This is Work Life 24.

In this podcast, I ask each guest to reflect on the evolution of their career path and work skills. In today's episode, I speak with Jonathan Taylor.

Jonathan is a chemical engineer by vocation with a decade of experience in plastics research, development, and manufacturing.

He currently works as a consultant for the Fashion industry focused on producing sustainable alternative materials to fossil fuel derived textiles, primarily polyester and nylon. 

In addition, he also works on advanced recycling processes for handling pre-consumer and post-consumer textile waste which would otherwise be sent to a landfill or incinerated.

When he is not working on plastic, Jonathan also works as a garden photographer for The Gardens at Lake Merritt, which is a free botanical garden in Downtown Oakland California. 

On the weekends, he can often be found walking in the garden barefoot and with his camera. Known as “greenteatherapy” on social media, he posts pictures highlighting the abundance of floral beauty around the bay area combined with introspective monologues about mental wellness.

Greentea.Therapy: https://www.greenteatherapy.com/shop

Linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-taylor-648b7a127/