Therese Forton: Tee's Organics
Therese lives in her beloved hometown of Buffalo, New York with her husband Tom and Australian Labradoodle Murphy. After earning a degree from Ithaca College with a major in Business and a minor in Health Studies, she founded Events 2 A Tee, an event planning business that has operated in the WNY area for more than 35 years. Among her vast client base, Therese has built long-standing relationships with numerous companies, charities, professional athletes, sports broadcasters, Hollywood actors, and celebrities alike. She has also incorporated her knowledge of ‘Green Living’ into all the events that she has planned.
“Since I graduated in 1985, I never stopped educating myself on living a healthy life and trying to help others. I have helped friends, family, and anyone that wants to learn about avoiding toxic and harmful chemicals. I have helped cancer survivors clean out their cupboards and detox their homes from products that contain carcinogens through the years. It has been my lifelong mission to help as many people as possible to avoid these chemicals and live a cleaner and greener healthy lifestyle.
In 2020, when the pandemic hit, I decided it was time for me to do what I had wanted to do for over 35 years. My event planning business was on hold due to Covid. Being at home gave me an excellent opportunity to accomplish what I wanted for so many years. I signed up for a course on Environmental Health. I learned the history of the environmental health movement, from the turn of the last century to modern-day public policy around toxins, exploration of industry front groups, epigenetic, toxicology, and detoxification protocols. I studied many of the potential exposures we experience in and around our homes, from home construction, furniture, carpeting, bedding, personal care products, cleaning supplies, indoor air quality, basement, garage, and lawn care.
I took a course on Water that educated me on identifying & addressing the everyday toxic exposures in water and learned all about the best water filtrations systems.I took a course on Toxins and eliminating overlooked environmental toxins that prevent people from getting well.I also attended dozens of seminars, webinars, and other online events to continue learning and networking across the globe. I sat in on many legislative meetings on getting toxic chemicals out of our homes and personal care products. I continuously support and join any event the Environmental Working Group coordinates and follow closely many other organizations such as the Environmental Health News, Organic Consumers Association, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Indoor Air Quality Association, Green Science Policy, Anti-Cancer Lifestyle, Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, Plastic Pollution Coalition, Cancer Free Economy, Made Safe, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, Collaborative on Health and the Environment and of course one of my favorites, Erin Brockovich!!
I also started a podcast called “Green Living with Tee,” where I interview others in the Healthy-living space and educate my listeners on avoiding toxic and harmful chemicals and how to live healthier. I took a year-long entrepreneurship coaching program called the Unstoppable Entrepreneur. I am now on a mission to be unstoppable in helping others live healthily and avoid potential toxic, harmful, and cancer-causing chemicals!”
About Green Living Guru’s….
The Green Living Gurus, LLC are promoters of healthy living and a non-toxic lifestyle. The mission of Green Living Gurus, LLC is to help people reduce their chemical exposure and especially carcinogens in their homes. We assist cancer patients, survivors, and anyone with a family concerned about chemicals in creating a non-toxic home and reducing their chemical exposure and lessening their fear of cancer, and other illnesses, and increasing their odds for a healthy life.