Person and Planet Podcast

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 impor...

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...

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. The Person & Planet theme song is an original song by singer/songwriter Barbara Stephan. Click ⁠here ⁠ to listen to “Gonna Be There.”

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 de...

Learn more about sustainable investments and 401k from Greg Wait of Riverwater Partner s, and how ESG data is used during the investment process. The Person & Planet theme song is an original song by singer/songwriter Barbara Stephan. Click ⁠here ⁠ to listen to “Gonna Be There.”

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...

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, fu...

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...

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 ben...

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. ...

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. The Person & Planet theme song is an original song by singer/songwriter Barbara Stephan. Click ⁠here ⁠ to listen to “Gonna Be There.”

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). The Person & Planet theme song is an original song by singer/songwriter Bar...

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...

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 f...

At Carbonfund.org , Anna works to develop, grow and maintain relationships with our Carbon free ® 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...

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...

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...

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 telemedici...

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 pro...

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...

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 throughou...

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. The Person & Planet theme song is an original song by singer/songwriter Barbara Stephan. Click ⁠here ⁠ to listen to...

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 coordi...

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 li...

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 t...