Matt Grigsby is an Industrial Designer, social entrepreneur, and sustainability expert. He is the CEO and Co-founder of Ecolect.net ( http://www.ecolect.net ), the leading online database of environmentally friendly materials. Through materials, design, technologies, and life cycle analysis, Ecolect consults to provide tangible solutions to the tough environmental challenges facing product-based companies today. He is also a blogger with TreeHugger.com and AlternativeTransit.com. Matt is a graduate of the Industrial Design program at the Rhode Island School of Design and studied Transportation Design at Strate Collège Designers ( http://www.stratecollege.fr/eng ) in France. In addition to his role at Ecolect, Matt is the Chair of the EcoDesign Section ( http://www.idsa.org/whatsnew/sections/ecosection/index.html ) at the Industrial Designers Society of America ( http://www.idsa.org ).