Graham Hill
Graham hails from the small town of Sutton, Quebec, Canada. He has a Bachelor of Architecture with distinction from Carleton University in Ottawa and did advanced studies in Industrial Design at E.C.I.A.D, Vancouver.
He founded TreeHugger in 2004 with the goal of driving sustainability mainstream. Graham is also the CEO of LifeEdited, a project devoted to living well with less.
Latest Stories from Graham Hill
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Holiday Shopping for Non-Shoppers
There is no harder time for the shopping-averse than the holidays. All year, we have no problem not shopping for ourselves. As the holidays descend, here are a few ideas on how to proceed.
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Live in the Cloud
What if we started approaching life from a cloud-computing perspective? What if we saw our homes like netbooks or tablet computers? Technology is making it possible to live in the cloud.
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Your Tiny Dream Home
Two weeks ago in New York City, 33 development teams from around the world submitted plans for a competition called adAPT NYC. Does this mean that living with less in small spaces is becoming mainstream?
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Nothing is the Next Big Thing
Editing our lives to be better and greener is a challenge, but if we're smart, we can all make nothing the next big thing.
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Don't *@#! Where You Eat! - How We Let The Oceans Get So Bad.
Graham Hill, founder of TreeHugger.com, is currently aboard the 60 foot, 12,500 plastic bottle ThePlastiki.com vessel crossing the Pacific, fresh from the Galapagos where he covered TED Ocean's Mission-Blue conference. This post originally appeared on
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Shark Extinction Possible Simply From Too Much Soup
In China, it's shark fin soup, in Japan it's blue fin tuna for sashimi and sushi, and in the U.S. it's our love of nice thick fish fillets and billions of fish sticks consumed annually - these cultural habits are
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Our Oceans Are Un-Owned, Un-Explored, Un-Protected - Updates from TED Oceans Mission Blue Conference
The Ted Oceans' Mission Blue conference in the Galapagos is under full swing, and there are some big concepts being discussed among the attendees and speakers. The mission of the conference is to try to further Sylvia Earl's TED
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Crowd-Sourcing Solutions to Plastic-Filled Oceans
Sylvia Earle won the 2009 TED prize for her presentation on oceans, and this year got her Mission Blue project up and rolling to create marine preserves. Earle's wish was that we all use all the means at our disposal to tell the story of oceans in
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If We All Do Compact Fluorescent Bulbs, the Mercury Will Drop
Today's compact fluorescent lights are now light-years ahead of their ancestors of just a few years ago, in terms of the range of styles available and their lower price points. True, LED
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Getting Green Power: If You Want It, Prove It
Photo via Eyesplash Mikul @ flickr. Green power -- that is, power generated by renewable energy -- for residential use is widely available, but remains a bit perplexing to some. Typically, getting green power for your home means paying a little a extra
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Making Stuff Cool, Making Stuff Uncool: Why Cultural Change is Key
The Big Cheese behind TreeHugger, Graham Hill, hit the Arctic as part of Cape Farewell's 2008 Disko Bay expedition to witness the direct environmental effects of climate change. In a science research boat, he
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Quote of the Day: Ian McEwan on The Hot Breath of Our Civilization
The Big Cheese behind TreeHugger, Graham Hill, hit the Arctic as part of Cape Farewell's 2008 Disko Bay expedition to witness the direct environmental effects of climate change. In a science research boat, he traveled
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The Masterful Beatboxing Shlomo: Music Without Instruments
The Big Cheese behind TreeHugger, Graham Hill, hit the Arctic as part of Cape Farewell's 2008 Disko Bay expedition to witness the direct environmental effects of climate change. In a science research boat, he
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Whale Oil as Space Lubricant: Better than Anything We Can Create?
The Big Cheese behind TreeHugger, Graham Hill, hit the Arctic as part of Cape Farewell's 2008 Disko Bay expedition to witness the direct environmental effects of climate change. In a science research boat, he traveled alongside over 40 artists,
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Carbon Offsets for Your Private Jet Flying Pal?
The Big Cheese behind TreeHugger, Graham Hill, hit the Arctic as part of Cape Farewell's 2008 Disko Bay expedition to witness the direct environmental effects of climate change. Packed in snugly on a science research boat with
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Hang Your Folding Bike in Your Closet
Would love to have a bike but keep getting it ripped off and don't think you have space for one in your apartment? First step, get a Strida folding bike (an awesome commuting machine) or other small folding bike. Second, figure out a way to hang your
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TreeHugger Acquires Discovery Communications
Ok, ok. Not quite.
