Andy Mannle - OnEarth Magazine, from NRDC

Andy is a writer dedicated to feeding the conversation on global sustainability. He is the founding editor of Arcwire.org, a site dedicated to sustainable policy, innovations, and solutions and his writing has appeared on SolveClimate.org, the Epoch Times, TriplePundit, and Sustainable Life Media. He is a program director and outreach coordinator for West Coast Green, and a board member for Ethos Green Energy Asset Finance. Andy also serves as a sustainable strategy and communications consultant for a variety of green businesses, media outlets, and environmental organizations.

Experience

Andy Mannle

Andy Mannle is a natural teacher with a gift for expressing complex ideas in accessible language. He is a dynamic communicator who brings enthusiasm and passion to his work. As a writer, journalist, and communications strategist, he specializes in green design, environmental policy, and sustainable solutions. He has over fifteen years experience writing, researching, teaching, and traveling, and is more enthusiastic than ever that real, lasting solutions are close at hand.

Andy was educated in California and Cairo, holds a bachelor's degree in History from UC San Diego, and an MFA in Writing from Columbia University. He has lived and worked in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, and been a consultant for non-profits, educational organizations, and corporate clients.

EDUCATION:
Columbia University, New York, NY
Master of Fine Arts in Writing. School of the Arts. 2006
Transworld Schools, San Francisco, CA
Advanced Certificate of TESOL, 2001
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Bachelor of Arts cum laude in History, June 1995
Minor Fields: Political Science, Literature
American University in Cairo, Egypt. 1992-93
Year Abroad studying Ancient History, Arabic, and Scuba-Diving
Sonoma Valley High School, Sonoma CA
Class President, 1989-90. Debate Team Captain, 1990.

STRATEGY AND COMMUNICATIONS:
As a consultant for non-profits, educational organizations, and corporate clients, I have worked an array of communications efforts including web development, creative content, marketing and outreach efforts, conference design, and educational trainings. I have co-authored and edited full-length manuscripts, scripts, and business plans; and published articles, essays, poetry, short-stories, and a newspaper column. I have also been a teacher-trainer, corporate presenter, speech-writer and program manager. I specialize in expressing your vision in words.

West Coast Green Conference
Communications Consultant and Program Designer, 2008
Conducted outreach efforts including web strategy, and writing press release for Vice President Al Gore’s keynote speech. Designed interactive sessions on finance and a green design charrette for the Action Hub. Moderated panel, “Sexiest Large-Scale Water Design Applications We Have Ever Seen.” Served as track host and conference coordinator, recruiting speakers, designing sessions, and facilitating networking events.

ArcWire.org
Founder and Senior Editor, 2007-present
As Senior Editor for Arcwire.org, managed a news site dedicated to sustainable policy, innovations, and solutions. Designed and developed website, oversaw editorial calendar, wrote stories and edited the work of a team of writers. Covered major green conferences including West Coast Green, Greenbuild, Eco-City World Summit, and the Aspen Environment Institute. Interviewed thought leaders in the field of sustainability including Amory Lovins and Lester Brown; and published deozens of stories relating to greenbuilding, renewable energy, environmental policy, sustainable business, and climate change.

Johns Hopkins University
Center for Talented Youth, Thousand Oaks, CA
Instructor for Writing and Imagination, 2006, 2005. Heroes and Villains, 2006.
Taught three-week course for fourteen students emphasizing imaginative writing in the form of myths, poetry, and short stories, as well as using life experiences and family histories to create personal narratives. Students learned to sharpen their work by focusing on specific details and images; and to expand and inhabit their writing by asking creative questions. Other activities included memorizing and performing poems for the class, field trips, attending a Shakespeare play, and completing a portfolio of stories and poems

Columbia University, New York, NY
Workshop Leader, 2004. Columbia Artist/Teacher, 2003
Served as mentor and workshop leader for undergraduate seniors enrolled in Honors Thesis Workshop. Gave written and verbal feedback on student work, engaged students in class discussions of literature and fiction, and guided development of thesis projects. Taught Intro Fiction workshop to Columbia College students. Six-week course included critiquing, and leading class discussion of student work, designing and implementing creative writing assignments, and discussing published work as models for student stories.

Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program, Hyogo, Japan
English Teacher, International Exchange Coordinator 1995 - 1997
Full time teacher at Japanese middle school. Responsibilities included lesson and syllabus planning, teacher coordination, and student activities. Gave team-teacher demonstration lessons at JET conferences. Published a column about Japanese life in a California newspaper, as well as articles in JET Journals. Served as translator and cultural liaison for summer exchange programs in California and Japan.