Tag: Awards - Page 9
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Top Environmentalist Award to John Stewart
The Independent on Sunday has rated John Stewart the top environmentalist in its Green List of 100 eco-activists. Little known outside of the UK, and not so well known here either, this recognition of his efforts is an example of the way the
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The TH Interview: 2008 Brower Youth Awards (Part One)
David R. Brower was a powerhouse of the American environmental movement—in fact, it’s pretty safe to say that without David Brower, the green movement wouldn’t be what it is today. Certainly not a man who slept late, Brower founded the Sierra Club
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The Other Not-So-Green Meat, A Rocker's Eco-Ride and 6 South American Stories
Rockers roll up in a Smart car at MTV's Video Music Awards.
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Used Mattress Design Competition: Making Mattresses Sustainable
The Used Mattress Dilemma What’s the eco-conscionable thing to do with a used mattress? Pawn it off on a (really) broke friend? Try to give it to Goodwill or list it for giveaway on the Free page on Craigslist? These options are tough, because the idea
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Grading Green Schools: The College Sustainability Report Card 2009
The College Sustainability Report Card 2009 is almost upon academia. It’s that dreaded time--when all those green-talking universities who haven’t put in the due legwork have to forge their parent’s signatures; when environmentally unfriendly colleges
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Soil Association Organic Winners
It's the academy awards of the organic industry in the UK: the Soil Association Organic Food Awards and the winners are an impressive group of businesses which meet the highest ethical and environmental standards in their foods and products. As always
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GM's LIVE GREEN Grant Winners Announced
After Kenny announced General Motors and Discovery Education’s call for entries into their 2008 LIVE GREEN Teacher Grant Awards, educator applicants from across the U.S. began sustainably swooning Discovery Education judges, submitting essays about how
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Metcalf Institute Diversity Fellows Announced
This year's Metcalf Institute Diversity Fellowships in Environmental Reporting, were awarded this morning. The awards are given to minority journalists early in their careers to encourage diversity and excellence in
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Ideal Bite Announces Best in Green Awards
Ideal Bite has announced its call for nominees for the first-ever Best in Green (B.I.G.) Awards. The program will recognize companies, products and services that are true leaders and innovators in the green space. Winners of the 2008 B.I.G Awards will be
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Dr. John Todd Wins Buckminster Fuller Challenge Award
We've profiled natural-resources design maven Dr. John Todd before, but now he's been recognized by a much higher authority for his pioneering work. Dr. Todd is the first recipient of the Buckminster Fuller
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Ambrose Hotel First Hotel To Earn LEED For Existing Buildings
The Ambrose Hotel, in Santa Monica, CA, was just awarded the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB) Certification by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) for a
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SustainLane Wants Your Submissions
SustainLane, publisher of the annual Sustainable Cities Rankings, is once again publishing its list this fall, but before they do, they are looking for a few good submissions. People in the 50 cities studies in the rankings
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Paris Hilton for President? Plus: Ben Harper Takes a Ride, Maggie Gyllenhall Protects the Climate, Amanda Beard Bares All, and More
Pimping your ride is so last year. Sheryl Crow, Ben Harper and Laura Dern are taking it to greener heights and "blading their ride" with super-ninja-weapon-sounding, the Blade. The car accessory attaches to the tailpipe to cut carbon emissions and
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Nigel's Green Web Awards Laud TreeHugger, Others
Nigel's Eco Store is a nice online eco-store for eco-friendly products. This year Nigel held his first Green Web Awards and the results are a good source of new (to some) green sites. TreeHugger was a judge, and we were in good company with fellow
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Grantham Prize Seminar Free to Public
Register now to get one of the limited seats free to the public for the Grantham Prize Seminar, to be held in Washington D.C. on 8th September 2008. The agenda offers a presentation by each of the winners of the Grantham Prize and Awards of Special
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Three TreeHugger Picks Win Design Awards
Three projects previously profiled on TreeHugger have won design awards from the Ontario Association of Architects, perhaps indicating that green ideas in architecture are becoming more mainstream, or that my taste in architecture is not as bad as so
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RE:Fashion - Ethical Fashion Awards Call For Entries
We mentioned RE:Fashion in last week's TH Blog Love round up, but we think these upcoming ethical fashion awards also deserve a TreeHugger page of their own. The event, originally conceived as RE:Fashion by Cyndi Rhoades of Anti-Apathy, has now evolved
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Eco-Friendly Art or Not?
We thought that Anthony Gormley's winning proposal for the fourth plinth was the most ecological art possible: a different person standing on top of a column for an hour, all day, every day, for 100 days. Some commenters at TreeHugger disagreed since
