100AwesomePeople Podcast

Kate Ogorova of The Goddess Studio

There are many facets of society that tell a woman what she should look like today and what “beautiful” means, but Kate Ogorova and her business partner Tanin Amouei have another take on things.

The Goddess Studio is designed to help empower women to find beauty within themselves and to use what products they have already to simply enhance the natural appearance they possess. No covering up “imperfections” or hiding behind layers and layers of caked on products, simply allowing your inner goddess to shine brightly on the outside as well.

To hear and learn more about The Goddess Studio and the impact they are making among women, listen to Episode 4: The Goddess Studio and hear from Kate Ogorova herself!

Lisa-Marie Petteovello of The UP Project

In an ever disposable world, Lisa-Marie Pettovello and the UP project have found creative, classy and chique ways to re-purpose and up-cycle goods that might otherwise end up as trash.

The UP Project is a division of Habitat for Humanity International, which is an international, nonprofit organization, founded in 1976 by Linda and Millard Fuller. The main goal with Habitat is to collect donated items from the community and re-sell them or, in the case of The UP Project, refurbish or re-purpose them and then sell them. The majority of the proceeds that are raised from the re-sale of these donated items is then channelled into the creation of affordable housing for those who otherwise might not be able to achieve home-ownership. There is quite the complicated system and process to qualify for one of the Habitat Homes, which you can learn more about by connecting with your local Habitat for Humanity Restore or checking out the national site: https://habitat.ca/en/.

To hear and learn more about the volunteer powered UP Project that is helping reduce the waste in the world, give new life to old products, AND create beautiful homes, listen to the episode and hear from Lisa-Marie, the driver behind it all!

Keneisha, Aaliyah and Theresa of Take Two

The world is filled with plastics these days and Keneisha Charles, Aaliyah Charles and Theresa Schwab have found a way to recycle and re-purpose some of those products before they hit the landfill or the ocean. Phew!

It all started with a group of young, active citizens at Rutland Senior Secondary in Kelowna, BC (Canada) who had the passion and vision to rethink waste. With the daunting forecast of global climate change and increasing pollution, this group of students decided to take matters into their own hands and start to make an impact and a change.

They looked to the progressive Netherlands to find the platform that they would adapt to create a solution that was feasible for their school and, eventually, their city.

To hear and learn more about the solution that is not only diverting plastics from becoming waste, but also providing a project that inspires hope and direction for youth, listen to the episode and hear from the founders themselves.

David Kemp and the JCI Farm Project

David Kemp, the founder of the JCI Farm Project shares how this project is all about giving back in a variety of ways. The project as a whole would not be possible with out the generous donation of land from Helen’s Acres, which is owned and operated by Trinity Baptist Church. Big thanks!

Since being given the use of the land and the opportunity to farm it, the JCI Kelowna chapter is giving all of it’s members and, by extension, their families, the opportunity to come and learn how to garden and farm. Thank goodness there are some very handy folks in the JCI Kelowna chapter who could help plan, design, build, irrigate and maintain the farm in order to produce thousands of pounds of food throughout the season, which in turn was then donated to the Karis Women’s Support Society.

It is all one big circle of giving and if you would like to learn more about David, the vision for the farm and about the farm itself, have a listen to the episode.