Alex Smith, San Francisco, California : TreeHugger

Manuel said: "This is great news! I hope all cities pass this into law.The practice of using plastic bags just to quickly dispose of them has been going on far t..." [read]

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gazelle said: "@ Dallas: The book, and the supplementary videos in the "How It All Ends" youtube series, address this in detail, but I'll try to paraphrase:..." [read]

Barry said: "Kofi Annan has about as much of a clue about electric cars and developing countries as Ann Ann the Panda. He underestimates the ingenuity o..." [read]

JJ said: "Very cool. I didn't thought that biodesel might be our future fuel...." [read]

Derek said: ""I guarantee you this will spark huge debates around the world," she said. "We have to delve into this in a way that hasn't been done in a long tim..." [read]

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A New Englander by birth with a Californian spirit, Alex first realized her love of the great outdoors when she opted summer night after summer night to camp in her backyard instead of sleeping in her cozy kid bed. While in the tent, she'd often read over her Harriet the Spy inspired notes she'd taken all day, observing the people passing by the front bushes of her house. Years later, she can be found still loving nature and sending more official observations to the green blogs she freelances for.

Alex writes live from the "ecothusiastic" Bay Area, the motherland for all things green. When not writing she teaches yoga, plants edible gardens and dances in the city's bike-friendly, solar loving, plastic bag-free, compost crazy streets. Her eco-interests include local Bay Area news and food justice. She can be reached at alexsmith (at) treehugger (dot) com.