Jarvis Smith, singer/songwriter with The Phoenix Rose & media owner of MyGreenPod.
MyGreenPod is the UK’s leading independent ethical lifestyle media company that produces a magazine, a website and the P.E.A. Awards.
Jarvis made a life changing commitment to millions on channel 4’s ‘eco’ observational documentary ‘Dumped’, to focus his life’s work on inspiring the masses to live more conscious and aware of the circumstances that effect our immediate environment. In his words “I want to do all I can before I die, knowing and feeling I did everything possible for my children’s future”. Within month’s of making this commitment he launched the worlds biggest ethical lifestyle publication National Geographic GREEN in 2009.
He co- founded and runs MyGreenPod, the UK’s largest ethical lifestyle magazine with the Guardian distributed to over 4 million ethical consumers (in print and digital formats through unique partnerships with big brands inc. Yeo Valley, River Cottage, Weleda, ILovefreegle.org, and the Soil Association amongst others) and www.mygreenpod.com an online hub that celebrates green living, full of inspirational daily news, ethical HERO products and heartfelt videos.
Jarvis is also founder of the countries leading sustainability Awards: P.E.A (People. Environment. Achievement.) Awards www.peaawards.com
Across his various media products he has created long term partnerships with the World’s leading ethical and sustainable companies including Interface, Yeo Valley, Triodos, Good Energy, Octopus Energy, Tesla, Mongoose Energy, Mitsubishi Ecodan, Weleda, Divine Chocolate and Wyke Farms to name but a few.
He has taken council from some of the World’s most influential spiritual leaders and personally demonstrates that a fine balance of creativity, hard work, vision and leadership balanced and underwritten with an open and flexible attitude to the sacred is perhaps the remedy for great living.