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David Gottfried is considered the father of the green movement, having founded the Green Building Council in 1993 which then expanded to over 100 countries with the Global Green Building Council.  You may have seen the “LEED” plaque on the side of a building?  That’s the green rating system that David helped develop.

David is also married to an incredible leader in the wellness field, my friend and author of “The Hormone Cure,” Dr. Sara Gottfried.  While his wife looks inward toward healing the body, David has spent his amazing life looking outward-- trying to heal the planet.

In this show, David and I get a chance to talk about his new book, “Explosion Green.”  It’s really a twenty-year memoir about a character… who happens to be David… on his quest to green the planet.  We also touch on a topic that sounds like science fiction, but is truly an essential component of healing ourselves and the planet:  Rewiring the brain for survival in the 22nd century.

Here are a few highlights of the show:

• How healing your body leads to healing the planet.
• What drives even the greenest environmentalist to want a bigger house and a faster car?
• Why our survival instincts are killing us.
• Simple ways we can start living intentionally.
• The “bottom line” of being green.

SHOW NOTES:

David Gottfried is the father of the green movement, having founded both the U.S. and Global Green building Councils.  This GBC movement has reduced global warming and our eco-footprint more than any other organization in the world.

David has a different perspective on the way the world works.  The pendulum is swinging in both the health and the sustainability movements.  According to David, the direction of the health movement is essential to what he refers to as the ecological triple bottom line:  planet, economy, and society.

His relationship with Sara helped him realize that the third leg of the stool was somewhat absent in his approach.  To understand the societal component, he had to focus on how the people inside the green buildings were living.  “If you are toxic, what good is a LEED Platinum, net-zero home?”

Sara got David looking at fo