Welcome to blog.greenfeet.com. My name is Valerie Reddemann and I’m the Founder and Chief Yoo-Hoo at Greenfeet.com. Over the last 13 years our Ambassadors of Customer Happiness have fielded thousands of emails, written dozens of articles and have spent countless hours on the phone answering questions about green living – now we’ll add blogging to the list.  My goal is to make green living fresh and fun.

So you understand where I’m coming from, here’s a bit about me.

Nice to meet you!

I hold a bachelor’s degree in marketing from California State University, Sacramento. I became green due to my intense curiosity and passion for results. I started Greenfeet in 1997 because I wanted to help people experience the same joy I had from living a bit more simply and responsibly. I learned pretty quick standing on a soap box screaming your message isn’t very effective (and its exhausting) so I ‘surrendered’ and found myself falling back on the basics of my personality – humor. It’s gotten me through a lot of challenges in life and I’m a believer.

I’ve been married for 17 years to my husband, Rob and we’re parents to an amazing 12 year old son. I say amazing, because one day he’ll make me laugh so hard I pee (just a little) and other days I find myself banging my head against the wall. Amazing.

I like cheese and adore micro-brews. I’ve named every animal that parades in front of our office on a daily basis (Louie the lizard, rat-bert, cat-bert and now Sandy the squirrel). I like to have  fun.

I’m also incredibly passionate about living responsibly on this planet. I don’t believe  it should cost and arm and a leg, your child’s college fund, or your sanity to do it.  Roll all that together and it pretty much sums up what Greenfeet is all about. Living green while having fun.

We’re looking forward to getting to know you better. Email blog@greenfeet.com with your questions and we welcome  (and encourage) you to comment on posts. Our goal is to create a healthy dialogue based on curiosity, knowledge, informed opinion and constructive criticism. We don’t know everything and don’t claim to – this is where you come in.

Over the years, we realized we have some uber smart customers. Many of you are experts in your field, many of you are highly informed and some of you, well, let’s just say you have very strong opinions. We welcome all of you – including those of you who are completely clueless and don’t know where to begin when it comes to living a greener lifestyle. Every one of us has been there (we all have to start somewhere) and we promise you won’t be ridiculed for asking even the most basic of questions.

‘Nuff said. Let the fun begin.

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