Ep. 25: Christian Vanizette

Written By Janet MacGillivray

How to Stop Oil Pipelines with Christian Vanizette of Chilli.app

What if stopping fossil fuel expansion projects and fighting for climate justice were as easy as taking a targeted digital action for a few minutes a day—and getting rewarded for it? Prepare to be fired up by this super motivating conversation.

In this episode, Madeleine sits down with Christian Vanizette, a URL/IRL anti-fossil fuel campaigner and co-founder of Chilli.app, the world’s first climate action app. Christian breaks down how effective anti-fossil fuel campaigning is not as difficult as one might think—and how we can all get involved in ways that energize us rather than burn us out.

We discuss:

  • How to take digital and IRL climate action daily

  • How to find what motivates you to act

  • Pranking banks and mocking dictators (!)

  • How to sustain action and be relentless without burning out

  • How to act in global solidarity against fossil fuel expansion, no matter where you are

  • Christian’s concrete advice for listeners on finding their climate superpowers

Resources mentioned in this episode:

  • Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World

  • www.carbonbombs.org

Co-founder of Chilli, the first climate activism app, Christian Vanizette is a pioneer in leveraging technology for global impact. An Obama Scholar at Columbia University and a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Christian hails from Tahiti and is the proud dad of 7-year-old Leo. Before founding Chilli, Christian co-founded the global NGO makesense.org, which runs development programs worldwide and oversees a €100 million impact fund to support social and environmental innovation. He is passionate about stopping oil and gas pipelines ✊

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