Jessica "The Hun" Reeder ↓ ↓ ↓
Freelance writer,
social media blitzer,
sustainability advocate,
web designer,
occasional photographer...
and professional internet junkie
Yes, you can call me
The Hun.
Currently focused on green living, organic food & lifestyle, DIY culture and budget fabulousness.
Regular contributor at
Organic Authority.
as seen in ↓ ↓ ↓
2010 — Contributed 60+ articles to National Geographic's Green Living section, covering topics from solar technologies to buying organic food.
2010 — Contributed several Travel Tips articles with a specialized focus on California tourism and outdoor/eco vacations.
2010 — Contributed several articles to Tyra Banks' newly-launched beauty and fashion site. Topics: natural beauty, environmentally-friendly products, DIY beauty and tips for managing curly curly hair.
2010 — Contributor to Health, Nutrition, Beauty & Fitness sections. Via Demand Studios, I've created 100+ articles for LiveSTRONG and continue to contribute pieces on health, nutrition and lifestyle.
2005, 2011 — Official blogger for this 50,000 person arts festival. In 2005, chronicled daily events for the pre- and post-season. In 2011, created “MOOP Map Live” series with readership in the hundreds of thousands. Authored blog posts and video, self-published daily, and fostered positive discussion via blog comments.
2010-2011 — Featured "Extraordinary Jane." See Jane Do profiled my eco-travel project "Uprooted" and interviewed me for their series on women making a difference. I was the main speaker at the SeeJaneDo.com website launch party and a workshop host at the 2011 Passion Into Action conference.
2006 — Featured music blogger and community evangelist during startup alpha phase. During beta phase I managed a team of bloggers, ran contests, contributed designs and generally made things awesome.
2011 — Contributed multiple articles including featured piece "Hannah Dobbz, Squatterati," an interview with the housing-rights activist and author.
August 2010 — Produced a 25-day "wearathon" for sustainable fashion designer Eliza Starbuck. The wearathon was shot in the Black Rock Desert. A collaborative project, it featured two fashion designers and several photographers. Also featured on Earth911.com.
March 2009 — Featured in "The 13 Coolest Things Made From Recycled Bottles," which focused on my experiences building Earthship bottle walls.
Created it, designed it, write here daily. You could call it my baby, if you thought websites were like babies. Really, it's a passion project. Tagline: "a DIY blog for people who do things differently."stream of consciousness ↓ ↓ ↓
@jessicareeder:
The 5 Principles of Living Green on the Cheap (as demonstrated by Nicole and Kevin)
I visited my two amazing friends in Kentucky a couple years ago, and they taught me a lot about how to be poor & happy and environmentally responsible too.
Meatless Monday: vegan nutella
OK, this has nothing to do with meat at all. But do you really care?
My triumph: Lots of photos of what’s growin’, and details of how I assert my dominion over bugs & pests.
So much more awesome is happening at my Google+ page. You should go there!
How to Grow Lettuce All Summer Long
I’m on Organic Authority again with a few lettuce-related tricks, all tested in my own garden.
What’s Up with Making Gardening a Crime?
I’m on Organic Authority today, talking about the recent incidents where gardeners have been cited for growing food… and what you can do to change that.
Holy bajeezus, I went to the Grand Canyon.
I’ll post more representative photos if any come up, though we were rafting so there wasn’t a ton of photography.
It was epic, ok?
Also, this is the best vacation photo ever.
Temple of Transition: It’s big and it’s happening
The 2011 Temple for Burning Man is being built here in Reno. I visited the site and talked with the people behind a massive installation that’ll be taller than the Man.
4 ways to kick 2-wheeled ass for Bike Month
This month, I’m celebrating my trusty bicycle by learning to ride hands-free. How will you push your pedals?
Uprooted: WWOOFing in Paonia, Colorado
Ever wondered what WWOOFing is like? In May 2009, I worked on a (very photogenic) organic farm in Colorado. It was wonderful.
