About Green Options Media

Green Options Media’s growing network of environmentally-focused blogs provides users with a broad spectrum of information on and direction for making more sustainable choices in their lives. Launched in February, 2007, Green Options Media has grown into a leader among “green” web portals by combining news, guidance and community features for a wide audience. Both treehuggers and the “green curious” will find information they can use and people with whom they can share their journeys towards a more sustainable lifestyle.

Written by experienced professionals in their fields, Green Options Media’s individual blogs engage visitors with authoritative content, compelling discussions, and actionable advice. Users new to the “green life” can contribute to the conversation by joining in dialogue between our writers and visitors on individual blogs, or by starting their own Green Options Journal. We don’t preach to the choir, or require a commitment to our vision: we invite anyone with questions, or simply curiosity, to add their voices to the community, and share their approaches to achieving abundance while lightening their environmental footprint.

Who We Are

David Anderson, Founder and Publisher

David Anderson is the Founder and Publisher of Green Options Media. He started his first blog on the nexus of energy and environmental issues in 2006, and has focused exclusively on renewable energy, sustainability, green business and environmental politics ever since. David graduated with honors from the University of California, San Diego with degrees in Political Science/International Relations and Sociology, and minors in Biology and Law. David lives in Berkeley, CA, and tries to stop thinking about GO Media long enough each week to eat, sleep, and play some ultimate frisbee.

Jeff McIntire-Strasburg, Senior Editor

Jeff McIntire-Strasburg is the Senior Editor and Content Director for Green Options. He’s also the writer/publisher of sustainablog, and a former writer at Treehugger.

Jeff was born and raised in the South (Florida and Louisiana), but made his way out West in his early twenties to attend graduate school at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has a Ph.D. in English, and spent 11 years in the classroom in positions ranging from graduate teaching assistant to assistant professor. After reading one too many freshman essays, he decided it was time for something new, and made a career switch into corporate writing and editing.

Jeff is married to Jan and has three step-children. He has a dog, Zelda, and four cats. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri, in a big old drafty historical home built in 1904. When not working (ha!), he enjoys riding his bike in Tower Grove Park, laying down on the couch with a good mystery novel (particularly James Lee Burke and Carl Hiaasen), working in his tiny little yard, and frittering away the hours in a local coffee shop.

Clayton B. CornellClayton B. Cornell, Managing Editor

Clayton B. Cornell is the Managing Editor and Social Media Coordinator for Green Options Media. He’s also the lead writer for Gas 2.0, the GO Media blog covering biofuels and green car technology. Clayton has been covering biofuels for GreenOptions.com since the beginning of 2007. He became a biodiesel enthusiast in 2005 after experimenting with small-scale biodiesel production at Oregon State University. He also has extensive hands-on experience with diesel cars and trucks, including the practical use of biodiesel and straight-vegetable-oil (SVO) as alternative fuels. Clayton has a background in the sciences, with a degree in Biology and Chemistry from the University of Utah. He’s also studied graduate level Toxicology and Oregon State University and recently left a project management position in the Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology. On the side, Clayton likes to spend his time at the beach or in the mountains. He’s been a professional river-guide, amateur beer judge, and world traveler. He lives in San Francisco.

Kendra Holliday, Assistant Editor

Kendra joined GO in Oct 2007 and is turning green as we speak. She goes on daily trash pick up walks around her neighborhood and sloppily composts. Tired of being the only one on the block to recycle, she recently helped get her entire neighborhood on board with a curbside recycling program. She brings home all the cans and bottles from non-recycling friends and family, which leads the waste carriers to believe that she has a raging drinking problem. She is a vegetarian and has three cats, three rats, and a 7 year-old-daughter who is a chip off the old block. She lives in St. Louis and supports locally owned businesses and makes an effort to curb her materialism. She reads voraciously, knits, writes, and volunteers for hospice and Equine Assisted Therapy, an organization that allows children with disabilities to ride horses. Future goals: solar panels, hybrid car, and hiring a personal vegan chef.

Rachel Mackenzie, Marketing Advisor

Rachel came to Green Options from an online advertising agency, and is thrilled to be using her marketing experience to help others live a more eco-friendly life. She moved to the Bay Area from suburban Chicago to attend Stanford University, where she graduated with an MA in Psychology and a BS with honors in Symbolic Systems. She now lives a car-less life in San Francisco and in her spare time, she reads, hikes, plays piano, and eats the contents of her local organic vegetable box. Rachel is currently pondering her next steps in the world of food waste recycling now that she has produced enough compost to supply her deck garden for years.

Jan van Voorst, Founder of Planetsave and Director of Advertising

Jan van Voorst is the founder Planetsave.com and Director of Advertising for Green Options Media. Over the past eight years, Jan has owned and operated Planetsave.com, one of the most reliable sources on the web for environmental and political news. He has also done consulting for environmental organizations and socially responsible businesses. Jan lives in Portland, ME with his wife and two kids and spends a great deal of time with his family, as well as behind a drumset playing jazz around the New England area.

Christopher Cook, GO Media Web Developer

Chris is responsible for keeping Green Options Media blog network humming. When he isn’t sitting in front of a keyboard he is generally pursuing his passion for great beer or food. He has sampled a large number of the worlds finest beers (over 1000) and, sadly, has a bottle collection to prove it. He also enjoys all-grain home brewing, baking bread and pizza, and making curry.

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