About

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• About EcoSalon
• Contact and Connect
• The Team
• Vital Stats
• Blogroll
• The “Eco” in EcoSalon
• Publicist? How to Pitch
• Submit a Guest Post
• …or Get a Gig with Us!
• Comment Policy
• Privacy Statement and Policy
• Editorial Statement and Disclaimer
• Advertising

About EcoSalon

How do you go green without sacrificing style? This is the question that defines EcoSalon. We believe that environmental consciousness doesn’t have to mean granola, that style and sustainability belong in the same sentence and that living green is fun, not frumpy.

Contact and Connect

Feel free to contact us. We read every email and we do our best to write back, although it should be noted that if you inquire about our herbal supplement preferences or wish to help us with our international search engine results we may have to ignore you.

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The Team

Get to know us.

Sara Ost
Publisher and Editor-in-Chief

Hi, I’m Sara, your editor. I’m passionate about sustainability, fashion, culture and media. I’m never far from EcoSalon, but I can also be found out and about exploring the world, enjoying nature and indulging my inner foodie. I am always happy to chat with you, so don’t be shy. Read my posts, catch my tweets, and while you’re here, meet the team. I think you’ll agree they’re a very talented bunch.

Heather Dale
Asst. Managing Editor

Hi there! I’m Heather and I’m the assistant managing editor here at EcoSalon. I’m usually on a quest to find green gadgets or am testing earth-friendly body products, so you’ll find some of my work popping up in Femme Vitale and Hint of Geek. I was previously the editor of the tech site GeekSugar and made several TV appearances, including ABC’s Gotta Know, View From the Bay and Good Morning America. While not at work, you can catch me riding my bicycle around San Francisco and enjoying delectable Northern California cuisine. Be sure to check out my posts, follow my tweets or send me an email – I’d love to hear from you!

Scott Adelson

Our Science and Tech editor, Scott Adelson, is an Earth-friendly writer and communications consultant based in the Bay Area. A “lit guy” by passion and journalist by profession, Scott’s covered happenings from Silicon Valley to Washington, D.C., to Tibet and back again for longer than he cares to (or can) remember. With a Master’s Degree in Journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill school, his work has appeared in publications as varied as Outside and Chicago magazines, to the Detroit Free Press and The Boston Globe. As our geek blogger par excellence, be sure to follow him on Twitter and read his latest posts!

Luanne Bradley
Senior Editor

Luanne Bradley is a writer and editor, specializing in media, culture, lifestyle and design. She has edited several magazines, including Northern California Home and Design and Gentry, and contributed to Metropolitan Home, Elle Decor and magazines and newspapers nationwide. She has a Master’s Degree in Journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill school and worked in broadcasting as a writer and reporter at CNN in Atlanta and WTAJ-TV in Altoona, Pa. When she isn’t tracking green trends at EcoSalon, Luanne teaches creative writing and devotes time to raising two budding eco writers in the Bay Area. Read Luanne’s posts and be sure to keep up with her latest green tweets.

Katherine Butler
Beauty Editor

Katherine Butler is a Los Angeles-based writer with East Coast inclinations. In addition to beauty reviews for EcoSalon, she is a lead writer for Greenopia and a contributing writer for MNN. Katherine also writes for the small screen, with credits including Disney Channel’s The Replacements and USA’s In Plain Sight. When not writing for entertainment or the environment, she likes to hike around the canyons of Los Angeles and roll around the waves of Santa Monica. Read Katherine’s posts and go beautifully green with Katherine on Twitter.

Amy DuFault
Fashion Editor

Amy DuFault has been writing about fashion and design for 10 years at such publications as Boston Magazine, Coastal Living and Bluefly.com as well as appearing on ABC’s Emmy award-winning Boston news magazine Chronicle and NBC’s “Style File” as a fashion expert. When not falling in love with beautiful clothes, she can be found supporting green affordable housing and dreaming of the day when she’ll overcome stage fright enough to get up and sing with her husband’s band. Read Amy’s posts and track her fashionable tweets.

Stiv Wilson
Travel Editor

Howdy, I’m Stiv, your travel editor, and I’m an environmental journalist/activist. Sometimes being both gets me into trouble but I’m okay with the challenge of finding balance. I enjoy crossing oceans on sailboats, studying anything and everything that has to do with the ocean, and am an avid treehugger. I like to take pictures of our world and share them with people. I edited Wend Magazine for several years and write for GOOD, Surfer’s Journal, MSNBC, The Huffington Post and The Surfer’s Path. I consult on new media strategies for eco-friendly brands and try to make my work an expression of play. Read my posts and connect with me on Twitter @agentstiv.

Heather Brubaker

Heather Brubaker is a San Francisco writer with a focus on food, gardening, sustainability and green living. She has long been a culinary aficionado and maintains a food blog with like-minded friends. She volunteers teaching cooking to students in the kitchen at the Edible Schoolyard created by Alice Waters and funded by the Chez Panisse Foundation in Berkeley. Additionally, Brubaker is a web designer, artist, curator and musician with a passion for the outdoors, healthy living and yoga. Read Heather’s posts for green foodie finds.

Vanessa Barrington

Vanessa Barrington is a writer specializing in food, wellness, and sustainability. She’s also a cooking teacher, food stylist, editor, and recipe developer. She recently co-authored a book, Heirloom Beans: Great recipes for dips and spreads, soups and stews, salads and salsas, and much more from Rancho Gordo, which was published by Chronicle Books in September 2008. She is currently working on a new book. She is not a goat farmer. Vanessa contributes recipes, commentary and The Green Plate, a weekly column on food politics and social justice. Read all of Vanessa’s posts and follow our talented foodie on Twitter.

Anna Brones

Anna Brones is a writer and social media strategist with a love for travel, sustainable design and the outdoors. She has a B.A. in International Affairs and French Studies from Lewis Clark College and has lived in Sweden, France, Guadeloupe and the Pacific Northwest. She is the co-founder of Under Solen Media, where she develops social media marketing strategies to positively align brands, causes and adventurers. Anna maintains her own blog and is also a regular contributor to Planet Green and Matador. Read Anna’s posts. Venture with this outdoor travel chick on Twitter, too.

Christopher Correa

Kelly Drennan

Kelly Drennan is the founder of Fashion Takes Action – an organization that works with the fashion industry to embrace sustainability. Kelly also runs Third Eye Media, a PR and communications agency that specializes in helping clients communicate their “green” message in a clear and transparent way. A trusted eco fashion expert, Kelly regularly appears in the media as a speaker. In addition to EcoSalon, she writes for Elephant Journal and is the green columnist for Trends Magazine and Ottawa Life Magazine.

A social media maven, Kelly was named by Mashable as a “top 75 environmentalist to follow on Twitter”. Read her posts and follow her @ecofashionista.

Greta Eagan

Greta Eagan is a fashionista with a conscience. A sustainable fashion spokesperson and strategist, she helps promote eco-fashion in the digital space. Her expertise is backed by eight years in the fashion industry with graduate work at the London College of Fashion and a Masters with a specialization in Sustainable Fashion from the University of Buckingham. A social entrepreneur, Greta is the founder of Fashion Me Green. Read her weekly Trending column on EcoSalon, and catch up with her at her blog, GretaGuide or on Twitter  @gretaeagan.

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Caitlin Fitzsimmons is an Australian freelance writer who recently relocated to San Francisco after five years in Europe. She writes about media, social and environmental reportage, travel and food for websites, newspapers and websites around the world, as well as blogging at her own food and travel site, Roaming Tales. At EcoSalon, Caitlin contributes eco-travel pieces and green news and commentary. Read Caitlin’s posts, and check out this world citizen on Twitter, too.

Susan Goldberg

Susan Goldberg is a freelance writer and editor who lives and works in a suburb of New York City. She specializes in lifestyle and humor pieces and her work has appeared in many national and local publications including The New York Times, Working Mother Magazine, and Westchester Magazine. She has been an editor, a copywriter and the humor columnist for local newspaper. In addition to her work as a journalist, she currently blogs and works as a college essay consultant. She is a mother and dog lover and is taking baby steps towards a greener lifestyle. You can read all of Susan’s posts here.

Lisa Hoover

Lisa Hoover is a freelance writer based in Orlando, Florida, with strong ties to her hometown of Chicago. While she writes on many topics, green living and technology are her favorites. Lisa looks forward to a time when public policy and human desire meet in the middle to create a sustainable ecosystem. She’s a single, homeschooling mother to three boys, and spends her off days stalking the local farmers’ markets and feeding her obsessions with the Blue Man Group and football. Follow Lisa on Twitter, and check out her posts, too.

Susan Johnston

Susan Johnston is a Boston-based freelance writer whose lifestyle articles have appeared in AOL’s Lemondrop, The Boston Globe, Citysearch.com, Daily Candy, SELF magazine and many others. She also covers business and career topics for such publications as Green Building + Design, WomenEntrepreneur.com, and Yahoo! HotJobs and blogs as The Urban Muse. When she’s not writing or blogging, Susan can be found trying out vegetarian recipes or doing Pilates. Read her posts, and check out her tweets, too.

Julie Knapp

Julie Knapp is a New York City-based writer who covers green living, lifestyle, wellness and beauty, all with her French Bulldog Leo by her side. She also blogs about sustainable design for kids at Inhabitots.com and writes regularly for MNN.com. Her articles have appeared in Parents, Kiwi, iVillage.com and numerous other web sites and blogs. Julie also loves all things related to health and fitness and has her own blog JivaFit to dish about her passion. Read her posts, and follow her tweets for green and healthy living tips.

Susan Chaityn Lebovits

Susan Chaityn Lebovits is a Boston-based writer who covers lifestyle, business trends, architecture, wellness, and sustainability. She’s a regular contributor to The Boston Globe and a number of national magazines. Susan has a personal interest in complementary medicine, organic cooking and inventions that make the world a better place. She is the Communications Specialist for the Office of Sustainability at Boston University. Susan contributes wellness, news and lifestyle posts. Read Susan’s posts and stay sustainable with Susan on Twitter.

Maggie Marton

Maggie Marton is a freelance writer based in Bloomington, Indiana. She earned her MA in writing from The Johns Hopkins University, and her byline has appeared in an array of print and web publications. When she’s not writing, you can find her reading, hiking, practicing yoga, or hanging out with her dogs while trying to convince her husband that they also need a cat. She’s currently obsessed with reducing her pets’ carbon pawprint, and she maintains a blog about her dogs at ohmydogblog.com. Purrfect your eco pawprint with Maggie’s latest posts.

Rowena Ritchie

Rowena Ritchie is a London born, West Coast-based style writer. Possessing a wry eye and a hippy heart, Rowena believes eco-conciousness and stylish living go hand in hand. Rowena’s background is in PR and trendforecasting. Her experience leading the marketing efforts for a San Francisco-based fashion organization ignited her passion for supporting local design talent and promoting the need for more sustainable industry practices. She holds a BS in Fashion Design and Merchandising. Read Rowena’s posts, and follow her stylin’ tweets.

Stephanie Rogers

Stephanie Rogers is a green living and environmental writer living in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina. An herbalism student and amateur organic gardener, Stephanie covers lifestyle and news topics for EcoSalon and is also an MNN contributor and Beauty Editor at Eco Chick. Though known for her no-holds-barred coverage of greenwashing and irresponsible corporate practices, Stephanie actually prefers writing about good news and the small ways in which we can all make the world a greener place. Catch her green tweets and stay in the know with Stephanie’s posts.

Holley Simmons

Holley Simmons is a Phoenix-based writer. With over three years of experience writing for DailyCandy, Holley has a knack for covering up-and-coming designers, local trends and fun, feminine follies. Prior to moving to Phoenix, Holley worked as a research assistant for the National Public Radio Office of the Ombudsman in Washington, DC. Holley currently serves as a web writer and content strategist for Off Madison Ave, Phoenix’s leading advertising agency, and pens…er, types…content for clients including the Arizona Office of Tourism and the United Way. Read Holley’s posts, and see what’s catching her discerning eye on Twitter.

Beth Shea

Beth Shea is a freelance writer and editor, and the founder of Petite Planet. Based in Portland, Oregon, Beth is an eco-living expert whose writing has been featured on Inhabitat, Inhabitots, Momversation and Ecouterre – and she has been profiled by sites including Pregnancy & Newborn Magazine and MNN. A former travel and spa writer, Beth’s most treasured journey has been into motherhood. She most enjoys taking nature walks and baking gluten free goodies with her 2-year-old daughter and husband, and looks forward to the birth of her son in August 2010. Keep up with Beth on Twitter and read her posts here!

Naomi Zeveloff

Last but certainly not least, Naomi Zeveloff is a Brooklyn-based freelance writer who blogs for EcoSalon about the intersection of feminism and environmentalism. She edits a blog on gender and public policy called The Lady Finger. She has written about homelessness, immigration, prison reform, and politics at alternative newsweeklies in Utah, Colorado Springs, Denver, and Dallas. Her work has also appeared in the The Colorado Independent, RH Reality Check, and at Nerve.com. Catch up with her on Twitter and don’t miss a single post.

Vital Stats

Launched in March 2008, EcoSalon’s half million unique monthly visitors read over 1.5 million pages of stylish, smart, thoughtful green goodness every month. 35,000 readers subscribe via newsletter, RSS and Twitter.

EcoSalon is trusted as an authority voice in the green blogosphere, offering unique, original editorial content including interviews, special features, reviews and news. Articles can be seen frequently on the front pages of social media sites like Digg, Reddit and Stumbleupon, and at leading online publications like the Huffington Post, Alternet and Divine Caroline. EcoSalon feeds pop up all over the web, from Alltop to popurls and beyond. We’ve been featured or linked to by many of today’s most popular blogs and sites, including Treehugger, The Daily Green, MNN, Environmental Graffiti, Inhabitat, US News and World Report, The Consumerist, Lifehacker, Dumb Little Man, Neatorama, Dark Roasted Blend, WebUrbanist, Mental Floss, eHow, Apartment Therapy, Kirtsy and many more. EcoSalon is read by an active and engaged audience that is part of a vibrant online community of tastemakers, designers and bloggers passionate about green, wellness, travel, tech, food, fashion and design.

Blogroll

Check out our friends.

Publicist? How to Pitch

We regret that due to the sheer volume of email received we cannot respond to everyone personally. Please do not follow up with us if we do not respond to your initial email. Please do not email us about products or ideas that are not 100% ethical and sustainable. Please do not send the same email to us more than once. Please do not send blast emails that are not personalized and relevant. Please do not spam the comments section. In short, pretty please, treat us as you would like to be treated. Don’t you think that’s a nice thing to do?

Submit a Guest Post

We welcome guest posts. Guest posts should be original content that has not previously been published. We do not accept promotional or commercial guest posts. Email us for the full list of requirements.

…or Get a Gig with Us!

Does your face belong here? We’re always happy to consider professional writers with experience in social media and journalism, but if you don’t have that, a strong voice can get you far. Write for us.

The “Eco” in EcoSalon

We write about products that are earth-friendly and socially responsible. We believe it’s important to celebrate community development and fair trade artisans in addition to eco-friendly materials and green innovations. We never accept payment for any product we recommend; but if we do, we’ll tell you. If you have a story idea or product of merit – or if you’re a designer or artist – feel free to drop us a line.

Comment Policy

Everyone is encouraged to participate in conversation and debate at EcoSalon. Please do you best to be civil and friendly, and of course, don’t use the comment option as an opportunity to promote yourself, your site or your company. We request that you use a real name (an initial or nickname is fine), rather than the name of your site or company. For example, “Jane”, not “Jane at Blog/Site” or “Blog/Site” or “Company”. This helps to keep our community authentic. Thanks for using your best judgment in contributing your thoughts.

Privacy Statement and Policy

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Policy

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Editorial Statement and Disclaimer

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