Yellow Table Talk
Yellow Table Talk, the podcast by Women and Climate, brings fresh, essential conversations about climate and women’s empowerment into your regular media diet. In each season, you’ll meet women from our global community, learn about climate topics, and gain leadership skills and essential knowledge to navigate and thrive in your career. This is a space for learning, upskilling, real talk, and meaningful momentum towards empowerment and change.
Yellow Table Talk
At the Table with Luba Volkova: Sustainable Lifestyle Choices, Whole Foods, and the Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet
In this episode of Yellow Table Talk, Michelle Li interviews Luba Volkova, a sustainability practitioner with a passion for whole food plant-based eating. Luba shares her personal journey towards a plant-based lifestyle, the health benefits she experienced, and the significant environmental impact of dietary choices. The conversation also explores how to navigate social situations as a plant-based eater and the importance of integrating personal passions into professional life. Luba emphasizes that eating plant-based doesn't have to be perfect and encourages listeners to explore their motivations for dietary changes.
Resources and links mentioned in the episode:
- In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
- Journal article referenced in the episode
- “Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers” by J. Poore and T. Nemecek
- Food and Climate Change Info Guide referenced in the episode
- Environmental Impacts of Food Production
- Vietnamese summer/spring roll recipe variations: here, here, here, and here
- Luba’s list of favorite recipes:
- Forks Over Knives for plant-based recipes
- Mindful Eating by Jan Chozen Bays
- The China Study by T. Colin Campbell and Thomas M. Campbell II
- Nutritionstudies.org
- Nutrition Facts website by Michael Greger
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Host: Michelle Li | LinkedIn | Instagram
Producer: Maddie Shiff | LinkedIn |
