174. These are Powerful Times

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, co-host Christiana Figueres is joined by an all-female cast. You’ll hear from climate activist Abigael (Abbie) Kima from Kenya about her recent visit with His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, and Isabel Cavelier, Colombian climate activist and recent recipient of the prestigious</span> <a href= "https://www.climatebreakthrough.org/awardees/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Climate Breakthrough Award</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, an initiative of the Climate Breakthrough Project. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We also feature music from the British indie rock duo, Penelope Isles.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">First, Abbie Kima brings Christiana up to date with her podcast, the</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Hali Hewa Podcast</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">一“Hali ya Hewa” is Swahili for “climate”一covering indigenous people, women, and climate emergencies from the African perspective. Kima also recounts her extraordinary (collective) meeting with the Dalai Lama at the Mind & Life Institute in Dharamsala. She discusses his teachings about how oneness across all people is innately linked to global climate action.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Next, Christiana chats with Isabel Cavelier about her fascinating climate journey. Isabel touches on her early work helping develop the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs一the United Nations framework for global peace and prosperity一her climate action organization</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Transforma</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, and her work in the climate movement today.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">They also touch on</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Cavelier’s</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Climate Breakthrough Award, one of the field's most distinguished honors. </span></p> <p><span style="fon