Our contributors are people like you and me. We live in the community, we are concerned about the environment, and we are doing our part to help minimize our impacts and to make our society more sustainable. Most importantly, when we read or hear about anything new or interesting relating to the environment, we always have access to a computer and the internet to share our information with you. If this sounds like you and you would like to be a contributor, drop us a line.

We are always looking for people who are passionate about the themes and subjects we cover every day at thegreenpages.ca 

Rex Turgano / Founder - BES, MLIS
Rex (a.k.a. the "green-techy" librarian) is the founder and editor of thegreenpages.ca. His endless enthusiasm and interests in information technologies and the natural environment has led him to work/live in various places across Canada (with a half-year stint in Perth, Australia). Continuous learning and wandering around are one of his favourite things-to-do.

Fraser Los / Contributing Editor - BSc., BA Hon.
After 10 years roaming the Canadian wilderness, planting trees and supervising reforestation contracts, Fraser is now settled in southern Ontario. He is assistant editor with Alternatives Journal, and has written articles for magazines such as Maisonneuve and Spacing. Fraser is the Ontario rep for thegreenpages.ca.

Cody Torgerson / Events Coordinator
Cody promotes environmental events in his spare time to increase environmental awareness in Calgary (www.greendrinkscalgary.ca). Cody is also a regular contributor to Alberta's upcoming environmental events and an avid photo taker on our thegreenpages flickr group.

Cindy Green / Field Reporter and Business Strategist

Cindy has worked as a marketing manager in the Internet, communications, and software industries for over 12 years. Through her travels in Asia and having lived and worked in Hong Kong, Singapore, and San Francisco, she's developed a heightened awareness of the need for environmental and social responsibility. Cindy's appreciation of nature and intrinsic value of living sustainably, inquisitiveness for "how things work", and interests in information technology, green products, and environmental technology have brought her to contribute to thegreenpages.ca. Based in beautiful Vancouver, her latest entries can be found at http://thegreenpages.ca/portal/bc/cindy-green/

Special advisors, long time supporters, notable mentions...

Jen McLaughlin - BES, MBA
Jen has worked in the Environment Health and Safety field for 7+ years and is currently the North America EHS Manager at Research in Motion. Jen's love for the environment steers her career decisions by allowing her to work on sustainable environmental solutions from within industry. When not working she loves to travel with her husband Joe. Jen believes that even the smallest effort can make a difference and that through continuing education we can help people to make smart environmental decisons.

Laura Damelio - BA, MES
Laura D'Amelio is a freelance writer and producer with a dedication to the broad understanding of the environment, including political, social, built and natural. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications including Canadian Wildlife Magazine and Alternatives Journal. She has also been a fellow of the International Radio and Television Society and the Society of Environmental Journalists. Laura's personal web site is: http://www.lauradamelio.com/.

Mark Leiren-Young
Mark is the writer and director of the new Canadian feature film, The Green Chain starring Babz Chula, Jillian Fargey, Brendan Fletcher, Tricia Helfer, Scott McNeil, Tahmoh Penikett and August Schellenberg. Mark also wrote and produced the EarthVisionAward-winning TV special, Greenpieces: An Eco-Comedy, which stars his satirical trouple, Local Anxiety www.localanxiety.com. Local Anxiety specializes in environmental humour and their songs, which have been commissioned by both CBC and NPR, include their hit: "I'm White, I'm Straight, I'm Sorry." As a journalist Mark has written for Time Magazine, Maclean's and The Utne Reader. He's a longtime contributor to The Georgia Straight and a columnist for The Tyee, which hosts his Green Chain podcast series. For more on Mark, visit www.leiren-young.ca

Melissa Tupper
Melissa Tupper completed a Master's degree in Environmental Education from Royal Roads University and has been involved with numerous organizations focused on a range of environmental issues. She is the former Executive Director of Northwest Wildlife Preservation Society, has worked on developing a conservation program in Northern Vietnam, has been involved with sea turtle conservation in Greece, has been a wildlife educator in Vancouver schools and has coordinated a variety of habitat restoration and stewardship initiatives. Melissa now works for the World Wildlife Fund Canada in Vancouver, BC. Melissa's love of the natural world and desire to preserve it motivates her to encourage positive change on the local level.

Tracey Cooke - BES
Tracey has worked in the environmental field in Northern Ontario for over 8 years working as a consultant, wetland biologist, and natural resources planner. Recently she took on her biggest project to date, being Mom to her daughter Darcy who was born in August 2006. Tracey lives and works in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario.

Mariesette Santiago - BA (Hon.), MAJ
As a yogi, Mariesette has come to truly appreciate her surroundings and develop a deeper connection with nature. Her expertise as a freelance writer and producer is a result of her ubiquitous curiosity and hopes of contributing to the knowledge of a diversity of societies and cultures. Mariesette believes in the power of shared ideas and information to mobilize and empower individuals.

Peter Blanchard
Peter Blanchard has been interested in the environment since grade school, where he was once scolded for jostling a classmate who was littering. Educated in science and admin., he worked for years in IT before changing direction to follow his passion for the environment. In 2000 he founded Planetfriendly.net to help connect people with "countless green opportunities across Canada". In 2001 he launched what is now Canada's largest green jobs site, GoodWorkCanada.ca. Peter eats local, small-farm food whenever possible; prefers alternatives to air conditioning; and enjoys walking, biking and living car-free. He and his family now live in Ottawa. Visit Peter at www.PeterBlanchard.ca.

Peter has been in the "green web" scene since we cannot remember as one of the first pioneers in the environmental movement on the world wide web. He has a great eye for capturing spectacular images of our natural environment also a regular contributor to our flickr group.

Rick Searle
Rick is no stranger to media and environmental journalism. He co-hosted Enviro-Mental! - a weekly half-hour environmental magazine program - for the New VI as well as contributing stories for the evening news. He has co-produced a half hour documentary on land stewardship and contributed to the production of three other documentaries, as well he has produced and hosted two environmental radio shows. As a freelance writer, his articles have appeared in magazines in Canada, United States, United Kingdom and Europe, while his first book "Phantom Parks: The Struggle to Save Canada's National Parks," published in 2000, is sold out. When he's not chasing down a breaking story, Rick can often be found kayaking, hiking or backpacking in some park or wilderness area.

Rick is an old acquaintance of ours from our Canadian Biosphere Reserves Association days and we often collaborate on various environmental communication projects. Read Rick's latest blog postings or visit EKOS Communications