Person and Planet Podcast
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Welcome to Person & Planet, Podcast sharing all things good within sustainability and wellness. Personal wellness and the health of our environment are intimately connected, so this series was created to combine awareness of these amazing initiatives, products, services, and businesses that benefit person and planet from around the world. Join us in spreading the word about “all things good” and stay tuned for the upcoming Person & Planet publication.
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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.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.
The Person & Planet theme song is an original song by singer/songwriter Barbara Stephan. Click here to listen to “Gonna Be There.”
*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.”
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.”
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.”
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.
The Person & Planet theme song is an original song by singer/songwriter Barbara Stephan. Click here to listen to “Gonna Be There.”
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.
The Person & Planet theme song is an original song by singer/songwriter Barbara Stephan. Click here to listen to “Gonna Be There.”
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.
The Person & Planet theme song is an original song by singer/songwriter Barbara Stephan. Click here to listen to “Gonna Be There.”
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)
The Person & Planet theme song is an original song by singer/songwriter Barbara Stephan. Click here to listen to “Gonna Be There.”
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.
The Person & Planet theme song is an original song by singer/songwriter Barbara Stephan. Click here to listen to “Gonna Be There.”
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.
The Person & Planet theme song is an original song by singer/songwriter Barbara Stephan. Click here to listen to “Gonna Be There.”
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