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Nov 3, 2026
Alex HonnoldHOST
That's a fundamental question about who we trust with knowledge of this planet and who we've yet to truly hear.
Alex HonnoldHOST
I'm Alex Honnold, professional rock climber and founder of the Honnold Foundation, bringing you stories of today's most pressing conservation issues.
Alex HonnoldHOST
In partnership with the Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative, this is Planet Visionaries.
Rosa Vásquez EspinozaGUEST
My name is Rosa Vásquez Espinoza.
Bill RamseyGUEST
I just introduced him for a talk I had him give at UNLV.
Bill RamseyGUEST
And I was talking about the Honnold Foundation.
Bill RamseyGUEST
You know, in 2012, he started that with most of the little bit of money he was earning as a professional climber.
Bill RamseyGUEST
He put that into the Honnold Foundation.
Bill RamseyGUEST
And that's a, I don't know if you know, but that's a nonprofit that's completely devoted to bringing solar energy to these developing areas of the world where he's trying to improve people's lives and at the same time, protect the planet.
Bill RamseyGUEST
Well, now the Honnold Foundation is this major philanthropic organization.
Bill RamseyGUEST
This last year, they donated over $11 million in grants to fund something like 70 projects throughout the world.
Bill RamseyGUEST
So, I mean, he's a unique and special individual.
Alex HonnoldHOST
So this conversation is really about perspective and what it means to build solutions from within a community rather than for it.
Alex HonnoldHOST
I'm Alex Honnold, professional rock climber and founder of the Honnold Foundation, bringing you stories of inspiring people who are helping to solve some of today's most pressing conservation issues.
Alex HonnoldHOST
In partnership with the Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative, this is Planet Visionaries.
Lidia OxíGUEST
I am Lydia Oshi.
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Lidia OxíGUEST
The way that I see it, if we don't uplift the bottom, I mean, we're just like creating this never ending negative impact because we're not able to elevate these communities, right? If you don't get these communities, populations to this point, like you can just try to invest and invest and nothing happens, right? And that could be education, water, infrastructure, right? because they don't have the minimum you need to start with on positive.
Lidia OxíGUEST
So they are like kind of negative, right?
Alex HonnoldHOST
Yeah, that's one of the reasons that the Honnold Foundation have always supported energy access projects.
Alex HonnoldHOST
I feel like energy access is sort of foundational to all that.
Alex HonnoldSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Do you want to hear about visionaries creating a better world? People working in conservation, exploration, science, and tech, alongside storytellers imagining and creating a better future.
Alex HonnoldSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm Alex Honnold, professional rock climber and founder of the Honnold Foundation, bringing you season six of Planet Visionaries.
Alex HonnoldSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This season, I speak to guests like National Geographic photographer Tom Pesek and Anna Rathman, executive director of the Jane Goodall Institute USA, in partnership with the Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative.
Alex HonnoldSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
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Alex HonnoldHOST
In this episode, we explore how Jane's legacy continues to shape the way that we protect people, wildlife, and the environments we all depend on, and how the Jane Goodall Institute continues this mission in 30 locations around the world.
Alex HonnoldHOST
I'm Alex Honnold, professional rock climber and founder of the Honnold Foundation, bringing you stories of inspiring people who are helping to solve some of today's most pressing conservation issues.
Alex HonnoldHOST
In partnership with the Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative, this is Planet Visionaries.
Alex HonnoldHOST
Anna Rathmann, welcome to Planet Visionaries.
Alex HonnoldHOST
It's a living ecosystem, and they have the power to shape it.
Alex HonnoldHOST
I'm Alex Honnold, professional rock climber, founder of the Honnold Foundation, and someone who believes that the most important ascents aren't always vertical.
Alex HonnoldHOST
In partnership with the Rolex Perpetual Plan Initiative, this is Planet Visionaries.
Alex HonnoldHOST
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