263: A Child’s Love of Nature Drives Her Passion for Sustainability

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Entrepreneur, Turningpoints, Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Career, Education, Inspirational, Inspiring, Entrepreneurs

5 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2016

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Pamela Peeters’ family moved from Holland to the Belgian countryside. “I began observing the space around me, sharing the love I had for nature.” By age 12, she was already finding ways to help the environment by creating a magazine. Pursuing her passion, she became an environmental economist. With two Masters Degrees under her belt and two theses on sustainable development, she moved to the U.S. in 1999. She created Our Planet TV show, the Sustainable Planet Film Festival and Sustainability Week NYC and Belgium, and a weekly radio show, Our Sustainable Planet, on local National Public Radio.

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0:00.0	Hello, world.
0:12.0	Welcome to Discover Your Talent, Do What You Love, Number 263.
0:16.0	I'm creator and host, Don Hutchison.
0:19.0	Every day I interview someone from around the world who has discovered her talents to do work she loves to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.
0:28.5	When Pamela's family moved from Holland to the Belgian countryside, in her words, suddenly I was smack in the middle of all the treasures of Mother Earth.
0:38.5	I began observing the space around me, sharing the love I had for nature. Little did she know that the first of her
0:43.9	many creations to help the environment was about to blossom at the ripe age of 12 years old.
0:50.0	Today I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest Pamela Peters. Welcome Pamela.
0:55.0	Well, thank you so much, Dawn, for having me on your show. It's a pleasure.
0:58.0	Thank you so much. Pamela, are you using your talents doing work that you love?
1:02.0	Affirmative? Absolutely yes.
1:06.0	All right. Well, we want to hear the whole story.
1:09.0	Pamela Peters grew up in the Belgian countryside.
1:12.2	She launched an environmental magazine, grabbed the green at the age of 12, and pursuing her
1:17.0	passion became an environmental economist. With two master's degrees under her belt and two
1:21.9	thesis on the topic of sustainable development, she moved to the United States in 1999.
1:27.7	She created the Our Planet TV show, the Sustainable Planet Film Festival, and Sustainability Week,
1:34.6	NYC, and Belgium.
1:36.4	Her weekly Our Sustainable Planet Radio show airs on local NPR.
1:41.5	That's a summary of your career today, Pamela.
1:43.9	So tell our listeners around the world what you're
1:46.1	doing now that has you engaged and excited, if you will. Well, being a lover of life, high energy
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