Melissa Breyer
Melissa Breyer has been a nature-loving, energy-saving, trash-recycling, waste-composting, stuff-shunning, healthy-eating, animal-advocating, espouser of sustainably since her first Save the Whales rally when she was a kid. She has also been known to vehemently defend the serial comma.
With a background in food, science, and design, she has edited and written for national and international publications including The New York Times Magazine. She is the co-author of True Food: Eight Simple Steps to a Healthier You (National Geographic, 2009) and her writing can be found across the Web.
Melissa lives in a converted 19th-century convent in Brooklyn, NY with her two daughters and an exuberant collection of cuckoo clocks.
Latest Stories from Melissa Breyer
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Mediterranean diet significantly lowers heart attack risk, study finds
Those following a Mediterranean diet were 30 percent less likely to have heart attacks and strokes. The results were so clear, scientists ended the study early.
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8 Artists Transforming Abandoned Dolls into Surreal Art
These artists reclaim and recycle orphaned dolls and their parts headed for the trash, and reincarnate them into new forms.
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5 Last-Minute Hostess Gifts from Your Pantry
Make your hostess happy with some down and dirty (and delicious) DIY.
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5 All-Natural Stocking Stuffers for the Naughty or Nice
From vegan lip balm to cold-processed coal soap, these last-minute little gifts will give Santa plenty of green cred.
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The Perfect Clementine Cake
Five ingredients and gluten-free.
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10 Stylish and Sustainable Ways to Wrap Gifts
Give virgin paper and plastic bows the heave-ho-ho-ho with these chic and earth-friendly alternatives -- several costing nothing at all!
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How Climate Change Can Spawn Flesh-Eating Fungi
Two new studies reveal the cause of a number of deaths.
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10 DIY Gifts You Can Make in Less Than an Hour
From elegant funky fork bracelets to bath bombs and candied kumquats, we've got your quickie DIY gifts covered.
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10 Offbeat Charity Gifts that Do the World Good
Why not wrap up dung for crops, a tree for a butterfly, the wellbeing of an octopus, or a camel for milk this year?
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Farmigo Brings Your Local Farmer’s Market to the Web
This new online shopping service will connect farmers directly with shoppers.
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10 Compostable, Biodegradable Gifts That Won't Last Forever
One less Barbie in 3012.
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Seventh Generation Launches USDA-Certified Biobased Baby Home Care Line
Kick the toxic cleaning products to the curb; baby will thank you.
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Full Version of Summer Rayne Oakes' Film eXtinction Released Online
The award-winning short film is accompanied by a take-action campaign to address our greatest environmental challenges.
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Sperm Count in French Men Drops by a Third, Environment Suspected
A comprehensive new study points a disapproving finger at endocrine disruptors.
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5 Ways to Avoid Toxic Gifts that Could Harm Your Child
Not to be a Grinch or anything, but ... don't buy this stuff.
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Most Pork is Contaminated, New Study Shows
The Consumer Reports analysis also shows most of the sickening bacteria samples were resistant to antibiotics.
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Beware the Scent of Orange When Shopping
Retailers who pipe in a subtle orange aroma may be subliminally coercing you to spend more money.
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6 Energy-Saving Portable Electric Space Heaters
When the weather outside is frightful, put one of these to work to slash the electric bill and keep feet toasty.
