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Meet the Climate Quitters: Part Two

Meet the Climate Quitters: Part Two

The Climate Question vor 3 Jahren

Activists from three continents describe changing their careers to fight climate change

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In this, the second episode in our spin-off series on Climate
Quitters, we invite trailblazers from three different continents
to reveal the ups and down, highs and lows of their new lives in
climate conscious careers.

In Mumbai, Namita Dandekar swapped a role marketing stock for one
of India's largest - and wealthiest - conglomerates for a
front-line position with The RainTree Foundation, an organisation
that works with rural communities to introduce climate friendly
practices into their everyday lives and livelihoods.

In Vihiga County in Kenya, Kevin Makova traded in his job as a
schoolteacher to create sustainable employment opportunities for
members of the community keen to work in climate and conservation
focused jobs.

And in Berkeley, California, Eugene Kirpichov said goodbye to a
lucrative post developing AI systems for Google to build a new,
global workforce that he hopes will be capable of solving the
climate crisis conundrum.

But is the grass always greener - and cleaner - for climate
quitters? What are the realities of life on the other side of
that leap? And does putting the planet first come at a personal
cost?

In this globe-spanning episode, your host, Paul Connolly, probes
all three guests for their views and experiences so far - and we
go a step further to bring you on-the-ground, in-person reports
from the projects based in both India and Kenya.

Presenter: Paul Connolly Series Producers: Simon Watts and Alex
Lewis Editor: China Collins Sound engineers: James Beard and Tom
Brignell Production co-ordinator: Debbie Richford and Sophie Hill