TGoG Podcast 051 – An Interview with Tanya Ha

This weeks special guest is none other than Tanya Ha.

Tanya is an award-winning environmentalist, best-selling author, science journalist, television presenter and sustainable living advocate.

I first met Tanya at the Sustainable Living Festival in 2007.  It was quite surreal actually.  I had just listened to her speak, and lined up to get a copy of her latest book at the time, signed.  I was quite nervous because Kim used to joke and rib me about having crush on her (not really, I just admired her work).

Anyway, when I got to the front of the line, I was running off at the mouth about how I enjoyed her TV show Eco House Challenge, and how I had read her book cover to cover and babbled on about some of the green things I had done at home.  She must have thought I was a bit of an eco fanboy, but she just smiled, said well done, and signed the cover of the book for me.  Goodness I was excited.

So fast forward seven years, and I plucked up enough greenness to ask her onto the podcast as a guest.  The great thing was that she said yes!  I was chuffed, and here we are.

On with the show.  We talk about she decided to pursue a career as a sustainable living educator.  We even touch on early childhood influences, and mindful consumerism as opposed to conspicuous out-of-control consumption.

You can find out more about Tanya at her website www.tanyaha.com or follow her on twitter @ha_tanya.

She also has a green living blog called Mama Green, which is pretty cool, however I did tell her that she was a naughty blogger for not updating it since August 2013!  She promised to fix that.

Thanks to Tanya for coming on the show.