Alexandra Zissu is an eco lifestyle expert, writer, speaker, and consultant. She’s the author of The Conscious Kitchen, Planet Home, The Complete Organic Pregnancy, and The Butcher’s Guide to Well-Raised Meat. She has worked for New York Magazine, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Lifetime and Details magazines, The New York Observer and Women’s Wear Daily, and her stories have appeared in dozens of publications.
She speaks often about all things eco-friendly at private firms, mothers’ groups, schools, non-profits, and industry expos, and consults about green living for individuals and organizations. Though she should probably be on a biodynamic farm in Vermont, or growing dill in Finland, she actually lives in New York City, across the street from where she grew up, with her (organic) family.
BY Alexandra Zissu ON October 16, 2012
Has anyone else been following Environmental Health News’ series Pollution, Poverty, People of Color as if it were the new Mad Men? No? Personally I can’t get enough. I especially can’t get one article …
TOPICS: Cancer, Mercury Poisoning, Pollution, Pregnancy
BY Alexandra Zissu ON July 2, 2012
I should be working but instead I’m Googling natural tick repellents, digging through the hall closet to see if we still have rain boots that fit, and worrying, especially about ozone. It hit well …
TOPICS: Asthma, Motherhood, Pollution, Social Justice
BY Alexandra Zissu ON May 20, 2012
In a completely unscientific study (polling my friends and readers), I’ve discovered that OB/GYNs are up to the task of warning patients not to eat certain fish, but they don’t bother to explain why. …
TOPICS: Coal, Food, Mercury Poisoning, Motherhood, Pollution, Pregnancy, Science
BY Alexandra Zissu ON March 28, 2012
I’m not much of a product person, but I spend a lot of time answering questions from people who want advice on what eco-products to buy. Environmentalists are fond of saying that we cannot shop …
BY Alexandra Zissu ON March 6, 2012
This is a guest post from Alexandra Zissu:
I went to a Moms Clean Air Force lunch recently and was smitten. I’m someone who already knew some of the rather depressing statistics about air …
TOPICS: Activism, Motherhood, Pollution
