Join me for today's episode of Aromatic Chat, where I get to interview Dr. Kelly Ablard.
Dr. Ablard is one of the leading forces behind sustainability in the Essential Oil world - literally on a global level! She is the founder of the Airmid Institute, a non profit organization that is dedicated to the global education, research and sustainable management of medicinal and aromatic plants, so that we can have these beautiful plants for generations to come.
Find out how going back to school as an adult and learning about endangered animals led to her passion and mission to raise awareness of not just the animals, but the plants as well, and how the whole ecosystem can be affected by the mismanagement of these precious resources. We dive into sustainability, and the considerations that you have to take across multiple levels - and that's barely scratching the surface of Dr. Ablard's work! She also shares with us some VERY valuable tools and insights to help make your essential oil sourcing process more sustainable, without being more complicated!
Listen to the end for her encouragement - not judgement! - about the responsibility that we each have to help the world become a better place.
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Links:
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www.airmidinstitute.org
www.essenceofthyme.com
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The Earth is currently in its sixth extinction and we are losing medicinal plants at an alarming rate
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