Fredrica Syren, the author and founder of Green-Mom.com, was born in Sweden. Her mother was a classically trained chef who introduced her to many eclectic flavors and skills at a young age. Her mom's passion for the outdoors and gardening planted the seed for her own love of nature and healthy eating.
She received a degree in journalism and has worked as a print, Internet and broadcasting journalist for many years with big businesses within Europe and the United States. After her mom was diagnosed with terminal cancer and she with pre-cancer, Fredrica changed her career to become a full time yoga teacher and activist. A longtime world traveler, foodie and career woman, she was exposed to many facets of life, but nothing inspired her more than becoming a mom. After her first-born, Fredrica began a food blog focusing on local, seasonal, organic & vegetarian dishes. Years of food blogging developed into the cookbook Yummy in My Tummy, Healthy Cooking for the Whole Family.
Upon the arrival of her second child, Fredrica founded Green-Mom.com. Her vision was to establish a site providing insight about gardening, home and personal care, baby & child, and of course food & nutrition. Green-Mom.com hosts many talented writers shedding light on ways to incorporate eco-friendly and nutritious practices for busy families. She is an advocate for organic, local and sustainable businesses. Fredrica hopes to inspire social change through her lifestyle, passion and business.
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James is a Green Dad. He has been married to Green Mom (a.k.a. Fredrica) for 19 years and is a father of 3.
James's interests outside of work round out his character. He is an Eagle Scout and loves nature and the outdoors, especially hiking and camping. While living in London, Fredrica and James started practicing yoga with more focus and intensity, and he became a certified yoga teacher.
James hopes to inspire other dads to bring more consciousness to their family life … in the time they spend with their kids, in the impact they make on the planet and in the mindset they have about how we all live our lives. Click to see articles by James.
Andrea Patin is Marketing Director, Product Reviewer and Green-Mom's right-hand woman. She is a fellow crunchy gal who is passionate about learning, practicing and sharing ways to live more sustainably. Since 2003 she has had a career in the Holistic Arts as a Nationally Certified Massage Therapist; as well as a Registered Yoga Instructor and Certified Birth Doula for many years. For fun she has taken multiple courses in Peace Studies and Urban Agriculture at the local community college. She is a foodie, so growing, cooking, sharing and eating organic is a norm. In her free time, she explores creative ways to develop her urban homestead. Andrea lives happily in San Diego with her husband and son. Click to see articles by Andrea.
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Centehua is a mother, wife, chef, blogger, forager, farmer, dancer earth momma. She is an urban homesteader, learning how to live better with less, discovering quality of life in sustainable practices. Her passion is in assisting the world in a possitive shift through the integrity of clean raw foods, superfoods and superherbs. She believes that a deeper connection to the earth and our sustenance is vital for a sense of self responsability and overall health. She is a lover of nature and music. Centehua is the founder of "Baktun foods" an online resource and catering company for organic living foods.
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A transplant from Maryland in 1998, I have found California to be a great place for the current chapter of my life. As someone with various and numerous interests, the opportunities here have been abundant. And with each opportunity has come responsibility always to do what is right — for the job, other person(s) involved, self, and planet.
As a child, I thought nothing of helping Mom tear up our old clothes that could no longer be mended, and braid it into rugs. Nor did I think that making/wearing clothes from feedbag was unusual. We spent weekends from spring to fall helping in our grandmother's "garden." As a young teen, I realized that a "garden" didn't require a tractor — which we needed. Of course, we ate well all year. What else could we ask for?
As a mom, I found that everyday life provided opportunities to model behaviors that taught respect and stewardship of the environment . . . and let me tell you, it has paid off! Our older son and his partner raise their own veggies and fruit, fertilized by their own compost; and they collect eggs from their own chickens. Our younger son founded a non-profit called 4WallsInternational, committed to rescuing Mother Earth. By using discarded tires, cans and bottles as building blocks for sustainable off-the-grid homes for the poorest of the poor in Mexico, he hopes to clean up the Tijuana River and its estuaries.
I now edit for Green-mom, which is great because I get information already researched by our writers. And I take it to heart. I thought I was "green" before, but the information in the articles has had its impact, believe me! There's always something more to learn, like soap nuts for laundry. The articles provide real, down-to-earth help. I feel that my current profession is a natural progression of sorts.
I recommend reading Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree for an even better understanding of where I'm coming from. Oops! That's the English teacher in me coming out!
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Dawna is a yoga teacher, writer, domestic goddess, and lover of life. She tries to celebrate all the joys given to us in this world by dancing, singing, cooking, and gazing up at the sky. Dawna believes green living is a way of coming back to the self- a simple yet deeply satisfying dance of gratitude to mother earth and each one of us. She lives in Colorado where the mountains are a perfect backdrop to each day. She twirls daily. Click to see articles by Dawna.
A mother of 4 with 6 wonderful grandchildren, Larraine has been active in the environmental movement since the early l970s. When the first blue boxes for recycling were launched in her region, she began writing a local weekly newspaper column to promote the 3 Rs. Since that time, she has been a freelance writer for several publications, including BioCycle magazine.
As a composting advocate, Larraine authors children's adventure stories that combine composting facts with literature. Currently she is working on the 6th book of her Pee Wee at Castle Compost series, which can be viewed at www.castlecompost.com.
As well, Larraine and her husband Pete have built a straw bale home and live in Ontario.
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Emma Grace is a writer and poet from California with a history of urban farming and teaching 'uncooking' raw food. She currently teaches preschool at an international school in Prague and makes do with a small balcony garden in the summertime. Her other interests include singing, reading, and day dreaming.
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Emelie was born 1994 in Stockholm, Sweden where she grew up. She is currently living in Örebro, Sweden and studying environmental sciences focusing on food production and cooking for three years. In the end she will have a wide array of skills from how the Earth is impacted by food production to putting the food on the table in a luxurious and appealing way. Plans for the future include saving the world, graduating, travelling and doing her washing. Emelie's free-time is spent studying, visiting farmers markets with friends and watching her favourite TV-shows. She tries to live a low impact, green student life and wants inspire people around her to do the same and re-value the worth of good, organic food.
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