Mary Catherine O'Connor is a seasoned freelance writer who covers environmental sustainability, adventure sports and recreation, technology and other topics for leading publications including Outside, Grist.com, Fast Company, Wired.com, Earth2Tech, The Bold Italic and GreenBiz Group. She has collected dispatches from climbers ascending Everest, interviewed some of the world's most accomplished athletes, technologists and entrepreneurs.
Her recent print work includes an Outside magazine story about the dangers of Kickstarter for adventurers.
She researched and wrote a significant portion of the 2013 State of Green Business Report, a 90-page annual survey of the progress corporations are making on the path to do less harm. This is her third year working on the report, published by GreenBiz Group and available here. As contributing editor to CBS SmartPlanet.com, Mary Catherine pens twice-monthly reports on a range of topics, from sustainable business to design to electric vehicles.Contact Mary Catherine at mc@mcoconnor.com or 415.861.9001.
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