Contributing Writers
Richard Hodges is the Founder and CEO of consultancy GreenIT. He has had a personal commitment to environmental responsibility, development of appropriate technologies, and the evolution to a sustainable built environment since the early 1970’s.
Freelance writer Carol Brzozowski has been covering environmental topics for more than a decade. She has written about such issues as green building, water efficiency, distributed energy, stormwater, erosion control and solid and liquid waste disposal. Carol is a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and has won several awards for stories published in environmental trade journals. She is based in Coral Springs, Fla.
Cosmo Catalano is a freelance writer living in Somerville, MA. A graduate of Dartmouth College, he first rose to Internet notoriety through his now-largely-defunct cycling blog, and writes regularly for a variety of publications, on topics ranging from sustainability to real estate. He also holds down a day job at a science advocacy group, and occasionally rides his bike to Logan airport, just to prove it can be done.
Carl Frankel is a nationally-known entrepreneur, consultant, writer and journalist specializing in business and sustainable development. His areas of expertise include planning, strategizing, visioning, leadership, strategic communications, "green" business, and the "art of the start." He is currently president of Our Community Networks (OCN), a social enterprise that builds and manages local and regional online community portals that enable people to connect locally.
Erica Gies is a freelance environmental reporter who lives in San Francisco. Her work has been published in the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, Wired News, Grist, World Watch magazine, SF Gate, and other publications. A veteran environmental reporter, Erica Gies has covered renewable energy, carbon offsets, eco-cities, green building, biofuels, sewage treatment, plastic waste, urban forests, bioplastics, native plant restoration, organic agriculture, food safety, endangered species, e-waste, water, and more.
Andrea Nocito is experienced in environmental communication services and delivery of public affairs campaigns for environmental projects. She also has expertise in writing impact analyses for environmental documents as well as industry articles and blogs on environmental hazards and possible solutions. Andrea holds a Bachelor of Arts in English-Communication Arts and a Master of Science in Environmental Management.