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 6
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Proto Home's Flexible Spaces and Efficient Core
In the "sleepy neighborhood" of Baldwin Hills in Los Angeles, a modern Proto Home sits among a mix of single-family dwellings from over the last few
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Natural Products Expo 2011 Report: Functional Food and Sustainable Packages
Ancient grains, coconut water, fair trade chocolates, protein bars, and organic pet food were in abundance in Orange County this weekend, where baobab and sea buckthorn joined acai, goji
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Nutmobile Travels to Green Spaces
The goofy looking Nutmobile is headed to New Orleans on a 16-city tour through summer to show off its green features, including a wind turbine,
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Auto Dealer Retrofitting for Zero-Net-Energy
The oldest running auto dealership in Los Angeles recently announced plans to become
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Winner of Red Carpet Green Dress Award Revealed at Global Green Oscar Party
A pink silk and chiffon gown is the winner of this year's Red Carpet/Green Dress competition, organized by Suzy Amis Cameron, wife of
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Fellowship Contest Gets $100 Million to Solve Climate Change
It's called SIC - the Social Innovation Competition. Teams of six players will collaborate and brainstorm real solutions to the world's greatest
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Beyond Flowers and Chocolates: Sustainable Valentine's Gifts
Be a real sweetheart tomorrow when shopping for February 14 by supporting world artisans and hand-crafted items by small business entrepreneurs. The jewelry item above, for instance, shows the meaning of love, literally. This handmade necklace is
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"Gasland's" Oscar in Jeopardy?
Of the worthy films up for Best Documentary at the Academy Awards this year, two focus on environmental issues. Though much interest involves British guerilla street
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Is Mango Wood the New Bamboo?
From bikes and floors to sheets and t-shirts, bamboo is well-known as a popular green choice because as a fast-growing grass, it's a renewable material. Hemp is also considered
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Top Green Picks From the New York International Gift Fair (Photos)
Mentos wrapper bowls, mango wood tables, upcycled hydrogardens, Haitian textiles, and 2,800 other exhibitors' products are on display at the International Gift Fair
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Sundance Festival's Eco-films Climb "The Last Mountain"
"Explosive power the size of a Hiroshima bomb once a week," Robert F. Kennedy Jr. described mountaintop coal mining at a West Virginia rally to stop
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Eating Vegetables Makes You More Attractive, Too
You look as good as you eat. Researchers at the University of Nottingham revealed in a recent study that eating vegetables makes you appear better looking to others. Despite the many
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Swap and Save (the Planet) Product Guide
Know someone who is green about being green? When Lisa Beres of Green Nest was touring the country for her children's book, My Body My House, she
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IndiGo Air Greens Fleet with Airbus "Neo" Jets
An Indian low-cost airline, IndiGo, has been the first buyer of 150 Airbus A320neo fuel-efficient jets, not only expanding its currently modest
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Giant Pink Snails Invading Miami Beach Vandalized
Dozens of giant pink snails have overtaken Miami Beach this December as an environmental message about recycling by the REgeneration Art Project
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TEDWomen documentary "Shape What's to Come"
TED launches TEDWomen, its latest in a series of global gatherings, this Tuesday and Wednesday, December 7-8, in Washington, D.C. The inaugural event, called
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Avatar Home Tree Initiative Plants Fruit Trees in Haiti and More
Avatar's Home Tree Initiative heading to six continents. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Fox James Cameron already planted one million trees in Brazil last April. But the director has said Earth needs at least a billion more trees -- not a million, and
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Automotive X Prize Finalists Race to Top 100 MPGe
X-Tracer and ZAP compete for the X Prize. Photos courtesy of Progressive Automotive X Prize After a series of eliminations at Michigan International Speedway over the past several weeks, the original 136 vehicles that qualified to enter the Automotive
