Jennifer Hattam
A former editor at Sierra magazine in her hometown of San Francisco, Jennifer relocated in 2008 to Istanbul, where she works as a freelance writer and editor.
Besides contributing environmental stories from Turkey and around the region to TreeHugger, Jennifer writes about the arts, culture, lifestyle, travel, and urban issues for other publications while exploring the city’s many corners, snapping pictures, practicing her Turkish, and blogging about expat life. Find her on Twitter as @TheTurkishLife and @jenhattam.
Jennifer can be reached at jenniferhattam@treehugger.com.
Latest Stories from Jennifer Hattam - Page 10
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Kenya Supersizes Wildlife Corridors to Provide Safe Passage for Elephants
Compared to planting "bee roads" or building tunnels for toads, the task conservation groups took on in Kenya was a gargantuan one: Creating Africa's first dedicated elephant underpass, part
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Wind-Powered Mosque Planned for German Town
The tall spire that is often the most distinctive architectural feature of a mosque, a minaret is important as the place from which the Islamic call to prayer is issued five times a day. In one small Muslim
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Huge New Urban Campground Planned for Brooklyn
An old airport used by Amelia Earhart and Howard Hughes is set to become the largest urban campground in the United States -- in the middle of Brooklyn, New York. Parks
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Fed Up With Living In A Concrete Jungle, Beirut Residents Make Their Own Green Space
Even coming from an overbuilt, traffic-clogged city of 15 million-plus people like Istanbul, Beirut was a bit of a shock.
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British University Experiments With Online 'Shaming' of Non-Recyclers: Does It Work? Is It a Good Idea?
If all your friends and peers could see what you were chucking into the trash, would you recycle more? Early reports from a dormitory experiment at England's Newcastle University
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National Geographic Picks 14 Future Edmund Hillarys, Jacques Cousteaus, and Dian Fosseys
They work in Cambodia, South Central Los Angeles, and East Africa, online and in the ocean. They chase after rare birds and insects, develop solar irrigation
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Blissful Turkish Aegean Island Gets Just a Little Bit More Beautiful With New Plastic-Bag Ban
With its secluded beaches, laidback wineries, winding country roads, and the cobbled backstreets of its quaint harbor village, the Turkish Aegean island of Bozcaada doesn't need much in the way of
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Toronto Artists Spruce Up Neglected Planter Boxes
Planter boxes of flowers and trees can go a long way toward beautifying the urban environment, but they can also easily become eyesores if not tended properly.
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Artists Turn Taiwan Wetland Into Ecofriendly Gallery
In the remote villages around the Cheng Long Wetlands in Taiwan, engagement with environmental issues is on the rise thanks in part to a community-based program that is turning the wetlands into a 'gallery' for ecofriendly art.
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Photographer Travels World For a Year to Capture Night Sky Without Light Pollution
It's easy for urban dwellers to forget about the tens of millions of stars filling the night sky. With so few stars visible in the world's cities due to light pollution, we often find ourselves
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Trash Mash-Up Hits the Streets in Recycled Costumes for the San Francisco Carnaval Parade
At this year's San Francisco Carnaval, the stilt-walkers, samba dancers, burlesque troupes, and funk bands will be joined once again by marchers in 'trash-bag boas and bottle-cap chain mail' -- recycled costumes crafted by members of Trash Mash-Up.
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Mongolian Mining Battle Heats Up With Herder's Death
The already tense battle over mining in Inner Mongolia has erupted further after a Mongolian herder was run over by a coal truck and killed while trying to block the
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Artist Creates Unique Portraits From Old Maps
Roads are often referred to as "arteries," but Massachusetts-based artist Nikki Rosato's recent work brings the comparison to life like never before: Cutting away at
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World's Biggest Canvas Recycled Into Reusable Bags
After thousands of Lebanese left their handprints on a giant cloth last fall to break the world record for the largest hand-painted canvas, organizers of the Guinness Book of World
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Sea Turtle Haven on Turkey's Mediterranean Coast Threatened By Plan to Build 750 New Holiday Homes
Mega-resort development has swallowed up much of Turkey's gorgeous Mediterranean coastline, but there are still some tucked-away spots for those who prefer peace and quiet to discos and umbrella drinks. One of these
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One Quarter of European Animals at Risk of Extinction
Hunted in the first half of the 20th century and driven out of their habitat since then by rampant coastal development and overfishing in
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Exploding Watermelons in Jiangsu Province Latest Sign of China's Food Safety Problem
Farmers in eastern China awoke one morning earlier this month to a scene of agricultural carnage -- hundreds of exploded watermelons. Many are placing the blame on the misuse of growth chemicals in a country already troubled by food-safety scandals.
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Copenhagen's Green 'Glass' House Hits the Road
After adding a splash of vivid color to the dark winter streets of Copenhagen, artist Tom Fruin's "Kolonihavehus" -- a cottage made of
