Entrepreneur, Journalist & Inspirational Speaker Jo Fairley chats about how she skipped out of school with a few O levels going on to become the youngest Editor of a mag to co-founding Green & Black's chocolate , the UK's first-ever organic chocolate and Fairtrade-marked product - turning an idea in a Portobello bedroom to a global ethical brand you might have heard of it

Jo's tips on living a more natural and sustainable life:

• Buying organic food, always; with a plant-focused diet it doesn't have to be expensive, and people don't realise how much carbon organic farming locks up in the soil. Plus I don't want glyphosate in my body – there's a lot of research being done into its effect on our gut microbiome, and if something's not organic, then it may well have been sprayed with glyphosate.
• Join the Women's Environmental Network For many years I was a 'Matron' of this wonderful organisation, which was supported by my mentor, Anita Roddick
• Altogether, buy less, buy better – whether that's clothes, chocolate or furniture.
• Walk, walk, walk – those 10,000 steps a day aren't just good for you, but for the environment.

A few of Jo's favourite things:

• Green & Blacks 85% Dark choc
• Rare Tea Company Speedy Breakfast 'The Founder Henrietta Lovell invented this for me!' says Jo
• A Coffee éclair at The Wolseley
• Facial acupuncture at The Wellington Centre and forest bathing in the small woodland that we have nearby (I totally believe in it and now they're beginning to understand how potent the phytochemicals that trees give out are).
• I keep a rollerball of this essential oil-based fragrance in my handbag because I find it wonderfully grounding, yet it honestly doubles as a beautiful perfume.
• I love these bath salts before bedtime – properly sleep-beckoning
• I have been a fan of this range ever since the original Frankincense Nourishing Cream became one of the highest-scoring 'miracle treatments', in our first age-defying book – which became such a bestseller that it actually created a shortage of blue glass! It's a fantastic range and I love the scent; this light eye cream doesn't irritate my sensitive eyes (and I'm convinced that frankincense really is effective on lines and wrinkles).

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