Jeff McIntire-Strasburg has been blogging a greener world via sustainablog since 2003!
Zach is the editor/director of Cleantechnica.com and Planetsave.com. You can also find his written work on Reuters, Scientific American, EatDrinkBetter.com, and numerous other sites. (Full list at: zacharyshahan.com)
Zach currently lives in Wroclaw (Poland), but has also lived in Groningen (the Netherlands), Sarasota & Bradenton (Florida), Chapel Hill & Carrboro (North Carolina), Sunnyvale (California), Ithaca (New York), and Charlottesville (Virginia). He's originally from Sarasota, FL.
Zach has a B.A. in environmental studies and sociology (from New College of Florida, the Honors College of Florida) and a master’s in city and regional planning (from UNC-Chapel Hill, the top university in the nation for his specialization the year he graduated). He has worked as a professional blogger since 2008.
Before moving to Poland, Zach worked as the Executive Director of a non-profit organization promoting sustainable development and clean transportation in Charlottesville, VA; as an urban research consultant; in various government positions (in city planning and environmental education); and in natural foods stores (ranging from small co-op markets to corporate giant Whole Foods Market).
I know sustainablog founder and editor Jeff McIntire-Strasburg is an I-GO fan — I actually learned about this Chicago car sharing non-profit from Jeff when he wrote about it earlier this year on sustainablog. Well, now, this humble little car sharing non-profit is leading the country.. in powering electric cars with solar power.
Kars4Kids just created an Infographic entitled “How many cars were recycled last year” (below). Given that we’ve covered recycling of old cars in the past, it’s an important but not widely discussed topic, and there are some pretty interesting stats here, I thought it’d be something fun to share here. Here’s a particularly shocking statistic [...]
Jeff wrote about the EPA’s “Be an ENERGY STAR” video challenge back in August, and featured a video submitted by some rather clever and cute kids. In case you don’t remember, you can check out the link above, and the summary of the contest is that it encouraged Americans to pick up their cameras and document [...]
A good, old friend of sustainablog and our media network, Jan van Voorst, started a new project not long ago where you support green organizations or actions by sharing posts on social media (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon, and Google+). Jeff covered the new project in August right after it got started. It seems to be [...]
With the cost of solar continuously declining and a huge solar power explosion (i.e. a ton more solar getting installed around the world these days), you might be wondering what your options are for going solar. To be honest, you have more way to go solar than ever. Let’s run down some of your top options. [...]
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