Contributors

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Katie Kurpanek

Katie, Eco-Minded Mama

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Mama & Podcaster helping you move from feeling frazzled to confident in reducing your family’s carbon footprint w/ sustainable habits! 

Katie is a passionate and highly motivated speaker with an educator’s heart. She has over a decade of experience working within education, is a mama to a toddler, and has been coaching folks in living sustainably since 2020. Katie empowers eco-minded mamas to save money & reduce waste in their everyday routines so they can live with less stress! She is the host of The Eco-Minded Mama Podcast, the founder of The Eco-Minded Mama Collective, and currently authoring a book!

Guests

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Clare Mann

"Hi, I’m Clare Mann,
I’m a vegan psychologist, communications skills trainer and the author of several books, including Vystopia: The Anguish of Being Vegan in a Non Vegan World.

I became vegan 16 years ago, after realizing 30 years of vegetarianism was totally inadequate if I wanted to do everything possible to not use or exploit animals.

The skills I have acquired through a successful career as an organisational psychologist, university lecturer and speaker,are now applied to help vegans become confident, hopeful vegan conversationalists who are ushering in a kinder vegan world."

Episode 19: Effective Communication Skills with Vegan Psychologist: Clare Mann

https://veganpsychologist.com/
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Claudia Winkler

"I decided to become a Professional Organizer in 2015, shortly after my father passed away. My mom needed help getting organized in a way that worked for her so that she could take on managing her home and her finances. 


At the same time, people began asking me to help organize or unpack their homes. Some were merging households.  Others were downsizing after getting divorced or retiring.  And there were those who just needed help getting their house ready for an event. 


I realized how much I really loved being able to help people. Especially those who, for any number of reasons, were stuck or overwhelmed and needed some guidance, support and encouragement."

Episode 12: Decluttering and Finding Yourself

https://woworganized.com/
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Dr. Joanne Kong

Dr. Joanne Kong has been praised throughout the country as one of the most compelling advocates for plant-sourced nutrition today, raising ethical awareness that greater compassion for animals and our planet are vitally necessary for transformative growth and positive world change. Her talks have been described as “a positive message about the way our daily choices can make the world a better place for others and for ourselves,” “making a difference and encouraging positive change to happen,” and “enlightening and provocative.”

Episode 22: The Effect of our Diet on Climate Change

https://www.vegansmakeadifference.com/
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Dr. Neal Barnard

Neal Barnard, MD, FACC, is an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, DC, and President of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.

Dr. Barnard has led numerous research studies investigating the effects of diet on diabetes, body weight, hormonal symptoms, and chronic pain, including a groundbreaking study of dietary interventions in type 2 diabetes, funded by the National Institutes of Health, that paved the way for viewing type 2 diabetes as a potentially reversible condition for many patients. Dr. Barnard has authored more than 100 scientific publications and 20 books for medical and lay readers.

Episode 20: Is There Anyone Who Should Not Be Vegan?

https://www.pcrm.org/about-us/staff/neal-barnard-md-facc
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Shiela DeForest

Shiela DeForest is Mrs ECO International 2019, philanthropist, Climate Reality Leader and sustainable fashion advocate currently based in Golden, CO.   She has a varied working experience ranging from hospitality, sales and marketing, online fashion reselling, press and public affairs with the UK Embassy Manila and as a flight attendant for Emirates Airlines. She is an avid traveler having been to 57 countries supporting environmental activities or walking in fashion shows raising awareness for women empowerment, human rights or indigenous fashion.

Episode 4: Exploring Social & Environmental Justice w/ Mrs. Eco International, Shiela DeForest

https://www.instagram.com/mrsecointernational/
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Trish Becker

Executive Director, Cohousing Association of the U.S.

Trish is a founding member of Aria Cohousing and Chase Street Commons, a micro-village built upon the principles of cohousing. She is a Tedx speaker and a passionate advocate for housing solutions that address our collective crises of loneliness, environmental degradation and housing inaccessibility. Above all, she believes that humans need one another for meaning and survival, and that collective housing is poised to be among the signature movements of our time.

Episode 36: Cohousing Benefits: Connection, Savings & Sustainability