James Fountain is a documentarian, a sustainability leader and a storyteller. He has an extensive career trajectory that includes leadership roles in Big 4 public accounting firms, strategic consulting to top-tier corporations in diverse sectors, and work with the United Nations. His unique worldview is enriched by his lifelong exploration of indigenous communities worldwide, which has offered him first-hand insight into the harsh realities of climate change and global development. In this episode, he shared about his recent visit to indigenous nomadic groups in Tajikistan. We explored some of the differences between an indigenous, local approach and a Western global approach to climate change and what keeps him hopeful about the future.
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