Rose Marie Walano is a writer from New Jersey. She is a student at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University. She is double majoring in Print Journalism and Cinema Studies. She currently interns at W magazine. She has contributed to NYU Live Wire, NYC Pavement Pieces, The West 4th Street Review, Popsense.com and Scholastic News Edition 4. She also blogs for CosmoGirl.com.

She draws her eco-inspiration from Kermit the Frog and Audrey Hepburn, the original Green Gamine.

To contact Rose, e-mail greengamine@gmail.com.

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