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.
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Green Game: Play "Lifeboat" and See What Floats
In the future, what ideas will stick and which will sink? Follow Caspian as he scouts out ways to address our most pressing issues for a sustainable future in this alternative reality
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Green Car of the Year Finalists Announced for 2012
The LA Auto Show is rolling around and so is the 7th annual Green Car of the Year, selected by Green Car Journal and a panel of jurors. Dozens of vehicles that will hit the road
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Shloppity Shlop! Here Comes Dr. Seuss' "The Lorax"
The Once-ler, a clear-cutting industrial polluter. Images courtesy of Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures The Lorax, champion of the environment, is coming to the big screen in an animated 3D (or rather "Tree-D") movie featuring Danny
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Timberland Boots Don't Kick the Can
"Lost Bottle," a television ad for Timberland Earthkeepers boots and part of the company's Nature Needs Heroes campaign, was seen in the commercial break on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night. It shows a dog snatching a plastic bottle and
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Plant-Based Proteins Power Up To-Go Salads
On the go without time for brown bagging it? Try these energy-efficient salads: I recently discovered the PowerMeal salad--lots of leafy greens, plus protein and organic ingredients -
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GM's Super-Smart Pod Vehicle Looks at Future Transportation
An end to gridlock. An end to accidents. An end to driving. In fact you can conduct a video conference in traffic, and this podcar parks itself. As GM readies to roll out its electric mini-car, the Chevy Spark, as reported in Treehugger last week, its
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Nurse Jackie, Futurama and CSI Vie for Environmental Awards
Who knew Edie Falco, Dr. John Zoidberg and Laurence Fishburne were greening television? With the 21st annual awards from the Environmental Media Awards on Saturday, October 15, documentaries, films and
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Near Net Zero Reached at Frito-Lay Plant
If only more existing buildings would go "net zero". The Empire State Building has saved 40% in energy costs with a major retrofit. Now a Frito-Lay facility, a
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Ford Rides into Frankfurt with E-Bike
Joining Daimler's smart car, BMW, Audi, and Land Rover, Ford Motor enters the E-Bike world with a two-wheeled concept vehicle, which made its debut at the 2011 Frankfort Auto
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Turning Pull Tabs into Silk and Metal Purses
Flick your Bic and flip your tab -- again and again. When I lived in Mexico a while ago, two vendors had a stand in the Puebla zocalo where they refilled Bic lighters
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The 9/11 Memorial & Museum's Focus on Sustainable Design
From a green roof to locally harvested trees, the National September 11 Memorial and Museum opens on the 10th anniversary of the attack on
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Turning Wartime T-Walls into Iraqi Affordable Housing
At a Pecha Kucha session during this summer's Dwell on Design conference, I was inspired by a series of seven 7-minute presentations proposed on the theme of
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Sweet Heat: Apple, Radish and Fennel Salad
"The subtle anise flavor of fresh fennel partners perfectly with sweet-tart apple, and the radish slices
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Ecofabulous House 2011: Up for Bidding, Fully Loaded
Renewable cork floors and tables, sustainable furnishings, solar shades and solar passive heating; EcoClad and recycled glass tiles, water conserving
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Bravos! Yakitate! Origami Bags, Honeycomb Lamps and Oil Spill Vases
Yakitate!, means "freshly-baked" in Japanese and a special exhibit of what young designers are cooking up was on display at the Dwell on Design event last weekend with an international accent.
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Dwell on Design's Modern World Award Winners
Yves Behar's Jambox wireless speaker, a Public lightweight bike, prefab playhouse kit, paper tables, a Coke bottle chair, and 20 other product designs got Dwell magazine's stamp of
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William McDonough at Dwell on Design: A More "Effective" Not Just More "Efficient" Future
A compact chicken coop for city dwellers that wheels around the yard and fertilizes soil is on display at "Dwell on Design" this weekend. The show's awards recognize
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"Sea No Evil" Art Auction for Sea Shepherd with Shepard Fairey and Captain Watson
More than 100 artists have donated art to benefit the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's efforts at the fifth annual Sea No Evil Art Show featuring works by Gary Baseman Jeff Soto,, famed street artist and poster designer Shepard
