]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/treehugger-radio Blog Articles Tagged with 'treehugger-radio' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/147564?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio 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 green... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/147564?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:45:38 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/146211?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio 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 effect... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/146211?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio Sat, 01 Nov 2008 10:11:51 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/141881?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio 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 he... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/141881?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:11:24 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/140963?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio 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 ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/140963?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:25:28 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/136253?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio 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 s... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/136253?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:00:11 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/131166?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio 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 recycl... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/131166?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:10:11 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/129001?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio 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... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/129001?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:11:16 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/127409?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio 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 schiz... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/127409?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:29:23 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/126062?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio 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 conglomerat... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/126062?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:20:59 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/122703?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio 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 ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/122703?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:11:32 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/119529?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio Image credit: Shall.usFor 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... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/119529?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:02:19 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/116220?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio 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. Bu... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/116220?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:00:12 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/114834?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio 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 ot... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/114834?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:55:36 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/113434?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio 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 bee... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/113434?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:22:39 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/111474?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio 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 mast... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/111474?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:16:14 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/109779?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio 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 vet... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/109779?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:49:29 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/106622?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio 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, susta... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/106622?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio Fri, 23 May 2008 17:32:01 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/102716?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio 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 presid... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/102716?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio Thu, 08 May 2008 15:40:05 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/101214?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio 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... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/101214?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio Fri, 02 May 2008 13:37:49 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/99162?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio 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 ch... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/99162?rsstype=tag&tag=treehugger-radio Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:28:01 -0400