2020 Climate Diet Summit ENCORE
DAY 2: Debunking Myths

Why the Best Diet for Planetary Health is the Best Diet for Human Health

Graduate of Stanford University School of Medicine and a practicing critical care physician in the Washington, DC metro area, Dr. Milton Mills’ compassionate and encompassing worldview has led him to apply his knowledge about preventative healthcare toward the unique challenges of those who are under-served by the mainstream medical model: minority and less affluent populations. As Associate Director of Preventative Medicine for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, he co-authored articles on the Racial Bias in Federal Nutrition Policy published in the Journal of the National Medical Association. He has been featured in several documentaries.

Dr. Mills’ Presentations:    Are Humans Designed to Eat Meat? 
Protein Chemistry for Understanding Nutrition

The Truth About “Grass-fed” and “Free-range”

Hope Bohanec has been active in animal protection and environmental activism for over 20 years and published the book, The Ultimate Betrayal: Is There Happy Meat? She is a nationally recognized leader and speaker in the animal protection movement, and serves as Projects Manager for United Poultry Concerns. Hope is also the Executive Director of Compassionate Living, a Sonoma County, California advocacy organization. Hope is the primary organizer for UPC’s annual Conscious Eating Conference at UC Berkeley.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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How to Save Our Oceans and Humanity

A marine wildlife conservation and environmental activist from Toronto, Canada, Captain Watson was one of the founding members and directors of Greenpeace. In 1977, he left Greenpeace and founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. He has served as Master and Commander on seven different Sea Shepherd ships since 1978 and continues to lead Sea Shepherd campaigns. Alongside his crew he has starred in seven seasons of Animal Planet’s television series Whale Wars.

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How the Roots of the Climate Crisis and the Pandemic are Connected

Dr. Michael Klaper is a gifted clinician, internationally-recognized teacher, and sought-after speaker on diet and health. In addition to his clinical practice and private consultations with patients, he is a passionate and devoted educator of physicians and other healthcare professionals about the importance of nutrition in clinical practice and integrative medicine. Dr. Klaper co-created Moving Medicine Forward, an initiative to bring the revolutionary ideas of disease reversal through plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine to medical schools across the country. He is a member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, and  currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Plantrician Project, and the International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention. As a plant-based pioneer, Dr. Klaper has been featured in numerous documentaries.

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Dr Michael Greger's Presentation on global viral pandemics