Stefania Pomponi Butler
Joined Wednesday, July 2, 2008 5:23 PM
 Stefania Pomponi Butler is a professional writer and blog editor/producer who covers style, food, eco-/green issues, pop culture, and parenting with a cheeky twist. She often speaks on professional blogging-related topics.
In addition to writing the CityMama™ blog and the Family Food blog, Stefania is one of the Founding Editors of the Kimchi Mamas™ blog (her culture and identity site) and the MOMocrats™ blog (her progressive politics blog which was recently selected as one of the credentialed blogs for the Democratic National Convention).
She spoke at BlogHer '07 on the subject of professional blogging and spoke at Blogher Business '08 on how to pitch to bloggers of color. As a freelancer she contributes to various corporate websites and recently had articles published in the August 2008 issues of Good Housekeeping and Redbook.
CityMama™, with over 3,000 RSS subscribers, is a Bloglines Parenting "QuickPick."
Her work has appeared in various parenting magazines, in the New York Times, KoreAm Journal (twice), Good Housekeeping (twice), Redbook, and on Pacific Time on NPR.
Stefania was born in Honolulu, HI and has lived in Rome, Italy; San Francisco, CA; and Portland, OR. She currently resides in the Silicon Valley, CA where she blogs most often from the discomfort of her kitchen table/office. Oh, and it's pronounced "Stef-ANYA." And, she will open every week for us from this kitchen table as her column, Normal Green, appears every Monday here at Tonic News.
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By Stefania Pomponi Butler | Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:00 PM ET
Imagine actually looking forward to doing your laundry. Tide Loads of Hope will show you how. Read More
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Feeding America, California, Facebook, Twitter, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Feeding America, Proctor and Gamble
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By Stefania Pomponi Butler | Mon Mar 9, 2009 1:00 PM ET
So you lost an hour of sleep. Look on the bright side (pun intended!) and get back to nature. Read More
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The Nature Conservancy, Children, United States, Hiking
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By Stefania Pomponi Butler | Tue Mar 3, 2009 10:32 AM ET
Use your personal platform for good.
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Children, Twitter, Global Warming, Conversation
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By Stefania Pomponi Butler | Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:00 AM ET
Can a "green" house really be green if it's a gigantic mansion that takes an army to build? Surely, there must be a better way. Read More
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Housing, Green Home
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By Stefania Pomponi Butler | Mon Feb 9, 2009 5:51 PM ET
Fellow Tonic News writer Cat Lincoln and I just returned from spending a couple days in Los Angeles. Imagine our surprise when, as we sat sipping vodka tonics aboard our Virgin Read More
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New York, Travel, Climate change, Los Angeles, Carbon Footprint, Emissions, Energy Efficiency, Carbon Emissions, Renewable Energy, Pollution, Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Greenhouse Gas
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By Stefania Pomponi Butler | Mon Feb 2, 2009 2:36 PM ET
I was on Twitter last night, and an intriguiging tweet from OrganicMania hit my Twitter stream. It read (in140 characters or less), "Food Waste Reduction Challenge kick-off: No, this kick-off has nothing to do Read More
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Twitter, Global Warming, Compost, Garbage, Methane
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By Stefania Pomponi Butler | Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:29 PM ET
Recently, in an interview with DCist, Anthony Bourdain had this to say about renowned Berkeley-based chef of Chez Panisse, cookbook author, and organic gardening advocate Alice Waters:
I'll tell you. Alice Waters annoys Read More
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Health, Economy, Organic, Cooking, Organic Food, Tomatoes, Gardening, Ethanol, Alice Waters, Anthony Bourdain, Khmer Rouge, Chez Panisse
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By Stefania Pomponi Butler | Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:18 PM ET
Tomorrow, like so many people across the United States and the world, I will be celebrating the inauguration of our 44th president, Barack Hussein Obama. My inauguration party is just one of Read More
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Barack Obama, Facebook, Twitter, United States, Share Our Strength
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By Stefania Pomponi Butler | Mon Jan 12, 2009 2:58 PM ET
A recent article on Julia Roberts' supposed over-the-top green habits quoted an ex-security guard who told Star magazine (yes, take with heaps of salt) that the actress Read More
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Julia Roberts, Charity, Celebrities, Golden Globes (Awards), Jell-o
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By Stefania Pomponi Butler | Mon Jan 5, 2009 9:00 AM ET
The Feburary 2009 issue of Bon Appetit magazine just hit my mailbox and in it are 50 easy ways to eat green this year. Since the theme fits with my last post which was all Read More
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Organic, Cooking, Fair Trade
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Helped Project Angel Food prepare and deliver nutritious meals to men, women and children affected by HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.
Donated one year of Tonic Mailstopper to Project Angel Food for fundraising auction.
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You helped Tonic plant 1,498 trees in North America, Central America, Africa and Asia.
Tonic contributed to Sustainable Harvest International, American Forests and Trees for the Future.
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Sent musical instruments to the U.S. Gulf Coast
Donated $425 to Music Rising
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