Hi and welcome!

I’m an award-winning journalist, sustainable fashion expert, and author of To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick – and How We Can Fight Back.

To Dye For has been featured on media spanning the political spectrum, from NPR’s Fresh Air to the Joe Rogan Experience. It won the 2024 Society of Environmental Journalists Rachel Carson Book Award, and the 2024 silver Nautilus Book Award for Journalism and Investigative Reporting.

I’ve written investigative pieces and deep dives on innovation, materials, and consumer trends for The New York Times, BBC, Wired, The Cut, Heatmap News, Vox, Vogue, Mongabay, and more.

I’m also the founder and editor of EcoCult, a platform for science-based information on sustainable and healthy materials in fashion and homes. I recently moved it onto Substack – please subscribe there.

I frequently speak on and moderate panels around sustainability in New York City and internationally and conduct in-depth research for non-profit organizations. I’ve been interviewed on the topic of sustainability for the BBC, The Guardian, NBC, NPR, Reuters, CBC, The Cut, Al Jazeera, and Teen Vogue.

Find my latest writing under the RECENT ARTICLES tab and at EcoCult’s Substack.

Some of my favorite pieces:

That Organic Cotton T-Shirt Might Not Be As Organic As You Think - The New York Times / Front-page investigation

Get Rich Selling Used Fashion Online—or Cry Trying - Wired / Winner of ASJA award for Business reporting

‘I wanted to cry’: Devastating risks of spray foam insulation hidden from Vermont homeowners - VT Digger

The Trendy Secondhand Clothing Market is Huge and Growing – Yet Nobody Is Turning a Profit - BBC

Hitting the Gym or Going to Yoga? Your Workout Clothes Could Be Doing More Harm Than You Realize - CNN

This company claims to help the world’s biggest corporations recycle. Activists say it’s greenwashing. - Vox

Multilevel Marketing Companies Like Lularoe Are Forcing People Into Debt and Psychological Crisis - Quartz

Argentina’s Textile Crusader - Craftsmanship Quarterly

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I am currently the Communications Director for the Vermont Center for Ecostudies, where I help our conservation biologists share their research findings with policy makers, land managers, and regular folks who want to protect the wildlife that call the Northeast their home.

I live in southern Vermont on nine acres of forest in an old farmhouse I renovated using natural and non-toxic materials.