Person & Planet Podcast

Join us for a live panel at the first Regenerate MKE Street Fair in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The panelists are: Virginia Small Advocate for The Commons & The Public Good Grian Hollies-Maxwell Owner of Maxwell Farms Laura Michele Urban Agriculture Nonprofit-Beyond Organic 777 - University of Wisconsin-Parkside Brandice Kirchner Food Justice Director Tikkun Ha Ir of Milwaukee Karen Lemke Founder of Regenerate MKE & Climate Storyteller Solana Patterson-Ramos Executive Director Milwaukee Food Council Maison Vang Plastic free MKE The Person & Planet theme song is an original song by singer/songwriter Barbara Stephan. Click here to listen to “Gonna Be There.” --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/personandplanet/support

Climate Week NYC 2024 Live Panel: Unique Solutions in Sustainability: Women Innovators Inspiring Change | Jessica O. Matthews, Gia Mattu, Mollie Hughes, Uma Devi Gopaldass, Nicole Loher, Nicole Loher, Stephanie Krubsack The "Unique Solutions in Sustainability: Women Innovators Inspiring Change" live panel from Climate Week NYC 2024, brings together an inspiring group of seven women leaders who are making significant strides in the sustainability sector. The event highlights the innovative approaches these women are using to address critical environmental and social issues through their entrepreneurial and strategic initiatives. Thank you to Dentons in Manhattan for being our venue sponsor!  Panel Moderator: Jessica O. Matthews is an award-winning entrepreneur, inventor, and social scientist with more than 10 years of demonstrated thought leadership in the future of smart cities, climate resiliency, and improving equitable access to infrastructure resources. She is the founder and CEO of Uncharted, a sustainable infrastructure company that helps cities reduce the cost of developing smart infrastructure worldwide. Panelists: Gia Mattu is the Founder of Hazel Trade, a blockchain-powered marketplace that facilitates green energy tax credit deals between buyers and sellers. Her work is at the forefront of merging technology with sustainability, enabling more efficient and transparent transactions in the green energy sector. Mollie Hughes, the Co-Founder of Softly Solutions, developed a business intelligence platform designed to help businesses avoid greenwashing risks and navigate the complex landscape of Green Marketing Regulations and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Requirements. Her platform provides crucial support for companies aiming to maintain ethical and transparent sustainability practices. Uma Devi Gopaldass, a board director and founder of Leading Lotus, brings global expertise in corporate risk governance, capital investments, and revenue strategy. Her leadership in board governance emphasizes sustainable business practices and strategic planning, ensuring long-term value creation while addressing environmental and social responsibilities. Nicole Loher is a Climate Communications Strategist at McPherson Strategies, where she plays a pivotal role in developing, amplifying, and communicating corporate social impact and philanthropic initiatives. Her work focuses on crafting compelling narratives that drive corporate commitment to sustainability and social responsibility. Marissa Jablonski, Founder of Ecosystem Strategies, is a sustainability consultant specializing in helping the hospitality industry adopt effective sustainability strategies. Her consultancy aids businesses in integrating sustainable practices into their operations, promoting environmental stewardship in an industry known for its environmental impact. Stephanie Krubsack is the Founder of Purevant Living, a sustainability consulting and media company. She focuses on corporate workshops, communications, and business development, guiding companies from planning to implementation of sustainable practices. Krubsack is also the creator of Person & Planet magazine and podcast, platforms dedicated to expanding the reach of sustainability solutions and promoting personal and planetary health. The Person & Planet theme song is an original song by singer/songwriter Barbara Stephan. Click here to listen to “Gonna Be There.” --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/personandplanet/support

RIISE⁠ is the world's first satellite search engine for sustainable real estate, leveraging advanced AI technologies to instantly assess new investment opportunities & optimize existing portfolios, reducing operational costs. Adrian is the co-founder CEO of RIISE, with a background in commercial and residential real estate and pivoted into aviation and became a private jet pilot and set up a company like uber for private jets which scaled to 1,600 operators worldwide and over 4k aircraft and exited at 7.5 years and pivoted back into real estate with a focus on sustainability and the carbon emission problem for the built environment. Alejandro is the co-founder CPO of RIISE, with a background in aerospace engineering, electric mobility for racing and sports cars, and moved from technical roles to more commercial roles. Before founding RIISE he worked as director for a biz tech startup. The Person & Planet theme song is an original song by singer/songwriter Barbara Stephan. Click here to listen to “Gonna Be There.” --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/personandplanet/support

This next episode is a live podcast from the Next Gen MKE conference session, the Sustainability & Smart Cities Panel with panelists: Janet Silbernagel, PhD, SITES AP, WI WBE: Founder & Principal Silvernail Studio for Geodesign, LLC • Rachel Steffen: Sustainability Specialist EUA • Kathleen Ellis: Principal Kakoon Buildings• Nate Helbach: Founder & CEO Neutral • Margarita Hernandez, PhD: Chief Ecosystem Builder 4M • Heidi Poscher: Strategist 4M • Panel facilitated by Stephanie Krubsack: Purevant Living Some of the topics discussed are: • Social and community benefits associated with sustainable real estate developments • Green building/site certifications including LEED, SITES and Living Future Accreditation (LFA) • Irgens' Innovation Campus Phase I (the first SITES certification in WI) • The Edison Building (to become the world's tallest mass timber building) • Clean energy and energy efficient buildings Thank you for listening and enjoy! The Person & Planet theme song is an original song by singer/songwriter Barbara Stephan. Click here to listen to “Gonna Be There.” --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/personandplanet/support

Sean Duncombe is the co-founder of PodcastAI, with a background in e-commerce, video subscription ventures, and AI. “Become a 10x version of yourself using AI. When you think of AI don't think of it as something replacing your job, think of it as an enhancement, a productivity tool that can make your life easier and better. If you run an agency, this tool can save you a lot of time. It can help you expand your customer base." The Person & Planet theme song is an original song by singer/songwriter Barbara Stephan. Click here to listen to “Gonna Be There.” --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/personandplanet/support

Mollie Hughes is an entrepreneur, speaker, strategist, and problem solver. She is a thought leader and expert in Sustainability and Green Marketing Claim Compliance. She has provided guidance as a thought leader for numerous organizations including the National Retail Federation (NRF) and the American Sustainable Business Network (ASBN) and is currently the co-founder and CEO of Softly Solutions, a sustainability technology company. The Person & Planet theme song is an original song by singer/songwriter Barbara Stephan. Click here to listen to “Gonna Be There.” --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/personandplanet/support

Manny Lara has been an HR Professional for nearly 20 years, working mostly in the healthcare industry for large systems like Ascension Healthcare, Mayo Clinic and Advocate Aurora Health.  He's also a co-founder for a staffing technology platform called WorkShift. WorkShift supports the hospitality and services industry by providing a talent labor pool for open shifts in restaurants, bars and event venues. Along with his Co-founder, Bekki Yang, they've recently placed 1st in the Business Services sector for the 2023 Wisconsin Governor's Business Plan contest. In addition to his work in HR, Manny also volunteers as a Board Member and Chair for the Milwaukee Artist Resources Network (MARN) and Art Gallery. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/personandplanet/support

Annemarie Sampson is a CPT and certified yoga instructor, wellness coach and running coach, with a certificate in wellness from the Digital Wellness Institute. On this episode we discuss everything from how health is taught in schools, girls and women in sports and support for mental and physical health, products you put on your body that are potential endocrine disruptors, ecotourism and sustainable Airbnbs with eco cleaning products and more! You can follow Annemarie on Instagram at Sustainablelife.live or Sustainable_airbnb. The Person & Planet theme song is an original song by singer/songwriter Barbara Stephan. Click here to listen to “Gonna Be There.” --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/personandplanet/support

Ike Wynter is the co-founder of Green Up Solutions, and is a full-time wood artist, where he creates handcrafted woodwork made out of 100% recycled material, creating art using products that would have otherwise entered the waste stream. All of his art is created without the use of any stain, paint, or varnishes. You can follow him on his Instagram page ike_wynter. The Person & Planet theme song is an original song by singer/songwriter Barbara Stephan. Click here to listen to “Gonna Be There.” --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/personandplanet/support

Dr. Marissa Jablonski is an educator, researcher and Executive Director of the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin where she works to bring together academia, industry, non-profit organizations, and community around all things water. Marissa is also a zero waste influencer under her name Plastic-Free Marissa. *PFAS and PFOA research is growing very rapidly and we have a correction: PFAS and PFOA do not accumulate in fat cells, they tend to accumulate in body tissues like the lungs, liver and kidneys. Here are a couple of resources that back this up: https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/pfc#:~:text=Exposure%20to%20certain%20PFAS%20may,such%20as%20in%20the%20liver. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412013001220 The Person & Planet theme song is an original song by singer/songwriter Barbara Stephan. Click here to listen to “Gonna Be There.” --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/personandplanet/support

Zach is the Founder and CEO of Sativa Building Systems. He created the patented Z Panel structures and hempcrete block panels for safe and sustainable building construction that includes passive air filtration, resistance to mold, pests, rot, and fire. The Person & Planet theme song is an original song by singer/songwriter Barbara Stephan. Click here to listen to “Gonna Be There.” --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/personandplanet/support

Michelle Miller, North America Sustainability Manager at Symrise. She's had roles in environmental health and safety, product stewardship, and is the former Chief Sustainability officer for a local paper company in Appleton, WI. In September 2023, Symrise hosted a Waste Reduction Campaign for their facilities in North America. Stephanie Krubsack (Person & Planet podcast host and founder of Purevant Living) hosted a workshop for Symrise on Waste Reduction At The Workplace & Home, with an at-home and in-office activity for waste and product assessment.  As a result of the initiative, now over 50% of the participating facilities have the proper receptacles in place for waste and recycling and are improving on site sustainability as a whole with Change Champions and Corporate Sustainability Ambassador Teams.  The Person & Planet theme song is an original song by singer/songwriter Barbara Stephan. Click here to listen to “Gonna Be There.” --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/personandplanet/support

James Davies is the former Executive Director of Bublr Bikes, Milwaukee's nonprofit bike share operator. James received his law degree from the University of Florida, Levin College of Law, and his bachelor's degree in Genetics from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.   During his time at Bublr, the bike share system has grown from 9 stations in downtown Milwaukee to 109 stations across Milwaukee, Wauwatosa, and West Allis. James also developed and secured funding for the Access Pass to provide free Bublr Passes to income qualified individuals and the adaptive bike program which has adaptive bikes integrated directly into the Bublr System. Last year Bublr added electric assist bicycles to its fleet as well as installing 15 new bike share stations. This year Bublr is adding 200 more electric assist bicycles and installing another 19 bike share stations. In 2001 James was named to the Milwaukee Business Journal 40 Under 40 list. James also serves on the board of the North American Bikeshare and Scootershare Association (NABSA) and provides volunteer legal services through the Marquette Volunteer Legal Clinic. James enjoys reading, running, and biking. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/personandplanet/support

*We apologize for the background interference in this episode and slight zapping noises. It was so much good information that we had to post it! Kevin is the owner of Northwoods Tea, a botanist, mushroom forager and organic tea maker. Kevin discusses how he sustainably harvests wild herbs and mushrooms, how medicinal mushrooms are good for your immune system and high in antioxidants, and how to watch for pesticides in plants and lead in chaga. The Person & Planet theme song is an original song by singer/songwriter Barbara Stephan. Click here to listen to “Gonna Be There.” --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/personandplanet/support

Kelsey Moses is the Excise Tax and Compliance Director and B Keeper (for B Corp Certification) at Lakefront Brewery and Events at B Local Wisconsin. Learn more about Certified B Corps & Benefit Corporations in this episode.  The Person & Planet theme song is an original song by singer/songwriter Barbara Stephan. Click here to listen to “Gonna Be There.” --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/personandplanet/support

Zack Leimkuehler is the Vice President of New Business Development at Ahlstrom. Zack leads product development efforts with a focus on delivering sustainable solutions for Ahlstrom's customers around the globe.  With a strong presence in specialty papers and fibers, the team creates a wealth of opportunities for innovation and product improvements to deliver value to customers and in turn, create long term technical and strategic demand for paper.  Leimkuehler has been involved with multiple different end-use markets, collaborating with customers and brand owners to build lasting value and sustainability with fiber-based products. Zack has been with Ahlstrom and its North American legacy businesses for more than 20 years and has held positions in Manufacturing, Marketing, and Product Development.  Zack is a Paper Science Engineering Graduate of the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point. The Person & Planet theme song is an original song by singer/songwriter Barbara Stephan. Click ⁠here ⁠to listen to “Gonna Be There.” --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/personandplanet/support

Chris Corkery is the Owner / CEO of Hundred Acre, Milwaukee's largest indoor vertical hydroponic farm providing fresh greens and herbs that are harvested weekly, and distributed locally year-round to support a more resilient supply chain. (They sell to the school system, Universities, stadiums, hotels, restaurants, and grocers.) Corkery is a recent NY transplant, and 3 time career changer; media exec, professional chef, social entrepreneur and urban farmer, on a mission to reinvent the food system. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/personandplanet/support

Jenny joined Tradewater in 2022 as the Market Development Manager. She is passionate in changing the way we view business to be both profitable and purposeful. Climate risk and financial risk can no longer be viewed as separate topics. Jenny has worked within the technology and hospitality sectors, and comes with 15+ years of experience in Business Operations, Market Development, and Community Engagement. “Tradewater is working to make the greatest possible difference in the fight against climate change and is doing so as quickly as possible.” As a mission-based B-Corp, Tradewater works to permanently prevent potent greenhouse and ozone-depleting gases like refrigerants and methane from releasing into the atmosphere. They also provide free calculators for businesses and individuals to calculate their carbon emissions and have offsetting solutions for their certified projects.

Lee Krevat is the founder and CEO of Krevat Energy Innovations, a company dedicated to climate change mitigation by advising start-ups, utilities, regulators, legislators, and environmentally focused companies and communities. He keynoted his first conference in 2010 and has since spoken over one hundred times, including live recordings of his podcast series, The Climate Champions.

This episode features both authors of the new book, Paper Valley: The Fight For The Fox River Cleanup, on the $1.3 billion cleanup of the Fox River in northeast Wisconsin, the world's largest environmental river cleanup of PCB contamination. You can visit their site here. David Allen is an award-winning scientist and author. He directed the natural resource damage assessment of the Lower Fox River and the Bay of Green Bay from 1992 through 2001 as the assessment manager for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. His team led the $10 million effort to collect and organize the information that was used to launch Superfund at the site, and they published one of the most comprehensive and public natural resource damage assessments in U.S. history during 1998-2000. He was the leader and public face of the assessment for federal, state, and tribal agencies. That assessment eventually led to the $1.3 billion dollar cleanup and restoration, paid by the polluters. It was among the largest Superfund efforts since the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska, and the effort led to the largest PCB cleanup in history. Susan Campbell is an award-winning environmental journalist and author. As an environmental reporter for the Green Bay Press-Gazette from 1995-2000, she covered the scientific and political controversy leading to the landmark $1.3 billion dollar cleanup of PCBs from Wisconsin's Fox River, and the implications for the bay of Green Bay and Great Lakes beyond. Her extensive reporting on the issue won her national and state honors, including a national “Best of Gannett” award for specialty reporting, an enterprise reporting award from the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, and a spot news award from the Milwaukee Press Club. Campbell is also co-author of “Beyond Earth Day: Fulfilling the Promise,” with the late Earth Day founder, U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson (University of Wisconsin Press, 2002)

Jeff Lux, Ph.D. served in the public, private and academic sectors for nearly 40 years teaching, researching and managing projects in sustainable design and environmental planning, water resources, land use, and dispute resolution. He served as Town Manager for Truckee and Planning Director for the cities of Davis and Truckee, as well as an environmental planning consultant with two prestigious Bay Area firms. Dr. Lux also served 20 years as an Associate Dean/Professor at UC Davis where he directed professional education programs offering 5,000 trainings annually often focused on community engagement/dispute resolution and courses in planning and design on campus. His summer abroad course, Sustainable Cities of Northern Europe has become one of the most popular and valuable in UC Davis' global learning program. Dr. Lux has conducted research nationally and internationally and written numerous publications including two books, Water and Land Use and the Land Conservation Handbook. In addition, he has mediated over 150 cases encompassing complex water resource and environmental disputes.

Christian Stoll is the CEO & Co-founder of Joystik. He has a degree in psychology and has been in the behavioral health space for over 14 years. Joystik helps you harness the power of your mind and control your response to stress with a simple and easy mind-body medicine technique through autogenics. The meaning of autogenics is self-generated, where Joystik helps people harness that tech to help you find control within your mind and body attain your goals, be happier, or have more joy in your life. It can also help you control stress and quiet your mind, focus, and sleep better.

Pauline is an Energy Engineer at Ampaire Ltd. and specializes in charging infrastructure. She joined the company in January 2021 and has worked on determining optimal charging solutions for the electric aviation industry ever since. Pauline has supported three government backed projects, two Future Flight Projects on behalf of Ampaire, the 2ZERO project (Towards Zero Emissions in Regional aircraft Operations) and the SATE project in which Ampaire's hybrid-electric EEL flew route proving flights in the Scottish Highlands and the south-west of England. She was responsible for ensuring that the charging infrastructure was in place for the 9PAX hybrid-electric demonstrator. The third project was a charging infrastructure feasibility study funded by the Transport Research and Innovation Grant for Zero Emission Flight. Currently, Pauline is working the commercial operations modeling for Ampaire's latest product.

Elyse-Krista Mische is a mixed-media artist who contemplates mortality, memory, and time through both independent and collaborative work. She embraces make-believe and craft processes from her childhood in combination with fine art practices to address individual and collective existential issues. Elyse-Krista has been awarded multiple artist residencies throughout the United States and continues to show her work both nationally and internationally. She uses her personal art practice at Life Propaganda and Worry Birds business alongside community-wide creative engagement to advocate death education, mental health, and support of older adults.  Ongoing partnerships with the Fox Valley Memory Project, SPARK!, and senior caregiving facilitate this engagement and art programming opportunities for the elderly in her community. Recently, she was an artist in residence with PioneerCare and the Kaddatz (Caaadetz) Gallery of Fergus Falls, MN residing in an assisted-living community while providing art education to older adults. Elyse-Krista is currently the Artist in Residence at the Trout Museum of Art in Appleton, WI and serves as the Chair of the Appleton Public Art Committee where she advocates for inclusive and diverse public art opportunities.

There is one simple thing that you can do to your home or building to reduce energy costs by 10-30%! You can learn this, more about the IRA (Inflation Reduction Act), what you can do to improve energy efficiency in your home, and more in this episode with Kevin Kane, the Chief Economist and co-founder at Green Homeowners United, a business that makes it easy for people to do one of the most important steps to fight climate change and save money in the process by cutting carbon emissions at home.

Jennifer Bolger Breceda is the Executive Director of Milwaukee Riverkeeper, a science-based advocacy organization working for swimmable, fishable rivers throughout the Milwaukee River Basin. In this episode we discuss clean water advocacy, environmental law, road salt water monitoring, phosphorus runoff, the adopt-a-river program and more! After 15 years of practicing environmental law at several reputable firms in Milwaukee, including being Shareholder and Co-Chair of a successful and busy environmental legal department, Bolger Breceda decided to change course and leave her private practice to start a new chapter in her career as the Executive Director of Milwaukee Riverkeeper. Over the past 8 years, Bolger Breceda has served as a “chief executive officer,” including chief ambassador, fundraiser, and leader, of this highly-respected science-based environmental advocacy organization. She has grown the Board of Directors from a reporting entity to strategic think-tank, and believes strongly that working collaboratively with local, state, regional and national partners in advancement of mission is critical to its success. During her tenure, Milwaukee Riverkeeper's annual budget and the staff have both doubled, all while meeting financial and organizational goals. For the last 8 years, Jennifer has worked to coordinate and push forward a generational opportunity aimed at removing legacy contamination in Milwaukee area waterways called the Area of Concern. She also led a statewide and regional coalition focused on ensuring that the implementation of the Great Lakes Compact is in keeping with sound management principles, conservation mandates, public engagement, best available science and the spirit and intent of the law. A strategic thinker, she worked tirelessly toward the successful removal of the Estabrook Dam, not only saving taxpayer dollars, but also taking a generational opportunity to improve an important area of the Milwaukee River. Jennifer's expertise in environmental law has brought her before many governmental agencies, to speak on a variety of environmental and water related matters. Jennifer has been active in environmental, charitable and service organizations since before her undergraduate days and has always strived to be an advocate for the environment. She has an avid interest in many different water activities including swimming, kayaking, canoeing, boating, and water skiing. She wants to see Milwaukee thrive and truly become a water centric and healthy community.

Danielle is an artist, entrepreneur and wellness educator. Her company Soundwave Wellness helps people find more rhythm, balance and harmony in their lives through sound. She specializes in the use of tuning forks for healing.

Jolyon Collier is a philanthropist, artist, and President & Founder of Counting Coral, a nonprofit dedicated to coral reef restoration through sculptures that house coral nurseries to grow more resilient coral. You can watch the video about the Counting Coral - Project Fiji installation here. Counting Coral is a 501-(c)(3) certified nonprofit dedicated to reef restoration. Counting Coral designs, builds, donates, and installs stainless steel sculptural coral nurseries specifically designed to grow climate resilient coral. These intricately designed sculptures create both an underwater park and a coral nursery, where fragile reef systems can be rebuilt and protected amongst the awe and attention from tourists. Counting Coral is working towards diminishing the massive and devastating effects of coral loss by changing the way coral gardener's garden coral. Our new approach to reef restoration is to harvest climate resilient coral and place them on our sculptures that are specifically designed to protect coral from predators. These precious and valuable corals will be kept safe and allowed to grow to spawning maturity, this coral will then naturally propagate valuable ecosystems. Counting Coral is leading the development of Sculptural Coral Banks, a new and advanced method to aid coral growth. Sculptural coral banks are designed with coral propagation in mind. These beautiful structures are multi-functional, tackling previous issues in restoration and tourism. Their sculptures are planted out with climate-resilient coral, developing into a coral bank over time. Their coral banks will naturally propagate reef systems, whilst maintaining a healthy coral supply for harvesting when needed.

Learn more about sustainable investments and 401k from Greg Wait of Riverwater Partners, and how ESG data is used during the investment process.

Nikki Burnett is a functional nutritionist, who founded Taste Life Nutrition as a way to help others fuel their success with healthy nutrition. She works with ambitious professionals to help them overcome hidden barriers to both health and success. What many people don't realize are challenges such as chronic stress, brain fog, low energy, and stubborn chronic issues frequently have their root in unhealthy foods and unknown inflammatory conditions. Nikki helps people tailor their food to their unique biochemical makeup and lifestyle needs so they can feel great, thrive, and do more of what they love. She also helps your pets become healthier by changing their food, and supporting their gut and joints for longevity.

Dr. Meister is a licensed naturopathic doctor, and practices at Lakeside Natural Medicine in Milwaukee. Her clinical practice focuses on chronic conditions such as chronic fatigue, autoimmune disorders, hormone imbalances, hypothyroidism, and gastrointestinal conditions. She approaches each patient with an individualized, evidence-based, and holistic approach that may include lifestyle changes, functional lab analyses, botanical medicine, and nutritional therapies.

Lisa Caprelli is a first generation educated Latina, and received a bachelor's of science degree in social psychology. She leveraged her psychology degree at the beginning of the Pandemic to understand the conversations between students, teachers, educators and parents. Lisa is also a speaker, songwriter and an award-winning author of the unicorn book series, Unicorn Jazz ™. Unicorn Jazz series offers social emotional learning (empathy, kindness, love, belonging, believing in others, feelings and more). She is an author of 17 books, and has produced music videos for kids. Lisa is the producer and director of Unicorn Jazz Presents The Thing I Do - a family show on Amazon TV.

Jennifer Nowicki, owner of Cultivate Taste and Certified Tea Specialist, shares her journey obtaining a certification from the Speciality Tea Institute. She is one of only 120 certified individuals worldwide and the only one in Wisconsin. She sources organic, fair trade loose leaf teas directly from farms across India, Nepal, Thailand, Laos, Taiwan, China, and Japan. Jennifer explains the many benefits of tea including how it contains high levels of Vitamin C and antioxidants, how it can help boost metabolism, and even help with various types of ailments.

Beyond The Baby Blues is an organization based out of the Chicago area that provides free support groups for women suffering from perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (prenatal and postpartum depression and anxiety) and perinatal loss. Nancy Segall, their clinical director and one of the founders of Beyond The Baby Blues, is a social worker and Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist. Founded in 2010 due to a lack of a support group in the community, Beyond The Baby Blues has led over 150 support groups for women. Since then, inquiries about their clinical services have grown, especially due to moving online since the onset of COVID-19. Pre-pandemic all services were offered in person in Evanston, Illinois, via their professional staff and therapists. Now that the groups are offered online, the geographic range of women who come to the organization for support has expanded, making it not always possible for all women to participate in person and making zoom an important tool. This challenge has made Beyond The Baby Blues leaders think more globally, deciding to maintain remote support groups to be able to serve the greatest number of women.

Alex is the founder and CEO of Fork Farms, an indoor hydroponic farming installation company, where he continues to work hard to reinvent the global food system to accelerate local access to fresh food and inspire healthier living for all.

Jessy is the Managing Director of the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council (WSBC) membership and the Green Masters Program, with a mission to advance sustainable principles and practices through the power of business. She is also the co-founder and co-chair of the organization Wisconsin Women in Sustainability (WIS).

Aureal Ojeda is the owner of Outwoken Tea. She sources her tea directly from small farmers in developing countries and sells products in home compostable packaging, striving to be a zero waste company. She discusses changing your mindset, to start doing the little things that build up to make a greater impact. Aureal also covers the benefits of purple tea from Kenya and the orthodox tea method of production where tea is processed by hand.

Paulien Wesselink is a social entrepreneur with a background in international relations and passion for sustainability and fair trade. She believes in trade, not aid and development through access to the global market. Paulien founded O My Bag, a fairly made and Eco-friendly leather bag company in Amsterdam. With a desire to connect producers in small communities to the global market and create fair job opportunities, each of the bags are made in Kolkata, India, in a safe working environment with fair wages and opportunities.

At Carbonfund.org, Anna works to develop, grow and maintain relationships with our Carbonfree® Small Business Partners. Anna primarily works with small businesses to ensure that Carbonfund.org's programs meet their climate change mitigation and sustainability objectives. Anna began her career working on progressive political and issue campaigns across the county. Anna enjoys spending time with her family and lives in Buffalo, NY. Carbonfund.org encourages you to “Reduce What You Can, Offset What You Can't™, leading the fight against climate change, making it easy and affordable for any individual, business or organization to reduce & offset their climate impact and hasten the transition to a clean energy future.”

Heidi Lehmann shares her expertise as an international Master Bra Designer with over 30 years of experience in the industry, has worked for top leading companies, and holds a patent for the Vibrant Bra. In this episode we discuss how once you put something on your skin, it's in your body. Sometimes we are so concerned with what we put in our bodies and eating healthy, that we fail to remember what we put on our skin, the body's largest organ. Heidi aligns with medical professionals to continually test and develop a safe product that promotes good health for breast tissue, keeps the girls in place, and instills body confidence, wanting to do everything that's best for a woman's body.

Jake Disraeli is the Co-Founder and CEO of Treet, the leading recommerce platform that helps e-commerce brands be more sustainable and increase customer loyalty through resale. Prior to Treet, Jake had built his own DTC brands on Shopify and led the sales team at Indiegogo where he helped hundreds of consumer brands launch successful crowdfunding campaigns. Treet is the culmination of Jake's love for the outdoors and passion to help consumer brands thrive. Listen to learn more about making secondhand firsthand, setting up resale for your business, and setting up alerts to find secondhand shopping finds online.

Dr. Tiffany Mullen is the Co-Founder of Vytal Health, with 20+ years of experience practicing medicine. She is certified in integrative and functional medicine, and dual board certified in family medicine and integrative medicine. Listen as she explains how Vytal Health is a platform to help physicians and patients who are looking for functional medical approaches, to meet via video or telemedicine, and facilitate that consultation with software and wrap around support for patients and physicians.

Jim Cupples is a technologist from Springfield, Oregon, whose work has primarily been in creating and organizing public datasets. Jim is a cofounder of the site Run For Office, an address searchable political database that now holds over 150,000 elected offices and remains available to the public for free. Since 2019 Jim has focused his attention on creating tools to help farmers, and also to promote local food sources that use sustainable/regenerative methods. Jim recently cofounded All The Farms, a new project that allows users to find local farms and filter on farming practices. Jim frequently works with Oregon State University computer science students on their yearlong capstone projects, which often involve regenerative agriculture.

Lisa Geason-Bauer is the President and Founder of Evolution Marketing, a Wisconsin-based woman-owned Certified B Corp, specializing in the area of global sustainability consulting and storytelling, environmentally responsible creative design and ethical marketing. Evolution Marketing is Wisconsin' first triple bottom lined managed communications consulting firm, and they offer their services in a carbon neutral manner. Some of the topics discussed include her company's participation in 1% For The Planet, The Green Masters Program created by the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council, and the SDG Action Manager, NetZero 2030. Other Resources: Sustainable Shopping PowerPoint Talk U.N. Sustainable Development Goals Evolution Marketing Impact Reports City of Oconomowoc Utilities 25x25 Plan (from 2009) City of Oconomowoc Utilities Updated 25x25 Plan (from 2013)

Simone Fuhrmann is deputy managing director at Swissveg, a Swiss organization that tries to permanently reduce the consumption of animal products with positive public relations work that promotes a plant-based, responsible lifestyle as an attractive and healthy alternative accessible to everyone. Simone manages projects and is responsible for maintaining contacts with other institutions throughout Switzerland and internationally. Simone is also a board member of the European Vegetarian Union (EVU).

Cindy Poiesz, Founder of Supernola shares her personal journey with food allergies that led her to the creation of a healthy snack alternative, conscious of food processing to maintain the health benefits of superfoods, and eliminating food waste during the manufacturing process.

Tricia Carey is the Director of Global Business Development Denim and Americas at Lenzing Group. With over 20 years of industry experience and an advocate for innovation and sustainability in the textile and apparel industry, she develops and implements the global business strategy for the denim market segment including growth, new fiber innovations and marketing plans. Tricia develops and coordinates denim marketing including Carved in Blue blog, Blue Cast podcast, and Blue Lenz video channel. She connects with cross-functional global and regional teams including product management, sales, communications, technical service, leading the team for North and Latin America, to evolve textile circularity initiatives within denim and Americas. "Denim brands are looking at biodegradability and end of use, if it's not going to be resold, what happens to it. That's where we look at even our products, they are compostable or biodegradable and go back to nature." - Tricia Carey

Nate Ziegler is the owner of CoMotion Fitness, a science-based, holistic, coach-inspired group-workout designed to produce results both physically and mentally. He discusses how they focus on natural movements, on how bodies should move as opposed to putting them in very one-directional patterns. Nate also shares the misconception that you need a gym or machines to be in the best shape of your life. He explains how you can achieve this without any equipment, and how his online training program can show even better results than the gym. Nate focuses on helping others become pain-free who have had lifelong pain, and helping those achieve health and fitness goals. “We focus on natural movements, on how bodies should move as opposed to putting them in very one-directional patterns. I'm proud of helping someone that has had lifelong back pain, and now they are pain-free and can move how they should.” -Nate Ziegler

Paige Pichler is a writer and speaker featured in Yoga Journal, National Ambassador of Project HEAL, and a yoga instructor. She is dedicated to helping individuals heal from trauma and eating disorders through her writing and workshops on conscious parenting and coaching. “You are so much more than the things you do and what you look like. You are here to create originally from your soul rather than what people expect of you.” - Paige Pichler

Julia Binks is the Founder of Your Safari Expert, travel designer for safaris throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, born and raised in Kenya, later moved to Milwaukee. Being raised in Africa she developed an appreciation for the natural world and uses that to create environmentally conscious safaris. She creates magical adventures with an emphasis on responsible and sustainable tourism. “Travel is so important, a force for good, a universal language that connects people throughout the world regardless of their age, gender, income bracket, or race. The right kind of travel can break down barriers and improve your understanding of different cultures, societies, and religions.” - Julia Binks

TIPA is a manufacturer of high-performance certified compostable flexible packaging. Gary serves as Director of Public Affairs for TIPA. In this capacity Gary seeks to build external relationships and collaborations to help advance consumer access to composting and the acceptance of compostable packaging. Gary is a self-declared eco-advocate and has been advancing innovation and packaging Sustainability for 28-years. His Sustainability journey was first inspired by a college professor Dr. Susan Silke at Michigan State University. That inspiration was then actualized with his first professional career as a packaging engineer at Kraft Foods where he developed innovations for the beverage division and supported the commercial launch of Capri Sun in North America. After Kraft, Gary worked with The Amway corporation setting up a global supply chain in India where exposure to the environmental challenges in India established a sense of urgency and accountability to deliver sustainable solutions. Gary is always hungry to learn and build new skills. Since those early engagements, he has gone on to lead new product development for Newell Rubbermaid, build the first global packaging department for The Home Depot, was a director of procurement and engineering, and worked for BillerudKorsnas to develop compelling 3D formable paper innovations as an alternative to plastic. More recently Gary worked as a consultant for Synaptic Packaging where he supported major brands and start-ups in developing Sustainability strategies and product roadmaps. You can contact Gary on LinkedIn here.