From the local cafe who serves locally grown produce to the Fortune 500 company who installed solar panels on their headquarters to the high school student collecting signatures for clean energy sign ups, Connecticut GreenScene aims to reflect our local, green community.
We accomplish our mission through a comprehensive ONLINE PORTAL to showcase unique aspects of the local green community, and GreenScene LIVE EVENTS that bring people from all sectors and backgrounds together to collaborate, exchange ideas, brainstorm solutions and have fun.
Above all, we are a network made up of people like you! If you'd like to post events, contribute articles, collaborate on events, or get involved in any way, drop us a line, pick up the phone, send a message in a bottle, perform a singing telegram...however you prefer to reach out and connect.
OUR FOUNDER
HEATHER BURNS is the founder of GreenScenes. She is a sustainability strategist who helps mainstream companies, organizations and industries connect sustainability to their core business and effectively communicate their initiatives for greatest impact. Select clients include: Yellow Pages Association, American Sustainable Business Council, Global Partners, Windstreet Energy Inc., Angry Moms and Shades of Green New England.
Heather speaks publicly about opportunities and trends in sustainable business with groups such as PEW Center on Global Climate Change, Alcoa Foundation,a U.S. Naval base, universities and libraries.
Her interest in sustainability began while working in Thailand as a SCUBA Dive Master in 1999, where she spearheaded a community outreach program called Save the Reef to educate local fishermen about the negative environmental impact caused by over fishing. But an "ah-ha" moment while commuting to work in Connecticut with her two small children in the car--when she realized the indoor air was as toxic as the plume of smoke coming from trucks on the highway--cemented the deal that she would spend the rest of her days on the planet working to revive it.
OUR EDITOR
EILEEN WEBER has been a freelance writer for the last several years. She has a master's degree in journalism and a professional background in publishing. She has written numerous articles for magazines, newspapers, newsletters and web sites. She lives in Fairfield with her husband, three daughters, two dogs and whole lot of chaos.
When time allows, she writes her own blog about food and, occasionally, a little wine (which she wouldn't mind having a glass of right now). If she’s lucky, Eileen lands a gig here and there doing voice-overs for commercials.
Eileen also spends a good deal of time volunteering. She has run fundraisers and planned other events all for charity. She is currently a Vestry member of Trinity Church in Southport. She is also a current member on the executive board of the Welcome Club of Fairfield and Easton and served as a past President. She is also heavily involved in the Junior League of Eastern Fairfield County. For the past four years, she has been part of a group of people from three local churches who help raise money for the Holy Trinity School in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Apparently, Eileen lacks the self-awareness to realize how green she is. Writing for this web site has definitely opened her eyes. Not surprisingly, Eileen is also a late bloomer.
The Weber crew loves to travel, especially to Europe to visit family. Eileen loves to cook and entertain. So the next time you find yourself in Fairfield, hungry and a tad lonely, stop by.
OUR WRITERS
CHRISTINA CIOCI graduated from Southern Connecticut State University in 2010 with a bachelors degree in English. Her hometown is Waterford, Ct where she spends her summers at the beach. Christina has loved writing since she was little, when she was making up songs and stories to share with her family. She is passionate about living a long, healthy life and enjoys traveling, hiking, running and yoga. Her most recent adventure was traveling to Europe and backpacking with her roommate through 7 cities. She is most happy being with her family and friends enjoying a glass of wine and good food! She previously worked at The Green Bride Guide in New Haven, CT and has her own website Go Green Gal. Her hope is to inspire people through her writing to make green, healthy life choices.
DR. AMY WIESNER is licensed in both Naturopathic Medicine and Acupuncture in the state of Connecticut. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Rochester where she also attended the Eastman School of Music. She obtained her Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine (ND) and her Master of Science in Acupuncture from the University of Bridgeport. She has taught at both the College of Naturopathic Medicine and the Acupuncture Institute at the University of Bridgeport and has a private practice in Norwalk, CT.
OUR ADVISORY BOARD
CHRISTINA DEFRANCO is an Emmy award-winning journalist whose career spans nearly 20 years in broadcast news. Most recently, she produced Aston’s Army: A Swim Team Legacy, the inspiring story of High School Swim Coach Ed Aston. She also produced the critically acclaimed Darkest Hours: The Crisis in Children’s Mental Health Care, an in-depth documentary that explores society’s most vulnerable medical patients – children with mental illness. She is an environmental correspondent on the new Connecticut Public Television Show All Things Connecticut, and is the creator, producer, and host of a new environmental series Shades of Green: New England currently in development.
DeFranco served as reporter at WTNH-TV, ABC (New Haven, CT) from 1996-2001, where she reported live for the nightly news. Prior to that, she was a reporter and anchor for WTIC-TV, Fox (Hartford, CT) from 1993-1996. There she produced, wrote and reported on the 30-minute documentary, Saving Connecticut Schools: A Private Lesson.
From 1990 – 1993, she worked in a variety of capacities from researcher, bureau coordinator, reporter and producer, to anchor and news director in television markets in the northeastern United States, covering everything from the prospect of the Patriots moving to Hartford to the existence of a brain cancer cluster at Pratt and Whitney (a national story she broke in 2001.)
DeFranco won a New York Festival Award, two New England Emmy Awards, an Accolade, a Telly, as well as Associated Press Honors. She’s also received multiple citations from Connecticut’s Society for Professional Journalists for her reporting. She holds a BA from Duke University. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and two sons.
