Roberta Cruger
Roberta Cruger, a freelance journalist based in Pasadena, has covered green rooms, green cards and green housing, contributing to publications including Salon, Smithsonian, The Believer, LA Times magazine, National Geographic Traveler, and MSNBC websites. She's also the U.S. correspondent for AFP's lifestyle wire service, RelaxNews.
Cruger started writing about sustainable issues in the '90s, from organic gardening for Rescue magazine to green celebrity news for Plenty magazine. Her beat covers arts and culture, food and travel, design and media -- and how it all relates to the environment.
Latest Stories from Roberta Cruger - Page 10
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Go Green Expo: John Picard Interview on the Upside of the Downturn
Designer, builder, entrepreneur, and sustainability expert, John Picard has been committed to the environment since he went off the grid 20 years ago. Founder of the US Green Building Council and a member of Clinton's green team at the White House, he
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Sundance Film Fest 2010 Debuts New Hot Eco-Docs
This year's environmentally-conscious Sundance Film Festival opens today in Park City, Utah with Hollywood heavies and aspiring filmmakers abuzz. Last year, it premiered a
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Go Green Expo: One-Stop-Spot for All Things Green
From Glee gum to Honda's Insight, more than 300 exhibits of green goods and services will be displayed under one roof at the Go Green Expo this weekend in Los Angeles. Open to the public, January 24-25 and Friday for B2B. The floor is jammed with new
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Doomsday Clock Moved Back a Minute: Timing Off?
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists gave us another minute, citing a more "hopeful state of world affairs" in relation to the threat of nuclear weapons. The "Turn Back the
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Aerolabe Flying Machine: Solar Powered Future of Aviation?
Part of the blimp rebirth movement, a cigar-shaped airship is under development at a French mechanics institute. Dubbed the Aerolabe, the vessel is designed by
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Automotive X-PRIZE Competition Announcement at Detroit Auto Show
The Automotive X Prize, a $10 million competition for super fuel-efficient vehicles, announced at the North American Auto Show in Detroit this week that its
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Oh, Give Me a Home: Bison Relocation Controversy
"Bison Lane" photo by V Man via Flickr Eco-baron and media mogul Ted Turner has placed a bid to "borrow" 74 wild bison from Yellowstone National Park at the request of Montana's Governor Brian Schweitzer. But opposing forces to the plan claim the
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Iguana Showers and Frozen Sea Turtle Rescue in Frigid Florida
The severe weather hitting the South has sent a cold snap to the Sunshine State, leaving iguanas paralyzed and falling out
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Breakfast of Champions: Cereal With a Sustainable Footprint
An awakening in every bite. That's one of the catchy slogans for the flagship cereal of Nature's Path Organic. Flax Plus Pumpkin Granola launched an amusing and effective campaign emphasizing a healthy dose of sustainability with a crunchier taste. But
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Scrap Art Rocks: Bang a (Recycled) Gong, Get It On
With the price of scrap metal in the dumper, ScrapArtsMusic has turned piles from dumpsters into green music. The discarded metal, accordion parts, artillery shells, and other junked items salvaged
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Watch New Year's Countdowns Around the World and Jump Start Your Green Resolutions
A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other, as the saying goes. So start by staying home tonight and watch Earthcam to see New Year's Eve celebrations in 35 locations
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Christmas Bird Count: Is that Two Turtle Doves or One?
It's time for the 110th Christmas Bird Count, the annual holiday tradition when tens of thousands of volunteers, from Alaska to Antarctica, look and listen for birds, counting populations for
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Does My Cigarette Butt Look Big?: 'Walk Your Butt to the Can' Campaign Works
Seems cigarette litter gets the most attention during summer months when beach sand is filled with butts, yet it's the most commonly littered item in the world year round. It's small, smokers don't
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NYC Skaters Sparkle Under LEDs
New York City is lit with dazzling displays of energy-sucking holiday decorations this time of year. But the pop-up pond at Bryant Park has an alternative
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Santa's Arctic Visitors Curb Emissions
Daily flights to see Santa Claus will now produce fewer emissions. Ho. Ho. Ho. No kidding. Isn't that a nice gift to the planet? A total of 35 planes soar in each direction to and from the UK and the
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"Avatar:" Global Warming Propaganda, Hypocrisy or Warning?
The year is 2154. Earth is under ecological siege. Six light-years away, the moon of Pandora possesses a resource called Unobtanium (yep!) that holds the answers
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How Can Eco-Art Inspire Change?
'Where do we go from here?' was the question that brought a panel of creative minds together at the Louisiana Museum of Contemporary Art, just north of
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Zhu Zhu Pets: How Toxic...Or Not?
The must-have Christmas toy, Zhu Zhu Pets are pronounced safe, according to US federal safety regulators. The Consumer Product Safety Commission, which tested the furry faux hamster that every toddler in
