Vanessa McGrady’s Posts

• My Personal Power Play

  One woman's eco-evolution, from off the grid to on the clock 19

  Posted 2 years, 10 months ago

  

  Before: The simple life.

  
  

  In Chimacum, on Washington state's Olympic Peninsula, there are probably more dairy cows than humans. It is a place where it's common to see a 1972 Ford F-100 hard at work, way past its expiration date. Where those who own a patch of ground extend their hospitality to friends to park a trailer/bus/boat and live a while until they find a job/squeeze/studio space. Where the pie is from scratch and serving bad coffee… Read More

• A Blond Walks Into a Blog ...

  Daryl Hannah makes a splash with her new eco-blog 7

  Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

  

  Daryl Hannah.

  Courtesy dhlovelife.com.

  The day started a long, long time ago, but Daryl Hannah's got that laid-back, just-woke-up vibe -- occasionally stumbling for a word, inserting a slow, easy laugh here and there. And who can blame her? She's been working long nights shooting a film in Vancouver, B.C., about dirty cops. And on the weekends, she works on her new eco-video blog.

  The willowy blond has more than 60 films to her credit, but she's permanently etched in many people's minds as the guileless mermaid in Splash.… Read More

• Touched by an Angeles

  A report from the Environmental Media Awards 0

  Posted 4 years ago

  

  Buenos Diaz celebrates with Trippin'
  producer Elizabeth Rogers.

  © Alex Berliner, Berliner Studio/BEImages.

  Six months ago, I traded the comfy coffee hangouts of Seattle for the vermilion sunsets of L.A. I wanted to expand my universe, to write for movies and television, to not have so many Birkenstocks in my direct line of sight. So naturally, I jumped at the opportunity to cover the Environmental Media Awards for Grist.

  I dressed carefully in my kicky Audrey Hepburn-inspired black dress and John Fluevog flat Twiggy boots. I had my… Read More

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