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Who We Are
Grow and Make is made up of individuals who are passionate about living sustainably and providing consumers with insights on saving money, energy and reducing their carbon footprint.
Will Johnston
Co-Founder & CTO
Will has an extensive background in high technology startups and as an Internet entrepreneur. Having grown up in Santa Cruz, California Will practiced sustainable living during his formative years and now living in Portland, Oregon he and his family are a test bed for sustainable products and living. Will is a parent and husband as well as world traveler.
Clay Anderson
Co-Founder & Director of Merchandising
Clay has an extensive background in working with Off-Grid and Alternative Energy technologies. He spends Summers at an off-grid ranch in Montana and while at home in Portland, Oregon he tests and trials products at Grow and Make. Contact Clay
Nancy Hulse
Senior Editor
My love of gardening has led me from city to farm and back again. When my children were young we moved to a small farm, where we were part of a community of families experiencing country life for the first time. Those were the days of abundant gardens, canning and preserving food, raising a menagerie of farm animals (we even had a cooperative milk cow), and imaginative and inventive do-it-yourself projects.
Now I do my gardening on a double city lot, and I find many of my country experiences translate, if on a much smaller scale. One of my interests is encouraging both new and experienced gardeners to find space to garden in the city, to create beautiful and nurturing outdoor spaces, and to choose the best and most environmentally friendly products to support a sustainable lifestyle.
Colleen Welch
Senior Editor
Colleen is our resident yoga instructor and green living gadfly. Colleen lives the life of a sustainable editor and writer, performing trials and experimenting with the wares that Grow and Make receives for evaluation. Colleen has an extensive background as a writer and researcher. In her free time, Colleen practices Vinyasa yoga, meditates (often in her backyard oasis garden) and reads voraciously.