Jacob Gordon
Jacob Gordon started writing for TreeHugger in 2005 and is currently the host and creator of TreeHugger Radio. He’s gone to Japan, Sweden, Brazil and beyond writing about cars for MSN Autos, and has contributed to Dwell, GOOD, and other publications made out of paper. Before winding up in journalism, Jacob worked for American Apparel, modeling, copywriting, and eventually managing environmental programs for the largest garment factory in the US. Jacob was born in Boston, studied at Bard College, and has lived in Los Angeles, Nashville, and now Brooklyn. He’s a lazy cook, a flexitarian (mostly veggies but he’ll gladly finish that Reuben for you), a steel guitar player, and occasional tai chi teacher. Jacob is also the founder of Nemonics Media, an Internet startup dedicated to making reading more social.
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Lance Hosey on the Shape of Green Architecture (Podcast)
To assemble its A-List of the world's best buildings, Vanity Fair magazine called on the elites of the architecture world to pick their favorite structures. Shocked at the distinct absence of green buildings, architect Lance Hosey immediately set out to
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The Eco Friendly Pratt Home Office Collection from West Elm
Now that the home office is the new staple of the American home, let's make it as green and good-looking as possible. You've probably already admired West Elm's collections of elegant home furnishings, but the Pratt line is especially ogle-worthy. Born
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Dr. Sanjayan, Lead Scientist for the Nature Conservancy (Podcast)
Dr. M. Sanjayan works as Lead Scientist for The Nature Conservancy, one of the largest and oldest environmental organizations in the world. His job leads him into some of the most diverse and endangered ecosystems of the planet. Sanjayan is also your
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The South Gets its First Certified Passive House (Beats California to the Punch)
Images: Corey Saft Born in Boston and living in Nashville, I'm continually struck by the fact that Southerners expect air conditioning to be everywhere and running at all times. Enduring the summer swelter just isn't the way it's done down here. New
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Mark Moffett, Adventures Among Ants (Audio Interview)
Image credit: Mark Moffett If we never grew up and stopped playing in the dirt, says Mark "Dr. Bugs" Moffett, we'd never lose our fascination with ants. Alas, most of us have lost touch with the insect friends of our childhood. Mark Moffett is one of the
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Astonishing Transformer Furniture (Video)
Transformer furniture holds a lot of great promise: multi-function furnishings that really do multiple things well, thereby saving space and resources. But I'd wager that most of the designs we see do more to tingle the imagination than offer true
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Wade Davis on What it Means to be Human and Alive
Photo credit: Ryan Hill Wade Davis might have the most amazing job on the planet. Trained as an anthropologist and ethnobotonist, he's lived among some of the most remarkable cultures of the world and been witness to (and participant in) many moments
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Super Designer Yves Behar
Yves Behar enjoys a kind of celebrity sex appeal that no other industrial designer can claim (who else has thrown condoms at the TED audience?). He's bestowed his aesthetics on the One Laptop Per Child, Herman Miller lighting, a line of green underwear,
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The Best Green Cars and Technology From Michelin's 2010 Challenge Bibendum Show (Slideshow)
This year, French tire giant Michelin (yes, the Michelin that made the tires on your car) held its 10th Challenge Bibendum event, this time in Rio de Janeiro. If you've never heard of this thing, don't kick yourself,
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The Best Green Cars and Technology From Michelin's 2010 Challenge Bibendum Show
French tire giant Michelin recently held its 10th Challenge Bibendum, this time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event is a chance for Michelin to rally industry players around the flag of sustainable mobility and the future of the automobile. Here's me loo
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Isabella Rossellini, The Green Porn Star
Ever since she was a child, legendary model and actress Isabella Rossellini has been fascinated and amused by animals and their intricate rituals. Wanting to share her passion with the world through film, she chose a premise no one can say no to. Sex.
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The New Yorker on Bisphenol A: How Bad is It?
The New Yorker has published a quite thorough piece on the issue of Bisphenol A, the agent that the article's author, Jerome Groopman, says "may be among the world's most vilified chemicals." Bisphenol A (BPA), which is a nearly ubiquitous chemical used
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Raj Patel on The Value of Nothing
Raj Patel is one of the few people who has both worked at the World Bank, and been tear gassed protesting against it. An activist scholar, and author of Stuffed and Starved, Patel argues that markets are a beautiful thing, but that modern capitalism has
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The Fabulous Beekman Boys
Josh Kilmer Purcell and Brent Ridge were ready to make a run for it, break out of Manhattan and get back to the land, so they literally bought the farm. Tricky part is, they knew nothing about raising crops, tending pigs, or staying afloat as
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ReUsies Reusable Sandwich Bags
Defeating the plastic bag scourge just means coming up with clever, convenient alternatives. ReUsies are little cloth bags for sandwiches, bagels, chips, whatevs. Simple but smart, these baggies are cotton on the outside, nylon on the inside (BPA and
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Biodegradable Pen Oozes Style and Non-Toxic Ink
It's easy to see why the disposable pen makes a worthy addition to any list of wasteful things you can live without. One need only look at Chris Jordan's striking images of dead albatrosses, their insides riddled with snarls of plastic detritus, to be
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Earth Day Sex (Video)
We're quite certain you spent the 40th anniversary of Earth Day being the very model of a modern global citizen. Thirsty for more? You can spend the evening reflecting on things that actually matter, like the best and worst planetary news of the year,
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Customizable Recycled Notebooks from Scout Books
Even with Steve Jobs laying claim to the word "Pad" and smartphones taking the place of the pocket notebook, there is still plenty of room for transferring thoughts to cellulose with an ink-filled pen or wooden pencil. People got a kick out of our
