Emily Badger is a writer in the Washington, D.C., area, where she tries to minimize her carbon footprint by working from her second bedroom. She's interested in a lot of topics that have little to do with each other: unusual climate change solutions, roadside rest area culture, edible biodiversity and Lebanese ruins. She loves stories that get her behind the scenes at museums. She particularly appreciates that when really bad things happen to her, it gives her something to write about. She also writes the regular Idea Lobby blog for Miller-McCune and is a contributing writer to The Atlantic Cities.