Charles Redell

Charles Redell has been covering renewable energy and sustainable business for the better part of 10 years at various publications including Greenfab-media.com, Sustainable Industries, and

Greenfab-media.com, Sustainable Industries, and Energy Prospects West.

He's also written and edited a community newspaper covering public housing communities in King County in Washington, covered upcoming bands for Seattle's alt-weekly The Stranger and wrote political news for Seattle Weekly, TABLET and Seattlest.com. He is on Twitter at twitter.com/CharlesRedell.

Charles was born and raised in New York City. When he moved to Seattle in 1995 though, he immediately accepted the West Coast lifestyle and hasn't looked back since. He lives with his lovely wife Alexis, seriously cute dog Zolo and too-fat but wonderful cat Jake in a condo near Discovery Park, where he often runs.

Show/Hide Full Bio

Organic Farming and the Rise of 'Green Pesticides'
By Charles Redell, October 14, 2011
The boom in demand for organically grown foods has led to a sharp rise in the relatively small number of organic farms. And for conventional farmers, there's a whole toolbox of approved chemicals...
Organic Farming Could Grow Even More Jobs with Better Policy Support
By Charles Redell, September 30, 2011
A new report from and organic farming group finds that organic agriculture is growing eight times faster than conventional farming, and creates more than twice as many jobs -- but more...
Why Companies Should Merge Voluntary and Required Sustainability Projects
By Charles Redell, September 29, 2011
Many environmental initiatives started out a simple compliance-based requirements, but as more companies go above and beyond what the law requires, there are ample benefits to tracking and...
Sodexo's First CSR Report Outlines Carbon, Water, Waste Impacts
By Charles Redell, September 27, 2011
The food-service giant has released its first annual sustainbaility report, taking stock of its performance on 14 sustainability goals over the last two years, and setting a benchmark for future...
LG to Invest $6.7B in Solar, EV batteries, LEDs and Water Treatment
By Charles Redell, September 26, 2011
LG Group will invest more than $6.7 billion in green businesses by 2015, which it expects to yield about $8.4 billion in revenues and create 10,000 new jobs by the end of 2015.
SAP Helps Panasonic Apply Sustainability Software to E-Waste Laws
By Charles Redell, September 26, 2011
Managing your e-waste can be a complicated task anywhere in the world, but if you're trying to do so across your global operations, it can be a lot of balls to juggle. Here's how Panasonic found a...
Automakers Debate Visions of the Future of Clean Urban Transport
By Charles Redell, September 22, 2011
From car-sharing to self-driving cars, a panel at this year's Meeting of the Minds conference explored how the world's biggest automakers think city-dwellers will get around in the future.
EVs Must Get Smarter for a Clean-Energy Grid to Be Possible
By Charles Redell, September 21, 2011
A study that's billed as the biggest real-world look at how electric vehicles pair with a renewable-energy grid finds that smart charging and smartphone apps are the only way to keep the grid...
AB InBev and GE the Latest to Partner on Water Efficiency in China
By Charles Redell, September 20, 2011
Following a big commitment from PepsiCo, the global brewing giant today is announcing a partnership with General Electric to cut the water and energy needed to produce its beers in China.
Pepsi Steps Up Water Commitment with Focus on Chinese Farms
By Charles Redell, September 19, 2011
The company today has announced a comprehensive partnership with the Chinese government to help spread the use of high-tech irrigation, fertilization and crop management techniques, as part of its...