Neha is a passionate individual with a creative spirit. She has studied art in Italy, France, India, and the USA.  A painter at heart, Neha brings her artistic inclination and her past experience working on the product development at Coach Handbags in NYC and to create unique collections for her other successful company, Sama Baby.  She absolutely believes that you can enjoy the luxuries of fashion without polluting the planet! Thanks to her fashionista background, Neha will be covering Style and News for Greenista.

Shivani was destined to become an entrepreneur in organics. She possessed a deep appreciation for holistic health and environmentally conscious living by the time she graduated high school. Later she studied social entrepreneurship – an activist approach to business. Shivani is obsessed with organic and healthy living – through exercise, food, detox, fasting, yoga, ayurveda, acupuncture, and anything else she can get her hands on. She already has a successful business called Sama Baby and will be writing about all things eco-mama related as she’s expecting her first baby.

Once Brianne started writing about green living, it was all downhill from there … in a good way. She realized how important incorporating eco-friendly products and food into her life was for her body and the planet. Prior to assisting with the launch of Greenista, Brianne was the NY City Editor for the now defunct Ideal Bite, which was a goddess in the green world with a ton of readers. She learned so much over the past few years and can’t wait to share it all with our Greenistas! Aside from writing about green living, Brianne also has her own local and organic food blog called Get Fork’d and her own line of organic dog treats – Get Lick’d. She will be using her domestic goddess skills to cover Dwell and News.

Shubhra Ramineni is a cookbook author, culinary teacher, and new mother of a beautiful baby girl. Her interests are of course her baby and all things baby related, cooking, volunteering for animal welfare, gardening, tennis, and traveling the world. Shubhra also loves nature and does her part to be environmentally friendly. She has an Indian cookbook coming out in the fall of 2010, which is her collection of quick and easy basic Indian recipes for busy people, and she teaches Indian cooking classes at Sur La Table, Williams-Sonoma and Whole Foods. Details about her cookbook and cooking classes are at www.enticewithspice.com. Shubhra will be lending her culinary expertise to cover the Bite section.

Tatyanna Wright is a writer, maternity lifestyle expert and founder of Haute Mama Online, a lifestyle destination for the stylish green urban mother. She offers pregnant women and new mothers advice on baby products, toys, parenting consultants, holistic wellness, doulas, greening and keeping ones own personal style while pregnant. She blogs and writes for various online publications and websites. Wright also plans events bringing together speakers, and shopping experiences catering to mothers and on trend topics. Wright recently launched a new online store featuring many hard to find eco-friendly baby products as well as her own line of holistic body care for pregnancy, postpartum and babies.

Bridget grew up in a family who believed in green since the 70’s! Her dad got a masters in environmental science and her mom sold one of Greenista’s favorite cleaning products (Shaklee) for over 20 years! Bridget loves dancing, traveling, fashion, and her dog Jackson. Out of her love for fashion, Bridget owns a company called Dress Marie that helps men and women express their inner-selves through their wardrobe. Her work as a wardrobe stylist has appeared in OK Magazine and www.mystyle.com. Bridget has shared her expertise by lecturing to such groups as the Women’s Energy Network and Hotel ZaZa. She has been picked as a “style arbiter” on www.pinkmemo.com and written articles for Dallas’ La Mode Magazine. Bridget is a guest blogger for Greenista Style section.

Mike is originally from upstate New York, but he moved to Texas in January of 2007 to attend the University of Houston for Graphic Design. After graduation he was approached by fellow classmate and current coworker Erin Link, who had arranged an interview for him with Greenopolis for a graphic design position. He got the job, and now currently resides as the content manager for Greenopolis! One of Mike’s favorite things in life to do is design, so he loves to reuse and upcycle things to new and unique ideas. Take for example the Driftwood Lamp post he wrote, which shows people how easy it is to reuse and build. He does confess that he used to take very long showers, but now he cuts down his time to conserve water. As far as working at Greenopolis goes for Mike, he says that he’s always learning great ideas and facts from the blogs on Greenopolis, and he constantly shares them with his friends and family. “It’s great to work with so many talented people, and I’ll continue to do my part in becoming more successful.”

Sasha is a Senior Account Executive in the sustainability practice of an international public relations firm. Her work ranges from putting together corporate social responsibility campaigns for Fortune 500 companies to helping non-profits make a positive difference. Previously a contributing writer for MTV.com, Angeleno magazine, and Gayot.com, Sasha currently pens the green blog “A Project Called Life” and enjoys writing about the mini eco-adventures in her hometown of San Francisco. Her eco passions include following the local food movement, “greening” the cosmetics industry, and trying her hand at basic homesteading projects. She begins her Masters of Business Administration graduate degree in Sustainable Enterprise in Fall 2010. Sasha will be contributing to the Style, News, and Bite sections on Greenista.

A graduate of Columbia University & The Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Latham Thomas developed her keen interest in plant physiology and herbs while studying with a master herbalist at age 7. She is the founder of Tender Shoots Wellness, a boutique holistic lifestyle practice that serves women during the childbearing years, offering green culinary services, nutritional counseling, yoga, and birth doula services. Latham has been featured on the Dr.Oz Show, ABC Eyewitness News, Inside Edition, NY Daily News, Vital Juice, Essence, Body + Soul and more. She is currently writing her first book on pregnancy and wellness, helping to green the planet one belly at a time. Visit my blog and follow me on Twitter at @TenderShoots!

Aysha is a fashionista with a green twist. She’s new to the world of green living but already loves it and is now devoted to spreading the word about the eco lifestyle. Being a foodie at heart, she loves organic food and the power it has on her body and the environment…not to mention the fresh yummy flavors. Aysha is also a communications major on a budget and loves that going green saves her green — she lives for the 3 R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Aysha will be covering everything from holistic remedies to organic fashion and dabbling in some Facebook and Twitter social networking.