eco-mavens

Picture: National Observer This month we are featuring in our eco-maven section an inspiring and fearless ER doctor from Canada, Dr. Courtney Howard, who is not only at the frontline attending patients during the COVID-19 pandemic and took the time…Read More

Twenty-five years ago Caroline MacDougall had a dream, literally, about the next product that she was going to create. Not too far after, Caroline embarked in a delicious and as she describes, “amazing journey” with the creation of a company…Read More

Barry A. Cik, Founder and Technical Director of Naturepedic With the goal of transforming the lives of their customers through safer and healthier sleep options, Barry A. Cik, founder of Naturepedic, has been on the forefront of eliminating toxic chemicals…Read More

The Space for Advocacy in Nature Innovation and rebelliousness characterize the story behind the international natural beauty brand Dr. Hauschka Skin Care, Inc., a company that started developing medicines without using alcohol as a preservative in the 30s. After seeing…Read More

Not only are we in a new year, we are in a new decade and 20 years into the 21st Century. How did that happen? I feel I blinked and the last twenty years just went by in a flash.…Read More

We thought it was time to talk to Frosty the Snowman again because with all that global warming who knows how much longer we’ll have snow. And, without snow, there will be no snowmen.  Now, wouldn’t that be a sad…Read More

This month we are featuring Dr. Wallace J. Nichols, an innovative and entrepreneurial scientist, who we met during the recent Good Housekeeping’s Raise the Green Bar conference. He’s opening remarks immediately drew attention due to the statement: “Emotional health is the basis of…Read More

Meet Audra Mulkern: founder of the Female Farmer Project™, international speaker, James Beard 2019 Finalist, writer, photographer, one of Reader’s Digest Country Women Magazine 45 “Amazing Women”, and an incredible inspiration to hundreds of women and girls across the world!…Read More

1) Where are you from and where are you currently based? I grew up in New York City and currently live in Los Angeles. 2) You’ve worked in so many different roles: author, science and health journalist, TV and web…Read More

This article was updated on April 18th, 2021. Native New Yorker and pillar of the food justice community, Kathy Soll began a Students for Service project that turned into Teens for Food Justice (TFFJ), an organization of local youth that helps to bring…Read More