Nature, Your Partner for Long-Term Wellbeing
July 5, 2023
Hosted by Lorenzo Rosenzweig and Ximena Yanez Soto
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Episode Description
Development, poor urban planning, and the disappearance of green and open spaces for sports and leisure have also diminished our contact with nature. We have never been so in need of a healthy planet to ensure our own well-being and prosperity. Of course, all-natural elements affect us… so the most important question we should be asking ourselves is how does our environment affect us? Spending time outdoors makes us more mindful of what we see, what we hear, what we smell, and how we feel, and can increase our problem-solving skills and improve our creative capabilities. Science is demonstrating that green and natural environments are a fundamental pathway to human health. Our highest goal should be to incorporate the connection between nature and human health and well-being into policy and practice. We can develop better health and sustainability policies by listening to people and community voices, understanding their perspectives on health and well-being, and inviting their participation in designing their own road map to achieve a healthier lifestyle. Remember that you have a choice: you can do nothing and let things the way they are, or you can strive for a better world. How would you like to see yourself in the future?
Healthy Planet Healthy You
Wednesdays at 8AM Pacific Time on VoiceAmerica Health and Wellness Channel
We care about our health, our children’s future, and the planet’s prosperity, so we abide by intentional living and self-responsibility. On the edge of intellectual, poetic, and spiritual perspectives, “Healthy Planet Healthy You” offers nature-based solutions for our own survival as a species. Your hosts, Ximena and Lorenzo, will point you in the direction of making better everyday choices for your health, the planet, and future generations.
Lorenzo Rosenzweig and Ximena Yanez Soto
Lorenzo is an environmental leader with a profound commitment to regenerating the natural and cultural values around the planet. With more than forty years of experience in nature-based solutions, he is a pioneer in the implementation of conservation finance. His vision for innovative projects promoted the empowerment and betterment of rural and urban communities, and hand in hand with rural communities and civil organizations has been a tireless advocate of our natural heritage. For 25 years he was CEO of a $170 million endowment conservation trust fund in Mexico. During this time, Lorenzo and his team designed more than thirty conservation initiatives, fundraised around 400 million dollars, and financed more than 2,000 projects totaling 230 million dollars. Now retired, he has established Terra Habitus, a regional environmental fund focused on private lands conservation in Northern Mexico, borderlands cooperation, regenerative ranching, and environmental journalism. He has published two books on the history of conservation in Mexico and Latin America and is working on his first fiction book, a collection of illustrated essays on human nature and biodiversity called “Impossible animals in improbable environments”. Lorenzo is passionate about photography and diving. He enjoys capturing images of nature in watercolor and can be found sailing the Gulf of California or enjoying long walks in the mountains.
For more than 20 years, Ximena Yanez held the position of CFO for a Mexican environmental fund but suffering from long-term illnesses led her to explore various alternatives for personal and professional transformation. Ximena finished her studies as an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York and was one of eight nomination recipients of the Leadership in Health Coaching Award. She is a Certified International Health Coach, a Yoga Instructor RYS 200, and a Level I & II Reiki and Biomagnetism practitioner. Ximena’s mission is to help those going through difficult situations achieve a healthy lifestyle in harmony with the planet through conscious eating. She is dedicated to accompanying her clients to regain their health and energy during their life transformation processes. She offers a holistic approach that allows them to flourish in all areas of their lives while simultaneously caring for our planet. Ximena believes in a world that offers opportunities to all its inhabitants and considers our most generous action to deliver a healthy, bountiful planet to future generations.
Episode Directory
July 2023
- 7/12/2023: Good Ancestors and Messengers of Hope Listen Now
- 7/5/2023: Nature, Your Partner for Long-Term Wellbeing Listen Now
