Susan Seliger

RiverWired Editor-in-Chief

I am a lucky woman -- not only am I mother of two great boys, but my day job is devoted to thinking about how to help people live a little greener. Life is good.

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Not for long. What follows is my official bio that you'll find if you go to the About Us page for RiverWired.com.

Susan Seliger is an award-winning writer and editor who has helped launch and re-launch four web sites before her favorite: RiverWired.com. Working as a top-level executive at a number of national magazines and organizations including Time Inc, Hearst, Dow Jones and Working Mother Magazine, she has honed a blend of editorial expertise and business savvy. She is the author of a health book, STOP KILLING YOURSELF: Make Stress Work for You (Putnam’s) and the ghostwriter of WONDERFUL MARRIAGE: What You Can Do To Make Love Last a Lifetime (to be published Spring 2008). Her work has been published in New York Magazine, The Economist, Travel & Leisure, Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel, Redbook, Self, McCall's, Ladies Home Journal, The Washington Post, , WebMD.com, to name a few. By night, she is an occasional storyteller who has performed original material in Manhattan theater clubs. (Don’t tell her mother.) She is a Clarion Award winner and holds an M.A. and a B.A. from the University of Chicago. (Her mother knows that.)

Blog

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    Airlines Can Save $$Millions in Fuel—By Adding Minutes May 12, 2008

    Fly a Little Slower, Save a lot of Energy and Reduce Carbon Footprint

    Sometimes all it takes is a tiny action to make a big difference. If you’ve been worrying about how much your carbon footprint grows whenever you take an airplane trip, now there’s a solution. Fly an airline that is flying... more
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    BPA: Plastic Products that Are BPA-Free May 2, 2008

    Where to Find Safe Plastics without BPA Chemicals

    The response to the series of stories we have run about BPA in your water bottle, and in cans, baby formula and baby bottles has been immense. Now people are asking us to pull together in one place useful links... more
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    BPA: The Dangers of Canned Foods May Be Greater Than Plastics Apr 25, 2008

    Report Says Canned Foods – Pasta and Soup -- May Be Even More Dangerous

    The headlines have focused on the dangers of BPA (bisphenol-A, an endocrine-disrupting chemical) in plastics. But it turns out that the BPA in the plastic lining of canned foods may pose even greater dangers. Many canned foods are lined with a... more
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    Earth Day Is Here — April 22, 2008 Apr 22, 2008

    What Are You Going To Do About It? (Take Photos, We Hope)

    Take photos of whatever you do on Earth Day -- that's what you should do. And send them to us so we can run them on RiverWired to inspire us all the rest of the year, too. While there is... more
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    BPA: 5 Tips to Avoid the Dangers in Plastics Apr 22, 2008

    Your plastic water bottle may not be safe

    You’ve probably seen the news reports about the dangers of chemicals such as BPA (bisphenol-A, an endocrine-disrupting chemical) and others in plastic. Now it’s time for you to do something about it. I know you’re trying to do the green thing... more
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    Green is the New Gold – in the Real Estate Market Feb 23, 2008

    Eco-Friendly Brokers Are Growing – And Eco-Mortgages, Too

    There’s only one way to survive in a housing market that’s in the toilet – you’ve got to channel Gypsy Rose Lee, yessir – “You gotta have a gimmick.” So if you’re a real estate agent, you don’t have to just... more
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    Move Over, Global Warming – Make Way for Even Bigger Issues Feb 11, 2008

    Top 5 Green Issues Worse than Climate Change

    Global warming is like the Drop-Dead-Gorgeous Supermodel who strides into an eco-party. Faster than you can say, greenhouse gases, she sucks all the energy in the room in her direction. It’s not that she’s not totally hot and worth a... more
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    Enviro-Terrorism? Jail the Non-Green Polticians? Feb 8, 2008

    Eco-talk is Getting Hot all Over the World

    Is it getting hot up there in Canada? As if it weren’t enough that one of Canada’s most vocal eco-guys, David Suzuki, (awarded the Order of Canada medal, no less) is making the lecture circuit to preach that the world is... more
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    Did the Greenest Candidate Win? Feb 6, 2008

    The Story So Far....

    Or maybe the real question -- since we don't have the final answer yet on who the winner is for the Dems -- is: did the environment even play a part? Not big enough, as far as we're concerned. "It's the... more
  • Welcome from RiverWired's Editor-in-Chief Jan 8, 2008

    Rollin' on RW

    Welcome. It’s a New Year, it’s a new day, it’s a new RiverWired.com – your source for fresh ideas on how to make your life a little greener. We know it’s dawning on everyone that the time has come to... more

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  • Just in time for the 4th of | Oct 16, 2009 14:44

    Just in time for the 4th of July, we’ve collected 10 eco-friendly BBQ grills to green your summer celebrations. No, the mega Hemi-powered grill above isn’t too clean or green – although it will fire up a whopping 240 hotdogs in just 3 minutes, but the grills featured below are some of the friendliest options for your green outdoor cooking…

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  • Bar-B | Sep 30, 2009 10:14

    "I miss grilling fiercely. When I lived out in the burbs, I loved moving the heat of summer cooking out of the kitchen onto the deck. I’d keep flaming my food through fall – and sometimes I’d even put my boots on, sweep the snow off the grill cover, and fire up the Bar-B through the New year." I took some one

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  • I hauled a little | Sep 28, 2009 13:30

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