Who is your green hero?

Editor's note: Michael Prager is a Boston-area freelance writer who is asking local people about their enviromental heroes..

Green people

No, not Martians, of course, but what to call them otherwise? I’m referring to people who are working in the fields of sustainability, efficiency, renewability, etc. I run across a lot of them, and they’ve all got ideas, perspectives, and stories. So I’ve decided to try to introduce a few of them via a series of miniprofiles. They’re mini because not only are they short, but all the questions, and most of the answers, are 10 words or less. Here’s the first one:

MATTHEW ST. ONGE, 49, of Cambridge
President, Boston Building Materials Co-op

Green hero: Rick Ames.
Who’s he? He has a firm called Next Phase Studios in Boston. He’s very knowledgeable about renewable energy. A smart guy, a visionary. He got the Genzyme Building to work.
Green awakening: When I started working here in 1993.
Little-known green fact: The effectiveness of compact fluorescents.
Recent addition to your personal sustainability practices: Driving 65.
Down from? 75
Solar, wind, geothermal, or biofuels: Solar.
Paper or plastic: Paper.

To read more from Michael Prager, check out his Pragerblog. Click here for more entries, and check out Sept. 29's Sunday Globe Magazine for a half-dozen more. Readers, do you have a green hero? Let us know in our comments section.