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Best of Green: Living

From the best U.S.-based fashion brand to the best volunteer vacation, eco-savvy (and oh-so-clever) shoes, cheeky t-shirt, and more, read on for our Best of Green 2012 winners in the Living category.
Tim DeChristopher is TreeHugger Person of the Year

The votes have been tallied and Tim DeChristopher has been selected as the 2011 TreeHugger Person of the Year by both readers and the editors for his courageous activism.
New York Fashion Week: Suzanne Rae for Spring 2012

Our coverage of New York Fashion Week continues, with Brooklyn designer Suzanne Rae. Rae's influences from the New York art gallery scene and design ateliers Costume National in Milan and Morgane Le Fay in New York always spread their wings in her desig
New York Fashion Week: John Patrick Organic For Spring 2012

John Patrick Organic showed his 19-piece, spring 2012 collection for New York Fashion Week on a rainy New York morning, just steps from the Hudson River. With a diverse troop of models looking relaxed and even happy, Patrick's presentation was in stark
New York Fashion Week: Gretchen Jones' "Horses" for Spring 2012

Next up in our coverage of New York Fashion Week is Brooklyn-based designer Gretchen Jones, and her spring 2012 collection, Horses. The silk and silk cotton line was made in New York City's Garment District. Winner of Project Runway 8, Jones selects main
New York Fashion Week: Custom Bikes by Designers Betsey Johnson, Nanette Lepore and More

Fashion Week is upon us here in New York City, and this year, stylish men and women wanting to make their way through the streets of the city in anything but a cab or underground are able to tap into something a lot more fun: decorated bikes by some of th
The Best New Sustainable Products From the Los Angeles Designers and Agents Show (Slideshow)

TreeHugger likes to keep up-to-date on the latest green products to hit the market, and tradeshows are the best places to find them.
The Best New Sustainable Products From the Los Angeles Designers and Agents Show

TreeHugger likes to keep up-to-date on the latest green products to hit the market, and tradeshows are the best places to find them. From June 13-15, Designers & Agents in Los Angeles featured a "Green Room," focused on environmentally-friendly products
LifeEdited: Home Electronics and Entertainment

Photo credit: William Hook via Flickr/Creative Commons
TreeHugger is Hiring, and If You're a Web Developer, We Want to Hire You!

TreeHugger is looking for an experienced Pythonista/Djangonaut to help take us to the next level. We've got some exciting projects in the pipeline and need an eager developer ready to jump
The Green Star Awards Recognize the Planet's Heroes

Photo: Guillaume Mégevand Special contributor Roy Brooke reporting from Switzerland: The planet's environmental challenges are global but solutions to some of the most urgent issues depend on a small group of dedicated individuals and organizations. The
9 Hilarious, Crazy, Weird 'While Biking' Stories, Winner Wins a Cannondale (Slideshow)

Sometimes taking the slower route means you truly experience your surroundings—and that leads to some pretty good stories.
9 Hilarious, Crazy, Weird 'While Biking' Stories, Winner Wins a Cannondale

Sometimes taking the slower route means you truly experience your surroundings—and that leads to some pretty good stories. That's why TreeHugger, the Blue Ribbon restaurant chain, and Naked Nuggets asked to hear your hilarious, crazy, weird, or in
Letting Nature Protect Us From Disaster

If you want to avoid being hammered by the next hurricane or storm surge or prevent massive floods, one good bet is to protect your environment. This was a key theme emerging from last week's Global Platform for Disaster Risk
Would You Buy Prints or T-Shirts of Our Cartoons? (Survey)

Yesterday, we asked you what you thought about the daily cartoon feature we've been running. Thanks for your responses!
What Do You Think of Our Cartoon Series? (Survey)

We've been running a daily cartoon -- there's one example, called Six Pack above and you can see them all here -- by Option-G for about the past month. We'd like to know what you think -- check out the poll and let us know.
Innovative Student Projects Win Grants in the Green Your School Challenge

This year, DoSomething.org and HP teamed up to host the Green Your School Challenge. The goal was to get students and teachers thinking about creative ways to reduce energy and consumption in their schools.
You Said It: Readers Comment on Expensive Design (Video)

How do you think about the cost of a product and that product's value? Is it something you think about at all? Recent comments about a felt computer mouse reminded Chris Tackett, TreeHugger's Social Media Editor, of a similar discussion that emerged