Sara Stroud

Sara joined Sustainable Industries in October 2008 to cover Bay Area sustainable businesses, as well as the ever-growing clean energy and technology industries. Her interest in sustainability, which was piqued during her five-year stint as a carpenter, really took hold while working as a newspaper reporter, where she watched municipal governments struggle to meet the challenges of climate change.

An ardent fan of her adopted hometown, Oakland, Calif., she covers a lot of ground in the Bay Area, from San Francisco to San Jose. When she's not working or studying, Sara can usually be found playing outside, wrasslin her cat, enjoying twangy music, or at the boxing gym, learning the rudiments of the sweet science.