A Life More Wild Jack Harries on meeting Obama, seeing climate change first-hand and his second favourite place in Hackney
Jul 19, 2023
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Greenland Moment That Changed Direction
- Jack saw a huge chunk of ice calve from a Greenland glacier and felt climate change viscerally.
- That moment turned his filmmaking toward telling human stories of the climate crisis.
Localism Cuts Carbon And Builds Resilience
- Jack argues reducing emissions requires changing lifestyles to be less energy-intensive and more local.
- He highlights pandemic-localism as an example of community resilience and reconnection.
Flubbing Names With Obama
- Jack completely fluffed naming characters when he met Barack Obama but Obama helped him recover.
- They then sat and had a 20–30 minute conversation beyond the allotted time.