Laura K. Cowan is a writer and editor from Ann Arbor, Michigan. She received her bachelors in English and Russian language and literature from the University of Michigan and has ten years of experience in automotive media, book publishing, and blogging on sustainable living topics. Convinced there was a sweet spot where green parenting met frugality, she founded 29Diapers.com, a blog that teaches parents how to raise a green baby on a budget, and published EcoFrugal Baby: How To Save 70% Off Baby's First Year. She contributes to Inhabitat on the subject of sustainable transportation and is the only mom blogger in existence who can explain variable valve timing and parallel hybrid drivetrains.
