Chris Tackett, San Francisco : 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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After earning a degree in Journalism and Strategic Communications from the William Allen White School of Mass Communications at The University of Kansas, Chris put his education to work managing ad sales for the alternative news site, The Raw Story and later Lawrence.com - part of the World Online group in Lawrence, Kansas.

Through those experiences Chris became hooked on alternative news and the value of social media, however upon realizing he'd find more reward using his energy to help solve the climate crisis, in Spring 2008 he joined Discovery Communications as an online marketer for TreeHugger and PlanetGreen, in order to help push sustainability mainstream.

Chris enjoys web2.0 and social media, politics, reading, writing, camping, canoing, mountain biking, and just about anything happening outdoors. He loves Italy and speaks Italian poorly. He calls Hot Springs, Arkansas and Lawrence, Kansas home, loves to travel and currently works from wherever he can get a solid wi-fi connection.

He can be reached at chris @ treehugger.com or via @christackett on Twitter.