Scott MacKenzie – Editor and Co-Founder

After witnessing the impacts of climate change below the melting glaciers of Patagonia, Scott made a decision to stay at the front lines of global environmental issues. He has since worked on a range of environmental projects, from energy efficiency and green business development to water security, natural resources management, and prioritizing environmental recovery measures in post-disaster zones. While a sustainability coordinator at the University of California, he created an environmentally preferable purchasing program that increased the procurement of more energy efficient and sustainably designed products and services across the UC system. The program received an Environmental Achievement Award from the EPA for its success. During his time at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, Scott conducted research on international environmental governance for the Earth Institute at Columbia University and served as a program assistant to the executive director. More recently, he has consulted with both the Asia Society and the United Nations Environment Programme. He currently is the web manager for oceans and climate at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. A California native, Scott has lived in Davis, Santa Barbara, Chile, and New York City, but currently calls Monterey home.

S. Neil Larsen – Editor and Co-Founder

Neil found himself pursuing a career in environmental and energy policy after 2 years of teaching English in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where he traveled extensively throughout the country and region. The furious pace of development, environmental degradation, and growing economic inequality inspired him to go back to school. He found his way to Columbia University for graduate studies in international affairs and environmental & energy policy. While at Columbia he researched a wide range of topics from avoided deforestation schemes in Indonesia to large-scale wind power development for New York City, and studied of Indonesian language for two summers in central Java. Currently an independent environmental consultant, he has performed work for the Earth Institute, the NYC Economic Development Corporation, The World Bank, The Nature Conservancy, and the National Marine Fisheries Service. Though originally from Minneapolis, Neil has called Maine, San Francisco, New York, Cambodia, and Indonesia home at one point or another. He lives in Seattle.

Lakshmi Eassey – Editor

Born and raised in California, Lakshmi is currently a freelance journalist in India. Over the past few years, Lakshmi has worked with newspapers and magazines from Gaborone, Botswana to Los Angeles, California. She has taught in Ladakh, India, and spent a year as a Fulbright Fellow teaching in Hamburg, Germany. Most recently, she served as the Director of Media & Communication for Indicorps in Ahmedabad, India. Lakshmi also has several years of experience with the National Student Leadership Conference on programs relating to International Diplomacy, Globalization, and Journalism & Mass Communication. She is a graduate of Pitzer College (Claremont, CA) where she studied Global Communications and Studio Art. Lakshmi believes in the media’ s power to bring about positive change.

Teresa Lang – Contributor

Born and raised in California, Teresa lives in Los Angeles, where she works as a Policy Associate for the Climate Action Reserve. In her current position, she assists in developing and managing protocols for carbon offset protocols in the agriculture and forestry sectors. Prior to her work at the Reserve, Teresa worked with Paso Pacífico, focusing on ecosystem conservation in Central America. Her responsibilities ranged from the development of new restoration and adaptation projects to developing a micro-enterprise, eco-tourism program in rural Nicaraguan communities. Previously, she worked for the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, where she helped corporate and nonprofit industry leaders develop new climate change and energy projects, and she has also consulted for the Climate Change Group at the World Bank on coastal adaptation policy. Teresa completed her Master’s degree in International Affairs at Columbia University, concentrating in Environmental Policy Studies and earned her Bachelor’s degree in Political Economy from the University of California at Berkeley. Teresa enjoys surfing, hiking, and doing what she can to protect our natural resources.