Libsyn Directory

How to Spot Greenwashing Featuring Emma Dendler

Release Date: 01/09/2023

How to Go Toxic Free With Environmental Journalist Anna Turns

Green Living with Tee

This week Tee was thrilled to welcome Anna Turns to the podcast to discuss a favorite topic of the show, environmental toxins. Anna is a freelance environmental journalist based in the UK. Since studying biology at university, she has worked in the media for more than 20 years. First TV, then magazine journalism. Anna has freelanced for more than a decade and writes regularly for the Guardian, BBC, and many other national publications. She has taught journalism undergraduates at Plymouth Marjon University and enjoys presenting episodes of Costing the Earth for BBC Radio 4. Her work focuses on...

Finding Freedom from Sugar with Melissa Rohlfs

Green Living with Tee

This week Tee was delighted to welcome Melissa Rohlfs for a conversation about eliminating sugar from our daily diet and the importance of keeping a sharp eye out for processed sugars and sugar substitutes that pop up in foods you might not expect. Melissa Rohlfs is a certified holistic health and life coach helping busy women find freedom and feel at peace with food, their bodies, and their lives. She is committed to empowering women to break free from dieting, emotional eating, and self-image issues so they can ditch the diet mentality and feel empowered in their own skin. Melissa teaches...

150th Episode: Transform Your Life With 40-Day Home Detox Featuring Sophia Ruan Gushée

Green Living with Tee

For this very special 150th episode of Green Living with Tee, Tee was delighted to welcome Sophia Ruan Gushée to the show to discuss her transformative 40-day detox program and offer some of her abundant wisdom and experience in both detoxifying your home and your lifestyle. This is of course a favorite subject for the show and Tee and Sophia discuss a wide variety of tips and tricks that anyone can start using today to start improving their quality of life and exposure to harmful toxins and chemicals. Sophia Ruan Gushée is a preeminent nontoxic lifestyle expert, author of A to Z of D-Toxing...

Everything You Need to Know About Healthy Oils and Essential Nutrition with Udo Erasmus

Green Living with Tee

This week Tee was honored to welcome Udo Erasmus to the podcast for an in-depth and informative conversation about the healing benefits and potential dangers of various cooking and natural oils. The legendary Udo Erasmus co-founded Udo’s Choice line, which can be found in Whole Foods and other health food stores worldwide. Udo designed the machinery for making oils with health in mind and pioneered flax oil, a billion-dollar industry. However, Udo walked a difficult path to becoming the man he is today. Being a child of war, Udo’s life began with intense struggle. As an adult, he...

How to Lower Your Toxic Burden with Allyson Owen

Green Living with Tee

In today's episode, Tee is excited to welcome Allyson Owen to the show for a great discussion about reducing your toxic load and steps to take prior to and during your pregnancy. Allyson shares her insights, tips, and tricks that she has developed over her years as an occupational therapist, and holistic nutritionist. Allyson and Tee also discuss some of the most vital chemicals and products that moms and parents need to avoid while also addressing healthy and creative alternatives for everything from household cleaning products to laundry detergent. Allyson Owen is a pediatric occupational...

A Healthy Way to Blend Families with Maria Natapov

Green Living with Tee

Stepparenting can be a rewarding and life-giving experience for men and women at all stages of life. However, anyone who has experienced the process of step-parenting and living in a blended family knows that it comes with profound challenges. Our guest today is helping stepparents transform from family chaos into meaningful and harmonious co-parenting by applying both her life experience and extensive training into coaching and therapeutic techniques that are helping to heal wounds and form lasting bonds. Maria Natapov is a Step Parenting Expert and Trusted Advisor to Divorce Professionals,...

How Our Environment Impacts Celiacs and the Power of Building a Healthy Foundation with Laura Tate

Green Living with Tee

Celiac disease is an immune reaction to eating gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye. If you have celiac disease, eating gluten triggers an immune response in your small intestine causing serious reactions such as vomiting, headaches, and GI tract disruptions. In today's episode, Laura Tate is here to answer Tee’s questions about Celiac while informing listeners on the basics of living with this terminal condition while continuing to thrive. Laura Tate is the founder/CEO of Empowering Health and Legacy and pioneered the Empower-Mom Method, a step-by-step program to help moms with...

Cleanse Before You Conceive for the Health of Your Baby with Dr. Mary Shackelton

Green Living with Tee

This week I was so excited to welcome Dr. Mary Shackelton to the show to inform listeners of the vital importance of cleansing before you plan to conceive. Dr. Mary Shackelton MPH, ND is the founder of Holistica Integrative Care and has been practicing naturopathic medicine with an emphasis on women’s health for 25 years in Boulder Colorado. Dr. Mary also has a Master’s in Public Health which focuses on her work in the area of prevention. Dr. Mary’s current focus is on Environmental Medicine and the conditions associated with toxic exposures including auto-immunity, chronic fatigue,...

The Effects of Toxins on Fertility & How to Improve Chances of Conception with Dr. Katie Rose

Green Living with Tee

Toxins can affect so many different areas in our lives. On today’s episode I was thrilled to talk with Dr. Katie Rose about the relationship between toxins and fertility and how the alarming rates of infertility, as well as low sperm count, are related to both the foods we eat, the lifestyle choices we engage in and the environmental toxins we are exposed to every day. Dr. Katie is a licensed naturopathic physician and fertility coach who has helped hundreds overcome infertility. Her unique 3 step method to support the body, mind, and spirit has allowed her clients to conceive despite years...

Integrative Nutrition with Suzy Wood

Green Living with Tee

It’s a common misconception that good food and good food alone can make you healthy! Though healthy eating may be one of the most important components of a balanced and healthy lifestyle, the reality is that many other areas of our lives could be causing illnesses or damage to our overall well-being. On today's show, Tee welcomes Suzy Wood to explain how the integration of healthy practices along all walks of life is vital for achieving a balanced and holistic lifestyle. Suzy explains her journey from global citizen and high-tech marketer to Integrative Nutrition Health Coach. Suzy...

More Episodes

Emma Dendler is an environmental activist and content creator focusing on making eco-friendly living accessible for everyone. Her mission is to make low-waste living free, easy, and fun for everyone while educating her audience about climate-related issues.

In this episode, Emma and Tee unpack the secrets behind identifying “greenwashing”, a common practice amongst companies hoping to allure environmentally conscious customers with products that report to be environmentally friendly when in reality continue to contain harmful plastics, chemicals, or toxins. Emma shares some simple tricks for spotting these products while offering helpful advice on seeking out truly green alternatives for products such as laundry detergents, dishwasher soaps, and other household cleaning products.

In addition to discussing the practice of greenwashing, Tee and Emma also remind listeners of the many ways that companies find loopholes in regulations by hiding behind red-flag words such as fragrance, natural, and sustainable.

Follow Emma:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/thesimpleenvironmentalist/?hl=en

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheSimpleEnvironmentalist

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simpleenvironmentalist?lang=en

Website thesimpleenvironmentalist.com

_____________________________________________________

Follow Therese "Tee" Forton-Barnes and The Green Living Gurus:

Tee’s Organics - Therese’s Healthy Products for You and Your Home: https://thegreenlivinggurus.com/shop-tees-organics/

The Green Living Gurus Website: https://thegreenlivinggurus.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenlivinggurus/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW7_phs1GZUPzG21Zgjnqtw

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenLivingGurus