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LOHAS: Locked And Loaded

Next Thursday and Friday, I’m really looking forward to participating in the 10th LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability) conference in Santa Monica. Speakers are going to include:

  • Steve Case – Revolution Living Chairman & AOL Co-Founder
  • Dominique Conseil – President, Aveda
  • Lynn Powers – President and COO, Gaiam
  • Paul Ray – Integral Partners and Author of Cultural Creatives
  • Niel Golightly – Director Sustainable Business Strategies, Ford Motor Company
  • Philippe Cousteau – EarthEcho International
  • Susan West Kurz – President, Dr. Hauschka Skincare
  • Laura Coblentz – VP Marketing, Wild Oats
  • Mark Spellun, Editor-in-Chief, Plenty Magazine
  • Rick Ridgeway – VP of Comm. & Env. Programs, Patagonia
  • Patrica Aburdene – Social Forcaster, Author
  • Gwynne Rogers – Strategic Marketing Consultant, Natural Marketing Institute
  • Steve French- Managing Partner, The Natural Marketing Institute
  • Peter David Pedersen – CEO, E-Square
  • Carol Atwood – Spartacus Media
  • Lawrence Comras – CEO, Greenhome.com
  • Paul Stamets- Mycologist, Author, Inventor & Founder of Fungi Perfecti

(Disclosure: I’ll be there supporting Cerado’s relationships with EarthHealers and Blue Marble.)

Bonus: Anyone interested in going to Belize to learn firsthand about jungle survival?

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Firsthand Blogging Accounts Of Healing and Conservation, Live From The Rainforest

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My amigo Dr. Todd Pesek has just set up his new blog, Healing Space. His first post is here.

Denise and I have been helping him get it set up and launched. It’s kinda like what Hugh did with English Cut, but in the rainforest.

If you’re interested in health or conservation, Todd is someone who should be on your radar. Got his M.D. from the the Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Founded his company Earth Healers to do eco-learning tours and to find ways to bridge the gap between standard “Western” healing and things that have been learned by indigenous cultures over the past few millenia. Is a director of the Naturaleza Foundation, which concentrates on global health/wellness, sustainable agriculture, education and cultural awareness. And is, in general, a helluva guy.

He’s also a listener and a learner. (At the risk of gross generalization, I’ve known plenty of people with similar credentials who were certain they knew it all, regardless of the topic…just ask ’em! Todd is not one of those people.) As such, when we were setting up his blog, he wanted to be certain that he would be able to engage in conversation with folks who came to the site via his comments.

I assured him that the blogosphere was not shy.

So, anyone up for going on a learning trip to Machu Picchu? Getting on a plane to Belize to find out firsthand about surviving in the jungle? Going on a biodiversity retreat in Guatemala? If so, give Todd a shout.

(Subscribed. His RSS feed is here: Healing Space.)