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

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.

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Clay Anderson

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

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.

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Andrea Fox

Andrea Fox, Ms. Green Quick Fixes℠, is an environmental journalist, author of the syndicated green living series Green Quick Fixes℠, and an experienced water protection advocate. For the past five years, Fox has taken special interest in health and beauty, as well as cleaning products, and researches and writes about marketplace, waste stream, and health challenges; eco-friendly strategies and alternatives for consumers; and products that offer reduced human toxicity and minimized environmental impact. She is a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists, serves on various local, non-profit watershed committees in coastal Massachusetts, and co-chairs the citizen/public partnership, Citizens for Salem/Beverly Water Resources. You can follow her work, access commentary on environmental initiatives and campaigns, and read about her green trials and green living adventures on the Ms. Green Quick Fixes website.

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Kristina Strain

Editorial Contributor

Kristina Strain grew up the daughter of a cabinet maker and artist on a tumble-down farm in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains. The lessons she learned there, about raising chickens and planting gardens, repairing mowers and building forts and making do have inspired the crafty, DIY lifestyle she leads now. After earning a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies, Kristina moved to Binghamton, NY and started the successful blog Sweetfern Handmade. Her background includes everything from couch reupholstery to home cheesemaking, pickling to clothes refashioning. She happily shares her house and many hobbies with her three cats, Boston terrier, and extremely patient husband, Patrick.

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Ty Adams

Senior Editor - Solar & Off-Grid

Ty Adams Biography: Based in Portland, Oregon, Ty Adams is the founder and director of SolTrekker, an educational non-profit that brings free renewable energy education to low-income schools. Ty began his journey into renewable energy in 2006 when he sold his house, left his desk job, bought a motorhome and toured the U.S. running 100 percent biodiesel as part of an advocacy and education project called bioTrekker. The project evolved, began taking up more time, and branched into the non-profit organization that is now called SolTrekker. Since creating bioTrekker and founding SolTrekker, Ty has been a public speaker on the topics of renewable energy and sustainability, making presentations at elementary schools, universities, music festivals, RV shows and home expos. His professional background includes 11 years of journalism experience as a newspaper reporter, magazine editor and non-fiction author. Ty pays his bills by doing what he loves, which includes learning more about renewable energy every day, writing, editing and advocating sustainability.

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