There's a new Green in town. It's hip, fun and entertaining. And Planet Green has the experts to match-a team of talented guides to all things green who use their expertise to show what it means to be environmental, and demonstrate how to live well and enjoy life while still being kind to the planet. Whether you're looking for someone who has a strong knowledge of ecological issues, living proof that green has indeed gone mainstream, or you need an authority to provide insight into the latest fashion or food trends, our experts are your resource for all things Green.
Holter Graham Click to view image
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Sidekick and green handyman, WA$TED - Forte:
Green handyman - Green Creds:
Mechanic and environmentalist; Has a home in New York City that has been running solely on alternative energy for three years. - Biography:
Actor Holter Graham has been working in film (leads in Stephen King's Maximum Overdrive and the Oscar-nominated Fly Away Home, to name two), television and stage since 1985. He voices numerous audio books as well as commercials and narrations. He has a bachelor's degree in English and a Master of Fine Arts in writing, and is certified as a motorcycle and auto mechanic, having greened many of his own vehicles over the years. He is also president of his local performer's union (AFTRA) and has toured the world with the transmedia arts group VisionIntoArt, with whom he serves as actor, staging collaborator and translator. Graham recently broke the three and a half-hour mark while running in the New York Marathon. He and his wife live in New York City.
Annabelle Gurwitch Click to view image
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Host, WA$TED - Forte:
Confronts household eco-issues with humor and money saving eco-plans (or ideas) - Green Creds:
She has been documenting her attempts to go "lime" in her commentaries on the NPR program "Day to Day" and her webisode series entitled "My Big Fat Environmental Crises." - Biography:
Actress and writer Annabelle Gurwitch takes on social issues and gives them her own brand of humor and perspective. Gurwitch's critically acclaimed book, Fired! (Simon and Shuster), was deemed a "merry compendium of failure" by The Washington Post, inspired fired story writing contests across the country, a touring show and a documentary film. Her Fired! film (Showtime Network) garnered her citation in Time Magazine's "10 Ideas That are Changing the World" cover story as the "person to know" for her work on bringing attention to trends in the job market. Gurwitch is a columnist for The Nation covering everything from pop culture to politics, and for the past two years, she has interviewed both scientists and regular folks on environmental issues as part of her humorous commentaries on the NPR's Day to Day. Gurwitch also writes, directs and narrates "My Big Fat Environmental Crises" a webisode series for TheDailyGreen.com. She has hosted numerous TV series, including six seasons on Dinner and a Movie on TBS and series for HBO, SCI-FI, Style ABC and GSN, and she has "hearted" everything from toys to the '70s in VHI's I Love series. Annabelle attended NYU and lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Emmy® Award winning writer Jeff Kahn, and their 10 year-old son in a house lit (dimly) by CFLs.
Graham Hill Click to view image
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Founder, TreeHugger.com and Vice President, Interactive of Planet Green - Forte:
Insider of all things green - Green Creds:
Started TreeHugger.com in 2004, one of the most respected and trafficked environmental sites on the web; Focuses on pushing sustainability into the mainstream; Co-author of Ready, Set, Green: Eight Weeks to Modern Eco-Living (Random House). - Biography:
Alternately described as serial entrepreneur, do-gooder and designer, Graham Hill certainly enjoys variety although now finds this future happily confined to the social entrepreneurship arena. Hill and the TreeHugger.com team recently joined the Discovery Communications family of networks as part of its Planet Green multi-platform, global environmental initiative. Additionally, he owns a product business that sells a New York souvenir he designed a few years ago, which is available in 175 stores including MOMA. Graham has a Bachelor of Architecture with distinction from Carleton University in Ottawa and did advanced studies in Industrial Design at E.C.I.A.D, Vancouver. Graham has lived all over the world and his guiltiest sin is air travel (offset of course). He speaks English, French, German and Spanish and is addicted to squash.
Emeril Lagasse Click to view image
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EMERIL GREEN - Forte:
Conquers culinary fears - Green Creds:
Passionate about using fresh, organic and top-quality ingredients; Employs cottage industry ranchers, farmers and fishermen to tap into natural resources. - Biography:
With his dynamic and entertaining style, Lagasse has inspired millions of people to experience the joy of food and cooking. He began his career working in a Portuguese bakery in Fall River, Massachusetts, attending Johnson and Wales University’s famous culinary program in Providence, Rhode Island. After graduation, he studied the classic cuisine of France and then found himself in New Orleans after stints in New York and Boston, where he became famous for his love of the freshest products. Lagasse is now the chef/proprietor of 11 restaurants across the country. He constantly invents new recipes, much to the delight of his regular guests and the fans of his Food Network specials and shows Emeril Live and Essence of Emeril.
Jodi Murphy Click to view image
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Host, Total Wrecklamation - Forte:
Demolition Auctioneer - Green Creds:
Recycling connoisseur who throws the best garage sales ever and actually sells the garage. - Biography:
This Chicago native finds houses that are scheduled to be demolished, and before the bulldozers arrive, she auctions off the reusable elements, room-by-room, doorknob-by-doorknob. With a public hungry for affordable building materials, Jodi was one of the first in the country to recognize this opportunity to reuse, and recycle. Jodi holds a degree in Psychology from the University of Illinois, which may explain why she can communicate with surly contractors, hardened builders and novice renovators. Her company, Murco Recycling Enterprises Inc. holds over 60 auctions a year. Her industry awards include The 1996 Outstanding Recycler from Illinois Recycling Association and the 1999 Governors Pollution Prevention Award.
Summer Rayne Oakes Click to view image
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Resident Expert, Planet Green - Forte:
Model, activist & fashion guru - Green Creds:
Travels the world as a model, expert, spokesperson and partner, assisting companies and organizations with events that seek to combine style with sustainability; author of the upcoming guide to sustainable fashion and beauty entitled Style, Naturally; Helped Energy Action organize Power Shift, the largest climate change lobby day and summit in the history of the United States. - Biography:
Summer Rayne Oakes is an entomologist and environmental scientist by training. In 2000, she slung her hiking boots to her travel pack and embarked on a journey of cause-related modeling to push sustainability issues through fashion and media. A Cornell University graduate, Morris K. Udall Scholar and NWF Fellow, Oakes' previous work spanned multiple disciplines, all of which were deeply imbued in environmental research. Her studies in organic contaminants & environmental health, rainforest regeneration, invasive species, landscape impact analysis, and aquatic entomology overlapped with her modeling with a cause, for which she is largely recognized.
Meaghan O’Neill Click to view image
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Editor, TreeHugger.com and PlanetGreen.com - Forte:
Immersed in pop culture and ecological issues - Green Creds:
Assisted in the launch of TreeHugger.com in 2004; Co-author of Ready, Set, Green: Eight Weeks to Modern Eco-Living (Random House); Served as a guest panelist for Glamour magazine's April 2007 eco-issue; Has been tapped as a speaker on eco-design for the Industrial Designers Society of America's Northeast District conference at the Rhode Island School of Design. - Biography:
After graduating from Boston College in 1995, Meaghan O'Neill traveled throughout America, making long stopovers in Maui and New York City, where she began her writing career when she landed a job at Yahoo Internet Life magazine. Later, while working at Interior Design, she was inspired by the tremendous boom she saw happening in eco-design and sustainable architecture, which led her to help launch TreeHugger.com. Now, as the editor of TreeHugger.com and PlanetGreen.com, Meaghan knows what questions people have about doing the right thing when it comes to going green. She has contributed to publications such as Interior Design, I.D., Boston, Men's Journal, The Boston Globe Magazine, and Teen Vogue. She is also the author the eight-part series "The Slate Green Challenge with TreeHugger," a 2007 National Magazine Award finalist. O'Neill lives in Newport, Rhode Island with her husband, son, three cats, and the world's best dog.
SuChin Pak Click to view image
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Host, G Word - Forte:
Making green a part of pop culture - Green Creds:
Mainstream reporting on ‘green’ as it happens
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SuChin Pak didn’t have reporting on her mind while attending the University of California Berkeley as a political science major but she soon found it was her calling. After being tapped to anchor a PBS science show while still in college, Pak found not only did she like reporting, but she was able to connect with viewers. Pak brought that same connection to MTV when she joined the news team and began crusading for the environment and advocating for other cause related programs. Pak has established herself as a versatile reporter who can transition from the red carpet to field reporting as the host of G Word
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Daniel Sieberg Click to view image
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Gig: Host, G Word - Forte:
Translating techie talk - Green Creds:
Wired for eco technology
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Daniel Sieberg joined CBS News as the network's science and technology correspondent in December 2006. He contributes to the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, the CBS Early Show, CBS Sunday Morning, CBS Radio and CBSNews.com. Sieberg has reported on everything from climate change in the Arctic to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to Burning Man in Black Rock Desert. Sieberg contributed to CNN's Emmy Award-winning documentary, Enemy Within (2002) and received the Peabody Award for Significant & Meritorious Achievement in Broadcasting and Cable for his role in CNN's coverage of Hurricane Katrina (2005).
Sara Snow Click to view image
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Eco-Lifestyle Expert, PlanetGreen.com and TreeHugger.com - Forte:
Living proof that green has gone mainstream - Green Creds:
Studied natural living as the daughter of a pioneer of the natural foods movement (her dad founded Eden Foods); Created the first television series with practical advice on living green; Speaks at events from green festivals to natural product expos to home shows as well as national television and radio shows about simple steps toward a greener life; Spokesperson for the Organic Center’s Mission Organic program and is engaged to do the same for Co-Op America’s Green Festivals. - Biography:
Sara Snow has been called a "first generation organic," and "green living’s real deal" and it’s easy to see why. Raised in the countryside outside Ann Arbor, Mich., surrounded by organic gardens, solar panels and compost heaps, Sara enjoyed the benefits of one of the most fresh-oriented areas in the country and a family with a propensity toward and infectious passion for eco-living. As an adult, Sara has continued to study natural living. She earned two national Emmy® Awards as a producer for national cable documentaries and was also an award-winning news reporter and anchor. When Sara decided to take a step back to spend some meditative time with her husband, she created the concept for the first national TV series with practical advice on living green. Recently, Sara has been traveling the country speaking to audiences and shooting segments for her green living primetime series for the Discovery Networks: Living Fresh and Get Fresh with Sara Snow. Today the programs are airing six times a week for 50 million viewers on Discovery Home and nearly 43 million on Discovery’s FitTV. Snow is still an organic cheerleader, still a wearer of organic cotton t-shirts and an avid fan of composting.
Steve Thomas Click to view image
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Host, RENOVATION NATION - Forte:
Eco-friendly builder and home renovation specialist - Green Creds:
Former spokesperson for the Environmental Protection Agency’s program Home Performance with Energy Star; Has encouraged sustainable building and energy conservation technologies in new and old houses for more than 20 years. - Biography:
As the former host for 14 years of This Old House, television’s most popular home improvement series, Steve Thomas is an Emmy® Award-winning television personality. Thomas has expanded his expertise to incorporate green practices, including energy-efficient building practices, technologies and products. Thomas consults on residential building and renovation for clients all over the United States, and he has renovated a number of old houses, including an 1846 Greek revival and the 1836 colonial revival in which he currently resides with his wife and son in a seaport town north of Boston. His most recent project is the renovation of a cottage on a small island off the coast of Maine using many green and energy-efficient technologies and products, which will be featured on Planet Green.