Must Follow Green Twitter Feeds

By D H on Aug. 19, 2008 | Topics: Editorial, Lists, News | 62 Comments

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The venerable HuffPo just posted a list of what they call the "Best Green Twitter Feeds."  It’s an okay list, but when you name streams like @Sprig (13 total updates and nothing in 7 days), @globalwarming (sporadic tweets with nothing in 7 days), and @greennews (sporadic tweets and nothing in 12 days), it’s tough to take the list seriously.  No offense Sprig, GlobalWarming, and GreenNews.  HuffPo’s list includes some stalwarts, don’t get me wrong, but when you assume the title of "Best," you have to bring it.  You have to name more than sixteen or seventeen Twitter* feeds.  Right?

Anyway, here’s my list (not a "best" list, just a list) of environmental and green related twitter folks that you might be interested in following.  To clear the air, we’re @jetsongreen.  Some of the following are no different than straight blog feeds.  Some are mixed blog feeds with conversation.  Others are pure conversation. 

Who did I miss?  This list is by no means complete, but feel free to right click and cherry pick to your heart’s content.  Hopefully you’ll find some interesting green folks and make something good happen. 

*If you have no idea what Twitter is, it’s a free micro-blogging and quasi-social networking site where people can say anything and everything in under 140 characters.  You can follow a twitter stream, send direct messages, favorite various tweets, and even block people.  It’s not a perfect system by any means — I haven’t been able to read replies in about a week, but it’s pretty fun.


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  • Jim

    Here is another person doing a lot of green updates:
    @FabianPattberg
    http://twitter.com/FabianPattberg

  • http://www.ecozebra.com Andrew Stone

    Hey! Thanks for the mention!

  • http://www.jimkukral.com Jim Kukral TheBizWebCoach

    Can you add my wife’s twitter at http://www.Twitter.com/momgoesgreen?

  • http://itsnotalecture.blogspot.com David Wescott

    Hey Preston – nice to see this. Looks like I have to update my “Green Tweeters” RSS feed with all the stuff you found. http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=TDWICNg73RGnwBuLyp1_DQ&_render=rss

    quick typo check – I’m @dwescott1 (no “t” in the middle)

    • http://www.jetsongreen.com Preston

      Dang, sorry about that David. On the road now and will fix it when I get to a computer.

  • http://blog.perfectspace.com nateritter

    @ecofriend is on the way, it will be replicating the posts at http://ecofriend.us

  • Guest

    Great idea! This is an awesome resource list for finding fellow green tweeters. Thanx for including me, Preston! :-)

  • http://www.greenbuildinglawupdate.com Chris

    I just started twittering on green building issues, but please include me:
    http://twitter.com/chrischeatham

    Thanks,
    Chris

  • http://green.thefuntimesguide.com Jeffrey

    i’d love to make that list too. @jsdavis82 ; my tweets are conversation, life, green tips/questions, and fitness. i run the blog The Fun Times Guide to Living Green.

  • http://www.inhabitat.com jochapa

    no wonder I started getting so many new twitter requests :)

  • http://victoria-e.com/ Victoria Everman

    Whoa … I made the list :O Thank you! :D

  • Anonymous

    Very cool Preston, thanks for putting that together!

  • http://sustainablog.org Jeff McIntire-Strasburg

    Thanks for the nod, Preston… guess I better get back to Twittering!

  • http://www.greenandcleanmom.org Sommer

    Green and Clean Mom is missing @greenmom

    • http://www.jetsongreen.com Preston

      Sommer, not any more! :) And you too, Natural Papa.

  • http://naturalpapa.com Derek
    • http://www.greenyourdecor.com Jennae @ Green Your Decor

      Thanks for including GreenYourDecor!

  • http://greengoody.blogspot.com green goody

    I think you missed me, no hard feelings. @greengoody

  • http://www.thegreenparent.com Jenn (The Green Parent)

    What a great list! Thanks so much for putting this together! Can you add me too?

    @thegreenparent

    Thx,
    Jenn

  • Anonymous

    Wow, what a fantastic list! Thanks for putting this out there for us.

    I’m @youragentsteph

  • http://www.teensygreen.com Stef Newman

    Thanks for putting me with such great company, Preston! Next is the great green Tweet-up…

  • http://www.jetsongreen.com Preston

    I’ve added some of you newbies to the list, but don’t make me look bad. If you go dark, I’ll be so ticked … :)

    • Anonymous

      Preston, Just went through the list to follow people. Can’t believe how many green building folks are out there that I didn’t know about. Thx again.

  • http://greenoptions.com David

    thanks for calling huffpo out on that one, although I wouldn’t say I’m teh best green twitterer either :)

    • http://www.jetsongreen.com Preston

      But the sporadic tweet is okay if it’s from a power green geek, right? That’s why you’re on the list.

      How’s the blog empire? I saw your tweet on the nerdfighter king — I love what John and Hank are doing. We should catch up at one of these fall events …

  • http://www.thesmartmama.com/bg Jennifer

    Great list – can I add myself? My blog is http://www.thesmartmama.com and I tweet at http://www.twitter.com/thesmartmama I’m more about going non toxic, but there’s a lot of green involved!

  • http://www.wri.org/ Laura Lee Dooley

    How about @worldresources?

  • http://www.nwf.org Danielle
    • http://www.nwf.org Danielle

      Btw.. Great list! I know I would love to see it more organized!

  • http://www.ecovian.com josh

    Excellent list. Want to include us too? @ecovian

  • http://www.shopnear.net cynthia (@shopnear)

    Thanks for the mention and the great list! Always wonderful to find new green twitter friends

  • http://vancouvergreenbusinessjournal.wordpress.com Razekane the Green Llama

    I’m already spending way too much time on StumbleUpon and Facebook and have a WordPress blog. I’ve avoided getting a crackberry or an iphone – do I really need to Twitter too?

    • http://www.jetsongreen.com Preston

      @Razekane –

      Twitter is just another tool, but I prefer it to StumbleUpon because I can filter out what I don’t like. Facebook, to me, is a once per month place to keep in touch with friends. I’d say try Twitter out and see if you like it. Then again, I also have a blackberry …

  • http://www.greenandcleanmom.org Sommer

    Thanks for adding me! What a great list. I’m loving reading all the new green tweets! Thanks!

  • http://www.ecosalon.com Sara

    I agree, it seemed like a lazy list put together by someone who isn’t really in social media. Oh well, guess HuffPo can’t be great at everything. BTW, they forgot me! ;) twitter.com/thewordisberry.

  • http://mygreenside.wordpress.com Wendy

    Thanks for the list! Can you add me too? I’m http://twitter.com/WendyGG and I run the blog http://mygreenside.wordpress.com.

    Thanks!

  • http://earthfirst.com/ Shea Gunther

    Awesome Preston! I found a bunch of new people to follow.

    @sheagunther

  • http://green-house.tv eric : Real World Green

    hi everyone,

    I am the creator and host of Real World Green, a web video show of practical green tips . http://green-house.tv/profile/RealWorldGreen

    My twitter posts are an eclectic mix of green, and notes from my other show, Gardenfork.tv

    @ericgardenfork thx, eric.

  • http://www.lastgascar.com Lastgascar

    Feel free to add us to your green twitter list:

    http:/www.twitter.com/lastgascar

  • http://www.pawlux.com Adam, Wendy & Lola (Woof Woof)

    Please Check us out – twitter.com/pawluxury
    We offer all eco-friendly, organic, all-natural dog products made in the USA.
    We love to connect with dog lovers, bloggers and tech people.
    Barkingly Yours,
    -Adam, Wendy & Lola (Woof Woof)

  • Anonymous

    Great stuff, Preston. Thx for putting this together!

    I work in environmental education; you can find me here: http://twitter.com/thedublab

  • Sabina

    Thanks for the list! Very helpful.

    http://twitter.com/People4Earth

  • http://www.greenlaw.blogspot.com Shari Shapiro

    A little suprised that @ chrischeatham and @stephendp are on here but not me–@sharishapiro. Especially since we are twitter buddies. What did I miss?

    Shari

    • http://www.jetsongreen.com Preston

      This list is way out-of-date now, and I’m pretty sure I didn’t know you were on Twitter at the time or I would have included you for sure. Still twitter buddies?

      • http://www.greenlaw.blogspot.com Shari Shapiro

        You will always be my twitter buddy! Will you add me to your special people list? Pretty please?

  • http://energypriorities.com dubois

    @cleantech is tweeting Greenbuild 2008 on November 18-21 and generally about sustainable energy in business.

  • http://www.green-talk.com Anna

    Preston, with all those @green, you must have missed the rest me @greentalk!!! And how about @sharishapiro and @stephenDP? Are us lawyers missing for some reason? Just joking. (I see Chris made your list…)

    Shari, said Stephen was on there, but I did not see him.

    PS I have a post coming up which I hope helps you with studying for LEED AP. How is it going? I am so glad it is over for me.

  • http://www.convergency.co.uk nommo

    Aha! Now I can follow a few green social networkers… :)

    I am http://twitter.com/nommo fwiw :)

    Can I also suggest a new ‘high profile’ green tweeter?

    Founder of Ecotricity: http://twitter.com/zerocarbonista

  • http://www.paigewolf.com Paige Wolf

    Hi there. I run an eco-friendly public relations firm based in Philadelphia and send a monthly e-newsletter including local and national sustainability topics. My Web site is http://www.paigewolf.com and my Twitter is @paigewolf.
    Thanks for compiling this list!

  • http://www.travelingthegreenway.com Sonya

    Thanks for the awesome Best Green Twitter Feeds list! Have you checked out TravelingtheGreenWay at http://www.travelingthegreenway.com?
    Sonya/TravelingtheGreenWay.com

  • http://www.passionategreen.blogspot.com PassionateGreen

    How about @passionategreen ?

  • http://www.greenbydesign.com greenerguy

    Also @greenerguy and @greenbydesign

  • Melissa

    You totally forgot @mgonyeo

    • http://www.jetsongreen.com Preston

      The list is severely outdated. We’re going to have to update it in the future … stay tuned.

  • http://www.twitter.com/ecovegetarian @ecovegetarian

    You missed @ecovegetarian!

  • Anonymous

    @modgreenpod is a must-follow for me. It’s creating gorgeous green textiles that are more high fashion than happy hippie.

  • http://www.msgreendarling.com/ Kendel

    I think my lil’ ol’ twitter should be up there. coming at you, one girl from canada trying to do green! http://twitter.com/msgreendarling add me :)

  • Sarah Palin

    venerable HuffPo?

    Give me strength.

  • http://www.getgreenmusic.us/profile/JJAnthony jjanthony70
  • http://www.greenirene.com/ katrina

    Green Irene Eco-Consulting is provides daily tweets on how to save money by living green. Let’s follow each other!
    http://twitter.com/greenirene

    To find your local Eco-Consultant now, visit our web site at http://www.GreenIrene.com/

  • Anonymous

    @gogreenae

  • http://twitter.com/usgreenchamber Green Chamber

    Please check out the USGreenChamber . I will be sure to follow you as well…

    Good job

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