Contributors

John Abrams (“A House on a Great Pond,” page 26) is the founder and CEO of South Mountain Company and author of Companies We Keep: Employee Ownership and the Business of Community and Place. He blogs at southmountain.com/blog. “Some of my Patagonia shirts go back almost to the company’s ’70s roots. I exchange them at Worn Wear for refurbished ones that I like better than their new ones.”

Nancy Slonin Aronie (“The

Pleasure Theory,” page 17) is the author of Writing from the Heart: Tapping the Power of Your Inner Voice, a commentator for National Public Radio, and the founder of the Chilmark Writing Workshop. “I printed 500 T shirts that say ‘Ask me about thorium’ [a proposed alternative energy source], and give them out on a regular basis. But more on that another time.”

Randi Baird (photos, “Microgreens,” page 42) has spent the past three decades using her photographs to communicate, educate, and enact social change. “Compost your yard and food waste into great soil. It adds life and organic matter to compacted soil, and feeds vegetable and fruit trees. I use leaves, grass clippings, food waste, and manure from my chickens, and layer it like a lasagna.”

Claire Callagy (photos, “Nitrogen,” page 21) is an Island-based photographer and the philanthropic program manager for the Fink Family Foundation, which works closely with Island Grown Initiative on reducing food waste on the Vineyard.

Geoff Currier (“Cruising with Currier,” page 55) is associate editor of The MV Times. He writes frequently for Edible Vineyard and MV Arts and Ideas magazines. “Grow a beard. You keep all those razor blades out of the landfills. And look rakishly handsome. It's a win-win.” “Cruising with Currier” will appear in each issue of Bluedot Living.

Mollie Doyle (“Local: Lauren Morgan,” page 16; “Building from Scratch,” page 34; “Room for Change,” page 48) is a writer, yoga teacher, and lead laundress of her Chilmark household. “When I discovered Dropps laundry detergent pods, which are earth-friendly (no plastic at all!) and effective, it was a game-changer.”

Jeremy Driesen (photos, “Local: Lauren Morgan,” page 16; “Building from Scratch,” page 34; and “Cruising with Currier,” page 55) is a photographer based in Oak Bluffs. He has shot events for Vogue, Vanity Fair, the New York Times, and many others. “I became unreasonably happy when I figured out I could use water to fuse that last sliver of soap with the new bar and thus avoid any waste.”

Liz Durkee (“Field Notes,” page 13) is the first climate change planner for the Martha’s Vineyard Commission, the Island’s regional planning agency. During her 26 years as Oak Bluffs’ conservation agent, she immersed herself in climate change education, and combined it with her environmental protection experience to help prepare for the impacts of a warming planet. “I protect wildlife habitat and conserve water with a small, nonirrigated lawn.”

Leslie Garrett (editor, and “What’s So Bad About Nitrogen,” page 21) has written for the Washington Post and The Atlantic, among others. She writes frequently on environmental and social justice issues, and is the author of The Virtuous Consumer: Your Essential Shopping Guide for a Better, Kinder, Healthier World (and one our kids will thank us for!). Her Bluedot hack? “My clothesline! Is there anything lovelier than slipping between crisp, line-dried sheets that smell of fresh air and sunshine at day’s end?"

Bob Gothard (photos, “A House on a Great Pond,” page 26) has been photographing celebrities and beautiful homes since the 1960s, as well as album covers for artists, including Carly Simon.

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