Ben Jervey

Ben Jervey is a freelance writer and environmental consultant who has been working towards a more sustainable life in New York City for over four years. He recently released a book to help others do the same--The Big Green Apple: Your Guide to Eco-Friendly Living in New York City. Mr. Jervey also writes regularly about environmental issues and has been published in The New York Daily News, Men's Vogue, Vermont Magazine, GOOD Magazine, and other online and print publications. He works part time for Solar One, a non-profit renewable energy, arts and education center committed to inspiring New Yorkers to become more environmentally-aware urban citizens. Ben is also a founder of Evolvist.com, an online directory and resource for smarter, sustainable urban living. Before moving to The Big Apple, he lived in Vermont, working in carpentry and lumber salvage after graduating from Middlebury College, where his interest in urban environmental issues began. He sat on the school's Environmental Council and studied Environmental Studies and Geography, eventually presenting a thesis on Green Cities, a concern that brought him to Curitiba, Brazil-the "ecological capital of the world"-where he spent months researching and working with the municipal planning board, gathering urban ecological solutions and ideas from this model green city. A bicycle enthusiast, Ben has ridden across the United States and through much of Europe, and is currently planning a Climate Change Awareness bike tour along the Gulf Coast.