You may have noticed things are looking a bit different around here? I’m no longer Mahdi Earth, but Dr Mahdi Mason (how very official!). I have rebranded in order to support my decision to focus on speaking, writing and teaching about all things earth healing.

Sometimes in life, you come across people whose passion for something speaks louder than they do. That was the case when I first met Maryanne Thompson.

My professional background is in environmental management, where I spent 11 years in the corporate world working as an environmental manager. Most of my experience is in mining, where I learnt very early in the piece that there are a lot of people in the workforce who do not really care about the welfare of the environment, let alone want to protect it.

I have just finished doing a three day fast for the purpose of detoxing. It was a ‘water only’ fast, but I did cheat but having a few herbal teas and one coffee (I was driving a long distance and didn’t want to fall asleep. Funny thing was, I almost felt like I got a hangover from that coffee so I won’t be doing that again in a fast). I'm still pretty proud of my achievement though. 

Every day we see on the news horrific stories of thousands of hectares orangutan habitats being wiped out for mining and inhumane slaughter of livestock in developing countries.

As my tolerance for plastic has decreased, I have found myself going to much greater lengths to pick up rubbish left behind by strangers.

Freeda Thong is Mahdi Earth’s first Earth Champion. The Earth Champion series showcases interviews with local Earth Champions. Earth Champions are inspiring people who have set out to make positive change in the world.

It took me about five years of working in the field of environmental management to really get my head around what impacts we have on nature from our everyday actions.