My Home Planet Podcast

When the granddaughter of Sir Ernest Shackleton calls and asks you to recreate "the greatest survival story of all time" many people might think twice, but environmentalist and explorer Tim Jarvis knew it was a phone call he couldn’t say ‘no’ to. In this episode of My Home Planet, Tim chats about this epic voyage, navigating his way out of the Malaysian jungle as a child, the perils of self dentistry in -35 degree cold and the ways to weave environmentalism into conversations around leadership. There is excitement in his voice as he discusses at the prospect of heading back down to Antartica later this year with one of the worlds greatest mountaineers Conrad Anker, and setting up his 25 Zero initiative. He also ponders what Shackleton would make of Antarctica now and why he is pragmatically optimistic about the future of our planet.Tim Jarvis AM is the senior associate of sustainability at ARUP. He has Masters in Environmental Science and Environmental Law and is the Australian global ambassador for the WWF.