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In this episode, we talk about how Laura's father, Ted, instilled a love for the environment in her at an early age and how she's continued that legacy with her own children.
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Today we're talking with one of the planet's most avid environmental advocates, Laura Turner Seydel. Laura works with and supports organizations that address urgent challenges affecting the health, functionality, and vitality of our life support system: Our air, water, land, food, biodiversity, and climate. She co-founded Chattahoochee Riverkeeper to help protect Georgians' drinking water, as well as Mothers & Others for Clean Air, which works to improve air quality for at-risk populations.
Laura also serves on the boards for Children & Nature Network helping children realize the benefits of exposure to nature, Project Drawdown, which focuses on the top scalable solutions to address global warming, the United Nations Foundation, the Nuclear Threat Initiative, and she is the Chair of the Captain Planet Foundation and Director of the Turner Foundation.
In this episode, we talk about how her father, Ted Turner, instilled a love for the environment in her at an early age and how she's continued that legacy with her own children. She also tells us about what she's doing to teach all children about the environment and inspiring them to be Planeteers, and how we should all be coming together to to save our one and only home, Earth.
Captain Planet Foundation works collaboratively to engage and empower young people to be problem solvers for the planet.
Project Drawdown is the world’s leading resource for climate solutions. Their mission is to help the world reach “Drawdown” - the point in the future when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline, thereby stopping catastrophic climate change - as quickly, safely, and equitably as possible.
Children & Nature Network believes that the well-being of children and the wild places we love are inextricably linked. The support and mobilize leaders, educators, activists, practitioners, and parents working to turn the trend of an indoor childhood back out to the benefits of nature - and to increase safe and equitable access to the natural world for all. Laura Seydel, along with Stephanie Blank and Lisa Rayner Catherall, hosted an Enlightenment Luncheon in 2018, as a fundraiser for C&NN.
Chattahoochee Riverkeeper was founded by Laura Seydel and her husband, Rutherford Seydel, in 1994, and works to ensure there’s enough clean water in the Chattahoochee River now and for future generations by educating, investigating, and advocating. Sally Bethea is the founding director and Riverkeeper of Chattahoochee Riverkeeper. She retired and become a senior advisor to the organization in 2014.
The Seydel’s modeled CR after Hudson Riverkeeper, which defends the Hudson River and its tributaries, and protects the drinking water supply of 9 million New Yorkers.
Ted Turner, Laura Turner Seydel’s father, has made his mark as one of the most influential philanthropists in the United States.
Greta Thunberg is a leading climate activist and was TIME’s 2019 Person of the Year.
Since 1967, the Georgia Conservancy’s mission is to protect and conserve Georgia’s natural resources through advocacy, engagement, and collaboration.
The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau is a nonfiction documentary television series recording the French explorer’s annual research trips on the Calypso.
The 17 Goals of Sustainable Development of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs are:
EcoSense for Living is a thought-provoking series of eco-topics ranging from reconnecting kids to nature, green jobs, and healthy lifestyles limiting the impacts of toxins on our home and bodies. The series aims to empower viewers with practical solutions geared toward saving money, treading lighter on the planet, and improving quality of life. The show is executive produced and hosted by Jennie Garlington, who is also Laura Seydel’s sister.
Edward Osborne (E.O.) Wilson is considered to be the person who introduced the word
biophilia” into the lexicon, publishing the book titled such in 1984, in which he explored the evolutionary and psychological basis of humanity’s attraction to the natural environment.
Laura Turner Seydel is the Chair of the Captain Planet Foundation and the Director of the Turner Foundation. She works with and supports organizations that address urgent challenges affecting the health, functionality and vitality of our life support system: our air, water, land, food, biodiversity and climate.
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