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EcoSalon is the conscious culture and fashion website.

We cover what’s now – and next – in fashion, culture, shelter, food, and sex. As the #1 website for conscious women, EcoSalon is leading the way to a holistic and modern definition of green. Influencers read us. Tastemakers read us. Women love us. (And we love you.) Our motto: Have a heart.

Team EcoSalon
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Sara Ost
Publisher and Editor-in-Chief
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Hi, I’m Sara, your EIC. I’m passionate about sustainability, fashion, culture and media. I live for the written word, have a thing for building it from scratch, and adore courageous people. I’m never far from EcoSalon, but I can also be found out and about exploring the world, enjoying nature and indulging my inner foodie. Contact me any time. Editorial: editor@ecosalon.com. Business: publisher@ecosalon.com.spacer
Get to know the team. I think you’ll agree they’re a very talented bunch.
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Amy DuFault
Managing Editor
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Amy DuFault has been writing about fashion and design for 10 years at such publications as Boston Magazine and Coastal Living, as well as appearing on ABC’s Emmy award-winning Boston news magazine Chronicle and NBC’s “Style File” as a fashion expert. When not falling in love with beautiful clothes, she can be found supporting green business, fashion and community development and dreaming of the day when she’ll overcome stage fright enough to get up and sing with her husband’s band.
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Anna Brones
Marketing Manager
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Anna Brones is a new media marketing strategist with a love for travel, sustainable design and the outdoors. She has a B.A. in International Affairs and French Studies from Lewis Clark College and has lived in Sweden, France, Guadeloupe and the Pacific Northwest. Before directing marketing at EcoSalon, she co-founded Under Solen Media, where she developed successful social media marketing strategies to positively align brands, causes and adventurers. An unapologetic foodie, Anna also pens the popular Foodie Underground column at EcoSalon.
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K. Emily Bond
Senior Editor, Shelter
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K. Emily Bond, aka Díga(Mama), has worked for O, The Oprah Magazine, Ladies’ Home Journal, and The Village Voice. She’s also written for iVillage, The New York ObserverBUST, NewYorkMag.com, the Huffington Post and a host of other publications in the US and abroad. She currently makes her home overseas and is a firm believer in creating shelter – as a refuge, a place to store more than your stuff, a home – wherever you may find yourself in the world.
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Luanne Bradley
Senior Editor, Culture
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Luanne Bradley is a writer and editor, specializing in media, culture, lifestyle and design. She has edited several magazines, including Northern California Home and Design and Gentry, and contributed to Metropolitan Home, Elle Decor and magazines and newspapers nationwide. She has a Master’s Degree in Journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill school and worked in broadcasting as a writer and reporter at CNN in Atlanta. When she isn’t tracking green trends at EcoSalon, Luanne teaches creative writing and devotes time to raising two budding eco writers in the Bay Area.
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Katherine Butler
Senior Editor, Beauty and Entertainment
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Katherine Butler is a Los Angeles-based writer with East Coast inclinations. In addition to articles for EcoSalon, she is a contributing writer for MNN. Katherine also writes for the small screen, with credits including Disney Channel’s The Replacements and USA’s In Plain Sight. When not writing for entertainment or the environment, she likes to hike around the canyons of Los Angeles and roll around the waves of Santa Monica.
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Andrea Newell
Senior Editor, News
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Andrea Newell is a corporate America refugee-turned-writer specializing in corporate social responsibility, women’s issues, and the environment. In addition to writing for EcoSalon, she is a contributing writer for Triple Pundit and EcoLocalizer. She has written for The Glass Hammer and Evolved Employer, among others. When she is not writing, she is spending as much time as the Michigan weather will allow at her cottage on Lake Superior with her daughter and twin sons.
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Rowena Ritchie
Senior Editor, West Coast Fashion
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Rowena Ritchie is a London-born, West Coast-based style writer. Possessing a wry eye and a hippy heart, Rowena believes eco-conciousness and stylish living go hand in hand. Rowena’s background is in PR and trendforecasting. Her experience leading the marketing efforts for a San Francisco-based fashion organization ignited her passion for supporting local design talent and promoting the need for more sustainable industry practices. She holds a BS in Fashion Design and Merchandising.

Columnists
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Vanessa Barrington
Columnist: The Green Plate
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Vanessa Barrington is a writer specializing in food, wellness, and sustainability. She’s also a cooking teacher, food stylist, editor, and recipe developer. Vanessa is the author of DIY Delicious, available in stores now, as well as co-author of Heirloom Beans: Great recipes for dips and spreads, soups and stews, salads and salsas, and much more from Rancho Gordo, both published by Chronicle Books. She is currently working on a new book. Vanessa contributes recipes, commentary and The Green Plate, a weekly column on food politics and social justice. She is not a goat farmer.
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Johanna Björk
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Johanna Björk is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Goodlifer, a web-based magazine dedicated to sharing ideas and insights into a future that is positive, enthusiastic, sustainable, achievable and bright. She believes that all truly good ideas and beautiful things are inherently sustainable. Johanna hails from Sweden but has lived and worked in Miami, NYC and just recently moved to Ojai, CA in pursuit of the good life. She’s currently writing a book that will (hopefully) transform the way Swedes approach healthy living. Follow her progress on Råfrisk.se.
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Abigail Wick
Food and Sex
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In addition to her Sex By Numbers column at EcoSalon, Berlin-based freelance writer Abigail Wick is a food correspondent for NPR, an in-house editor for Unlike city guides, and the creator of the food blog Eating with Abs.
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Natalie Chanin
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Natalie “Alabama” Chanin is owner and designer of the American couture line Alabama Chanin and author of the Alabama Stitch Book (2008), Alabama Studio Style (2010) and the upcoming Alabama Studio Sewing + Design which comes out spring 2012. Her designs have earned accolades from press and organizations worldwide including Vogue, New York Times, Style.com, the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award for Fashion, and the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund. She currently resides in Florence, Alabama but hosts workshops all over the country empowering people to use needle and thread to express themselves.

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Stats

Vital Stats

Launched in March 2008, EcoSalon’s half million monthly visitors read about 1.5 million pages a month.

EcoSalon is trusted as an authority voice in the green blogosphere, offering unique, original editorial content including interviews, special features, reviews and news. Articles can be seen frequently on the front pages of social media sites like Digg, Reddit and Stumbleupon, and at leading online publications like the Huffington Post, Alternet and Divine Caroline. EcoSalon feeds pop up all over the web, from Alltop to popurls and beyond. We’ve been featured or linked to by many of today’s most popular blogs and sites, including Treehugger, The Daily Green, MNN, Environmental Graffiti, Inhabitat, US News and World Report, The Consumerist, Lifehacker, Dumb Little Man, Neatorama, Dark Roasted Blend, WebUrbanist, Mental Floss, eHow, Apartment Therapy, Kirtsy and many more. EcoSalon is read by an active and engaged audience that is part of a vibrant online community of tastemakers, designers and bloggers passionate about green, wellness, travel, tech, food, fashion and design.

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The EcoSalon privacy policy applies to all your personal information, given and received. Personal information is information that might identify you, like your name, address, phone number, email, or website. When you visit EcoSalon, we may gather information about you such as your name, email, cookie information, and IP location. We may contact you regarding your preferences for information and updates. This information allows us to honor your requests for products and services and to improve our service to you. We never share or sell your personal information, unless we need to do so in order to provide a product or service that you have requested. We guarantee adherence to industry best practices that ensure complete security, and we fully comply with all federal regulations. If we change our privacy policy, we will tell you.

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The views expressed at EcoSalon are the views of the EcoSalon staff and do not necessarily represent the views of EcoSalon sponsors and/or partners. EcoSalon content is for informational and entertainment purposes, and any views expressed should not be accepted as a substitute for qualified expertise. Though we make every effort to provide accurate information, it is up to you, the reader, to use EcoSalon’s content responsibly; in return, we promise to publish responsibly. We stand by our content, our writers, and our editors. If we make a mistake, we will take whatever reasonable course of action we can to acknowledge and correct it. (Fortunately, this doesn’t happen too often.) We appreciate our readers keeping us sharp, and take our role in informing, sharing and expressing seriously. We value your trust.

The Eco in EcoSalon

The “Eco” in EcoSalon

We write about products that are earth-friendly and socially responsible. We believe it’s important to celebrate technological development, innovation and fair trade in addition to eco-friendly materials and green design. We do not accept payment for the products we recommend, although on rare occasions we may publish sponsored articles from brands aligned with our values (and when that happens, we disclose it fully). If you have a story idea or product of merit – or if you’re a designer or artist – feel free to drop us a line.

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