THE PUREVANT LIVING PODCAST: THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW

Hello everyone, this is Stephanie Krubsack with Purevant Living. For the past two years I have been recording podcast episodes with amazing guests under the Women in Wellness and Things You Should Know Podcast series. This year I’ve decided to combine the two into one series called Person & Planet, also focusing on highlighting guests from around the world. Personal wellness and the health of our environment are intimately connected, so I wanted to create a series that combines awareness of these amazing initiatives, products, services, and businesses that benefit person and planet. Join me in spreading the word about “all things good” and stay tuned for the upcoming Person & Planet publication. Maybe you enjoy listening to podcasts such as this one, or prefer reading articles online, or reading directly from a magazine or book. I plan to cover these forms of media, to ensure that the greatest number of individuals can learn how to benefit their personal health and become more conscious about the world around them and ways to protect it. Thank you to past and present listeners and guests for your support, and feel free to contact me to share any initiatives that you think I should share on the podcast or publication at sk@purevantliving.com. You can also learn more at purevantliving.com or sign up for the newsletter and find me on Facebook and Instagram at purevantliving or skparfait. Thank you for caring about person & planet, as the world needs more of all things good!

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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.

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.

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.

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.

Matthias studied physics in Mainz in Germany in the field of particle and nuclear physics. He then decided to contribute to the development of renewable energy and changed his field of research to solar cell research in photovoltaics. He is currently working on his PhD thesis about new laser technologies for cost-efficient solar cell manufacturing at the University of Konstanz in Germany. He initiated the local Cradle to Cradle Community in Mainz and is the co-founder of the Cradle to Cradle NGO in Konstanz, where he influences local politicians to take action for a more sustainable and eco-beneficial way of living, especially in urban planning and architecture. Learn more about his work, information on offsetting your carbon footprint, and sustainable building.

Jenna Meier is the owner of The Glass Pantry, a zero waste and package free bulk food store in Walker’s Point in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She aims to make mindful and sustainable living convenient and fun. Listen to learn tips on how to make easy swaps that relate directly to your lifestyle and watch you garbage get less and less full, from trash audits to help identify problem areas or things you repeatedly buy.

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.

Gregory Stromberg is the Founder and CEO of CannedWater4kids just outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Their vision as a non-profit is to ensure all children have access to clean, safe, healthy drinking water. To date, CannedWater4kids has sold over 3.5 million cans of water, meaning that there are that many fewer plastic bottles in landfills. Gregory discusses worldwide freshwater projects with Stonehouse Water Technologies and Engineers Without Borders, along with an upcoming initiative, Water 101 For Kids.

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, the SDG Action Manager, NetZero 2030, and the upcoming April 20th Nelson Institute Earth Day, and Business Workshop On Carbon.

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)  

Michael Kienitz is a photojournalist with over 45 years of experience, featured in Life, Time, Newsweek, Audubon, Elle, Rolling Stone and other major publications worldwide. His work has also been exhibited in museums and galleries across the United States and Europe. His current exhibit, Iceland's Vanishing Beauty, at the Arts @ Large gallery in Milwaukee, features photography of Iceland’s shrinking and vanishing glaciers and ice caves over a span of five years.