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Robin Chase on the Birth of Zipcar and the Future of Transportation (Part Two)

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:40:03 -0500

Zipcar has been a game changer, but Robin Chase is already on to other things. The next frontier in transportation is a smart network that has your car, iPhone, GPS, and other gizmos sharing chatter with streetlights, power utilities, your insurance company, and other cars. The result, hopes Chase, will be cities that are greener, smarter, and more efficient.

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Check out part one of our interview here.

Music comes from Nightmares on Wax.

Robin Chase on the Birth of Zipcar and the Future of Transportation (Part One)

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:27:36 -0500

To Robin Chase, parked cars and solo drivers just look like a great big mess of wasted capacity. It’s this kind of thinking that inspired her to start Zipcar (now the world’s largest carsharing company), and GoLoco, the Facebook of ridesharing. It’s also the kind of thinking that got her invited to speak at TED and put her on TIME’s 100 list for 2009.
Chase took some time from her frenetic life to tell us about the birth of Zipcar, the progress of GoLoco, and where she’s headed next (hint: cars that talk to each other).

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Music comes from Nightmares on Wax.

Listen to part two of our interview here.

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Talks Dirty Coal at Bonnaroo, and More

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:41:55 -0500

Image credit: Jeff Kravitz

With 80,000 people, America's biggest music fest is a colossus. But Bonnaroo keeps making good on its commitment to get greener each year. TreeHugger Radio chatted at length with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. who is calling people to civil disobedience in Appalachia to fight mountaintop mining. We also heard from director Robert Stone about his forthcoming Earth Days documentary, and get a ukalele-accompanied song from Norweigan band Katzenjammer.

Also, check out our on-the-ground coverage of the green and not so green, and see why Andrew Bird no longer tops off with biodiesel.

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Have You Plugged In a Ford Lately? EVs, Plug-ins, and Hybrids Live on in Detroit (Part Two)

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:47:05 -0500

Nancy Gioia is a big wheel at Ford where she oversees sustainable transportation projects. In the second part of our chat, Gioia illuminates the future of diesels, Obama's new MPG standards, and the lackluster promise of the hydrogen highway. She also looks into the future at mobility in the mega city.

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Check out part one of our interview here.

Have You Plugged In a Ford Lately? EVs, Plug-ins, and Hybrids Live on in Detroit (Part One)

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:26:09 -0500

In the smoking ashes of Detroit, Ford Motor Company looks a lot like the last man standing, which could have great big implications for the green car race. Nancy Gioia heads up Ford’s Sustainable Mobility programs—she shares with TreeHugger how her company is charging into the world of EVs, plug-ins, hybrids, clean diesels, and even some nice company-sponsored hypermiling.

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Author Edward Humes on the Rise of the Eco Barons (Part Two)

Thu, 28 May 2009 13:05:57 -0500

In the second part of our interview with the author of Eco Barons we learn about the redneck hippy-chick millionaire who started Burt's Bees, and explore the inner workings of Ted Turner (the largest individual landowner in the U.S.). We also hear Edward Humes' appraisal of the strengths and weaknesses of the Obama administration.

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Check out part one here.

Author Edward Humes on the Rise of the Eco Barons (Part One)

Thu, 21 May 2009 11:26:39 -0500

In the latest book from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward Humes we meet an eccentric cast of “eco barons,” the moniker Humes has given to the new breed of maverick pro-planet crusaders. The troupe includes unsung and under-the-radar eco barons such as the founder of Esprit, a California pool cleaner turned climate czar, the father of the plug-in hybrid car, and even Ted Turner.

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Saul Griffith on Living the Examined Life and Flying Giant Kites (Part Two)

Fri, 15 May 2009 11:30:06 -0500

Last week we heard about Saul Griffith's exhaustive personal energy cataloging and the resulting WattzOn.com. In part two, Griffith talks about Makani Power, his company that builds giant kites for capturing elusive, high-altitude gusts. He also shares his thoughts on the need for nuclear power and answers the question: "how scary is the world going to get?"

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Check out part one here.

Saul Griffith on Living the Examined Life and Flying Giant Kites (Part One)

Thu, 07 May 2009 09:22:00 -0500

After becoming a renewable energy entrepreneur (think massive kites), Saul Griffith started wondering about the greenness of his own life—so he started counting. The exercise became an exploration, which resulted in the website WattzOn.com, a powerful opensource tool for personal impact calculation. Using the Embodied Energy Database, you can finally determine “the impact of wearing underwear versus taking holiday in Europe.” Griffith explains how WattzOn works (and how you can help perfect it), and why we miss the point when we obsess over carbon.

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Adam Lowry, The Man Behind the Method (Cleaning Products)

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:12:54 -0500

Method cleaning products are the fitting accoutrement for the style and hygiene-minded ecophile. But Method is more than boutique toilet bowl cleaners; it is booming into one of the great success stories of the new economy. Adam Lowry, with his business partner Eric Ryan, has reinvented his field (and made huge returns). Method is a certified B Corporation, its products bear the Cradle to Cradle seal, and renewable energy and upcycling are daily fare. Adam Lowry explains to TreeHugger what’s new in the lab, and divulges Method’s problem-solving motto: “What would MacGyver do?”

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Also check out our interview with Jay Coen Gilbert, co-founder of B Lab.

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Dean Kamen on Clean Energy, Clean Water, and Commuting in the Mega City (Part Two)

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:15:01 -0500

With his planes, helicopters, and other fuel-hungry pets, Dean Kamen admits that he takes a lot out of the world. This just means that, in keeping with his immigrant grandfather’s advice, he has to put more back in. In the second part of our conversation, Kamen shares his obsession with the Sterling engine, telling about the one rigged into his electric car, the ones stationed in Bangladeshi villages, and the 80,000-pound Sterling sitting in his living room. The maverick inventor also lets us in on his vision of the future, which will see many of our problems evaporate, and new ones born.

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Catch Part One here.

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Dean Kamen on Clean Energy, Clean Water, and Commuting in the Mega City (Part One)

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:59:13 -0500

Dean Kamen is the kind of inventor we don’t imagine exists anymore—a fervent polymath like Thomas Edison. Best known as the creator of the Segway, Kamen is also responsible for major breakthroughs in clean energy, water purification, prosthetics, and other urban transport devices. He is the owner of a small island off the coast of New York where he tests his creations. He recently took the island zero-net energy with solar cells and LED lighting.

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Jay Coen Gilbert and the Search for the Beneficial Corporation (Part Two)

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:31:00 -0500

Jay Coen Gilbert must be doing something right; after all, you don’t get invited to the White House to advise on economic policy just because you smell good. Along with two of his brainy Stanford buddies, Gilbert has built a certifying system for business. A certified B Corporation is a new breed of company (the B stands for beneficial) that does right by its shareholders, community, and ecosystem. In the second part of our conversation, Jay shares what happened in Washington, what he’s doing on the back of GOOD magazine, and shares advise for the aspiring (beneficial) entrepreneur.

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Music comes from Amadou & Miriam.

Listen (or read) part one here.

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Jay Coen Gilbert and the Search for the Beneficial Corporation (Part One)

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:50:43 -0500

Good business or just good marketing? Green business or greenwashing? Even the most hawk-eyed, label-scouring consumer can’t always know. B Corporation's mission is to replace the guessing game with rigorous standards to judge what makes a truly “beneficial” company. To date, 179 companies representing almost a billion dollars have become certified B Corps. Jay Coen Gilbert, one of three veteran entrepreneurs behind B Corporation, tells TreeHugger how it all works.

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Music comes from Amadou & Miriam.

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A Green Tech Road Trip Across India

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:11:27 -0500

In a caravan of solar-powered vehicles, the Climate Solutions Road Tour traveled India for five weeks, gathering good news of homegrown sustainability solutions. We managed to get three of these messengers on the phone: Caroline Howe and Jitin Abraham—both in Delhi—and Deepa Gupta, in Vadodara. They met the president of India, they took Thomas Friedman of the New York Times for a ride, and by all accounts fulfilled their desire to “create, communicate, and celebrate” powerful solutions for the future.

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Music comes from the sun-powered band Solar Punch.

Peter Diamandis on the Race to 100 Miles per Gallon (Part Two)

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:21:26 -0500

“Radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity,” that’s the X Prize Foundation’s stock in trade. In the second part of our conversation with Peter Diamandis, the Foundation’s founder and CEO, we hear about other avenues for creating big changes in the realms of clean energy, space travel, and the importance of crazy ideas. Read or listen to the first part of our conversation here.

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Music comes from Chris Volpe

See our X-Prize cars slideshow!

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Peter Diamandis on the Race to 100 Miles per Gallon (Part One)

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:21:57 -0500

This race will draw “a line in the sand,” says Peter Diamandis, the CEO and chairman of the X-Prize Foundation. After the Progressive Automotive X-Prize is won, “there is no reason you should not be driving a car that gets over 100 miles per gallon.”

With the Tour de France-style competition approaching, it is clear that there is more at stake than just the $10 million prize. Even the runners up may find themselves on the front lines of a transportation revolution. “We’ve been driving the same old cars for 100 years,” says Diamandis. Things will never be the same.

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Music comes from Chris Volpe

See our X-Prize cars slideshow!

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Natalie Jeremijenko’s Urban Space Station (Part Two)

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:52:29 -0500

Photo: Mark Mahaney

The Rhinoceros Beetle is the world’s strongest animal, able to lift more than thirty times its own weight. To Natalie Jeremijenko, this sounded like an invitation to wrestle. Via some clever technology (she is an engineer, after all), Jeremijenko is wresting the Rhinoceros Beetle, as well as issuing “formal challenges to swaggering museum directors and Hemingway-esq literary heroes.” She’s also told us about turning Manhattan into a wildlife park, as well as her model urban development (MUD) for birds, complete with ferris wheel, food court, and high-powered rifle.

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Listen to Part One here.

Our music comes from Feist.

Natalie Jeremijenko’s Urban Space Station (Part One)

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:11:28 -0500

Photo: Mark Mahaney

If I were in Manhattan, my visit to the Environmental Health Clinic might involve a session afloat Dr. Jeremijenko’s raft/office on the East River. Under the circumstances, she treated me over Skype, checking my toxics and discussing treatment options, including a pet tadpole and a No Park (an urban parking space-turned-garden). The creator of the Green Light and other therapeutic instruments, Jeremijenko is a relentless synthesizer of technology, art, ecology, and delight. Our creativity, she says, is one of our most powerful tools, because “if we think of our agency just as green consumers, then our agency is only as big as our wallets.” Which is just plain boring.

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Our music comes from Feist.

Emily Pilloton Discusses the Hippo Roller and other Designs for Humanity (Part Two)

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:44:37 -0500

In our last conversation with The founder of Project H Design, Emily Pilloton voiced her frustrations with a design world that has lost sight of its duty. In this segment, we’re taken through her latest project: a math playground in Uganda for the students at a school for AIDS orphans. This new “learning landscape” combines systems thinking and appropriate technology to create something versatile and fun.

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For part one of this interview, click here.

Our music comes from Andrew Bird.

Emily Pilloton Discusses the Hippo Roller and other Designs for Humanity (Part One)

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:31:51 -0500

The world doesn’t need another bamboo coffee table. Design, says Emily Pilloton, should be about solving our most pressing problems. Easier said than done, certainly, but the young architect/designer is not just talk. Pilloton founded Project H Design to bring elegant, appropriate technology to where it’s most needed. Chapters of Project H Design have collaborated with LA’s homeless, delivered Hippo Rollers to Africa (and even facilitated the Hippo's redesign), and sponsored Lifestraws in Mumbai. And things are just getting going.

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Check out part two of our interview here.

Our music comes from Andrew Bird.

Ken Eklund, Creator of World Without Oil on TreeHugger Radio

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:37:31 -0500

It’s just a game, right? World Without Oil brought people from all over the globe into an alternate reality, a near-future in which we’re sucking the last silted drops from the planetary oil barrel. We’ve seen in the past how games can touch critical issues like climate change, hunger, and obesity, but World Without Oil is different in that it is a “historical pre-enactment,” crowdsourced from the minds of global citizens who know this scenario is all but upon us. This is not escapism, says Eklund, this is playing it before we all live it.

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Michael Franti of Spearhead on TH Radio

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:12:34 -0500

Michael Franti is the thunderous voice and poetic brain behind Spearhead, a band that melts hip hop, R&B, reggae, and funk with a message of love and rebellion. Franti has long been outspoken on issues of political reform, peace, and ecological sanity. His documentary film, “I Know I’m Not Alone,” follows his barefoot journey across the Middle East, guitar in hand.

Michael speaks with TreeHugger about his hopes for the new president, his efforts to live greener—both at home and on the road—and the making of Spearhead’s new record, All Rebel Rockers.

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Janine Benyus on Biomimicry in Design on TH Radio (Part Two)

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:11:24 -0500

How does an electric eel generate electricity without frying itself? How does a tree move water hundreds of feet up without pumps? If we quiet human cleverness and follow nature’s lead, says Janine Benyus, we see that most of our challenges have already been solved. Ask Benyus how to be a better biomimic. Two words: get outside!

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For part one, click here.

Janine Benyus on Biomimicry in Design on TH Radio (Part One)

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:55:33 -0500

Janine Benyus is the woman who opened our eyes to the practice of modeling technology after nature, a discipline she calls biomimicry. Drawing on nature’s design library has given birth to glue inspired by lizards, coatings inspired by beetles, turbine blades inspired by whales, paint inspired by leaves, fans inspired by the sycamore, power cells inspired by eels, bulletproof plastic, and bone repair. Nature is overflowing with sustainable solutions, she says, but the designers, engineers, and architects “who make our world” aren’t taught how to tap in. Janine’s latest project, AskNature.org, is her effort to “organize the world’s biological information by design and engineering function.”

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The TH Interview: Andy Revkin—Climate in the Obama Age

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:11:07 -0500

Hopes are high for an Obama-led climate strategy, but when it comes to true details there are still more questions than answers. Andrew C. Revkin has stationed himself at the intersection of science, technology, and policy for two decades, watching closely and writing like a madman. Revkin’s reporting can be found in the New York Times, where he is a senior environment writer, as well as at Dot Earth. He also pops up regularly on TreeHugger around issues like geoengineering, climate taxes, and population growth. We asked Andy to shed some light on the Obama climate picture as it unfolds.

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The TH Interview: Fred Pearce—Confessions of An Eco-Sinner (Part Two)

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:11:00 -0500

Despite his own confessions, Pearce isn’t here to preach. He’d rather people make up their own minds about what to buy and what to snub. In the second part of our interview, the author of Confessions of an Eco-Sinner tells more tales from his explorations into the sources of his stuff. We also get a slice of his greenwash-busting that is featured regularly in the Guardian, and his reasons for believe that Obama might just save the world.

Click here for part one.

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The TH Interview: Fred Pearce—Confessions of An Eco-Sinner (Part One)

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:03:29 -0500

Ever get curious? “Where was my computer put together, who picked my coffee beans, what about the gold in my wedding ring?” We recall when Fred Pearce set out to find the answers, a journey that took him around the world seven times. Confessions of An Eco-Sinner is his tale; and what he found was often shocking and counterintuitive (get ready to rethink fair trade).
Fred Pearce’s detective work has enticed us many times as he sleuths the greening of China, seed saving, the population bomb, and “virtual water.” He’s especially deft at sniffing out greenwashing, for which he has a column in The Guardian. Fred was kind enough to let us inside his reconnaissance and share how this changed his thinking.

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Thanks to Calabash Music for the soundtrack.

The TH Interview: Chris Goodall—Ten Techs to Save Our Butts (Part Two)

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:11:08 -0500

In part two of our interview with the author of Ten Technologies to Save the Planet, we continue our tour of the coolest, most promising, and most necessary green technologies alive today. Get ready for electric cars, carbon capture, and (I know it's your favorite) biochar.

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download.

Check out the first installment here.

Special thanks to Calabash Music for the soundtrack.

The TH Interview: Chris Goodall—Ten Techs to Save Our Butts (Part One)

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:16:00 -0500

Mr. Goodall phrases it more elegantly than we have, to be sure, but the premise is the same: if we want to avoid big trouble in paradise, we need to get very busy with radically new technologies. Goodall is an author (his previous book was How to Live a Low-Carbon Life), blogger, and a regular contributor to the Guardian Environment Network. His new book, Ten Technologies to Save the Planet (see our recent review), is a pragmatic yet nerdily scintillating survey of green tech. Not one to tag along with the herd (this is the man who said driving is greener than walking), Goodall calls it like he sees it, dubbing some techs rubbish (micro wind power), and provoking us to strip the stigma from others (carbon capture and storage). In part one of our conversation, Goodall leads us into the frontlines of the energy revolution.

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Special thanks to Calabash Music for the soundtrack.

The TH Interview: Van Jones—The Green Collar Economy (Part Two)

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:45:38 -0500

We can’t drill and burn our way out of our economic and ecological ills, but we can invent and invest our way out, says the author of The Green Collar Economy and founder of Green for All. In part two of our conversation with Van Jones, we talk greentech, politics, “eco-apartheid,” and (of course) his vision for a green economy. “The green Keynesians are going to win,” says Van Jones.

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download.

Also check:
Part One of our Van Jones interview
Our recent interview with Van Jones
Worldwatch Institute on green jobs
The EJCC on race and climate change
VanJones.net
Green For All

The TH Interview: Van Jones—The Green Collar Economy (Part One)

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 09:11:51 -0500

Do you love your hybrid, fear for the plight of the polar bears, dying to put solar panels on your roof? Then you might be a member of the eco-elite. Not that there’s anything wrong with you, says Van Jones, but for a green economy to be truly effective, it needs to be more inclusive.
This is the thrust of The Green Collar Economy, Van Jones’ new book. The very quotable Jones is up there among the world’s brightest, seeking a green economy “that is strong enough to pull millions of people out of poverty.”

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download.

Also check:
Our recent interview with Van Jones
Worldwatch Institute on green jobs
The EJCC on race and climate change
VanJones.net

And Van on The Colbert Report, after the jump...

The TH Interview: 2008 Brower Youth Awards (Part Two)

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:11:24 -0500

This week we hear from two more of this year’s Brower Youth Award winners. Marisol Bacerra has been using Google Maps and other media to plot toxic sites around her home neighborhood in Chicago. In Washington, D.C., Kari Fulton was singled out for her success in reframing the discussion of climate change and race. Keep you eyes on these young leaders, folks. Also hear from two other winners of the Brower Youth Awards in last week's show. TreeHugger Radio

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Also check out our coverage of Brower Youth Award winners from 2007, 2006, and their collaboration with the Lorax.

The TH Interview: 2008 Brower Youth Awards (Part One)

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:25:28 -0500

David R. Brower was a powerhouse of the American environmental movement—in fact, it’s pretty safe to say that without David Brower, the green movement wouldn’t be what it is today. Certainly not a man who slept late, Brower founded the Sierra Club Foundation, the John Muir Institute for Environmental Studies, Friends of the Earth, the League of Conservation Voters, and Earth Island Institute, among others. When David Brower died in 2000, Earth Island created the Brower Youth Awards, honoring six young environmental go-getters each year, whose precociousness is on par with that of the young Mr. Brower. In addition to being swept off to San Francisco for a big award ceremony, the winners get $3000 and an arsenal of resources with which to carry on their work. This week we hear from two of this year’s winners. TreeHugger Radio

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Also check out our coverage of Brower Youth Award winners from 2007, 2006, and their collaboration with the Lorax.

The TH Interview: Jimmy Wales—Wikifying Green Knowledge (Part Two)

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:47:24 -0500

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In part two of our conversation with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, we get deeper into the nuts and bolts of Wikia Green, but also tackle the role that free culture can play in saving the world (hint: it's a big role). ::TreeHugger Radio

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Also check out the first installment of our interview with Jimmy Wales.

The music you hear is Ratatat.

The TH Interview: Jimmy Wales—Wikifying Green Knowledge (Part One)

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:00:11 -0500

If Wikipedia is the reincarnation of the encyclopedia, the Wikia family of sites represents the rest of the library—not just the printed pages, but all the side conversations and muffled chatter. At least this is how Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales sees it. Wikia Green is one of the latest additions to this growing family of special interest, wiki-based subworlds. Wales wants readers to be able to dive into Wikia Green to satisfy burning curiosities on green science and technology, DIY, sustainable living, and policy, all while drawing on a knowledge base fashioned after Wikipedia’s model of free licensing and community review. ::TreeHugger Radio

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The music you hear is Ratatat.
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The TH Interview: TOMS Shoes (Part Two)

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:11:45 -0500

For every pair of TOMS sold, another pair is given away to a child in need. Blake Mycoskie used to think he’d make as much money as possible in life and then give it all away. But now he figures he’ll just do business and help the world at the same time. ::TreeHugger Radio

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Check out part one of our interview with Blake Mycoskie.

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The TH Interview: TOMS Shoes (Part One)

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:11:32 -0500

If you have an entrepreneurial itch, a love of shoes, or a distaste for poverty, Blake Mycoskie, the creator of TOMS, is someone you should know about. In an odd twist, Blake took the favored footwear of Argentine peasants and sparked a hipster shoe meme, transmitted by word of mouth. In our interview, Blake tells us about how TOMS got started, what comes next, and what it takes to hand-place thousands of shoes on children’s feet. ::TreeHugger Radio

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The music you hear is Bajofondo, from Argentina. For part two of this interview, click here.

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The TH Interview: Back to School Special

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:10:11 -0500

If you can believe it, there was a time when colleges and universities didn’t have people looking after eco issues. Energy and water meters went unwatched, pesticides floated freely across quads, organics were laughed out of the cafeteria, and recycle bins were used strictly as gravity bongs. But no more, my mortarboarded friends. Today, schools are grade grubbing on green report cards and The Princeton Review is rating colleges on their green stats. Here is a roundup of the sustainability spearheads from five major universities (Stanford, University of Maryland, Arizona State, Sacramento State, and Ohio State) each giving their elevator speech in what has become a very competitive race.

Also check out How to Go Green: Back to School

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The TH Interview: Adobe Talks Shop

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:11:16 -0500

Silicon Valley has officially had green fever for some time, now. A case in point is our recent interview with Chris Page, Yahoo’s sustainability maven. Adobe, the maker of Photoshop, Acrobat, Flash, etc. is also taking some of these lessons to heart and putting its buildings under the lens—and no, this isn’t a green Photoshop job. Adobe’s Randy Knox takes care of the company’s growing physical presence in San Jose, CA. Adobe’s buildings feature a bevy of cost-saving, energy-saving systems, including a computer network that checks the weather forecast before turning on the sprinklers. Adobe is also employing its infamous knack for slick visuals to illustrate and inform the process. ::TreeHugger Radio

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Special thanks goes to CraigMichaels, the organizer of the Sustainable Operations Summit, for arranging this interview.

The TH Interview: News Corp.'s Carbon Neutral Empire (Part 2)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:29:23 -0500

We all know how green Hollywood wants to appear. We also know how ungreen the entertainment economy can truly be. In the second portion of our conversation with News Corporation’s Director of Energy Initiatives, Rachel Webber grapples with this schizophrenia as she delves deeper into how Murdoch’s media empire plans to both calculate and neutralize its own global footprint. She also serves up some tasty details, like how it took shooting in a submarine for the producers of 24 to discover the power of LED set lights, and how the American Idol finale brought solar power to the Nokia Center. ::TreeHugger Radio

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Check out Part One of this interview here.

Special thanks goes to CraigMichaels, the organizer of the Sustainable Operations Summit, for arranging this interview.

The TH Interview: News Corp.'s Carbon Neutral Empire (Part 1)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:20:59 -0500

In a baffling shift of climate, Hell has frozen over. The flash freeze wasn’t precipitated by a crumbling ice shelf or rising sea—or maybe it was. Rupert Murdoch, the founder and CEO of News Corporation, has decided to render his global conglomerate carbon neutral, as well as educate the public and green up the many tendrils of his enormous news business. Murdoch’s media empire contains such brands as Fox Broadcasting, MySpace, and the Wall Street Journal.

Rachel Webber is News Corp.’s Director of Energy Initiatives. She spoke with TreeHugger about how this unexpected shift came about, and how it’s rolling out. Webber says that greening up News Corp means many things, from offsetting emissions to changing public perception (something News Corp is uniquely good at). Sustainability won’t truly click, she says, until it’s cool for two kids to make out in the back of a Prius. ::TreeHugger Radio

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Special thanks goes to CraigMichaels, the organizer of the Sustainable Operations Summit, for arranging this interview.

The TH Interview: Ariella Maron—The Greening of New York City

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:25:45 -0500

Love it or hate it, New York’s 8.25 million people are some of the greenest citizens walking among us. Whether they know it or not, New Yorkers have significantly lighter footprints than the vast majority of Americans, and Mayor Bloomberg is trying to seal the deal by greening NYC’s buildings, yellow taxis, black limos, public transit, and introducing a climate protection act and congestion charging (although it failed, despite notable support). This is all in preparation for an influx of new New Yorkers in the next twenty years.

Ariella Maron is Bloomberg’s Deputy Director of Long Term Planning and Sustainability, which means it’s her job to see that the city gets greened and that the journey is properly mapped. She spoke to us about the nitty gritty of PlaNYC 2030, and about New York’s potential on the world stage. ::TreeHugger Radio

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download.

Special thanks goes to CraigMichaels, the organizer of the Sustainable Operations Summit, for arranging this interview.

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The TH Interview: Chris Page—The Green Yahoo

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:11:32 -0500

Climate impact might not be the first thing on your mind when jumping on a search engine (unless you’re searching “climate impact”). But much is going on behind the scenes of these ethereal data dealers of search. Yahoo! has recruited its secret weapon in the climate battle, Christina Page, from the arsenal of the Rocky Mountain Institute, Amory Lovins’ brainy and prestigious “think-and-do tank,” (also a TH guest poster).

As Yahoo!’s director of climate and energy strategy, Page has been charged with bringing the company to carbon neutrality (which it accomplished in 2007), and with developing outlets like its green autos page, 18Seconds.org (the CFL initiative of Inconvenient Truth producer Lawrence Bender), and Freecycle (a Yahoo! group). Yahoo! is also trying to harness the brains and fingers of its 500 million users to create green iconography, do-gooder advertising, and a world of green Web users. ::TreeHugger Radio

Also check out our interview with Yahoo! co-founder David Filo.

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download.

Special thanks goes to CraigMichaels, the organizer of the Sustainable Operations Summit, for arranging this interview.

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The TH Interview: Paul Hawken—Blessed Unrest (Part Two)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:11:33 -0500

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In part two of our in-depth discussion, Paul Hawken unpacks his new opensource, wiki-based Web entity, WISER Earth. He also offers up some details on Blessed Unrest the movie (and the remix), and brings it back to basics with the news no one wants to talk about. ::TreeHugger Radio

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download. Click here for part one.

Special thanks go to CraigMichaels, the organizer of the Sustainable Operations Summit, for arranging this interview.

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The TH Interview: Paul Hawken—Blessed Unrest (Part One)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:02:19 -0500

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For many people, Paul Hawken is a man who needs no introduction at all. As an author, a speaker, a theorist, and a business person, Paul Hawken has shaped the discussion of what sustainability is, and how it can be achieved. His Ecology of Commerce was an eye opener for many people (including Ray Anderson, last week’s interviewee), and Natural Capitalism, that he wrote with Amory and Hunter Lovins, can often be seen in the hands of Bill Clinton, brandished as a wakeup call to industry. Paul’s new book, Blessed Unrest (and its sister web community, Wiser Earth), is something different altogether: an exploration of what he says is the largest movement in human history. ::TreeHugger Radio

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download.

Special thanks go to CraigMichaels, the organizer of the Sustainable Operations Summit, for arranging this interview.

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The TH Interview: Ray Anderson—The Man with a Spear in his Chest (Part Two)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:05:05 -0500

Interface sells carpet to the tune of $1,100,000,000 each year. That is just one reason why the business world listens up when Ray Anderson speaks. Ray describes his ecological awakening as “a spear in the chest,” a wound he has used to both his company’s advantage, and the planet’s. Giving rebirth to 133 million pounds of carpet is just the beginning. Anderson and his design teams are hard at work studying nature’s delicate technologies—like the sticky feet of geckos—to make products better, cleaner, and more beautiful. Here, the founder of Interface shares his insights on biomimicry, right-brain thinking, cradle-to-cradle design, and our innate “biophilia.” ::TreeHugger Radio

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download.

Special thanks go to CraigMichaels, the organizer of the Sustainable Operations Summit, for arranging this interview.

Also, check out part one of our Ray Anderson interview. (Full text after the jump)

The TH Interview: Ray Anderson—The Man with a Spear in his Chest (Part One)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:00:12 -0500

Ray Anderson started his company, Interface, back in the 1970s to make carpet. Like any business man, he wanted to shake up the market and make a healthy profit, which he’s done, and Interface now has 17 manufacturing locations on four continents. But this is not business as usual. Not anymore. Since having a sustainability epiphany, as he calls it, Ray has starting steering Interface toward one hell of a goal: zero negative effects on the planetary ecosystem by the year 2020, a goal he admits no corporation has yet reached. TreeHugger has long found inspiration in Interface’s elegant design solutions—products like modular carpet and FLOR—and in Anderson’s own sagely words. ::TreeHugger Radio

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download. For Part Two of this interview, click here.

Special thanks go to CraigMichaels, the organizer of the Sustainable Operations Summit, for arranging this interview.

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The TH Interview: Will Wynn—Austin’s Green Mayor (Part Two)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:55:36 -0500

In the second half of our face-to-face with Austin's mayor, Will Wynn talks about his part in the race to be America's greenest city, the decoupling of profits and pollution, and his vision for America getting it right (after we've exhausted every other option). ::TreeHugger Radio

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download.

Click here for Part One.

Image courtesy of Kim Lemaire.

The TH Interview: Will Wynn—Austin’s Green Mayor (Part One)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:22:39 -0500

Austin Texas is a direct challenge to typical stereotypes about the American South. As the capital of the most polluting state, Austin has decided to flip the script and become one of the most progressive cities in the nation. Mayor Will Wynn has been instrumental in this, and he’s the perfect man for the job. Born and raised in West Texas and graduating Texas A&M with a degree in environmental design, he speaks about climate change in the same twangy matter-of-fact way as another southern man with a fondness for cowboy boots, Mr. Al Gore.
Wynn has helped Austin become a national leader in wind power, biodiesel, plug-in hybrid cars, and more. He was a keynote speaker at the this year’s Sustainable Operations Summit in Monterey, California, which is where TreeHugger Radio caught up with him. ::TreeHugger Radio

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download.

Special thanks go to CraigMichaels, the organizer of the Sustainable Operations Summit, for arranging this interview. Image credit: Caleb Miller.

Also check out: The TH Interview: Roger Duncan, Plug-in Partners

TH Radio Special: Inside Tesla Motors (With Pics)

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:16:14 -0500

Like Angelina Jolie, the Tesla Roadster looks smaller in person. Notwithstanding all the hype and speed-geek obsession around the electric car, it is a stunning thing to behold; truly elegant. Tesla’s San Carlos engineering facility is where the masterpiece is crafted, and TreeHugger Radio got a nice deep look inside. VP of Marketing Darryl Siry gave us the latest on the delivery of the Roadster, the star-studded waiting list, and even let us snag some exclusive shots (below the jump). ::TreeHugger Radio

Listen to this podcast via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download.

Special thanks to Calabash Music for the soundtrack.

The TH Interview: Mark Tercek—An Investment Golden Boy Heads for the NGO World

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:49:29 -0500

As the world’s largest investment bank, Goldman Sachs raised some bushy eyebrows when it began putting its weight behind green investments. Spearheading the bank’s Environmental Markets Initiative was Mark Tercek, a managing director and longtime veteran of the bank. But now Goldman’s green golden boy is packing his bags to take the top seat at The Nature Conservancy, one of the world’s largest environmental NGOs. Here, Mark speaks about crisis at the Conservancy, his two decades at Goldman, the green bubble, and the end of greenwashing. ::TreeHugger Radio

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download.

Also see: The TH Interview: Stephanie Meeks of the Nature Conservancy

Special thanks to Calabash Music for the soundtrack.

The TH Interview: Wangari Maathai (Part Two)

Fri, 30 May 2008 14:29:32 -0500

“How can the planting of trees threaten presidents and ministers and people in authority? It’s not the act of planting trees, it is the act of exposing the injustices…that people in office carry out.” Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai empowers people around the world through the simple act of putting roots into soil. But she has been beaten, tear-gassed and imprisoned for her work. Telling truth to power is also the reason she recently declined the honor of being an Olympic torch bearer. In the second part of our in-depth interview, Dr. Maathai also tells TreeHugger how she greens up her own remarkable life. ::TreeHugger Radio

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download.

For Part One of our interview with Wangari, click here.

The TH Interview: Wangari Maathai (Part One)

Fri, 23 May 2008 16:32:01 -0500

Yes, Wangari Maathai, the founder of the Green Belt Movement, was the first to receive a Nobel Peace Prize for environmental work. But as she makes ever-so-clear, trees are not just ecological super heroes. They form a bridge to women’s rights, sustainable development, democracy, and (yes, indeed) world peace. Sound like a stretch? Coming from Dr. Maathai it all makes sense. ::TreeHugger Radio

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download.

For Part Two, click here.

The TH Interview: Stephanie Meeks of The Nature Conservancy (Part Two)

Thu, 08 May 2008 14:40:05 -0500

It’s not just any old organization that can set a goal like this: protect 10% of every ecosystem type on Earth by 2015, effectively doubling the headway of the conservation movement over the last century. But The Nature Conservancy can. Acting president and CEO Stephanie Meeks chats with TreeHugger Radio about this and other mind-boggling commitments. It's no wonder they own the URL "nature.org." ::TreeHugger Radio

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download. Click here for part one of our interview.

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The TH Interview: Stephanie Meeks of The Nature Conservancy (Part One)

Fri, 02 May 2008 12:37:49 -0500

Immersed in the nifty slickness of “environmentalism 2.0” it’s sometimes easy to forget about the patient progress of the groups like The Nature Conservancy. At 56-years old, The Nature Conservancy is a granddaddy eco-org, and was doing its leafy green thing before it was cool. As the acting president and CEO, Stephanie Meeks sits at the front of this ship, navigating through policy, politics, big business, and controversy. ::TreeHugger Radio

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download.

The TH Interview: Doug Fine—Kiss Your Subaru Goodbye (Part Two)

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:28:01 -0500

The challenge is a rather simple one: set up a life that is local and low-carbon without sacrificing the beloved creature comforts. The kicker is not getting electrocuted, shot, burned, crushed, bitten, or driven insane. Doug Fine has assumed this challenge and actually seems to be doing a bang-up job. He spoke to us from the Funky Butte Ranch, his own low-carbon Neverland. ::TreeHugger Radio

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download.

You can find part one of our interview here.

Special thanks to Calabash Music for the soundtrack.

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The TH Interview: Doug Fine—Kiss Your Subaru Goodbye (Part One)

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:05:55 -0500

“As I watched my Subaru Legacy slide backward toward my new ranch’s studio outbuilding, the thought crossed my mind that if it kept going…at least I would be using less gasoline.” Thus begins what journalist Doug Fine calls his “epic adventure in local living,” an experience chronicled in his new book, “Farewell, My Subaru.” Grease-fuel, solar power, homegrown bananas, chickens, and Natalie (a goat purchased off Craigslist) are just a few of Doug’s companions down on the Funky Butte Ranch. Join us, if you will, as we step into his world. ::TreeHugger Radio

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Special thanks to Calabash Music for the soundtrack.

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The TH Interview: Jarid Manos, the Ghetto Plainsman (Part Two)

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:11:19 -0500

People call the Texas plains “flyover country.” Jarid Manos calls this land a coral reef in a sea of grass. In a region that has been ground under America’s boot heel, Manos and his Great Plains Restoration Council have found a rich ecosystem, dangerously close to collapse. Through aggressive conservation, ecosystem rebuilding, and nature education for the youth of inner-cities and Indian reservations, respect is returning to plains. Even the buffalo have returned. ::TreeHugger Radio

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download.

For part one of our interview, click here. Also check out Jarid Manos’ book, Ghetto Plainsman, and some pics after the jump.
Special thanks to Calabash Music for the soundtrack.

The TH Interview: Jarid Manos, the Ghetto Plainsman (Part One)

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:11:26 -0500

Manos grew up as a "stray dog," without guidance and without boundaries in world where life is only slashed down, never nurtured. In Ghetto Plainsman he traces his wanderings through a world of drugs, crime, prostitution, and depression. But it was all part of a search for a better place, a place he found in the plains of Texas, a ravaged world he has sworn to revive. Jarid Manos is the founder and CEO of Great Plains Restoration Council, an ecological social movement he has crafted as “a living art project.” ::TreeHugger Radio

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download.

Special thanks to Calabash Music for the soundtrack.

The TH Interview: Jean-Michel Cousteau

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:13:33 -0500

It took three years and 600 underwater hours to film, but Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean has reached its stunning, multi-dimensional completion. Here in our interview with the film’s ambassador, ocean explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau explains the painstaking search for these cetaceans, which include some of the world’s largest and most ancient dwellers. TreeHugger was also at the premier in Boston with narrator (and honorary mermaid) Daryl Hannah, as well as the Mantello brothers and Jean-Michel himself. Check out our TH Radio interview with Jean-Michel, one of the great explorers of planet Earth, or "planet ocean," as he would have named it. ::TreeHugger Radio

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download.

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The TH Interview: Gary Hirshberg, CE-Yo of Stonyfield Farm (Part Two)

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:11:49 -0500

In part two of our in-depth conversation with the world’s first CE-Yo, Gary Hirshberg says we can still trust organics, but to beware of convenient aphorisms. ::TreeHugger Radio

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download.

For part one of the interview, click here.

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The TH Interview: Fred Krupp & Miriam Horn, authors of Earth: The Sequel

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:30:48 -0500

We marvel daily at the blossoming of new renewable technologies. Their promise of a low-carbon economy gives us optimism, and their downright coolness makes our synapses jittery with excitement. Earth: The Sequel is a deep dive into the most groundbreaking and enticing new modes of harvesting energy. Thin-film solar and flying wind turbines are just the beginning. Authors Fred Krupp (president of Environmental Defense) and Miriam Horn gave TreeHugger an exclusive interview about this new book and its message of hope and prosperity. ::TreeHugger Radio

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download.

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The TH Interview: Gary Hirshberg, CE-Yo of Stonyfield Farm (Part One)

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:11:09 -0500

Before Stonyfield Farm was a $325 million company, Gary Hirshberg was milking the cows and trying to get the bills paid. Now, as the largest organic yogurt-maker, he is fulfilling the original mission: make money and save the world. From milk cows to yogurt cups to food miles, Hirshberg has been an innovator and a ground-breaker, going where no business men would dare. Here he speaks with TreeHugger about green business, presidential politics, and the hidden power of camel poo. ::TreeHugger Radio

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download.

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The TH Interview: Edward Mazria, the Man from 2030 (Part Two)

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:51:11 -0500

If you say there’s no silver bullet to kill climate change, architect Ed Mazria says you’re wrong. The bullet is here and Mr. Mazria is challenging the world to lock and load. He’ll also tell you that trees won’t save us (no matter how much you love to hug them), and that the LEED standards aren’t getting us where we need to go. ::TreeHugger Radio

Check out part one of our interview with Ed Mazria here.

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just listen/right-click to download.

(Thanks to Calabash Music for our soundtrack.)

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The TH Interview: Edward Mazria, the Man from 2030 (Part One)

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:11:00 -0500

Architect Edward Mazria was one of the first to draw major attention to the source that emits almost half of all greenhouse gas emissions: our buildings. Architecture 2030 has been his vehicle for communicating a design logic based on stemming the carbon footprint of the built environment, and his widely adopted 2030 Challenge has laid a strategy for rendering those buildings carbon neutral. Mazria was featured on PBS’s e2 series on sustainable design, and his 2010 Imperative is a call to teach ecological literacy to the fledgling designers of the world. ::TreeHugger Radio
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(Thanks to Calabash Music for our soundtrack.)

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The TH Interview: Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia (Part Two)

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:11:11 -0500

In part two of our interview with Yvon Chouinard, the maverick businessman talks about politics and the irony of living simply in a consumer society. He also rebuffs his brand’s “Pata-Gucci” reputation and explains why he’s started pouring cheap wine down the toilet. ::TreeHugger Radio

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just listen/right-click to download. Catch part one here.

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The TH Interview: Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia (Part One)

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:10:11 -0500

The founder of Patagonia started out when he was little more than a teenager, selling his home-forged climbing hardware to “dirtbagger” mountaineers like himself. Although all he really wanted to do was travel and climb, he had a knack for innovation and invention, and Chouinard Equipment Co. evolved into Patagonia, arguably the most successful outdoor clothing company in history. In his fifty-something years of experimentation, Yvon Chouinard has racked up a list of industry firsts that defies enumeration, yet he describes himself as a reluctant entrepreneur who really just loves to climb, surf, and kayak the wilds of the world, and hopefully save them along the way. ::TreeHugger Radio

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Check out part two here.

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The TH Interview: Sheryl Crow

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:11:00 -0500

It’s been three years since Sheryl Crow’s last album, and the world has changed a lot in that short time. Crow’s new release, Detours, looks at war, oil, and climate change as hard as it looks at love, heartache, and hope. Sheryl spoke to us from her farm in Tennessee where she’s settled with her young son to live a greener, more peaceful life. She told us about her musical inspirations, her time touring with Laurie David and StopGlobalWarming.org, and even sets the record straight about the infamous one-square-of-toilet-paper remark that had us TreeHuggers scratching our heads.
Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download.

The TH Interview: David Orr (Part Three) Where Hope and Optimism Split

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:04:15 -0500

In the final portion of our three-part interview with David Orr, the environmental polymath bring us to the 30,000-foot view and points to where hope and optimism must go their separate ways. With his closing thoughts, Orr reminds us that true hope means staring down the barrel of a gun.

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or listen/right-click to download. (Listen to Part One here and Part Two here.)

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The TH Interview: David Orr (Part Two) The Carbon Connection

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:45:00 -0500

In the second part of our interview, David Orr traces the dirty trail of coal from ravaged Appalachian mountains to the carnage of the Gulf Coast, both of which he knows firsthand. Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or listen/right-click to download. (Listen to Part One here)

TreeHugger: The last time that I saw you, David, was down in New Orleans. Global Green, Brad Pitt, and the neighborhood associations of the Lower Ninth Ward were unveiling a green development. Building green in New Orleans is an idea that’s certainly got traction now. But you’ve spoken about a bigger problem which seems to overshadow these sort of steps. Can you tell me about that?

David Orr: Well, first of all you have to take your hat off to people like Matt Petersen [of Global Green] and Brad Pitt. There are hundreds of people, thousands of people, that are working to rebuild New Orleans. But there's this remorseless working out of large numbers; all of that effort is going to be in vain sooner or later unless we deal with the big issues of rising seas, which is an attribute of climate change, and the mismanagement of the lower Mississippi.

The TH Interview: The Preacher's Son, David Orr (Part One)

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:10:19 -0500

When other people shake hands, David Orr hugs. He’s one of those rare intellectuals. And although he comes from a lineage of preachers, Orr’s ecological conscience is not religious (he didn’t even know that his grandfather presided over Rachel Carson’s christening until reading Silent Spring). As the Chair of the Environmental Studies Program at Oberlin College, Orr lets his focus range from education to ecology to green building and beyond. His sagely presence is friendly and relaxed, unstained by his five books and multiple degrees. In part one of our three-part interview, David Orr paints his views of patriotism, conservatism, something he calls “happy talk,” and why we can’t build ourselves out of the mess we’re in. Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or listen/right-click to download.

The TH Interview: The Home Depot's Green Man, Ron Jarvis (Part 2)

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:12:00 -0500

In the second part of our in-depth interview with The Home Depot's green point man, Ron Jarvis speaks about sustainable forestry, transportation's deep footprint, and the evolution of the big box.

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or listen/right-click to download. Check out part 1 of the Ron Jarvis interview here.

TreeHugger: So, there's obviously a strong impetus here to move toward a more ecologically sensitive way of doing business. Is there a clear picture of what a truly sustainable business of your sort would look like? What would be an archetypal business that could be truly sustainable in the sense that it's not liquidating the assets that future generations will be relying on?

Ron Jarvis: There are two ways that I look at that. There's the utopian dream, where products are manufactured at a very local level from very low impact products and shipped a very short distance to the homeowner. That is the most sustainable market that we can ever find. But today there are a lot of tradeoffs that have to take place.

The TH Interview: The Home Depot's Green Man, Ron Jarvis (Part 1)

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:06:00 -0500

The Home Depot is reluctant to call itself a green company—maybe because of the contradictions built into being the country’s second largest retailer—but green has indeed become a guiding light for this 90-billion-dollar corporate behemoth. The company has partnered with BP in California to make home solar a plug-and-play item, has made alliances with universities to advance energy efficiency, and is working hard to peddle its Eco Options line, a series of products screened to meet standards of sustainable forestry, energy efficiency, clean water, and healthy homes. Ron Jarvis is the green man in the orange apron, and he’s at the front lines of this amorphous and very hot topic that is mega-corporate sustainability.
Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or listen/right-click to download.
(For part 2, click here.)

The TH Interview: Andy Ruben & Matt Kissler of Wal-Mart

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:51:00 -0500

Amid notable speculation and eyebrow-raising, Andy Ruben, the man leading Wal-Mart's sustainability charge, has stepped aside. Details of what goes on within Wal-Mart's HQ fortress in Bentonville can be scant, but Mr. Ruben was kind enough to speak with us about the change, as was his replacement, Matthew Kissler. As Ruben moves on to private brands at Sam's Club, his replacement brings with him the engineering of Wal-Mart's famous packaging scorecard (which we first mentioned here). In this interview, we spoke to both men about the shuffle, the future of Wal-Mart's sustainability lens, and what car seats and Hamburger Helper have to do with corporate eco-strategy.

You can read this rare exchange below, grab the podcast on iTunes, or click here to listen.

TreeHugger: Andy, the New York Times says that you were "reassigned;" that's sort of the big news here. Can you tell me what the deal is with this?

Andy Ruben: As you know, I've been involved in leading the sustainability efforts at Wal-Mart for the past three years or so. Of the three goals that we have, products is the third goal. Private brands is a dream. I mean, private brands sit on our shelves in the stores and connect to 137 million customers in the U.S. every week. It's a dream opportunity.

The TH Interview: Vijay Vaitheeswaran, author of Zoom (Part 3)

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:35:59 -0500

In the third installment of our interview with the author of Zoom: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future, Vijay Vaitheeswaran explains how the White House and Detroit inspired Toyota to create the Prius and dominate the market for efficient vehicles.
Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or listen/right-click to download.

(Click here to listen to part 1, and here to listen to part 2.)

The TH Interview: Vijay Vaitheeswaran, author of Zoom (Part 2)

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:38:14 -0500

In part two of our interview with the author of Zoom: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of Future, Vijay Vaitheeswaran explains why hydrogen is not a red herring (and how Who Killed the Electric Car? got it wrong), how infighting is holding back the clean energy revolution, and anticipates the divorce of cars and oil. Zoom is now a finalist in the Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award.

Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or listen/right-click to download.

(Listen to part one here. )

The TH Interview: Vijay Vaitheeswaran, author of Zoom (Part 1)

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:25:32 -0500

"Oil is the problem. Cars are the solution," says Vijay Vaitheeswaran. For the past decade, Vijay has written for the Economist magazine, covering energy, transportation, and economy. His newest book is Zoom: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of Future, which he wrote with fellow Economist correspondent Iain Carson. Vijay knows he can’t make everyone happy with what he proposes, but in his eyes the race is already well underway and the revolution is at hand.
Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or listen/right-click to download.

TreeHugger: In Zoom, you and Iain Carson talk about this “Great Awakening”—capital G capital A. Explain this, what is this Great Awakening?

Vijay Vaitheeswaran: What we call the Great Awakening is really the American body politic waking up to the twin problems caused by the way we use fossil fuels, particularly oil. The twin problems are global warming and oil addiction.

TreeHugger Radio: David Orr and the Science of Hope and Optimism

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:00:40 -0500

David Orr is a man of hope. Coming from a long line of preachers, Orr’s gospel is the science and sociology of human survival. Chairing Oberlin’s environmental programs department, Orr’s expertise ranges from the built environment to the educational environment. In our conversation, David shared his views on green design, denial over New Orleans’ true future, and the powerful differences between hope and optimism.

With this interview we bring our weekly TreeHugger Radio segments to a close. We will continue to deliver in-depth interviews that explore climate change, business, art, design, and beyond. You can find Simran Sethi on NBC News, CNBC, The Today Show, and Sundance Channel. Stay tuned to TreeHugger Radio on iTunes or listen/right click to download. ::TreeHugger Radio

TreeHugger Radio: Ecological Debt Day Arrives, Wal-Mart’s Summit, and Green Power in Sim Land

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:51:16 -0500

This week, Al Gore and the IPCC pick up the prize, the UK gives a green light to the world’s largest offshore windfarm, Google goes transit, and SimCity builds in green power. Our own Sami Grover reports back from Wal-Mart headquarters, while Sam’s Club offers up an electric Smart Car. Plus, The Global Footprint Network calculates Ecological Debt Day, and director Mathis Wackernagel explains what it all means. Listen to TreeHugger Radio on iTunes or listen/right click to download. ::TreeHugger Radio

TreeHugger Radio: It’s Green Design Contest Season

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:30:28 -0500

This week we recap the events of the Clinton Global Initiative, plus take a look at the plethora of green design competitions that are budding this fall. The city of New York is granting prizes for designers who can envision a hurricane escape plan. Metropolis Magazine’s Next Generation design competition is ramping up for its fifth year, focusing on water. Electrolux’s Design Lab contest is helping appliance users change their habits. And Google and Specialized are cranking out design submissions to their Innovate or Die contest. Listen to TreeHugger Radio on iTunes or listen/right click to download. ::TreeHugger Radio

TreeHugger Radio: Mexico High on Greenhouse Gasses, Bush’s Climate Plan, and the Art of the Superfund Site

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:49:04 -0500

This week, president Bush tries to convince the world he’s serious about the fate of the human race, while a new poll finds public satisfaction with climate leadership down in the dumps. With the construction of the world’s highest climate monitoring station, Mexico proudly enters the global warming tracking community, and TreeHugger’s Eliza Barclay is on the scene to speak with key players. Melding toxic waste with interactive art is a delicate science, but Superfund365 has done just that, and artist Brooke Singer discusses her creation. Listen to TreeHugger Radio on iTunes or listen/right click to download. ::TreeHugger Radio

TreeHugger Radio: World PARK(ing) Day, London’s Economics of Cycling, and Cheap Gas Makes you Fat

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:30:40 -0500

This week we get the scoop on the radical re-appropriation of the curb called PARK(ing) Day, and we speak with the chairman of Cycling England about the true economic value of bike riding. We also look at a new study that finds a strong bond between cheap gas and poor health, plus get the word from Vermont where a recent greenhouse gas victory was won against the automakers. Listen to TreeHugger Radio on iTunes or listen/right click to download. ::TreeHugger Radio

(TreeHugger Radio is written and produced by Jacob Gordon and hosted by Simran Sethi).

TreeHugger Radio: Greenland’s Bounce-back, Norway’s Organic Prison, and Seattle’s Goats

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:58:09 -0500

This week, Jasmin Malik Chua looks at how Greenland’s melting glaciers are causing bedrock bounce-back, and what this means for earthquakes and volcanoes on the top of the world. Stan Cox tells how the go-go housing boom left America with an extra large serving of McMansions; and how the green home alternative isn’t necessarily any better. In Norway, they’ve got a green prison where inmates recycle and eat organic. And in Seattle, councilman Richard Conlin is about to win a fight that will let his citizens keep miniature goats, and all the sustainable perks that come along with them. Listen to TreeHugger Radio on iTunes or listen/right click to download. ::TreeHugger Radio

(TreeHugger Radio is written and produced by Jacob Gordon and hosted by Simran Sethi).

TreeHugger Radio: Climate Talks Advance Sans US, The Lightning of Climate Change, and Mexico City’s Plan Verde

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:25:43 -0500

The expiration of the Kyoto Protocol is still a few years off, but recent talks in Vienna helped lay the groundwork for a major upcoming climate summit in Bali. And as the climate continues to rapidly shift gears, new NOAA research tries to tease out the exact extent of the human impact from other hectic activity like El Nino. The human hand, needless to say, weighs heavy. Also, while most storm studies examine big events like hurricanes, the pioneering work of a NASA scientist is looking at thunderstorms and the new shape they’re taking. And from Mexico City, TreeHugger correspondent Eliza Barclay reports on the mayor’s new green plan and the controversy it has sparked. Listen to TreeHugger Radio on iTunes or listen/right click to download. ::TreeHugger Radio

(TreeHugger Radio is written and produced by Jacob Gordon and hosted by Simran Sethi).

The Best of TreeHugger Radio In-Depth Interivews

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:24:01 -0500

At TreeHugger we are so fortunate to speak with some of the most lucid minds of the modern green movement. TreeHugger Radio is not even yet a year old, but we've already had the pleasure of spending time with remarkable thinkers, sharing these radical viewpoints on sustainability and human culture. Here is a look at some of the in-depth interviews we've had the honor to offer on TreeHugger Radio.

Simran Sethi speaks with Paul Hawken about the birth of Blessed Unrest and the spawning of the grass roots.

Mathis Wackernagel, an ecological economist, reframes the modern human paradigm in a radical way.

The founder of Architecture for Humanity, Cameron Sinclair, discusses how green design is a universal imperative. More after the jump.

TreeHugger Radio: The Fight to Keep Climate Science in the White House (Oh Yes, and Giant iPhone Bills)

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:44:32 -0500

This week we speak with a lead attorney from Center for Biological Diversity, one of three groups to sue the White House over its refusal to update critical climate reports. The Secretary of Transportation confidently declares that bicycles aren’t actually a form of transportation. We also hear from our tech correspondent about a new self-fueled technology with the power to turn chicken droppings into bio oil. Also, New York becomes the second state to approve climate impact stickers for new cars. Plus, while the iPhone may be sleek and efficient, there’s nothing sleek about a paper phone bill hundreds of pages long. Pick up TreeHugger Radio on iTunes or listen/right click to download. ::TreeHugger Radio

(TreeHugger Radio is written and produced by Jacob Gordon and hosted by Simran Sethi).

TreeHugger Radio: Britain Misses the Mark, Reviving the Highlands, and The Blackening of Google

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:34:04 -0500

After Britain made exciting commitments to renewable energy, leaked information now reveals that the country can’t even come close to meeting its goal of 20% renewables by 2020. We speak to Richard Hawkins of ZeroCarbonBritain about how the mark was missed. Also, while the Scottish highlands are beautiful, they’re not what they used to be. Now, a maverick millionaire with a dangerous animals permit wants to bring things back to the way they were 2000 years ago. We also chat with TreeHugger correspondant Mark Ontkush about the blackening of Google and what web colors can do for energy savings. Subscribe to TreeHugger Radio on iTunes or listen/right click to download. ::TreeHugger Radio

(TreeHugger Radio is written and produced by Jacob Gordon and narrated by Simran Sethi).

The TH Interview: Vinay Gupta on Opensource Disaster Relief and Pod Ambiance

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:48:06 -0500

At first it’s hard to get a handle on what exactly Vinay Gupta does. Well, even after getting to know him it’s still hard to pinpoint. Half Indian, half Scottish, and residing in Iceland, Vinay is an engineer at heart. Whether its software, physical structures, or social structures, the man is a tinkerer at an advanced stage of development. He has developed the self-sufficient Hexayurt, presented mass evacuation strategies to the Red Cross, and worked on policy papers such as Winning the Oil Endgame. Gandhi and Buckminster Fuller are two of Vinay’s heroes. But the real magic is in combining Gandhi’s political thought with Fuller’s engineering, what Gupta calls a “curry and chips phenomenon.” It’s an odd mixture, but it sure seems to be working.

To listen to this interview, click here or right click to download. You can also find TreeHugger's podcast in iTunes.

Vinay and his Hexayurt recently won TreeHugger’s Participate! design contest. Look for the Hexayurt in Black Rock City.

TreeHugger Radio: High-Tech Yurts, Satellite Seals, and The 11th Hour

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:28:27 -0500

This week we take a look at the new film The 11th Hour, the local focus of this year’s Farm Aid concert, and some oceanographic temperature-taking done with the help of seals. We also talk to Vinay Gupta, the creator of the Hexayurt, a portable survival structure for refugees. Subscribe to TreeHugger Radio on iTunes or listen/right click to download. ::TreeHugger Radio

The TH Interview: Alyce Santoro

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:55:34 -0500

When science jumps the fence into art, definitions get all screwy. Alyce Santoro’s training in biology couldn’t make room for her sense of wonder, so she split. Now, her work ranges from bizarre physical hybrids to elegant recycled textiles. She is the maverick weaver behind Sonic Fabric (a commercially produced musical cloth) and was recently featured in Sundance’s Big Ideas for a Small Planet. Brooklyn couldn’t hold her so she replanted herself in the mountains of West Texas to live sustainably and let her art wander. So what is her work trying to tell us? “It's just about how crazy it is that we're here at all.”

To listen to this interview, click here or right click to download.

TreeHugger: Artistically you've got a really broad palette. Your work takes all different forms: some of this has social commentary, it also draws on scientific sources like string theory and Buckminster Fuller. Are you able to describe the things that you make? Is there a common thread that runs through?

TreeHugger Radio: Super Sucking the Reefs, The Great Dead Zone, and Getting Personal with the Walrus

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:48:30 -0500

As the infamous dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico yawns ever wider, scientists in Hawaii are practicing an experimental method of vacuuming invasive algae off the choking coral. Meanwhile, in Britain, a radical plan to cut emissions makes a case for a carbon neutral nation. We also speak with the directors of Artic Tale about lessons from the North Pole and the question of animal anthropomorphism (click here for the full interview). Subscribe to TreeHugger Radio on iTunes or listen/right click to download. To send us feedback, comments, or to sponsor this show, just fire us an email. ::TreeHugger Radio

TreeHugger Radio: Claiming the Arctic Floor, Sled Dogs on Thin Ice, and the Price of Carbon Cuts

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:23:58 -0500

This week is all about climate change and its myriad ripple effects. Melting Arctic ice has opened up an international controversy over deep-sea land rights, and Russia will now make a bold move by planting its flag 14,000 feet below the surface. New research also has found more evidence for human-caused rain and draught abnormalities, while Hungary endures a devastating heat wave and England is wracked by floods. Also, American leaders of big business make a call for action, and the EPA crunches the numbers on the economic price of carbon cuts. Subscribe to TreeHugger Radio on iTunes or listen/right click to download. ::TreeHugger Radio

TreeHugger Radio: Singing Textiles, Talking Plants, and the Deathly Hallows

Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:05:00 -0500

This week we speak with artist Alyce Santoro about her creation of a special fabric made from recycled audio tape. A musical collage based on the fabric also provides our soundtrack. We also take a look at an artistic experiment that lets houseplants phone their owners and make demands. Research non-profit Environmental Working Group sheds some light on things we probably don’t know about our sunscreen, and TreeHugger Lloyd Alter comments on the greenwashing of Harry Potter number seven. Subscribe to TreeHugger Radio on iTunes or listen/right click to download. ::TreeHugger Radio

(This week’s installment of TreeHugger Radio is written and produced by Jacob Gordon)

TreeHugger Radio: Message in a Bottle

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:07:45 -0500

This week we look at water. San Francisco’s Gavin Newsome has taken a bold step, issuing an executive order draining bottled water from the city budget. Lester Brown summarizes the true impact of a bottle of the wet stuff, while Gigi Kellett of Corporate Accountability explains ‘thinking outside the bottle.’ Also, TreeHugger advertiser Bosch is pushing the envelope of home appliance performance. Brand manager Danyel Tiefenbacher tells us just how much can really be saved. This week’s sounds come courtesy of Circle Back Music (Korby Lenker). Subscribe to TreeHugger Radio on iTunes or listen/right click to download. ::TreeHugger Radio

(TreeHugger Radio is written by Simran Sethi and produced by Jacob Gordon)

TreeHugger Radio: Chris Jordan Runs the Numbers, David de Rothschild ARTiculates, and Bonnaroo Rocks the Green

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:32:34 -0500

This week, photographer Chris Jordan speaks with Simran about his art of scale, adventure ecologist David de Rothschild talks about turning the lens on an Ecuadorian oil scandal, and we get a glimpse into the world of the Bonnaroo music festival. Our soundtrack this week comes form DJ Dolores, courtesy of Calabash Music. Subscribe to TreeHugger Radio on iTunes or listen/right click to download. ::TreeHugger Radio

(TreeHugger Radio is written by Simran Sethi and produced by Jacob Gordon)

TreeHugger Radio: Listen to the Bookkeeper

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:57:15 -0500

Mathis Wackernagel is the executive director of The Global Footprint Network, an organization that acts like the bookkeeper for the planet’s ecological bounty. Each year, the group calculates the exact day when we have exhausted what the Earth can sustainably offer up for that year. It’s called World Overshoot Day, and last year it came in October (see graphic after the jump). In this extended interview, TreeHugger correspondent Meaghan O’Neill plumbs Mathis’ thoughts on how we can “live satisfying lives within the means of Earth's ecological capacity.” It’s a bit longer than usual, but hang in there. It’s always smart to listen to your bookkeeper. Subscribe to TreeHugger Radio on iTunes or listen/right click to download. ::TreeHugger Radio

(TreeHugger Radio is written by Simran Sethi and produced by Jacob Gordon)

TreeHugger Radio: Sex, Pesticides, and Rock & Roll

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:51:28 -0500

This week we speak to Wakarusa music festival director Bret Mosiman about how this mega-venue is taking the green initiative to the main stage. We also report on some chilling research that indicates children born in the spring have lower aptitudes. The reason? It could have everything to do with pesticides. Also, Nike is taking a run at being a carbon neutral business, and we get a taste of next week’s extended interview with Global Footprint director Mathis Wackernagel. This week’s soundtrack comes from the Allenko Brotherhood Ensemble thanks to Calabash Music. Subscribe to TreeHugger Radio on iTunes or listen/right click to download. ::TreeHugger Radio

(TreeHugger Radio is written by Simran Sethi and produced by Jacob Gordon)

Image credit: James Allison

TreeHugger Radio: The Green Collar Economy Flourish in New York, and the Whale Plane Takes to the Skies

Thu, 31 May 2007 12:52:47 -0500

This week, the DOE Fund is giving new meaning to the word recovery. As New York’s only on-demand restaurant waste-oil pickup service, the organization is giving jobs to men trying to get their lives back on track, while turning the city’s grease into biodiesel. We speak with DOE founder George McDonald and with Lester Ross, a man whose path to recovery has helped green New York. We also hear from Patrick Ramge of the International Fund for Animal Welfare and his son Henry, who are flying across the US in a specially outfitted “whale plane” collecting children’s art as the world debates reopening commercial whaling. Our soundtrack comes from Brazilian artist CéU, courtesy of Calabashmusic.com, and this week’s show wraps up with a whale rap performed by Guatemalan elementary school students.
Subscribe to TreeHugger Radio on iTunes or listen/right click to download. ::TreeHugger Radio

(TreeHugger Radio is written by Simran Sethi and produced by Jacob Gordon)

(Images credits: IFAW and The New York Times)

TreeHugger Radio: The Greening of Burning Man

Fri, 25 May 2007 14:49:15 -0500

For one week each year, Black Rock City becomes the tenth largest city in Nevada. The massive fully-interactive arts festival that is Burning Man attracts people from around the world to experience a temporary intentional community in the heat of the desert, and this year’s theme is eco-effectiveness. In this extended interview, Meaghan O’Neill talks with Burning Man’s Environmental Manager Tom Price about green tech on the playa, Burners Without Borders, and Black Rock City as a sustainable microcosm. Subscribe to TreeHugger Radio on iTunes or listen/right click to download. ::TreeHugger Radio

(TreeHugger Radio is written by Simran Sethi and produced by Jacob Gordon. This week's interview conducted by Meaghan O’Neill.)

TreeHugger Radio: The Greening of Burning Man, Rebuilding Kansas & Paul Hawken’s Blessed Unrest

Thu, 17 May 2007 11:39:13 -0500

After a tornado leveled the town of Greensburg, Kansas, architects are pondering how they can rebuild it green from the ground on up. Plus, TreeHugger correspondent Meaghan O’Neill interviews Tom Price, the man entrusted with greening this year’s Burning Man festival (look out for the extended interview soon). We also revisit Paul Hawken after the release of his latest book, Blessed Unrest. Listen to TreeHugger Radio every Friday on Air America’s EcoTalk, here at TreeHugger.com, or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. (listen/right click to download) ::TreeHugger Radio

(TreeHugger Radio is written by Simran Sethi and produced by Jacob Gordon)

Treehugger Radio: An Extended Interview with Martha Marks

Mon, 14 May 2007 15:58:51 -0500

Martha Marks is the founder of Republicans for Environmental Protection, publisher of the Green Elephant, and organizer of the National Registry of Green Republicans. In this extended interview, Marks traces the lineage of American green conservatism up to the current state of affairs in the age of climate crisis. Listen to this interview here, or by podcast in the iTunes directory. (listen/right click to download) ::TreeHugger Radio

TreeHugger Radio: Simulating a World Without Oil, The Power of Passing Cars, and a Biofuel Breakdown

Thu, 10 May 2007 12:23:27 -0500

This week, correspondent Jeff McIntire Strasburg sheds some light on the murky question of ethanol versus biodiesel. We speak with Mark Oberholzer, a runner-up in the 2006 Metropolis Next Generation Design Competition, whose plan for roadside turbines aims at getting something back from the flow of traffic. We also speak with the designer of World Without Oil, an online alternate reality game that simulates a world in the throes of an oil shock. Listen to TreeHugger Radio every Friday on Air America’s EcoTalk, here at TreeHugger.com, or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. (listen/right click to download) ::TreeHugger Radio

(TreeHugger Radio is written by Simran Sethi and produced by Jacob Gordon)

TreeHugger Radio: The Long Journey of Staying Close to Home

Thu, 03 May 2007 17:35:13 -0500

On the first day of spring in 2005, Alisa Smith and James Mackinnon started a culinary revolution. They didn’t know it at the time. All they were trying to do was defy the disappointing statistic that the average food item on a North American plate travels the distance between Boulder, CO and New York City to get to our plates. For one year, they ate within a 100 mile radius of their home. The diet would, perhaps, seem less daunting in a place like Los Angeles or Southern Florida, but that’s not where James & Alisa lived. They embarked on this journey from a humble flat in British Columbia, Canada. Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally, is the story of their year of eating close to home. Listen to TreeHugger Radio each Friday on Air America’s EcoTalk, here on TreeHugger.com, or pick up the podcast on iTunes. (listen/right click to download) ::TreeHugger Radio

(TreeHugger Radio is written by Simran Sethi and produced by Jacob Gordon)

TreeHugger Radio: Grist’s List, The Value of a New York Tree, and the Dispatch from China’s Auto Shows

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:30:31 -0500

As you rub your eyes and emerge from the Earth Day haze, TreeHugger Radio gives you the post-Earth Day hangover episode. This week, we talk to David Roberts from Grist about the webmag’s unorthodox list of chart toppers, including the least noteworthy green news stories, the most eco-friendly nudie model, and the strangest thing to turn into biodiesel. TreeHugger’s own Alex Pasternack reports from Beijing on China’s recent car show season, and Emily Gertz from Worldchanging explains how to hang a price tag on a tree. Catch TreeHugger Radio each week on Air America’s EcoTalk, here on TreeHugger.com, or pick up the podcast on iTunes. (listen/right click to download) ::TreeHugger Radio

TreeHugger Radio: An Interview with Bob Perkowitz on the Branding of Environmentalism and what NASCAR can do for the Planet

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:41:28 -0500

This week, Simran Sethi speaks with Bob Perkowitz, a passionate environmentalist, dynamic conservative, and a serial entrepreneur. Aside from sitting on TreeHugger’s board of directors, other hats worn by Mr. Perkowitz include being the president and founder of ecoAmerica, a trustee of the Sierra Club and Environmental Defense, and managing partner of VivaTerra. He offers us a refreshing approach on spreading the green message and how different An Inconvenient Truth would have been if Arnold Schwarzenegger had been the star. Our soundtrack, as always, is compliments of Calabash Music. Catch TreeHugger Radio each week on Air America’s EcoTalk, here on TreeHugger.com, or pick up the podcast on iTunes. (listen/right click to download) ::TreeHugger Radio

(Interview conducted by Simran Sethi, produced by Jacob Gordon)

TreeHugger Radio: Republicans and the Planet

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:38:39 -0500

This week’s podcast is an interview with the remarkable Martha Marks, the co-founder of president of Republicans for Environmental Protection, nature photographer, and inspiring optimist. In 1995, along with a small group of women, Marks decided it was high time to revive the spirit of conservation in the Republican Party. She speaks with Simran this week about how political labels have been turned topsy-turvy, how environmental history will judge Bush, and what the business world has to say about global warming. Also, stay tuned for the full-length podcast of this powerful interview. Catch TreeHugger Radio each week on Air America’s EcoTalk, here on TreeHugger.com, or juice up your iPod on iTunes. (listen/right click to download) ::TreeHugger Radio

(Interview conducted by Simran Sethi, produced by Jacob Gordon)

TreeHugger Radio: The Supreme Court Rules on CO2, MIT Takes on Biodiesel, and a Little Canary Goes Green

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:15:00 -0500

This week on TreeHugger Radio, the Supreme Court ruled that the EPA must now take responsibility for carbon dioxide under the Clean Air Act. We spoke with Joseph Romm, author of Hell and High Water and the editor of ClimateProgress.org, about this landmark ruling. The Ecomagination/MTVu contest has come to a close with MIT as the winner. Team member Matt Zedler explains how the group plans to turn cafeteria grease into clean fuel for campus vehicles. Also, we talk to the World Wildlife Fund about a new report on the world’s most imperiled rivers, and one of Spain’s Canary Islands decides to go energy independent. Listen to TreeHugger Radio each week on Air America’s EcoTalk, here on TreeHugger.com, or pick up the podcast on iTunes. (listen/right click to download) ::TreeHugger Radio

TreeHugger Radio: A Conversation with Ed Begley Jr.

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:00:00 -0500

This week on TreeHugger Radio, Simran Sethi talks with actor and eco-advocate Ed Begley Jr., a man who not only walks the walk, but drives and bikes it as well. Mr. Begley’s life has most recently been chronicled on Living With Ed, a reality TV show that goes inside his home to see what makes this green machine tick. Ed is also a final judge in TreeHugger’s Convenient Truths user-submitted video contest. Listen to TreeHugger Radio each week on Air America’s EcoTalk, here on TreeHugger.com, or pick up the podcast on iTunes. (listen/right click to download) ::TreeHugger Radio

TreeHugger Radio: Al Gore Testifies, Young Muslims and Christians Find Common Ground, and The Ski Industry Gets Serious About the Environment

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:10:00 -0500

In this installment of TreeHugger Radio, Al Gore takes flak from some in the scientific community for potentially exaggerating aspects of the climate change issue. We ask TreeHugger correspondent Tim McGee in Los Angeles about the balance between science and fiction. Also, Eboo Patel, founder of the Interfaith Youth Core, tells how his group is helping bring young Muslims and Christians together onto common ground: Earth stewardship. On the slopes, warmer winters have the snow-sports industry taking strides to dodge disaster. Lisa Isaacs, Environmental Programs Director for Mammoth Mountain, tells us why the ski industry is taking this so seriously. Listen to TreeHugger Radio each week on Air America’s EcoTalk, here on TreeHugger.com, or pick up our podcast on iTunes. (listen/right click to download) ::TreeHugger Radio

(Eboo Patel image credit: Nubar Alexanian)

TreeHugger Radio: An Interview with David Suzuki

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:45:17 -0500

One of the greatest TreeHuggers of the modern day, David Suzuki has been speaking on behalf of the environment for more than four decades. His career spans zoology and genetics, broadcast television, and grassroots environmental activism. Dr. Suzuki is the author of 43 books (half of them for children), is an inspiring lecturer, and the spark behind green campaigns such as The Nature Challenge and If You Were Prime Minister. In this extended interview, Simran Sethi and Dr. Suzuki delve into the essence of the world economy, the importance of seasonal food, and what happens when you eat too many cherries. Listen to TreeHugger Radio each week here on TreeHugger.com and podcasting on iTunes (click here to listen or right-click to download) ::TreeHugger Radio

TreeHugger Radio: David Suzuki Coast to Coast, The Chances of an American Renewable Portfolio Standard, and The Globie Awards

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:36:59 -0500

In this installment of TreeHugger Radio we look at the winners of this year’s Globie Awards while TreeHugger correspondent Warren McLaren reports from Sydney on Australia’s recent move to ban the bulb. Also, Congress is taking seriously the idea of passing a Renewable Porfolio Standard for the nation. Dr. Ana Unruh Cohen of the Center for American Progress explains what this might look like. We also speak to David Suzuki about his recent sustainability tour of Canadian provinces. Look for an extended interview with David Suzuki soon. Listen to TreeHugger Radio each week right here on TreeHugger.com, podcasting on iTunes, and on Air America’s EcoTalk each Friday (click here to listen or right-click to download) ::TreeHugger Radio

TreeHugger Radio: Is this the Real Thing? Wal-Mart’s Roadmap to Sustainability

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:12:07 -0500

Last week we heard from Wal-Mart’s perspective on the company’s green endeavors. Less packaging and fossil fuel, more organic food and green stores, and about a billion fluorescent light bulbs are all part of the giant’s plan. This week, Simran Sethi goes deeper with Andy Ruben, Wal-Mart’s vice president for corporate strategy and sustainability, to see how the mega-retailer views its role as a company with a mission. TreeHugger Radio can be heard on EcoTalk each Friday. To podcast TreeHugger Radio, pop this feed into your iTunes, or visit the iTunes podcast directory. (click here to listen or right-click to download) ::TreeHugger Radio

TreeHugger Radio: Twelve Steps to Low Carbon Living, The Politics of the Climate Crisis, and Wal-Mart’s Big (Greener) Footprint

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:49:50 -0500

This Week on TreeHugger Radio: Coop America has designed a 12-step program for greener living and lightening the shadow of climate change. Joseph Romm, physicist and author of Hell and High Water, talks about how global warming begins as a political issue. Also, as Wal-Mart continues to profile itself as a green leader, the big-box giant’s vice president for corporate strategy and sustainability, Andy Ruben, hints at where it’s all headed. Listen for TreeHugger Radio week in the blogosphere on TreeHugger and in the iTunes podcast directory. Also toggle over to EcoTalk with Betsy Roserberg to hear TreeHugger Radio each Friday (listen here or right click to download):: TreeHugger Radio

TreeHugger Radio: An Interview with Cameron Sinclair

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:56:37 -0500

Cameron Sinclair keeps himself very busy. After starting Architecture for Humanity on a shoestring in 1999, Cameron’s projects have led him to win the prestigious TED Prize, and is now on the cusp of launching the Open Architecture Network. In addition to hosting design competitions and working on sustainable Gulf Coast reconstruction, last year AFH published Design Like You Give a Damn. In this in-depth interview, TreeHugger Radio producer and co-writer Jacob Gordon asks Cameron about his recipe for open-source humanitarian architecture, and his ambitions to help five billion people with a website. (listen here or right click to download) To subscribe to the podcast, use this feed, or find us in the iTunes podcast directory. ::TreeHugger Radio

TreeHugger Radio: Architecture for Humanity’s Open Source Architecture Movement & Green Energy from Busy Feet and Microorganisms

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:12:00 -0500

This week on TreeHugger Radio: Creative and groundbreaking solutions to global problems are everywhere. We look at a flight of stairs that gathers energy from busy feet, and algae cultures that eat emissions from power plants to make green fuel. We also speak with Cameron Sinclair of Architecture for Humanity and Ingrid Van Den Hoogen of Sun Microsystems about the new collaborative Open Architecture Network. Listen for TreeHugger Radio every Friday on EcoTalk with Betsy Rosenberg. Also keep your eyes and ears out for our extended interview with Cameron Sinclair early next week. (listen) ::TreeHugger Radio

TreeHugger Radio: The IPCC’s “Unequivocal” Message, An Atmosphere of Pressure for Government Climate Scientists, and Natural Capitalist Hunter Lovins Comments

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 13:16:56 -0500

This week on TreeHugger Radio: EPA official Jim Titus sings a cheerful song of warning, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, for which Titus is also a reviewer, sings a song of “unequivocal” warming. The Union of Concerned Scientists recaps the findings of the group’s recent report, Atmosphere of Pressure, that found widespread interference by the Bush administration into the research of government climate scientists. Almost simultaneously, news surfaced that an oil-funded think tank was paying upwards of $10,000 to economists and scientists to cast doubt on the IPCC’s findings. TreeHugger Radio asks Natural Capitalism author Hunter Lovins for her thoughts on the matter. TreeHugger Radio can be heard every Friday on EcoTalk as well as streaming on TreeHugger and now as a podcast via iTunes. (listen or right-click to download) ::TreeHugger Radio

TreeHugger Radio 18: A Conversation with The Weather Channel’s Dr. Heidi

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:17:00 -0500

Dr. Heidi Cullen is not your average weather lady. She is The Weather Channel’s resident expert entrusted with decoding complex environmental phenomena for broad audiences. She hosts The Climate Code, is a judge in TreeHugger's Convenient Truths video contest (brought to you by TreeHugger and Seventh Generation), and is a trusted voice on issues of climate change and its associated weather events. Dr. Heidi, as television has fondly dubbed her, earned her PhD from Columbia University and before joining Stu Ostro and the “severe weather alley” team at The Weather Channel, she was a scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, CO (extended bio here). In this week's interview, Simran Sethi and Dr. Cullen delve into the challenges of climate hype, what the Florida Everglades have to do with global warming, and how people think about risk. (listen) ::TreeHugger Radio

[TreeHugger Radio is hosted, written, and produced by Simran Sethi and Jacob Gordon with support from Nick Aster and Sami Grover.]

TreeHugger Radio: An Interview with Paul Hawken

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:50:00 -0500

Paul Hawken is a rare luminary, a unique voice in the world of sustainable business and the search for a whole, nurturing society. His books have been hugely influential and include The Ecology of Commerce and Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution. In addition to writing and speaking, he is an entrepreneur and head of The Natural Capital Institute. TreeHugger is also honored to have Paul Hawken as a judge in the Convenient Truths video contest on climate change. In this nice, long extended interview, Simran Sethi asks Paul about the evolution of environmental consciousness, changes in the political sphere, the recent World Social Forum in Davos, Paul’s forthcoming book, Blessed Unrest, and a good deal more. (listen or right-click to download) ::TreeHugger Radio

TreeHugger Radio is Now Podcast Activated

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:15:00 -0500

Yes, folks. The audio division of your favorite green-lifestyle, more-punch-less-crunch, eco-optimist blog is now hot and ready for your podcasting pleasure. We’ve been cranking along with this experiment in green web radio for a little bit now and we’re currently on our 17th segment. Already we’ve featured some of the world’s brightest and more engaging people while covering green news from around the world. Of course every single TH Radio segment is available on the Radio page, as well as being broadcast every Friday on the good old AM and satellite waves thanks to our partners EcoTalk and Air America. To start getting weekly TreeHugger Radio podcasts plus extended interviews with the likes of Paul Hawken, Daryl Hannah, and Heidi Cullen, paste this link into iTunes. More detailed instructions after the fold.

TreeHugger Radio 17: The State of the Union, The Global 100, and Paul Hawken on the Meaning of Green Business

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:52:08 -0500

This Week on TreeHugger Radio, big corporations call for urgent action on global warming; our own John Laumer clarifies proposed cap and trade schemes; author Eugene Linden comments on the missed opportunities of the President’s State of the Union Address; we hear from Innovest Strategic Value Advisors on the Global 100 sustainable firms presented in Davos; while Paul Hawken takes a different view on the meaning of green business. Listen to TreeHugger Radio here and on Air America’s EcoTalk, now every Friday. Check EcoTalk.net for info on stations and times. (listen) ::TreeHugger Radio

TreeHugger Radio 16: GM’s Plug-In Hybrid, Al Gore’s Climate Boot Camp, and Convenient Truths

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:00:00 -0500

This week we get the Detroit report from TreeHugger’s Kristi Piziks, who bring us her first-hand impressions of the Chevy Volt. As Al Gore’s climate trainee program forges ahead, we caught up with Climate Project director Jenny Clad, as well as recent grad and NASA scientist, Maggie Turnbull. Also, Jessica Root explains how creative and inspired videophiles can use inspiration to help fight global warming in TreeHugger’s Convenient Truths user-generated video contest. This week’s music is The Pinkertones, courtesy of CalabashMusic.com. Keep your ears out for TreeHugger Radio every Thursday on EcoTalk, and right here on TH. (listen) ::TreeHugger Radio

TreeHugger Radio Looking for a Sponsor

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:58:16 -0500

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Jamais Cascio on the Carbon Footprint of the American Cheeseburger (Audio)

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:00:00 -0500

In TreeHugger Radio 15 we spoke to Jamais Cascio, co-founder of WorldChanging.com and current blogger at OpenTheFuture.com, about his dynamic analysis of the carbon footprint of the great American cheeseburger (the average American eats three of them per week). Collin Dunn first brought the story to TreeHugger here, and for those hungry to hear more about the logic and approach Jamais took, listen to the extended explanation. (10 min) (listen) ::TreeHugger Radio

Update (1/18/07) Mr. Cascio has since revisited his calculations and concluded that American cheeseburger consumption emits the greenhouse equivalent of "up to 13 million SUVs." Please make a note of it and see the update at OpenTheFuture.com

TreeHugger Radio 15: Breaking Down the Burger and the Cloned Cow

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:43:00 -0500

This week on TreeHugger we talk to worldchanging.com co-founder Jamais Cascio who has broken down the ubiquitous cheeseburger to decode its environmental impacts, as well as the impact of America’s 3-burger-per-week habit. Also, as the FDA opens up the approval of cloned meat for public comment, we spoke with Craig Minowa of the Organic Consumers Association about people’s concerns with this growing technology. Also this week, stay tuned to TreeHugger Radio for Jamais Cascio’s full explanation of his burger analysis. (listen) ::TreeHugger Radio

TreeHugger Radio 14: New Year’s Edition

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 11:32:00 -0500

As we step into double-0 seven, TreeHugger Radio has asked some of the brightest stars in the green blogosphere about their resolutions for the New Year. We queried Heather Stephenson and Jen Boulden, creators of Ideal Bite; consultant and brainy green hottie Summer Rayne Oakes; Ben Jervey, founder of The Big Green Apple; designer, architecture student, and Inhabitat creator Jill Fehrenbacher; green business guru Joel Makower; and TreeHugger writer Jacob Gordon. Resolutions range from reading more books to eating less meat, from pushing green design to watching Wal-Mart. ::TreeHugger Radio (listen)

TreeHugger Radio 13

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:00:00 -0500

This week we bring you special highlights from our interview with Arianna Huffington, the outspoken journalist, author, and progressive pioneer. Arianna and Simran discuss the nation’s oil addiction, the politics of the environment, and the art of fearless living. (listen)

TreeHugger Radio 12

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:00:00 -0500

This week on TreeHugger Radio, General Motors speaks on its renewable energy programs, Dell speaks on its newly expanded recycling initiative, Prince Charles tries to quit private planes, and millions more pile onboard for holiday travel. Music this week comes from Mexican Institute of Sound, courtesy of Calabash Music. (listen)

TreeHugger Radio 11

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:00:00 -0500

In the holiday spirit we speak with the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life about greening the Jewish holidays, and Kara DiCamillo gives the highlights from TH’s green gift guide. Also, Harvard expert on toxicity Philippe Grandjean explains the silent pandemic of brain-damaging substances in the home and its unsettling ripple effect. (listen)

TreeHugger Radio 10

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:00:00 -0500

This week we look at the possibility of reversing deforestation and we talk with Richard Donovan, Chief of Forestry for the Rainforest Alliance, about the shift. We also look at pandas as well as their favorite food, and talk to the co-founder of Panda Snack, a leader in bamboo fashions. Emily Bazelon, editor of the Slate Green Challenge talks about using your closet to cut your carbon footprint. (listen)

TreeHugger Radio 9

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 10:00:00 -0500

This week’s segment is all about Daryl. TreeHugger’s interview with Daryl Hannah touches on the actress’s quest for a green existence in the limelight of Hollywood, her fight to help preserve Los Angeles’ legendary urban farm,
and the evolving challenges of the booming biofuel industry. (listen)

TreeHugger Radio 8

Sun, 26 Nov 2006 10:00:00 -0500

Today we brings you the wisdom and advice of the Union of Concerned Scientists on the subject of the Thanksgiving bird. Also, news of a new mode of carbon-free shipping, Hollywood’s toll on the environment, and Daryl Hannah’s approach to tinsel town. This week’s music comes from Seu Jorge and Chris Murphy. Thanks go to Calabash Music for the soundtrack. (listen)

TreeHugger Radio 7

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:00:00 -0500

This week we bring you the shakedown of the midterm elections as well as the promise of things to come. Michael Dorsey of Dartmouth College’s Climate Justice Project discusses politics and prospect of green government. Kansas is beckoning three new coal-fired power plants into the state which will send energy to Colorado and spread pollution all over the region. We speak with the geniuses behind the Skystream 3.7, a home wind-turbine dubbed one of the year’s best inventions by Time Magazine. (listen)

TreeHugger Radio 6

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:00:00 -0500

Chief British economist Sir Nicholas Stern announces that the ravages of climate change are “the greatest market failure the world has seen.” A report commissioned by Royal Dutch Shell estimates the value of the “green” economy, and Hunter Lovins offers her two cents on the matter. Inc. Magazine names its Green 50, and the founder of the 100 Mile Diet explains what he’s putting on the table. (listen)

TreeHugger Radio 5

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:00:00 -0500

EcoAmerica’s Bob Perkowitz speaks with us about the true demographics of the environmentally activated, and National Wildlife Federation chairman Jerome Ringo talks about making the movement relevant to all. The man behind the recycled Preserve toothbrush explains what he’s doing in Target, and Whole Foods offers impulse offsets. (listen)

TreeHugger Radio 4

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:00:00 -0500

This week, Nicole Chetero of TransFair speaks about the human and ecological perks of fair trade commerce. Rainer Wolter, winner of TreeHugger’s Umbrella Inside Out design competition, shares his views from Paris about the city’s Ethical Fashion Show. And from Rotterdam, Holland comes the world’s first green dance club. Enviu director and creator of the club paints some of the details. Finally, the director of the Blacksmith Institute discusses the findings of the group's search for the world's ten most polluted places.(listen)

TreeHugger Radio 3

Sat, 14 Oct 2006 10:00:00 -0500

Union of Concerned Scientists tells us how the climates of the Northeast states are shifting around like puzzle pieces, Innovest president Hewson Baltzell decodes the findings of the Carbon Disclosure Project, and TreeHugger founder Graham Hill reflects on this year’s Next Fest and “just doing” green design. Our soundtrack this week comes from Rhythms Del Mundo, the forthcoming collaborative album of gringo pop and classic Cuban sounds aimed at fighting climate change. Stay tuned for next week’s show when we’ll bring you sustainable tooth brushing, sustainable dance clubbing, and lots more. (listen)

TreeHugger Radio 2

Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:00:00 -0500

The case for ethanol gets stickier as researches suggest making glue from the biofuel’s leftovers, New York ponders running trans fats out of town, San Francisco paints a new water line through the city, and Seventh Generation’s director of corporate consciousness speaks on biomimicry in the product world. Our music this week comes from the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s whale remix contest. (listen)

TreeHugger Radio 1

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:00:00 -0500

This week on TreeHugger Radio, Wal-Mart rethinks its chain of packaging, Richard Branson announces big moves at the Clinton Global Initiative, Laurie David talks about bringing environmentalism home, and enviro-journalism Emily Gertz discusses the chemical risks imbedded in plastic sex toys. (listen)