Meaghan O'Neill

Editor-in-chief / Newport, Rhode Island

Meaghan is editor-in-chief of TreeHugger, Discovery Editorial, and TLC's Parentables. She has been a freelance journalist and managing editor of Boston Magazine and is co-author of Ready, Set, Green: Eight Weeks to Modern Eco-Living. Her series The Slate Green Challenge was a National Magazine Award finalist in 2007. Follow her on Twitter @msoeden.

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  Test-Driving the Better Place Electric Vehicle Experience (Plus: See Their Roadside Battery-Swap Station in Action)

  Traffic crawled along the beltway outside Tel Aviv as the sun set in bright orange streaks behind the city. I sat with a group of journalists

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  How To Planet 10,000 Trees in One Day

  In the animated film Wall-E, there's a

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  How to Plant 10,000 Trees in One Day

  In the animated film Wall-E, there's a pivotal scene where the eponymous trash-robot hero presents a delicate plant, potted in an old boot, to his new friend and future soul mate, Eva. The small plant, healthy yet so vulnerable, represents both the resili

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  Dispatch From Rwanda: Don Cheadle on Africa, the Oil Spill, and Political Will (Video Interview)

  Last Saturday, June 5, United Nations Environment Programme's World Environment Day was held in thousands of places worldwide, with official celebrations taking

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  To Save Endangered Baby Mountain Gorillas, Name Them (Slideshow)

  For the sixth year running, Kwita Izina, or

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  In Rwanda, Saving Mountain Gorillas by Naming Them, on World Environment Day

  For the sixth year running, Kwita Izina, or the baby gorilla naming ceremony, has been held in Rwanda, in the shadow of the Virunga mountains in Volcanoes National Park. Fourteen baby mountain gorillas were named this year during the festivities, which we

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  Dispatch from World Environment Day in Rwanda: Looking at the Biodiversity Balance Sheet

  Think about everything you love about nature, and why you believe its worth preserving. Maybe the smell of the ocean breeze, say, or the beauty of your favorite flower in bloom reminds you of your mom. Maybe you love bird

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  Hi, My Name's Moby, and I'm a Vegan (Exclusive Video)

  If you're a regular TreeHugger reader, then you probably already know that musician Moby is a vegan. And we probably don't need to tell you what's so green about

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  50 Surprising Fashion and Beauty Products Made From Oil That You Probably Use Everyday (Even if You're Green)

  With all the news and talk about the Gulf oil spill during the past two weeks, we've (unsurprisingly) been talking a lot about the science behind oil and oil production, the future of energy, and the economics behind the

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  Best of Green: Food and Health (Slideshow)

  Of all the environmental issues to think about -- and there a lot of them -- questions concerning food and health are common to us all. We've all got to eat, and do so every day, and so questions of how we manage the environment and how the environment

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  TreeHugger's Best of Green Awards 2010: Awarding Excellence in Sustainability

  For five years, the team behind TreeHugger has been discovering, debating, and discerning which people, companies, products, and ideas are helping push green into the mainstream. Along the way, we have seen green fashion blossom, international climate

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  Isoude: Gorgeous Green Fashion That's Built to Last (Slideshow)

  A couple of years ago, I made the New Year's resolution that my new clothing purchases would be limited to green garments. With the quality and selection of ">green fashion that's become available recently, it's been a promise

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  Isoude: Gorgeous Green Fashion That's Built to Last

  Designer Katie Brierly of Isoude works with local sewers in New England, where the textile industry once thrived. The collections are made by hand in small runs. "I make less; my only goal is to do it well," says Brierly. "One man who cuts my silk has his

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  Mr. Larkin Charms at Green Fashion Week in New York (Slideshow)

  Timely but not fleeting, flouncy but not frilly, unique but not unwearable, clever but never over the top -- Mr. Larkin's Spring 2010 collection was everything green fashion should be. A relative newcomer on the eco-scene, the

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  Mr. Larkin Spring 2010 at New York Green Fashion Week

  Relative newcomer Mr. Larkin's show was like an ethereal breath of fresh air in an enchanted forest. And here was absolutely no doubt that the audience fell in love with this dreamy collection's airy fabrics and delicate movements. Seen here: a hemp and p

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  Lara Miller Spring 2010 Collection at New York Green Fashion Week (Slideshow)

  Green fashion designer Lara Miller first turned heads when she introduced the Wear It Your Way collection -- made up of transformer pieces that twirled and twisted into dozens of different shapes, allowing the wearer to create

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  Lara Miller Spring 2010 Collection at New York Green Fashion Week

  Green fashion designer Lara Miller's Spring 2010 collection struck a balance by layering geometric shapes into soft knits and pairing them with feminine fabrics, skirts, and details. Seen here: a hand-loomed recycled cotton sweater over an organic cotton-

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  Bahar Shahpar Debuts Spring 2010 Collection at New York Green Fashion Week (Slideshow)

  One of the most established names in high-end sustainable fashion, Bahar Shahpar's runway collection, shown this past Tuesday at the GreenShows during New York Fashion York, proved once again that she is a leader in not just