This week Art Eddy and Ryan Hamilton bring on Eric Novak, who is the creator, principal contributor and executive editor of Enviro Dad.
He is also the President and founder of Modern Media Perspectives. In this role, he provides media consulting services related to public and media relations, marketing and communications. Eric is a consultant, video producer, TV host, writer and blogger.
Eric is a nationally recognized public speaker and has presented talks and seminars on topics that relate to his profession and his passions such as marketing, communications, social media and media relations. He has also been personally trained by both Al Gore and Dr. David Suzuki to deliver a version of the slide show presentation featured in the movie, "An Inconvenient Truth", on behalf of Mr. Gore to Canadians.
Since being first trained in 2008, Eric has presented to almost 20,000 Canadians in several provinces on the subject of Global Climate Change. He has spoken at such prestigious events such as the inaugural TEDxUOIT event and the inaugural #140 Conference Ontario. From 2009 until March, 2011 he was the author of the popular "Who’s Your Daddy" Blog which appears on Erica Ehm’s very successful Yummy Mummy Club website as he shared weekly with his international readership what it’s like to be a parent to 4 young children.
We talk with Eric about his website, the environment, his TED Talk, fatherhood, family, the eco-friendliness of real vs. artificial Christmas trees, his 10-year-old son’s incredible Rubik’s Cube skills, and much more.
Follow Eric on Twitter and check out his work on Enviro Dad. Enjoy!