My Heart is Melting

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:02:00 GMT

Lillie Belle Farms' handmade chocolates are a force of nature. Lillie Belle is the chocolatier behind Viva Terra's yummies, and the company's sweet-salty Lavender Fleur du Sel caramels have gotten me through the best and worst of times. Jeff Shepherd is the mastermind and owner of Lillie Belle and has his own love story to tell. One made of organic sugar and cocoa nibs and 2 acres of organically-cultivated raspberries, marionberries and strawberries. And Lillie Belle's Valentine's Day sampler features three kinds of love: a Jamaican spiced caramel (my favorite) that melts on the tongue, a thin white chocolate shell filled with Madagascar vanilla bean-milk chocolate ganache. and a dark chocolate shell filled with a dark chocolate-bing cherry ganache. The chocolates are packaged in a sustainably-made silk box that you can keep for years to come. But that's just the beginning of the love story. Here's Jeff, in his own words, telling the tale. . .... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Oh To Be a Celeb at the Sundance Film Fest. . .

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:20:00 GMT

First, you get to rub elbows with your esteemed eco-colleagues like Woody Harrelson, Mandy Moore, and Mark Ruffalo - all of whom are featured in the Festival. Second, you get to nosh at spots like Oasis Cafe that work towards supporting local economies and global ones. And third, you get kicking green swag. Sundance Channel shared the contents of the green goody bag with TreeHugger first. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Sundance Channel Sees GREEN

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:29:19 GMT

Time to set your Tivo. Or get cable! TreeHugger just returned from the Television Critic's Association in Pasadena, CA where Sundance Channel announced THE GREEN, a new weekly television block focusing on environmental topics that launches on April 17, 2007 at 9pm. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger

A Dirty Deed in Kansas, USA

Sun, 29 Oct 2006 06:36:58 GMT

I moved from West Harlem, New York, to the Kansas heartland and thought, if I couldn't get fresh sushi at least I would breathe cleaner air and get closer to nature. The truth is I spend most of my TreeHugger time in front of a computer, but more disturbing still is this. . . Sunflower Electric Power Corp is poised to build 3 coal-fired plants in Southwest Kansas, outside of Holcomb. While the new plants would increase Sunflower's total generating capacity nearly seven-fold, most of the new power would be exported to Colorado. According to the Sierra Club, only 8% of the energy generated by the plants would provide electricity to Kansas, while the hearty winds of Kansas will blow pollutants like mercury and fine-particle emissions all over the state. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger

TreeHugger Welcomes Simran Sethi

Fri, 03 Mar 2006 12:13:11 GMT

Simran was born in Germany, grew up in North Carolina, and is proud to be a Punjabi. She brings you TreeHugger News and is currently working on growing TreeHuggerTV into a video smorgasbord. Simran is an award-winning journalist who produced and anchored the news for MTV Asia, co-created the MTV India news division, and developed programming for the BBC and Doordarshan through her independent production company SHE TV. She hosted Ethical Markets, the magazine-style series created by futurist Hazel Henderson that highlights sustainable business practices and corporate social responsibility, and is a contributing author of the forthcoming book Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy. Simran holds an MBA in sustainable management from the Presidio School of Management and a BA in Sociology and Women's Studies from Smith College. In her spare time, Simran dedicates herself to media advocacy, serving on the board of directors for the National Radio Project and on the advisory board for New York's National Public Radio affiliate, WNYC. She is also developing a nutrition and food justice curriculum within her Sugar Hill, Harlem community and is thinking about training for the Angkor Wat marathon. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Recent Posts by TreeHugger's Simran Sethi, Lawrence KS

My Heart is Melting

Oh To Be a Celeb at the Sundance Film Fest. . .

Sundance Channel Sees GREEN

A Dirty Deed in Kansas, USA

TreeHugger Welcomes Simran Sethi