Meaghan O'Neill
Meaghan is editor-in-chief of TreeHugger, and was previously editor of Discovery Editorial, TLC's Parentables, and 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 and Instagram @msoeden.
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Wanted: Illustrator for TH Project
The right candidate is professional, deadline-driven
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Meet the Bookkeeper: An Interview with Mathis Wackernagel of Global Footprint Network
Is it possible to create a checks-and-balances spreadsheet for the planet? Mathis Wackernagel thinks so. As the executive director of Global Footprint Network, he works with corporations, non-profit organizations, and national governments to help
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The Slate/TreeHugger Green Challenge, Week Seven
You’ve pledged to reduce your emissions when it comes to energy, clothing, food, and more; this week—the final segment in our seven-part series—we’re tackling that stack of papers on your desk and encouraging some greener spring cleaning. Did you know,
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The TH/Slate Green Challenge Week Six
Think water and global warming, and melting Arctic ice caps may come to mind. That may seem kind of far away, but the water you use at home does in fact have something to do with the melting poles. That’s because every time you heat up water for a bath
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The TH/Slate Green Challenge Week Five
The electricity we generate in the United States is responsible for more than a third of the carbon dioxide emissions our country produces. Why? Because most of our electrical-power supply comes from burning fossil fuels. This week, the Slate Green
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The TH/Slate Green Challenge Week Four
This week marks the fourth the segment of the Green Challenge, and now we're peeking into your wardrobe. Whether you're a fashion victim or a prime candidate for the TV show What Not to Wear, the clothes hanging in your closet carry a CO2 price tag.
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The TH/Slate Green Challenge, Week Three
It takes energy to make energy, and food is no exception. In order to get to the table, our veggies, grains, and meats typically travel about 1,500 miles. Fossil fuel–intensive fertilizers add to the carbon footprint of our meals, too. The result? An
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The TH/Slate Green Challenge, Week Two
More than 20 percent of the carbon dioxide emissions in the United States come from energy use in homes. A major source of the problem is heating, and while it's almost summer, this topic is still an essential element in reducing your carbon load
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The TH/Slate Green Challenge Redux
Al Gore's got an Oscar. More than 1,000 groups across the country rallied for Climate Change awareness this past Saturday during the grassroots Step It Up 2007 campaign. Earth Day is right around the corner. What better time to run an updated version of
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Global Footprint Network Wins Skoll Award
For most of us, our experience with ecological footprint quizzes is limited to playful pages on the Internet that deliver mind-blowing results. (We'd need five planets to support life on Earth if everyone had my current lifestyle? Yikes!) But the
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The Slate Green Challenge Wrap Up: How Low Did You Go?
Over the past several weeks, 30,281 (and counting) Green Challenge participants have pledged to shed 60,299,408 pounds of carbon dioxide, the equivalent of taking 6,164 cars off the road for a year. Now comes the moment of truth: How many of your
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The Slate Green Challenge Wrap Up: How Low Did You Go?
Over the last eight weeks, 30,033 (and counting) Green Challenge participants have pledged to shed 58,678,436 pounds of carbon dioxide, the equivalent of taking 5,998 cars off the road for a year. Now comes the moment of truth: How many of your pledges
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The Complete Organic Pregnancy, by Deirdre Dolan and Alexandra Zissu
After Lexy Zissu and her boyfriend participated in "let's-make-a-baby sex" for the first time, the writer lay in bed filled with anxiety. But not for the reasons you might expect. Looking wide-eyed up at the ceiling, she was less concerned with the
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Stop Global Warming: The Solution is You!, by Laurie David
Laurie David's latest project to get people marching in her virtual Stop Global Warming campaign is The Solution is You!, a handy pocket guide to curbing climate change. Part autobiography, part activist's toolbox, the book, which weighs in at less
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Califia: Eco-City of the (Near) Future
Born from architect Paolo Soleri's ideas of "arcology"—theoretical habitats that marry architecture and ecology to maintain high-density populations by reducing the overpopulation and environmental-impact problems common to urban areas—the
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The Slate Green Challenge Week 2: Heating
If your thermostat had a theme song, would it be "It's Gettin' Hot in Here?" Or are you an energy miser who prides yourself on wearing mittens to bed? Either way, it's likely your house is letting some of that precious heat escape via various cracks and
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Start the Green Challange With Slate and TreeHugger!
Did you know that pollution from cars costs Americans over $78 billion a year in wasted fuel? Go ahead and add that onto your medical bills, because traffic also causes lung cancer, asthma, cardiopulmonary disease, and a slew of other ailments. In fact,
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Take the Slate Green Challenge with TreeHugger!
Gas-guzzling SUVs not only have a significant impact on the
