How A Near-Death Experience Led To Reimagining Our Plastic & Energy Consumption with Hakan Bulgurlu

Published: July 13, 2022, 10 a.m.

This episode is brought to you by Cozy Earth, Rupa Health, and Mitopure.\nNear-death experiences aren\u2019t that uncommon for the world\u2019s most technical mountaineers. Summiting Mt. Everest is sure to leave anyone feeling truly awe-inspired. Completing the climb and getting home safely after nearly dying creates a whole different level of reflection. Today on The Doctor\u2019s Farmacy, I talk to Hakan Bulgurlu about turning his near-death experience into a force for positive change in his personal life, the climate crisis, business leadership, and more.\xa0\nHakan is a global business leader and a climate activist. As the CEO of Ar\xe7elik, a home appliances manufacturer that operates in 150 countries, he is a thought leader on sustainable and purpose-driven business. In a bid to raise awareness of the climate crisis, Hakan climbed Everest in 2019. He wrote A Mountain to Climb; a retelling of his journey to Everest, accompanied by his research into the possible solutions to the climate crisis.\nThis episode is brought to you by Cozy Earth, Rupa Health, and Mitopure.\n\xa0\n\u200b\u200bCozy Earth makes the most comfortable, temperature-regulating, and nontoxic sheets on the market. Right now, get 40% off your Cozy Earth sheets. Just head over to cozyearth.com and use code MARK40.\nRupa Health is a place where Functional Medicine practitioners can access more than 2,000 specialty lab tests from over 20 labs like DUTCH, Vibrant America, Genova, and Great Plains. You can check out a free, live demo with a Q&A or create an account at RupaHealth.com.\nMitopure is the first and only clinically tested pure form of a natural gut metabolite called urolithin A that clears damaged mitochondria away from our cells and supports the growth of new, healthy mitochondria. Get 10% off at timelinenutrition.com/drhyman and use code DRHYMAN10 at checkout.\n\xa0\nHere are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):\xa0\n\nHow Hakan\u2019s preparation for climbing Mt. Everest led to business solutions to the climate crisis (6:26 / 3:45)\xa0\n\nHakan\u2019s \u201caha\u201d moment that shifted his approach to business (11:25 / 8:42)\xa0\n\nA profitable business solution to the issue of microplastics in the oceans (13:50 / 11:43)\xa0\n\nThe two types of CEOs (20:09 / 17:35)\xa0\n\nImproving the energy efficiency of refrigerators (20:50 / 18:10)\xa0\n\nHakan\u2019s early influential life experiences (26:27 / 22:07)\xa0\n\nHakan\u2019s Mt. Everest climb, his near-death experiences, and how they affected him (29:20 / 24:55)\xa0\n\nBuilding the price of climate issues into the market cost (41:22 / 35:14)\xa0\xa0\n\nHumans\u2019 relationship to nature (48:49 / 44:08)\xa0\n\nResponding to our depression about the state of the climate (50:55 / / 46:20)\xa0\n\n\nGet your copy of Hakan\u2019s book, A Mountain to Climb: The Climate Crisis: A Summit Beyond Everest, here.\n\n \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices