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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Recent Posts by TreeHugger's Meaghan O'Neill, Newport, R.I.</title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/</link><description>.</description><lastBuildDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:00:06 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>PyRSS2Gen-1.0.0</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Isoude: Gorgeous Green Fashion That's Built to Last (Slideshow) </title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/isoude-gorgeous-green-fashion-built-to-last.php</link><description>&lt;img class="center" alt="green-fashion-isoude pink silk gown photo" src="http://www.treehugger.com/green-fashion-isoude-468%20%281%29.jpg" width="377" height="306" class="mt-image-none" style="" /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Image courtesy of Isoude&lt;/em&gt; 

A couple of years ago, I made the New Year's resolution that my new clothing purchases would be limited to green garments. With the quality and selection of &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/green-fashion&lt;/a&gt;"&gt;green fashion&lt;/a&gt; that's become available recently, it's been a promise that has been increasingly easy to stick to. But although selection has increased drastically, the majority of stylish designs have centered on the downtown hipster look. That's all well and good for keeping green mainstream and hip...except for one thing: Hip trends come and go with the seasons. And what good is a pair or ruched organic cotton leggings if you can't wear them past next Tuesday? The truth is that to be truly sustainable, clothing -- whether it's made from peace silk or conventional wool -- must stand up to the test of time. That means pieces should not be only durable and well-made, but also designed to drape well and remain stylish and beautiful even after your whim for skinny pants or spiky bangs has fizzled. Enter Katie Brierley of &lt;a href="http://isoude.com/"&gt;Isoude&lt;/a&gt;, whose stylish sensibilities are built for the long haul. 

&lt;h5&gt;Click through to read more, or go directly to the slideshow.&lt;/h5&gt;

&lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/09/isoude-gorgeous-green-fashion-built-to-last.php?page=1"&gt;&lt;img alt="Green Fashion Week New York" src="http://www.treehugger.com/images_site/slideshows/slideshow_button.gif"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/isoude-gorgeous-green-fashion-built-to-last.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/isoude-gorgeous-green-fashion-built-to-last.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:18:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Isoude: Gorgeous Green Fashion That's Built to Last</title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/09/isoude-gorgeous-green-fashion-built-to-last.php</link><description>&lt;div class="img"&gt;&lt;img alt="green-fashion-ISOUDE_007.jpg" src="http://www.treehugger.com/green-fashion-ISOUDE_007.jpg" width="377" height="576" class="mt-image-none" style="" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;div class="caption"&gt;Designer Katie Brierly of &lt;a href="http://isoude.com/index.htm"&gt;Isoude&lt;/a&gt; works with local sewers in New England, where the textile industry once thrived. The collections are made by hand in small runs. "I make less; my only goal is to do it well," says Brierly. "One man who cuts my silk has his father working with him; he is 80 years old and says he can finally teach his son the finer aspects of cutting silk."

At left: Hand-dyed silk shift with hand-cut silk paillettes.&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;div class="credit"&gt;Courtesy of Isoude&lt;/div&gt; ... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/09/isoude-gorgeous-green-fashion-built-to-last.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/09/isoude-gorgeous-green-fashion-built-to-last.php</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:31:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mr. Larkin Charms at Green Fashion Week in New York (Slideshow)</title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/mr-larkin-charms-green-fashion-week-new-york.php</link><description>&lt;img alt="green-fashion-mr-larkin fashion week photo" src="http://www.treehugger.com/green-fashion-mr-larkin-468.jpg" width="468" height="305" class="mt-image-none" style="" /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Photo by Meaghan O'Neill&lt;/em&gt;

Timely but not fleeting, flouncy but not frilly, unique but not unwearable, clever but never over the top -- &lt;a href="http://mrlarkin.net/"&gt;Mr. Larkin&lt;/a&gt;'s Spring 2010 collection was everything green fashion should be. A relative newcomer on the eco-scene, the San Francisco-based designer (a.k.a &lt;a href="www.treehugger.com/files/2009/05/mr-larkin.php"&gt;Casey Larkin&lt;/a&gt;) wowed the GreenShows audience in New York earlier this week with beautiful garments that managed to be at once ethereal and eminently wearable. That they were made from materials such as peace silk, hemp, and organic cotton was expected; that they were lovingly dyed with the likes of Japanese maple leaves, acorns, and iron was almost too much take. Larkin's hunt for just-right trimmings -- vintage porcelain buttons, 1940s rhinestones, sterling silver ribbon, for example, -- must have been an obsessive, if adventurous, one. But it clearly paid off. Embellishments added just the right hint of sparkle and charm with adequate restraint. These are the kind of frocks you'd keep in your closet for years. Zip one on, and you can expect the compliments to come flowing in. 

&lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/09/mr-larkin-spring-2010-green-fashion-week.php"&gt;&lt;img alt="Green Fashion Week New York" src="http://www.treehugger.com/images_site/slideshows/slideshow_button.gif"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/mr-larkin-charms-green-fashion-week-new-york.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/mr-larkin-charms-green-fashion-week-new-york.php</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:10:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mr. Larkin Spring 2010 at New York Green Fashion Week</title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/09/mr-larkin-spring-2010-green-fashion-week.php</link><description>&lt;div class="img"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.treehugger.com/green-fashion-mr-larkin01.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;div class="caption"&gt;Relative newcomer &lt;a href="http://mrlarkin.net/"&gt;Mr. Larkin&lt;/a&gt;'s show was like an ethereal breath of fresh air in an enchanted forest. And here was absolutely no doubt that the audience fell in love with this dreamy collection's airy fabrics and delicate movements. Seen here: a &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/green-fashion-10-chic-ways-for-women-to-wear-hemp.php"&gt;hemp&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/10/qa_is_silk_gree.php"&gt;peace-silk&lt;/a&gt; dress naturally dyed w Japanese maple leaves and iron and embellished with recycled 1940s vintage rhinestones. &lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;div class="credit"&gt;Meaghan O'Neill&lt;/div&gt;... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/09/mr-larkin-spring-2010-green-fashion-week.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/09/mr-larkin-spring-2010-green-fashion-week.php</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:43:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lara Miller Spring 2010 Collection at New York Green Fashion Week (Slideshow)</title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/lara-miller-spring-2010-green-fashion-week.php</link><description>&lt;img alt="green-fashion-lara-miller.jpg" src="http://www.treehugger.com/green-fashion-lara-miller.jpg" width="468" height="351" class="mt-image-none" style="" /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Photo by Meaghan O'Neill&lt;/em&gt;

Green fashion designer &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/05/lara-miller.php"&gt;Lara Miller&lt;/a&gt; first turned heads when she introduced the Wear It Your Way collection -- made up of transformer pieces that twirled and twisted into dozens of different shapes, allowing the wearer to create myriad looks from a single piece of clothing. This season, Miller seduces fashionistas from a   different angle -- replacing her former curvilinear shapes with more geometric ones inspired the architecture in of her hometown, Chicago. 

&lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/09/lara-miller-green-fashion-week.php"&gt;&lt;img alt="Green Fashion Week New York" src="http://www.treehugger.com/images_site/slideshows/slideshow_button.gif"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

Click through to see the looks from her collection, shown at the GreenShows during New York Fashion Week, or learn more about sustainable fashion in our latest feature: 

&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/green-fashion"&gt;Green Fashion Now&lt;/h2&gt;. 
... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/lara-miller-spring-2010-green-fashion-week.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/lara-miller-spring-2010-green-fashion-week.php</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:52:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lara Miller Spring 2010 Collection at New York Green Fashion Week</title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/09/lara-miller-green-fashion-week.php</link><description>&lt;div class="img"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.treehugger.com/green-fashion-lara-miller02.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;div class="caption"&gt;Green fashion designer &lt;a href="http://www.laramiller.net"&gt;Lara Miller&lt;/a&gt;'s Spring 2010 collection struck a balance by layering geometric shapes into soft knits and pairing them with feminine fabrics, skirts, and details. Seen here: a hand-loomed recycled cotton sweater over an organic cotton-bamboo jersey tank and paired with a a raw-silk organza skirt with organic cotton lining.&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;div class="credit"&gt;Meaghan O'Neill&lt;/div&gt; ... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/09/lara-miller-green-fashion-week.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/09/lara-miller-green-fashion-week.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:44:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bahar Shahpar Debuts Spring 2010 Collection at New York Green Fashion Week (Slideshow)</title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/bahar-shahpar-spring-2010-collection-new-york-green-fashion-week.php</link><description>&lt;img alt="green-fashion-bahar-shahpar spring 2010 collection  new york fashion week" src="http://www.treehugger.com/green-fashion-bahar-shahpar-468.jpg" width="468" height="351" class="mt-image-none" style="" /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Photo: Meaghan O'Neill&lt;/em&gt; 

One of the most established names in high-end sustainable fashion, &lt;a href="http://baharshahpar.com"&gt;Bahar Shahpar&lt;/a&gt;'s runway collection, shown this past Tuesday at the GreenShows during New York Fashion York, proved once again that she is a leader in not just green fashion, but fashion-forward design in general. One of the first designers to have elevated green fashion above organic cotton jeans and tee-shirts, Behar's looks remained true to her aesthetic of "combining turn-of-the-century femininity with a sharp playful edge." Bahar took a daring turn this season, turning up the color to full volume and introducing vibrant chunky knits alongside shimmering accent pieces that have been become somewhat of a signature for the designer. 

&lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/09/bahar-shahpar-spring-2010-new-york-green-fashion-week.php?page=1"&gt;&lt;img alt="Green Fashion Week New York" src="http://www.treehugger.com/images_site/slideshows/slideshow_button.gif"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

Click through to see the slideshow of Shahpar's show, then learn more about what's happening in sustainable style in our feature &lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/green-fashion"&gt;Green Fashion Now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/bahar-shahpar-spring-2010-collection-new-york-green-fashion-week.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/bahar-shahpar-spring-2010-collection-new-york-green-fashion-week.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:46:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bahar Shahpar Spring 2010 Collection at New York Green Fashion Week</title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/09/bahar-shahpar-spring-2010-new-york-green-fashion-week.php</link><description>&lt;div class="img"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.treehugger.com/green-fashion-bahar-shahpar01.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;div class="caption"&gt;New York-based green fashion designer Bahar Shahpar is known for using organic textiles, natural fibers, vintage detailing, and sleek tailoring. She opened her show with a flash of disco, with a ruched &lt;a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/fashion-beauty/green-glossary-lycocell.html"&gt;Tencel&lt;/a&gt; minidress paired with and a hand-knit &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/02/ecotip_mini_dir.php"&gt;recycled silk&lt;/a&gt; cable crochet top. Her collections are manufactured locally in New York.&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;div class="credit"&gt;Meaghan O'Neill&lt;/div&gt; ... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/09/bahar-shahpar-spring-2010-new-york-green-fashion-week.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/09/bahar-shahpar-spring-2010-new-york-green-fashion-week.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:35:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Study by Tara St. James Commences GreenShows During New York Green Fashion Week (Slideshow)</title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/study-by-tara-st-james-greenshows-green-fashion-week.php</link><description>&lt;img alt="green-fashion-tara-st-james organic cotton peace silk dress photo" src="http://www.treehugger.com/green-fashion-tara-st-james-468.jpg" width="468" height="351" class="mt-image-none" style="" /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Photo: Meaghan O'Neill&lt;/em&gt;

The Spring 2010 collections have marked a turning point for green fashion. Designers consistently came down the runways with graceful, wearable, and decidedly thoughtful collections. As consumer demand for ethical clothing grows and upscale textiles become easier source, ethical and designers are able to produce ever more elegant collections. That confluence of talent and available textiles has allowed the green design scene to grow by leaps and bounds this year. To wit, the GreenShows Eco-Fashion Week was &lt;em&gt;the&lt;/em&gt; place to be for style-minded greenies in New York. The first show of its kind to be held during New York Fashion Week, the GreenShows was exclusively dedicated to eco-friendly, ethically sound, fair-trade fashion. The two-day event, held in SoHo, launched with &lt;a href="http://4equalsides.com/"&gt;Study by Tara St. James&lt;/a&gt;, who came out of the gate with "The Square Project," which she describes as "a study of shapes in relation to the human form - starting with the square." 

&lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/09/study-by-tara-st-james-green-fashion-week.php"&gt;&lt;img alt="Green Fashion Week New York" src="http://www.treehugger.com/images_site/slideshows/slideshow_button.gif"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

For more from New York Fashion Week and other green fashion news, check out our feature:

&lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/green-fashion"&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Green Fashion Now&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/study-by-tara-st-james-greenshows-green-fashion-week.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/study-by-tara-st-james-greenshows-green-fashion-week.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:29:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Study by Tara St. James at Green Fashion Week in New York</title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/09/study-by-tara-st-james-green-fashion-week.php</link><description>&lt;div class="img"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.treehugger.com/green-fashion-study-tara-st-james1.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;div class="caption"&gt;Formerly creative director at &lt;a href="http://www.covetthis.com/"&gt;Covet&lt;/a&gt;, Tara St. James launched her first solo collection, &lt;a href="http://4equalsides.com/"&gt;Study by Tara St. James&lt;/a&gt;, at The GreenShows Eco-Fashion Week, a new green fashion show held in SoHo during New York Fashion Week. The collection is a two-tone study in squares and how they relate to the human shape. Seen here: A peace-silk dress with organic cotton cord detail and halter.&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;div class="credit"&gt;Meaghan O'Neill&lt;/div&gt;



... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/09/study-by-tara-st-james-green-fashion-week.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/09/study-by-tara-st-james-green-fashion-week.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:46:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Green Fashion: New York Fashion Week Spring 2010 Nolcha Ethical Fashion Preview (Slideshow) </title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/green-fashion-new-york-fashion-week-spring-2010-nolcha-ethical-preview.php</link><description>&lt;img alt="green-fashion-VAN-MARKOVIEC-small.jpg" src="http://www.treehugger.com/green-fashion-VAN-MARKOVIEC-small.jpg" width="468" height="338" class="mt-image-none" style="" /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Image courtesy of Van Markoviec/&lt;a href="http://www.belesprit.net/v2/index.aspx"&gt;Bel Esprit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;

Green Fashion has come a long way in the five years since TreeHugger has launched, when it was tough just to find an organic cotton T-shirt. As a testament to that fact, at yesterday's &lt;a href="http://www.nolcha.com/press-room/925-nolcha-fashion-week-new-york-event-guide"&gt;Nolcha Ethical Fashion Preview&lt;/a&gt; in New York, there was hardly an organic cotton T in sight. Designers including Rene Geneva Design, Room to Roam, and Tammam are taking sustainable and ethical design to a whole new level of chic, ,working in organic cotton, hemp-silk blends, and peace silks that don't only do justice to people and the planet, they are masters of artful tailoring and textile design as well. It wasn't all high-falutin' eco-chic, though. Playback showed cozy casual wear (okay, and some of T-shirts) while the Andean Collection touted a new line of everyday-wearable jewelry made from simple natural materials by women in Ecuador. Click through to see highlights from the show. 

&lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/09/green-fashion-new-york-fashion-week-highlights.php"&gt;&lt;img alt="New York Fashion Week Ethical Fashion Show Highlights" src="http://www.treehugger.com/images_site/slideshows/slideshow_button.gif"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/green-fashion-new-york-fashion-week-spring-2010-nolcha-ethical-preview.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/green-fashion-new-york-fashion-week-spring-2010-nolcha-ethical-preview.php</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:17:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Green Fashion: New York Fashion Week Spring 2010 Ethical Fashion Show Highlights (Slideshow) </title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/09/green-fashion-new-york-fashion-week-highlights.php</link><description>&lt;div class="img"&gt;&lt;img alt="green-fashion-VAN-MARKOVIEC photo" src="http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/green-fashion-VAN-MARKOVIEC.jpg" width="550" height="398" class="mt-image-none" style="" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;div class="caption"&gt;Outside of Bryant Park, the &lt;a href="http://www.nolchafashionweek.com/"&gt;Nolcha Ethical Fashion Preview&lt;/a&gt; during New York Fashion Week showcased about a dozen independent designers that are putting fair trade, fair wage, and sustainability on equal par with style. Dutch designer &lt;a href="http://www.vanmarkoviec.com/"&gt;Van Markoviec&lt;/a&gt; meets at the intersection of architectural and ethical design. Playful pieces have a sense of humor, but don't take construction lightly -- pieces in the Spring 2010 collection drape beautifully and take forms that pushes the boundaries of modern design -- ethical or not. In addition to sustainable textiles used throughout the line, the designer also sources materials from and produces garments as close as possible to point-of-sale, reuses and recycles all production leftover scraps, and uses natural or nickel-free metal trimming.&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;div class="credit"&gt;Courtesy of Van Markoviec/&lt;a href="http://www.belesprit.net/v2/index.aspx"&gt;Bel Esprit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; 


... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/09/green-fashion-new-york-fashion-week-highlights.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/09/green-fashion-new-york-fashion-week-highlights.php</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:17:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Happy 5th Birthday TreeHugger! </title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/07/happy-5th-birthday-treehugger.php</link><description>&lt;img alt="team-treehugger-silver-springs photo" src="http://www.treehugger.com/team-treehugger-silver-springs.jpg" width="468" height="289" /&gt;
&lt;h5&gt;&lt;em&gt;Members of the TreeHugger team in a rare get-together at Discovery HQ in Silver Spring, MD. Image courtesy of Michael Graham Richard.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h5&gt;

It all started for me with a phone call. It was after office hours, and - my office being in my living-dining room-kitchen - I took the call in the bedroom, to spare my husband from work-talk in what was, after a certain time of day, our living area. The guy on the other end was telling me about a blog he was launching, dedicated to modern green design and proving to the world that sustainability didn't have to be about hippies - God Bless Them - but about modern, intelligent, efficient, and design-savvy living. He was speaking my language, and, coincidentally, traveling nearby to where I lived. We met up in person the next day, creative sparks flew, and I became a writer at TreeHugger. That was five years ago, and that guy was TreeHugger founder Graham Hill. But even before my time, a handful of Graham's writer-friends and media architect Nick Aster were busy getting TreeHugger started. And today, July 27, marks the &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2004/07/perfect_for_elv.php"&gt;very first post&lt;/a&gt; that went live on our site in 2004. ... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/07/happy-5th-birthday-treehugger.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/07/happy-5th-birthday-treehugger.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:01:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Post Retraction</title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/06/americans-are-taking-back-american-jobs.php</link><description>TreeHugger is a group blog made up of more than 50 writers from a diversity of cultures around the globe, each of whom has his or her own views and opinions. Diversity and a wide-range of perspectives has always been a huge part of our voice, however, our editorial team felt that the post that originally lived at this url, "Americans Taking Back American Jobs" did not meet our editorial standards or reflect our views as a group. The decision was made to unpublish the post for that reason, and we regret any offense. 

If you would like to comment on this, we'll be reading all comments and will respond. 

 ... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/06/americans-are-taking-back-american-jobs.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/06/americans-are-taking-back-american-jobs.php</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:12:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Introducing TreeHugger's First Annual Best of Green Awards </title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/04/introducing-treehuggers-first-annual-best-of-green-awards.php</link><description>&lt;img alt="best of green main graphic" src="http://www.treehugger.com/best_of_green_maingraphic_ok.jpg" width="468" height="338" /&gt;

After four-plus years of exploring, critiquing, and lauding the modern world of green, we at TreeHugger thought it was high time we gave props to the people, organizations, products and ideas that give us something to write about everyday, and Earth Month seemed the appropriate time to do it. So we put our heads together and nominated, debated, and, finally, selected what we believe to be the best-of-the-best when it comes to today's environmentalism. And so we present our First Annual Best of Green "It's About Time" Awards. 

Please click through to learn more about how we made our selections, and how you can participate, too. 

... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/04/introducing-treehuggers-first-annual-best-of-green-awards.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/04/introducing-treehuggers-first-annual-best-of-green-awards.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:26:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dear Obamas: Congrats on the Organic Garden</title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/03/dear-obamas-congrats-organic-garden.php</link><description>&lt;img alt="white-house-organic-garden-front-lawn-photo.jpg" src="http://www.treehugger.com/white-house-organic-garden-front-lawn-photo.jpg" width="468" height="305" /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Image credit: &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdho/"&gt;Seansie&lt;/a&gt; &amp; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22748341@N00/"&gt;Linda N.&lt;/a&gt; @ Flickr&lt;/em&gt;

Dear Barack, Michelle, and Kids,

First of all, we are thrilled that you've decided to plant an organic garden on the White House lawn. (w00t!) Our mission at TreeHugger and &lt;a href="http://www.planetgreen.discovery.com"&gt;Planet Green&lt;/a&gt; this year is really to move people from awareness to action-looks we can check you and the fam off our to-do list! 

... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/03/dear-obamas-congrats-organic-garden.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/03/dear-obamas-congrats-organic-garden.php</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:09:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Is Conscious Consumerism the New Conspicuous Consumerism? 1% for the Planet's 1,000 Members Think So </title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/03/is-conscious-consumerism-the-new-conspicuous-consumerism.php</link><description>&lt;img alt="one-percent-for-the-planet-founders.jpg" src="http://www.treehugger.com/one-percent-for-the-planet-founders.jpg" width="454" height="382" /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Craig Matthews, Terry Kellogg, and Yvon Chouinard of 1% for the Planet in New York to celebrate the organization hitting the 1,000-member mark. Photo courtesy 1% for the Planet.&lt;/em&gt; 

There's been a lot of talk about will happen to the green movement as the economy slips into further turmoil. Will bad financial news eclipse the environment's media spotlight? Will the need to pull purse strings tight turn consumers into shoppers who care about nothing more than the cash register's tally? We at TreeHugger believe that the economic downturn is less a threat to the green movement than it is an opportunity--we're simply shifting part of our focus to the relevant topic of how going green can help save money. But it turns out our fears about conscious consumerism diving with the Dow may be unfounded. In fact, &lt;a href="http://www.onepercentfortheplanet.org/en/"&gt; 1% for the Planet&lt;/a&gt;is seeing an uptick in membership (it reached the 1,000-member mark in February), and, perhaps more impressively, member businesses are reporting an &lt;em&gt;increase&lt;/em&gt; in sales, even while conventional businesses flounder. 

So will the triple bottom line finally become business as usual? And what can conscious consumers do about it? We caught up with Yvon Chouinard, co-founder of 1% and founder of &lt;a href="http://www.patagonia.com/web/us/home/index.jsp?OPTION=HOME_PAGE&amp;assetid=1704"&gt;Patagonia&lt;/a&gt;, 1% co-founder and owner of &lt;a href="http://www.blueribbonflies.com/"&gt;Blue Ribbon Flies&lt;/a&gt; in Montana Craig Matthews, and 1% CEO Terry Kellogg, who weigh in in the videos below the fold. ... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/03/is-conscious-consumerism-the-new-conspicuous-consumerism.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/03/is-conscious-consumerism-the-new-conspicuous-consumerism.php</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:38:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Earth From the Air: Photos by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Plus a Sweetheart Deal (Slideshow)</title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/02/earth-from-the-air-slideshow.php</link><description>&lt;img alt="vol-heart-yann-arthus-bertrand-468.jpg" src="http://www.treehugger.com/vol-heart-yann-arthus-bertrand-468.jpg" width="468" height="308" /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Photo by &lt;a href="http://www.yannarthusbertrand.org/index_new.htm"&gt;Yann Arthus-Bertrand&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;

It's Valentine's Day (well, actually it's Friday the thirteenth, but let's leapfrog that), and since there's nothing we love more than the Earth, we're delivering her this valentine: a collection of stunning photos by world-renowned photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand. His beautiful landscape portraits taken from sky-high vantages convey sometimes eerie, sometimes wondrous insight into the delicate beauty and balance of natural systems and the power of manmade ones. Looking for a gift for your Valentine, too? TreeHugger readers can get Bertrand's new &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/02/treehugger-deals-yann-arthus-bertrand.php"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Earth From the Air&lt;/em&gt; DVD&lt;/a&gt; at 50 percent off, with 10 percent of proceeds benefitting &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/02/treehugger-radio-20.php"&gt;Architecture for Humanity&lt;/a&gt;. Need further romantic inspiration? Our &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/02/valentines-day-gifts.php"&gt;Valentines' Day Gift Guide&lt;/a&gt; should do the trick. You'll also find more green ideas, DIY gifts, and superb recipes after the fold. 

&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/02/earth-from-the-air-yann-arthus-bertrand.php"&gt;View the Earth From the Air slideshow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;



  ... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/02/earth-from-the-air-slideshow.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/02/earth-from-the-air-slideshow.php</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:30:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Earth From the Air: Photos by Yann Arthus-Bertrand</title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/02/earth-from-the-air-yann-arthus-bertrand.php</link><description>&lt;div class="img"&gt;&lt;img alt="voh heart yann arthus bertrand photo" src="http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/images/vol-heart-yann-arthus-bertrand.jpg" width="550" height="367" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
 

&lt;div class="caption"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Heart in Voh, New Caledonia (2057'S, 16441' E)&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/05/mangrove-loss-burma.php"&gt;Mangrove swamps&lt;/a&gt; such as this one seen near Voh, New Caledonia cover nearly 25 percent of the world's coastal areas. That's just half their original range; exploitation of resources, agricultural and urban sprawl, and pollution have caused their demise. Vegetation gives way to bare spots, such as this heart-shaped one, where seawater rarely reaches.&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class="credit"&gt;Photo by Yann Arthus-Bertrand&lt;/div&gt; ... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/02/earth-from-the-air-yann-arthus-bertrand.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/02/earth-from-the-air-yann-arthus-bertrand.php</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:26:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The 2008 Eco-Matrix: Who's Hot, Who's Not in the World of Green</title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/2008-eco-matrix.php</link><description>&lt;img alt="eco-matrix 2008 illustration crop" src="http://www.treehugger.com/matrix-2008.jpg" width="465" height="263" /&gt;

Wondering who's news and who's &lt;em&gt;so&lt;/em&gt; last year? TreeHugger's 2008 Eco-Matrix is here to inform and entertain. If you've been pondering whether &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/dmazone4/managed-mt/mt-search.cgi?tag=al%20gore&amp;blog_id=1"&gt;Al Gore&lt;/a&gt; is in or out, whether &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/dmazone4/managed-mt/mt-search.cgi?tag=ethanol&amp;blog_id=1"&gt;ethanol&lt;/a&gt; is still a worthy news item, or which &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/01/natalie_portman_shoes.php"&gt;green celebs&lt;/a&gt; have fallen on hard times, just click through for our handy cheat sheet to what happened in the world of green over the past year, and what and who are on the rise for '09. (That's just a sneak peak above; head below the fold for the real deal.) ... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/2008-eco-matrix.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/2008-eco-matrix.php</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:20:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Get the New Voltaic Solar Laptop Bag at 15% Off! </title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/new-voltaic-solar-laptop-bag-discount.php</link><description>&lt;img alt="voltaic systems solar laptop bag deal photo" src="http://www.treehugger.com/voltaic-systems-th-deals.jpg" width="468" height="280" /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Image courtesy Voltaic Systems.&lt;/em&gt;

Would you love to have a solar-powered laptop bag that really works? Here's your chance to get the hottest, most-effective bag on the market (it literally just hit the shelves) at a sweet deal. The new-and-improved Generator by Voltaic Systems uses bleeding-edge technology to charge your computer faster than any other bag out there. With a battery that juices up in as few as five hours, this is by far the most advanced solar-powered laptop bag available. 

Read on for more details about how you can get this bag for less through TH Deals. 

... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/new-voltaic-solar-laptop-bag-discount.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/new-voltaic-solar-laptop-bag-discount.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:57:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Earth First! Fanatics Wail Wildly for Trees in Wacky Video</title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/09/what-kind-of-environmentalism-is-best-for-the-planet.php</link><description>&lt;object width="464" height="392"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://embed.break.com/NTY1ODY0"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://embed.break.com/NTY1ODY0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="464" height="392"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=1&gt;&lt;a href="http://view.break.com/565864"&gt;http://view.break.com/565864&lt;/a&gt; - Watch more &lt;a href="http://www.break.com/"&gt;free videos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

We're no strangers to liberal thinking, alternative medicine, or off-beat ideas. Hell, it's no accident that the very name "&lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/05/treehugger-founder-graham-hill-reveals-to-ben-harper-why-name.php"&gt;TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;," is a play on the hippie-type folks that stood up and changed the face of environmentalism a few decades ago. Of course, when we started this site in the summer of 2004, our goal was to take green mainstream with some figurative &lt;a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_spiking"&gt;tree-spiking&lt;/a&gt; (and modern design--check out &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2004/07/perfect_for_elv.php"&gt;our very first post&lt;/a&gt;) but it will always take a certain amount of radical thinking to keep the movement going. 

The infamous group &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_first"&gt;Earth First&lt;/a&gt; knows that. The purposely decentralized anti-organization that has randomly reared its head over the past few decades has alternately been blamed and taken credit for wreaking environmental havoc with stunts such as tree-sitting and car-bombing. In the video above, they're (supposedly) at it again. Only this time they're not being destructive, but rather taking part in a kind of ritualistic primal scream therapy session that can only be described as the Passion of the Trees. 
 
Surely their good intentions, compassion, and close relationship with nature are a good thing. But is their new-age enthusiasm the kind of alternative approach that will throw a monkeywrench in the current mainstreaming of green? Or is it just the antidote we need to a world being flooded with greenwashing? Tell us what yo think in the comments below. 

Via:: &lt;a href="http://www.linkognito.com/b.php?b=1399"&gt;Linkognito&lt;/a&gt;... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/09/what-kind-of-environmentalism-is-best-for-the-planet.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/09/what-kind-of-environmentalism-is-best-for-the-planet.php</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:00:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Planet Green Launch Party Rocks L.A., Eco-Style </title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/06/planet-green-laucnh-party.php</link><description>&lt;img alt="tommy lee at planet green launch party photo" src="http://www.treehugger.com/tommy-lee-snapshot.jpg" width="424" height="318" /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Tommy Lee at the Planet Green launch party in Los Angeles last week.&lt;/b&gt;

If your eyes as puffy as mine are from watching several sweet hours of &lt;a href="http://www.planetgreen.com"&gt;Planet Green TV&lt;/a&gt; last night, you'll definitely want to check out what went down at the launch party in L.A. last week. Dozens of green celebs-from &lt;strong&gt;Tommy Lee&lt;/strong&gt; to &lt;strong&gt;Ludacris&lt;/strong&gt; to &lt;strong&gt;Keenan Ivory Wayans&lt;/strong&gt;-showed up on the green carpet at Hollywood's Greek Theatre for a pre-launch &lt;em&gt;partay,&lt;/em&gt; and to film the final Tommy Lee versus Ludacris smackdown. (The unlikely duo play the starring role in Planet Green's forthcoming Battleground Earth reality show, in which the two compete to see who can go greener.)

Click the jump for videos from the party. 
 
... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/06/planet-green-laucnh-party.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/06/planet-green-laucnh-party.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:58:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2008 Goldman Prize Lauds International Grassroots Environmentalists</title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/04/2008-goldman-prize-winners.php</link><description>&lt;img alt="goldman-prize-feliciano-dos-santos.jpg" src="http://www.treehugger.com/goldman-prize-feliciano-dos-santos.jpg" width="468" height="312" /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Feliciano dos Santos accepts the Ouroboros trophy from Richard Goldman at the 2008 Goldman Prize ceremony held earlier this month in San Francisco. A second ceremony was held in Washington, D.C.&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;em&gt;The following post was written by Claire Alexander, vice president of Operations &amp; Interactive Media for &lt;a href="http://www.planetgreen.com"&gt;Planet Green&lt;/a&gt;, and TreeHugger's woman on the ground at the Goldman Environmental Prize ceremony in Washington, D.C. earlier this week.&lt;/em&gt;

More than 500 people came out to recognize the environmental work of seven individuals from around the world at the 2008 &lt;a href="http://www.goldmanprize.org/"&gt;Goldman Environmental Prize&lt;/a&gt; ceremony in Washington, D.C. on April 16. The winners, who each received $150,000 from the Goldman Foundation, ranged from a &lt;a href="http://www.goldmanprize.org/2008/africa"&gt;sanitation activist/musician&lt;/a&gt; in Mozambique to a &lt;a href="http://www.goldmanprize.org/2008/europe"&gt;beer-drinking Belgian&lt;/a&gt; who led the effort to establish his country's first national park. The highlight of the evening came when honoree Feliciano Dos Santos (the aforementioned musician) picked up his guitar, and led a call and return song with the audience in Portuguese...about washing your hands to prevent illness. (Check out his quite beautiful music at his website, &lt;a href="http://www.massukos.com"&gt;Massukos&lt;/a&gt;).... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/04/2008-goldman-prize-winners.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/04/2008-goldman-prize-winners.php</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:07:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gandhi, King, and Climate Change</title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/04/ghandi-king-climate-change.php</link><description>&lt;img class="left" alt="ghandi satyagraha at garrison institute photo" src="http://www.treehugger.com/ghandi-satyagraha.jpg" width="300" height="300" /&gt;

&lt;em&gt;The following opinion piece was submitted by &lt;a href="http://www.uli.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&amp;CONTENTID=64402&amp;TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm"&gt;Jonathan F. P. Rose&lt;/a&gt;, co-founder of the &lt;a href="http://www.garrisoninstitute.org"&gt;Garrison Institute&lt;/a&gt; and president of &lt;a href="www.rosecompanies.com/"&gt;Jonathan Rose Companies&lt;/a&gt;, a network of multidisciplinary planning and development firms. He is a well known proponent of &lt;a href="http://www.smartgrowth.org"&gt;smart growth&lt;/a&gt; and sustainable building techniques.&lt;/em&gt;
 
In recent days we commemorated the legacy of &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/01/martin_luther_k.php"&gt;Martin Luther King, Jr.&lt;/a&gt;, who died 40 years ago this month.  And some have also recalled that King was influenced by Gandhi, learning from &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyagraha"&gt;Gandhi's Satyagraha&lt;/a&gt; or "truth force" movement the nonviolent tactics that ultimately made the civil rights movement a success. 

&lt;a href="http://www.playbillarts.com/features/article/7613.html"&gt;Philip Glass's opera &lt;em&gt;Satyagraha,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; which thematizes this, is being revived now at the &lt;a href="www.metopera.org"&gt;New York Metropolitan Opera&lt;/a&gt;. It's a good time to remember Gandhi and King now, not just in celebration of what they achieved, but because we need them again today. We need them not only to inspire social change in the today's world, but also to inspire a movement to save it from global warming. ... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/04/ghandi-king-climate-change.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/04/ghandi-king-climate-change.php</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:50:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>President Bush to Speak at Greensburg, Kansas Graduation</title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/04/president-bush-greenburg-kansas.php</link><description>&lt;img alt="greensburg kansas after tornado photo.jpg" src="http://www.treehugger.com/greensburg-greentown-tornado.jpg" width="400" height="267" /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;The scene in Greenburg, Kansas after a tornado leveled the town in 2007.&lt;/em&gt;

That scintillating time that is the cusp between high school and the rest of one's life is a thrill. And no moment captures the feeling more succinctly than graduation day itself. Remember sitting on the edge of your chair, awkwardly donning cap and gown, giddy with anticipation? It not just the thought of after-parties that sets nerves a-twitter. It's the  idea that one phase of life is ending, and another about to begin. 

It's a day the 18-student senior class of &lt;a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/greensburg/"&gt;Greensburg, Kansas&lt;/a&gt; won't soon forget. The graduates from this small town, which was leveled by a tornado a year ago and is now the subject of &lt;a href="http://www.planetgreen.com"&gt;Planet Green&lt;/a&gt; television series, will be getting their send-off from none other than President George Bush, the White House announced yesterday. The president will also deliver two other commencement speeches in the state. ... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/04/president-bush-greenburg-kansas.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/04/president-bush-greenburg-kansas.php</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:08:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Download a Chapter of the TreeHugger Book</title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/03/ready-set-green-downlaod.php</link><description>&lt;img alt="Ready-Set-Green-book-cover.jpg" src="http://www.treehugger.com/Ready-Set-Green-book-cover.jpg" width="468" height="245" /&gt;

We've blogged and we've blogged. Now, we're taking it offline. The TreeHugger book, &lt;em&gt;Ready, Set, Green: Eight Weeks to Modern Eco-Living&lt;/em&gt; will hit store shelves in May. But our pal David Bach at &lt;a href="http://finishrich.com/pages/home.php"&gt;Finish Rich&lt;/a&gt;  just couldn't wait another minute for a preview of our work. So he asked us to make a chapter of the book available by download, and we were happy to oblige. 


... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/03/ready-set-green-downlaod.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/03/ready-set-green-downlaod.php</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:42:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Happy Valentine's Day!</title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/02/happy_valentine.php</link><description>&lt;img alt="valentine-gift-graphic.gif" src="http://www.treehugger.com/valentine-gift-graphic.gif" width="460" height="175" /&gt;

Today's the big day--a full 24-hours dedicated to wearing your heart on your sleeve, and eating chocolate with friends, S.O.'s, and even colleagues. But if you haven't put enough thought into what you should be doing for that one special person in your life, it's not too late. Our Valentine's Day Gift Guide is a green cheat sheet to the perfect last-minute memento or bouquet, and we also give you hour-by-hour ideas for keeping it sexy all day long. &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/green-valentine"&gt;::Valentine's Day Gift Guide: Giving Greener Love&lt;/a&gt;... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/02/happy_valentine.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/02/happy_valentine.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:15:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Valentine's Day Gift Guide: Giving Greener Love</title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/02/valentines_day_1.php</link><description>&lt;img alt="valentine-decoupage.jpg" src="http://www.treehugger.com/valentine-decoupage.jpg" width="460" height="175" /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Credit: &lt;a href="http://gogoabigail.com/blog/category/diy/"&gt;Abbey Goes Design Scouting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;

Valentine's Day is almost here. What's that? You haven't picked out something perfect  your sweetheart just yet? Never fear! Our Valentine's Day Gift Guide will save the day. Whether you're looking for something sexy (eco-lingerie, anyone?), standard (organic chocolate and flowers always do the trick), or dematerialized (giving to charity comes from the heart), we've got something for everyone for a full day of good green lovin'. ::&lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/green-valentine"&gt;Valentine's Day Gift Guide: Giving Greener Love&lt;/a&gt;... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/02/valentines_day_1.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/02/valentines_day_1.php</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:18:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pssst...Hey Green Valentine! Check Our Gift Guide!</title><link>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/02/valentines_day.php</link><description>&lt;img alt="chocolate-heart.jpg" src="http://www.treehugger.com/chocolate-heart.jpg" width="460" height="175" /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Credit: &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ulteriorepicure/"&gt;ulterior epicure&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;

It may be the thought that counts, but let's face it, if your intention doesn't come wrapped up with a big pink bow on Valentine's Day, you could be sleeping alone. Luckily, we've put on our  thinking caps and come up with a plan so you won't get a figurative dagger through the heart (ouch!). From standards like chocolate and flowers to totally kissable coffee breath, we've got you covered morning, noon, and night. ::&lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/green-valentine"&gt;Valentine's Day Gift Guide: Giving Greener Love&lt;/a&gt;... &lt;a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/02/valentines_day.php"&gt;Read the full story on TreeHugger&lt;/a&gt;</description><guid>http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/02/valentines_day.php</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:50:13 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>