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 9
-
City-Dwellers Blow Their Green Cred on Energy-Hogging 'Compensatory' Holidays, Research Says
Ouch. This one hits a bit close to home: According to a recent study by two Norwegian researchers, people who live environmentally friendly day-to-day lives commuting by public transportation and residing
-
Pollution in Paradise: Turkey's Ölüdeniz at Risk
With its crescent of white sand framing a blue lagoon, Ölüdeniz has long been considered one of the most paradisiacal spots on Turkey's increasingly built-up coastline. But growing concerns about pollution in the area have come to a head recently.
-
A Globe-Trotting Tour of Sustainable Design
From the organizers of a prestigious annual competition in Australia to Balinese craftspeople selling their wares on the street, the world is full of people designing a
-
What? Rats and Pigeons Aren't Wildlife? Sir David Attenborough On Urban Estrangement From Nature
On a boat trip up the Bosphorus last weekend, our crew of urban-dwellers practically capsized the ship by racing to one side to catch a glimpse of dolphins bobbing through the waves.
-
Smugglers Nabbed Targeting Turkish Plants, Insects
Illegal attempts to spirit endemic species out of the country appear to be on the rise in Turkey, where officials have recently busted a number of would-be smugglers with large
-
800-Year-Old Oak Tree Stops Traffic in Turkey
New roads are built all the time in Turkey without much fuss, but the prospect of losing a massive oak tree that had stood in their town for 800 years brought residents of one Aegean
-
Reaching Past Borders to Protect the Mediterranean
Countries around the Mediterranean have been abuzz in recent weeks over currently thwarted plans to sail a flotilla of ships to run Israel's blockade on the Gaza Strip -- an
-
Wildlife Key to South Sudan's Future as New Nation
Ravaged by two civil wars over five decades, the world's newest nation has still managed to retain rich wildlands and massive
-
Big Builders to Lead Turkish Environmental Ministries
Are the foxes watching the hen house in Turkey? That seems to be the feeling among many environmentalists and urban planners, who greeted with skepticism the announcement Wednesday of the new Turkish government cabinet following elections in mid-June.
-
Birds Get Helping Hand In Tough Siberian Winter
Winters are tough, to say the least, in Eastern Siberia, where temperatures can regularly plunge below minus-40 degrees
-
Ultramarathoners Running 10,000-Kilometer Silk Road Route to Raise Awareness About Water Shortages
Seventy-two days after setting out from Istanbul, champion distance runner Kevin Lin Yi Jie and a small team of other athletes have covered 4,434 kilometers of their 10,00-kilometer goal: Running the
-
Nesting Turtles Close JFK Runway in 'Zen' Moment
The eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland and severe winter storms in Europe both snarled air
-
Failed Paris Olympic Bid Site Now a Booming Success as Eco-Friendly Urban Park
Arriving from the urban jungle of Istanbul, the many neighborhood parks of Paris are literally a breath of fresh air, with their stately trees, colorful blossoms,
-
A Pack Full of Tools for Urban Farmers On the Go
Since the last time I was in San Francisco, little community gardens seem to have multiplied dramatically, popping up in narrow spaces between buildings and formerly garbage-strewn lots. That pattern is being
-
A Tale of Two New Cities for Cairo and Istanbul
Rapid urban expansion has turned the historic cities of Cairo and Istanbul into overcrowded, polluted, traffic-clogged mega-metropolises. To this problem, similar and unlikely sounding solutions have been proposed: Build two new Cairos and Istanbuls.
-
How Old Hotel Soap Can Save Thousands of Lives
I'll admit it, I'm a sucker for those little hotel soaps and shampoos and lotions. I rarely go home from a hotel stay without a handful of them stuffed in my bag. But they are
-
Extreme Road Rage in Moscow Sparks Backlash
Plenty of the world's cities are known for their congested roads and insane traffic jams -- Beijing, New Delhi, Mexico City, and Istanbul all come readily to mind. But in Moscow, elites are taking their desire to avoid traffic to deadly extremes.
-
Arabian 'Unicorn' Back from the Brink in Middle East Thanks to Captive Breeding Program Success
A bright white antelope with long thin horns, the Arabian oryx is thought to have inspired early stories of unicorns. (Its two horns appear as one when viewed from the side.) And until
