Rural Village Sustainability In Tortuguero, Costa Rica with Rafael Robles on The Sustainable Jungle Podcast #sustainablejungle

Podcast #29 · Rafael Robles · Rural Village Sustainability In Tortuguero, Costa Rica

Rafael Robles is a biologist, researcher and an esteemed leader in the rural town of Tortuguero, Costa Rica. He is passionate about his country and their significant efforts to protect their wild places. Rafa has spent a lifetime protecting and improving both human and “wild” life in Tortuguero, Costa Rica and has made extraordinary contributions to making this a model sustainable, rural town.

Owl Is Not Lost & Practical Plastic Recycling In South Africa with Danelle Murray on the Sustainable Jungle Podcast #sustainablejungle

Podcast #19 · Danelle Murray · Owl Is Not Lost & Practical Plastic Recycling In South Africa

Danelle Murray, together with her husband Brendan, her two kids and her team, runs the Owl Rescue Centre and Sanctuary in Hartbeespoort, South Africa. “The Centre takes in hundreds of owls every year through their rescue efforts. The owls are rehabilitated and when they can survive on their own in the wild, are released in The Sanctuary – a farm which is located within a twelve thousand hectare protected conservancy.” Danelle and Brendan are also working hard on a number of other projects including a plastic recycling program and a master plan to save the world with a giant ship. These guys are practical, hard-working legends that are out there making it happen.

Sustainable, Guatemalan Wood & The Jungle School with Eliza Barbarczy on the Sustainable Jungle Podcast #sustainablejungle

Podcast #17 · Eliza Babarczy · Sustainable, Guatemalan Wood & The Jungle School

Eliza was born in the USA and grew up in Guatemala City to visionary parents who today, run The Jungle School for 400 kids in San Andres, Petén, Guatemala. Back in the USA, she enjoyed a career in PR and events before hearing the call to return to Guatemala to start Itza Wood, the social enterprise that uses local, responsibly sourced wood offcuts (that would otherwise be wasted or burned) to create beautiful heirloom pieces while employing local people and supporting education at The Jungle School.

Honey Mead, Saving Bees with Frank Golbeck on the Sustainable Jungle Podcast #sustainablejungle

Podcast #16 · Frank Golbeck · Honey Mead, Saving Bees

Frank is a Southern Californian who spent his youth hanging out in nature. He pursued a career in the Navy until, on a prompt from his wife, realized that he needed more in his life. Today, he is the founder of Golden Coast Mead, a small meadery based in Oceanside California that supports healthy bee populations…

Driving The Sustainability Movement In Fashion with Cara Smyth on the Sustainable Jungle Podcast #sustainablejungle

Podcast #12 · Cara Smyth · Driving The Sustainability Movement In Fashion

Cara Smyth is a leader in the Fashion Industry, serving as President of Jill Sanders America, a Director of Burberry and the CEO of Menichetti International in Milan. Today, Cara is the Vice President of the Glasgow Caledonian University New York and is also the founder of the university’s Fair Fashion Center….