Contributors

Anthony Butler — Anthony Butler

Anthony is a Principal at Light Partnership, a communications firm dedicated to helping companies in the Energy Efficiency and renewables space.

He has worked with Cambridge Energy Alliance for the last 15 months on a variety of web and graphic design projects.

apatriquin — Alex Patriquin

Alex Patriquin is a marketer, entrepreneur and energy efficiency advocate. Prior to founding his latest company, he worked for Compete.com, a digital marketing intelligence platform, as a market researcher for leading search and online media companies. His work at Compete was widely cited in media publications like the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Wired.

Alex lives in Cambridge. He also blogs at DigitalVerdure, and can be found on Twitter.

BrendaPike — Brenda Pike

Brenda is a 29-year-old woman living in Cambridge, MA and working in Boston. Living in an urban area, and in a town with forward-thinking environmental laws.

While she recognizes that the biggest places we can have an impact are transportation, heating/cooling, and animal product consumption, they may not be the subject of the majority of her posts. (Because, seriously, how many different ways can you say “Walk to work,” “Insulate your home,” and “Go vegan”?) She occasionally focuses on trivial or esoteric topics, like vermicomposting, because that’s what's on her mind—and because it’s fun!

ekanter — Emily Kanter

Emily is the Program Coordinator and Consultant for SBLP Cambridge & Somerville. A Cambridge native with years of experience working with local business owners, she has a deep understanding of the daily challenges that small and medium-sized companies face in a global economy. Emily has performed sustainability assessments at a variety of local companies in different service areas including food services, retail, lodging and professional offices. Her recommendations have effectively helped “green” company operations and reduce resource usage and expenses. Emily also connects clients with other local government and business associations, including Cambridge Local First, Somerville Local First, Cambridge Energy Alliance and GoGreen Somerville.

Emily graduated with a B.A. from Boston University, and has lived and travelled extensively in South America and Asia. Through this international experience, Emily saw firsthand the effects of globalization on the environment and local businesses, and has developed a passion for developing sustainable local economies.

jrogers — Josh Rogers

Josh has worked in the energy sector for the past three years. He is currently interning for CEA, and prior to that, worked for an economic consulting firm. Josh has researched issues in the electricity and oil & gas industries, including energy price hedging strategies and commodity market manipulation, and is particularly interested in electricity transport and electricity market restructuring.

lsusskind — Larry Susskind

Larry is founder of the Consensus Building Institute, Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Vice-Chair for Instruction at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School.

Entries posted here are from his blog on the uses of consensus building tools and techniques for more democratic decision-making: The Consensus Building Approach.

phil.mckenna — Phil McKenna

Phil is a freelance writer who covers breaking news and writes investigative features on energy and the environment as a correspondent for New Scientist magazine. You can also find his work in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the San Francisco Chronicle, Audubon, National Wildlife, and Technology Review.

Entries posted here are from his blog GreenPRCs.blogspot.com on environmental issues in the People's Republics of Cambridge and China.

Sarah — Sarah Keefe

I'm currently a Senior at Tufts University majoring in Computer Science and Environmental Studies. In my free time I enjoy running long distances and developing web applications.

Tara Holmes — Tara Holmes

Tara is a 30 year old woman living in Cambridge. She has always been passionate about environmental policy, sustainability and conservation and received an MPA in 2006 with a concentration in environmental policy. Tara tends to focus on politics and business, but also touches on conservation. Whatever helps to inspire others!

Editors

ganderson — Garrett Anderson

Garrett Anderson, Cambridge Energy Alliance Energy Advisor, comes to CEA with five years experience in building and administering energy efficient construction projects. Prior to joining CEA, Garrett worked as a contract administrator for Cambridge Housing Authority where he led several energy savings capital projects in Housing Authority developments. Before moving to Cambridge, Garrett built highly energy efficient homes for Habitat for Humanity as an AmeriCorps Volunteer in Denver, Colorado.

In addition to his experience in the housing sector, Garrett has worked on political databases and provided support to campaigns across the country during the 2008 presidential election. Garrett earned his Masters in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and his B.A. from Columbia University.

JPierce — Jerrad Pierce

Jerrad maintains CEA's information systems, and watches a lot of PBS.

LGlick — Lilah Glick

Lilah Glick, Cambridge Energy Alliance Community Outreach Manager, has over 8 years experience in coordinating environmental advocacy and community development projects. Lilah comes to CEA from Clean Water Action’s Boston office where she was the Global Warming/Clean Energy Outreach Coordinator. Ms. Glick advocated for climate and energy policy in the commonwealth and worked in local communities to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions.

Prior to serving as a clean energy advocate, she worked as a Development Associate for a non profit Internet Service Provider to promote low income/ rural access to wireless services. Ms. Glick received her Master’s degree in Community and Regional Planning from the University of Oregon and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and International Political Science from the University of Oregon. She also served for two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Nicaragua as a small business coordinator and as an Americorps Community Organizer for the city and school district of Falls City, Oregon.