Celebrating Earth Day and Incorporating Conservation Into your Life with Erin Simon from the World Wildlife Fund.

On this Live Greatly podcast episode, in honor of Earth Day, Kristel Bauer sits down with Erin Simon, Vice President and Head of Plastic Waste and Business of the World Wildlife Fund.  Kristel and Erin discuss actionable ways that you can make an impact around conservation, how to navigate overwhelm in the conservation space and lots more!  Tune in now!

Key Takeaways From This Episode:

• WWF’s Give an Hour for Earth campaign
• WWF's No plastic in nature initiative
• How individuals can reduce plastic use in their homes and everyday life to improve their health and the health of the planet
• General information about plastic pollution – how big is the problem, what are some of the solutions
• How to handle overwhelm when it comes to conservation 

About Erin Simon:

Erin’s mandate is to drive positive change across industries in packaging and material sustainability—an area of action that is critical to conserving the world’s natural resources, and one that is key to WWF’s mission of protecting people and the planet.

Since joining WWF in 2011, Erin has played an integral role in growing the partnerships, programs, and science that have made WWF a leader in solving one of most pressing environmental issues of our time: plastic pollution.

In addition to helping spearhead WWF’s No Plastic in Nature initiative, Erin has led the development of programs to transform the way the world—and specifically business—fights the plastic waste crisis.

In 2019, her team launched ReSource: Plastic, the corporate action hub to tackle the plastic pollution crisis, and since then has built out a robust portfolio of efforts and partnerships to help companies take meaningful, ambitious steps towards circularity.

Erin is one of WWF’s leading experts on plastics and packaging and a key member of the WWF delegation advocating for a global plastics treaty, a first-ever international binding agreement on plastic pollution. Before WWF, Erin was a packaging engineer at HP for 10 years, responsible for the design and implementation of laser jet printer and media packaging.

Erin lives in Richmond, Virginia, with her husband, daughter, and dog. When she’s not working, you can find her kayaking with her family.

Connect with World Wildlife Fund and Erin Simon:

You can go to wwf.help/hour to learn more and bank your hours for Give and Hour for Earth

Website: https://www.worldwildlife.org/ 

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/wwfus 

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/erin-simon/  

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

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

Reusable Trash Bag Erin mentioned in epiosde: 

https://www.tombag.com.au/?srsltid=AfmBOoo4fjK49lj-r7h2n3MCBxsW59yCkgkKE8xBtJO_YQPFBCl5cfFz

About the Host of the Live Greatly podcast, Kristel Bauer:

Kristel Bauer is a corporate wellness and performance expert, keynote speaker and TEDx speaker supporting organizations and individuals on their journeys for more happiness and success. She is the author of Work-Life Tango: Finding Happiness, Harmony, and Peak Performance Wherever You Work (John Murray Business November 19, 2024). With Kristel’s healthcare background, she provides data driven actionable strategies to leverage happiness and high-power habits to drive growth mindsets, peak performance, profitability, well-being and a culture of excellence. Kristel's keynotes provide insights to “Live Greatly” while promoting leadership development and team building.   Kristel is the creator and host of her global top self-improvement podcast, Live Greatly. She is a contributing writer for Entrepreneur, and she is an influencer in the business and wellness space having been recognized as a Top 10 Social Media Influencer of 2021 in Forbes. As an Integrative Medicine Fellow & Physician Assistant having practiced clinically in Integrative Psychiatry, Kristel has a unique perspective into attaining a mindset for more happiness and success. Kristel has presented to groups from the American Gas Association, Bank of America, bp, Commercial Metals Company, General Mills, Northwestern University, Santander Bank and many more. Kristel has been featured in Forbes, Forest & Bluff Magazine, Authority Magazine & Podcast Magazine and she has appeared on ABC 7 Chicago, WGN Daytime Chicago, Fox 4’s WDAF-TV’s Great Day KC, and Ticker News. Kristel lives in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida area and she can be booked for speaking engagements worldwide.

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