentional step towards action and keep taking steps and then together we can make a change

We need to stop fighting against climate change because the reality is that that is already here.

We need to start fighting for climate action. When we fight for something, it’s easier than fighting against something. Fight for our future

Secondly, Listen to Heidi and listen to the Scientist. In researching for this interview I saw speeches and newspaper articles from Scientists as far back as the 70s 80s 90s and 2000’s all warning us of the changes happening to our planet.

Global summits, global agreements, and documentaries have all predicted today’s current climate crisis

I said she is the voice of the voiceless, the glaciers, but she is also a voice for all the scientists before her and all the scientists that stand with her.

Listen, really listen. There is no agenda here.

And also imagine if someone you were talking to was not listening to you.

Imagine you were making an important presentation, talking to a loved one, talking to a doctor or a good friend. How would that make you feel if that person was not listening to you, especially when your intentions and message were genuine and true.

And also imagine if your life’s work was slowly disappearing.

Something you have made sacrifices for was vanishing and there was nothing you could do about it because no one was listening to you

So please listen to this episode, Heidi’s passion is infectious and inspiring.

All right, THAT’S enough from me, let’s get on with the show, let’s listen to the expert.

Here is the intro

My guest today is Dr Heidi Sevestre.

She is a glaciologist, and explorer, the voice for the voiceless.

She is on the front line of climate change. She is a passionate advocate for climate ACTION and

FOR making the science more understandable so we can all make informed decisions about our futures.

She has studied and explored the glaciers of the Alps, the Arctic, Greenland, AND Antarctica and is ONE of the guardians of the last tropic glaciers in South America.

She is like a real-life Indiana Jones. Rather than exploring and searching for the hidden treasures of the past. She is EXPLORING THE FROZEN ICY LANDSCAPES OF OUR WORLD AND desperately trying to protect the planet’s natural treasures for the future.

So let’s HIT THE INTRO music and get on with the show. Allons-y