As the author of The Big Necessity, The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters, British journalist Rose George brings a global perspective to toileting practices and behaviors on a world-wide basis. Her book describes the cultural, bacteriological and psychological landscape of this rarely explored topic, citing examples from London to Johannesburg to Mumbai to Moscow. George's previous... read full bio
Whitney is the winner of the first season of Fox's Masterchef, a reality culinary show. She creates recipes and menus, writes cookbooks, is a chef, a food stylist, and a food judge. She has been featured all over the world, including in China, Dubai, Malaysia, and South Africa, where she has showcased her Southern cuisine. For publications and businesses including Big Green Egg,... read full bio
Devoted to eradicating unnecessary blindness in the developing world, Dr. Tabin was named an Unsung Hero of Compassion by the Dalai Lama for his groundbreaking work with the organization he co-founded, the Himalayan Cataract Project. Working in some of the world's most remote places, Dr. Tabin, along with his partner Dr. Sanduk Ruit, pioneered a low-cost, high-quality cataract surgery which... read full bio
J.R. Celski is a motivational speaker as well as a three-time Olympian and medallist. J.R. earned the nickname "Comeback Kid" after he suffered a near-fatal injury to his quadriceps, cutting six inches of muscle to the bone, and earning two Olympic medals in a mere five months. Millions of people worldwide have been enthralled by J.R.'s inspirational message of tenacity, and... read full bio
Chef Adrianne Calvo is an award-winning Miami based restaurateur, cookbook author, Emmy-nominated YouTube show host and podcaster known for her signature “Maximum Flavor” style. Her highly-acclaimed restaurants, Chef Adrianne’s Vineyard Restaurant and Bar and Cracked by Chef Adrianne, are a staple of must-eat-destination lists, and her popularity on Goldbelly spurred the upcoming launch of her online shop Baked by Chef Adrianne.... read full bio
A cutup both in and out of the kitchen, this comedic cook combined his two great loves performing and food as the star of the Food Network's Ham on the Street. George Duran's culinary interests lie in French, Armenian and South American cuisines. He currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.... read full bio
Darren McGrady is a chef with an astonishing culinary career. He has served as the personal chef to the Royal Family for fifteen years as well as preparing meals for some of the US's Commanders in Chief including Presidents’ Ford, Reagan, Bush, Clinton and G.W. Bush. He has made several appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live, the... read full bio
Walter Scheib is an American chef. He is the former chef to the First Family during the Clinton Administration. He was hired after impressing the first lady while working at the Greenbrier resort. For eleven years the chef was preparing meals both for the intimate family dinners for the Clintons and then lavish State Dinners. His culinary creations... read full bio
Aaron McCargo, Jr is an American chef. He is best known for his victory win on season four of The Next food Network. This catapult him into The Food Network’s line-up of cooking shows, which became hit. His show Big Daddy's House premiered in 2008 and ranked as the number one ""In the Kitchen"" weekend show during its initial six-episode... read full bio
Executive Chef Michael Schulson is the charismatic chef and television personality behind Style network’s hit Pantry Raid and the owner and executive chef of Atlantic City’s vibrant Izakaya, a modern Japanese pub. A gifted chef with a knack for sharing his hard won knowledge of Asian cuisine in a friendly and approachable manner. Chef Schulson makes frequent print and television... read full bio
American businesswoman Candice Kumai is a pioneer in the culinary and wellness fields. Candice is a 14-time award-winning writer, French classically trained chef, and former model turned journalist who has been dubbed "The Golden Girl of Wellness" by both ELLE and Forbes. In addition to contributing to Forbes, Chopra, Goop, WSJ, New York Times Travel, NHK World, Women's Health, TODAY... read full bio
"Gerry Garvin is a chef and author. He is also known as G. Garvin, and he is the host of the popular series Turn up the Heat on TV One. His bestselling cookbooks include: Turn Up the Heat, Make It Super Simple with G. Garvin and Dining In. Passionate about helping others, Garvin created the One Bite At A Time... read full bio
Recipe Club and The Recipe Binder inventor Kelsey Nixon is a best-selling cookbook author, podcaster, Emmy-nominated Outstanding Culinary Host, and creator of The Recipe Binder. She provided her greatest advice, resources, and methods for regular cooking on Cooking Channel's Kelsey's Essentials and Kelsey's Homemade shows. She offers home chefs more ease, confidence, and flair in the kitchen with her cookbook... read full bio
Georgetown Cupcake is owned and operated by sisters, Katherine Kallinis Berman and Sophie Kallinis. Georgetown Cupcake. The sisters started their company when they both left their careers to start a bakery. They opened their first bakery in Washington, DC. They soon opened more bakeries across the country. They were also featured on the TLC reality show, Georgetown Cupcakes. Georgetown Cupcake... read full bio
Alexander Likhotal is the President and CEO of Green Cross for the Earth Charter. He is best known as the policy adviser to Mikhail Gorbachev. During the time of Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika, had been by this time been recognized as an specialist in European security, Alexander became the Head of the Soviet foreign policy co-ordination body. As an insider of... read full bio
Alternately described as serial entrepreneur, do-gooder, and designer, Graham Hill certainly enjoys variety. Now, he finds his future happily confined to the social entrepreneurship arena as founder of the website Treehugger.com, a one-stop shop for green news, solutions, and product information. Treehugger.com is also part of the Planet Green initiative at Discovery Communications.... read full bio
Today, a sought after environmental speaker, he remains instrumental in focusing public attention on the importance of the revival of our environment. An inspirational voice who is known for his brave actions that continue to accomplish change, John Passacantando is a respected leader in recruiting everyone to work harder and smarter in rescuing our planet. Always a man looking ahead... read full bio
Kent Rathwells is a scientist whose research stems from over two decades of exhaustive research in regards to the issues that affect all Canadians and the political, cultural, economic, social, and environmental differences between the provinces within Canada. He's an ambitious entrepreneur whom's spending money bringing electric vehicle infrastructure to a country with around 3500 EVs. Kent is a steward... read full bio
Dr. Rajendra Kumar Pachauri is the chair of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the scientific intergovernmental body that provides decision makers and the public with an objective source of information about climate change. He is also director general of TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute), a major independent research organization providing knowledge on energy, environment,... read full bio
The internationally renowned American Indian activist Winona LaDuke has been working on various issues of sustainability, human rights, and environmental issues. LaDuke comes from Ojibwe decent, one of the largest groups of Native Americans in the North American continent. When she was working as a principal on the Ojibwe reservation, Winona LaDuke became an activist. She became founder of... read full bio
