A 2006 graduate of the New School’s MFA Creative Writing program, Matt Hickman cut his editorial teeth as a contributing writer at luxury lifestyle magazine, CITY. In the years since, Matt helped to build the editorial content for for eco-living website GreenYour, contributed to the late, great Big Apple arm of Ideal Bite and has written for a diverse number of online publications including Nerve.com, Gridskipper, and the Lazy Environmentalist. Also an active copywriter and green living consultant, Matt contributed to the upcoming green design book, "Vitamin Green" (Phaidon). Matt, whose weaknesses include diet soda, tsotchkes, and scented soy candles, calls a two-bedroom apartment in Red Hook, Brooklyn, home sweet home. 
 
You can reach Matt at MHickman@mnn.com and follow him at Twitter at @mattyhick.