Articles tagged “Treehugger”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Predicting A More Sustainable Future: The Designers Weigh In By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Home & Garden Jan 5 2010 As we wade into a bright new year, the predictions for green living are starting to trickle in. We can predict one thing for sure - Every item that we use has an impact on the environment. + READ MORE

Meet Brent Ridge, Farmer and Founder of Beekman Farms By Jessica Root IN Work & Connect Oct 12 2009 You'll rarely hear adjectives like 'hot' and 'young' used to describe farmers.Change Makers is series of interviews with people famous and obscure who are creating a more sustainable world through their work. + READ MORE

TreeHugger & PlanetGreen.com Editor-in-Chief Meaghan O'Neill on BlogTalkRadio By Colleen Vanderlinden IN Work & Connect Sep 9 2009 Check out this BlogTalkRadio interview with Treehugger and PlanetGreen.com Editor-in-Chief Meaghan O'Neill. + READ MORE

Cookies: The New Dashboard Jesus? By Jessica Root IN Food & Health Jul 14 2009 Slide aside your dashboard Jesus to bake these choco-chip bad boys solar-style--on the dashboard of your car! + READ MORE

Find Ed Begley in the TreeHugger Forums By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Jul 9 2009 Ed Begley is one of the greenest guys in Hollywood. In fact, when you watch Living with Ed, it becomes clear that he's one of the greenest guys anywhere. Needless to say, he has a lot of ideas, opinions, and advice about eco-living, the environment, and reducing waste. + READ MORE

Get Behind Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor—60 Green Groups Already Have By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Jul 9 2009 Okay, so at the moment, environmental issues aren't what you likely think of when you think about Supreme Court Justice Nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Maybe you think of the word 'empathy' or of certain loudmouths calling her 'reverse racist' or about white firefighters. But it's time to start thinking green?60 of the nation's top environmental and conservation groups, including EarthJustice, the Sierra Club, Greenpeace, and the National Wildlife Federation, have drafted a letter voicing their support for Sotomayor.. + READ MORE

Down with Matt Damon and Clean Drinking Water for All? Sign this Petition! By Jessica Root IN Work & Connect Jun 12 2009 We can't emphasize enough the importance of our precious natural resource, water. Matt Damon can't either. He's asking us to sign a petition, increasing access to clean H2O for the hundreds of millions of people in need. + READ MORE

Happy Anniversary Planet Green! By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Jun 4 2009 One year ago today, Discovery made television history by launching Planet Green, the first 24-hour channel dedicated to the environment. A multi-platform channel, Planet Green shares fun and engaging tips on eco-friendly living and taking action for the environment. Complimenting its 16 TV shows are planetgreen.com and treehugger.com, which provide green solutions, videos, slideshows, quizzes, and blog posts about green living. + READ MORE

Check Your Car Emissions Before Obama Does By Jessica Root IN Tech & Transport May 19 2009 The big news on the street (pun intended) is President Barack Obama's newly announced green goal to improve vehicle fuel economy and reduce greenhouse gases. + READ MORE

New Yorkers: Go Native with NYC Wildflower Week By Jessica Root IN Travel & Outdoors May 5 2009 If the rainy, concrete blues have you close to bashing your head against a wall, how about a little flora therapy to brighten your mood? Uplift yourself with a vibrant event taking place this week, May 2-9: NYC?s second annual Wildflower Week. + READ MORE

Best of Green: Best in Show—And the Winner Is... By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect May 1 2009 Out of 177 winners in 8 categories, you chose the 'Best in Show' winner of the first-annual Best of Green awards. It took nearly a month and thousands of votes, but the winner is well deserving of the effort and the praise. + READ MORE

Vote for the "Best of Green: Best in Show" Award Winner By Collin Dunn IN Work & Connect Apr 23 2009 TreeHugger's inaugural Best of Green awards have been an amazing, inspiring way to celebrate Earth Month, and, now that we've celebrated Earth Day with all the winners, it's time to pick the "Best in Show" for the Best of Green. + READ MORE

Lunch at il Buco this Earth Day, Help Save the Amazon Rainforest By Jessica Root IN Food & Health Apr 20 2009 As if toasting to Earth Day over organic cocktails isn't fun enough, New York-based foodies looking to ramp up their Earth Day efforts can also munch their way to a greener world. + READ MORE

Catch the Green Apple Festival Action in the TreeHugger Video Archive By David DeFranza IN Work & Connect Apr 20 2009 In the lead-up to Earth Day, the Green Apple Festival mobilized volunteers in 10 cities around the country and rewarded them with free thank you concerts afterward. Lots of people got involved and the days of action across the country were a huge success. TreeHugger was there to document the activities in each city. Catch up on the action in the TreeHugger video archive from the event. + READ MORE

Guide to Obama's High-Speed Rail Plans, Bad Biofuel Policy Put Half a Million Virtual Cars on the Road, and Celebrate World Oceans Day By David DeFranza IN Tech & Transport Apr 16 2009 Today on TreeHugger: Guide to Obama's high-speed rail plans, bad biofuel policy put half a million virtual cars on the road, and celebrate World Oceans Day. + READ MORE

Celebrate Earth Day in New York, Tees for Change Sale, and Hiring a Moving Truck vs. Using Your Car By David DeFranza IN Work & Connect Apr 15 2009 Today on TreeHugger: Celebrate Earth Day in New York, Tees for Change sale, and hiring a moving truck vs. using your car. + READ MORE

Find the Green Apple Festival's Free Concerts, Get the Newest Green Spring Fashions, and Replace Your Desktop with an Energy-Sipping Nettop By David DeFranza IN Fashion & Beauty Apr 14 2009 Today on TreeHugger: Find the Green Apple Festival's free concerts, get the newest green spring fashions, and replace your desktop with an energy-sipping nettop. + READ MORE

Installing Your Own Beehive, Understanding Barack Obama's Position on Climate Legislation, and Identifying Pesticide Covered Fruits By David DeFranza IN Home & Garden Apr 13 2009 Today on TreeHugger: Installing your own beehive, understanding Barack Obama's position on climate legislation, and identifying pesticide covered fruits. + READ MORE

Get Ready for Planet Green's Turn Back the Temp: The Coolest Week on TV By David DeFranza IN Work & Connect Apr 7 2009 During Turn Back the Temp Week, April 19th to the 25th, Planet Green will premier new episodes of five series. So, keep refreshing PlanetGreen.com for the latest online features and set your VCRs and DVRs for Turn Back the Temp Week to catch these excellent new shows. + READ MORE

Introducing TreeHugger's First Annual Best of Green Awards By Meaghan O'Neill IN Work & Connect Apr 6 2009 After four-plus years of exploring, critiquing, and lauding the modern world of green, we at TreeHugger—sister site of Planet Green—thought it was high time we gave props to the people, organizations, products and ideas that give us something to write about everyday, and Earth Month seemed the appropriate time to do it. So we put our heads together and nominated, debated, and, finally, selected what we believe to be the best-of-the-best when it comes to today's environmentalism. + READ MORE