Allie lives in Rochester, NY with her husband, two German Shepherds and a three-legged cat.  When she’s not picking pet hair off her clothes, she loves to garden, hike, bike, camp, and write fiction.  Her first book, STAY (Dutton) debuts on June 10, 2010.  She also blogs at allielarkin.blogspot.com.  Allie can hang four spoons on her face at the same time, which makes her a fun, or embarrassing dinner date, depending on your perspective. Follow her on Twitter @AlliesAnswers

Courtney is a writer/editor who appreciates any effort, no matter how small, to respect our planet. She writes for The Greenists because she believes green living should be the norm, not anything special or different. In this site, she aims to educate readers in a moderate, accessible and non-partisan way about the things we can do to lessen our footprints, keeping abreast of current events of which eco-friendly people should be aware. Courtney’s hobbies include dancing, pilates, hiking, reading, and the Irish jig. She currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dianne has been interested in food and cooking all of her life.  Her earliest memories were in the kitchen with her Mom.  When Dianne and her younger sister got a little older they even cooked lunch on Sunday afternoons.  It was a simple meal, macaroni and cheese from a box, with cut up hot dogs mixed in, along with green peas, but it was the beginning of her culinary explorations.  She’s come a long way from boxed mac and cheese, but she still loves the process of cooking and baking to this day.  Dianne has a degree in Environmental Management and has really began to worry about the state of our planet, especially since her daughter was born in 2003.  Most days you’ll find her in the kitchen with Alexis (who loves to cook too), mixing up mostly “green” dishes focusing on whole, mostly organic and often local ingredients and then blogging about what she’s created at Dianne’s Dishes.  Dianne lives in Maryland with her husband Jamison, her daughter Alexis, two hermit crabs and three fish.

Melissa is a Nationally Certified Elementary School Counselor who resides outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin with her husband, son, and Labrador retriever. When she is not teaching and counseling little ones, she can be found working in her gardens or chasing her toddler around the city parks. Please enjoy Melissa’s posts regarding green parenting, a topic in which she is both knowledgeable and passionate about.

A habitual (and deeply ashamed) rule-follower in real life, Mickey prefers to inhabit the persona of a swashbuckling outdoorsman and rogue thinker when representing himself in print. Along with bowing to The Man with far too much regularity, he spends his time park-rangering in Wyoming and undertaking ridiculous endeavors in the mountains, the better to escape the frustrations of dealing with humanity.

He takes a somewhat hard line when it comes to environmental issues, but tries to reign in his fanatical, screw-the-humans streak in order to lure in the more sensitive and moderate fence-sitters.

The Modern Gal loves to dish on all the things important to a renaissance woman in today’s world: fashion, sports, finance, pop culture, health, love and more. It can be tough balancing all of those interests, but it’s easy being green — and the MG is out to prove it! Deep down, the MG is a bit of a homebody, which is why she’s so excited to share her thoughts with you here at The Greenists about being green at home. For more, check her out at The Modern Gal or on Twitter @themoderngal.

NPW is currently a middle school library media specialist in a Boston suburb. While she does not consider herself an expert on the environment by any means, she is in the unique position of seeing how this generation of kids is responding to the campaign for more eco-friendly homes and schools. In turn, she is able to respond to that increasing need by working with students and teachers to come up with ways schools can increase energy efficiency, both through technology and sheer determination. She’s hoping that her foray into writing about eco-friendly issues will help others see the importance of getting kids invested in their own futures. Her hobbies include reading (obvi!), writing, biking, cooking, video games, exploring new social media sites, and shiny gadgets. For more of NPW, check her out at nancypearlwannabe.com/blog, or follow her on Twitter, @NPW.

Stefanie is a technical writer and editor by day, Internet addict, serial dater, and borderline wino by night. Although she would never fancy herself a full-fledged expert on environmentally friendly living, she has long thought it simply good common sense to make more responsible choices, however large or small, whenever possible. As The Greenists’ contributor on green cleaning products, she looks forward to learning and experimenting along with the rest of you. When she’s not writing things riveting for work and trivial for fun, Stefanie enjoys yoga, books, knitting, and board games. (She is a formidable Boggle contender, if she does say so herself.) She often has no idea what she’s doing, but rarely lets that stop her from doing it. She lives in Minneapolis and blogs semi-regularly at Stefanie Says.

Chris (www.afreeman.org)

Dingo is new to the green movement.  So new she’s green. Ha! Get it? Green? When not subjecting people to bad puns, Dingo can be found in the classroom terrorizing undergraduates with past participles and iambic pentameter or at the park with her faithful mutt, Dingo Girl.  Always pressed for time, Dingo’s quest is to find easy, inexpensive, and practical ways for city dwellers to go green. If she can somehow combine these activities with food and wine, you’ll be the first to know.  For more about Dingo, and to find out how to survive the impending zombie invasion, check out As I Was Saying.

Outspoken and perpetually barefoot, TMC blogs at Return to Rural about time flying, cultural ills, the evil that is the suburban lawn, and her pursuit of a simple life. She shares a little cottage in the Great Plains with her husband and a delightful clan of local deities and rescued pets that keep her on her toes.