about green LA girl

I’m Siel, an environmental writer and activist, and you’re reading green LA girl, my personal blog about eco-friendly, sustainable living in Los Angeles.

I wrote the first green LA girl post in July 2005 when I was a grad student living in west L.A. Now, I have a Ph.D. in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Southern California, teach at Loyola Marymount University and Otis College of Arts and Design, and live in Santa Monica, Calif. A Scorpio with a wishlist, I also write poems.

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What I do

I write and speak about environmental and fair trade issues. I’m a Contributing Editor at BlogHer.com (formerly Green section editor). Previously, I headed up LATimes.com’s environmental blog, Emerald City, served as editor for the L.A. section of WorldChanging, contributed to KPCC‘s green blog Pacific Swell, blogged for Mother Nature Network‘s lifestyle section, and wrote the Green News is Good News blog for Lime.com (since bought by Gaiam).

I’ve been interviewed and recognized as an environmental lifestyle expert on NPR’s Weekend Edition, SELF, GOOD, Sacramento News & Review, SFGate, KoreAm, and many other publications. To find out more about what I’ve been writing or doing outside this blog, visit my CV-esque page or check out miscellaneous posts about what I’ve been up to.

How to find me

Email me at greenlagirl@gmail.com, write me through my contact page, or find me on Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, and Goodreads (All Consuming for books read before 2010).

[last updated 8/30/11]