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Tom's of Maine Founder Shows us How to Produce Ethical Wool Undergarments (Slideshow)
What's the best way to produce ethical wool undergarments? Tom Chappell, founder of Tom's of Maine -- which sold to Colgate for $100 million in 2006 -- shows us with a tour of his
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Maine Sculptor's 'Beautiful and Discomforting' Take on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Recycled-plastic boats have been all the rage this year, but though sculptor Anna Hepler was inspired by the same massive area of marine debris that led would-be ocean
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Pop!Tech Pop Quiz: Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational (Video)
In the final installment of our Pop!Tech Pop Quiz experiment, TreeHugger founder Graham Hill sits down with behavioral economist Dan Ariely, subjecting him to our Yes/No/Maybe harassment. Ariely's book, Predictably Irrational, reflects his years of
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Pop!Tech Pop Quiz: Energize Clinton County (Video)
Mark Rembert and Taylor Stuckert returned to their homes in Clinton County, Ohio to find economic devastation. DHL, a mainstay employer of the area, had pulled out, leaving a jobless void. The two friends responded by doing what seemed logical: they
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Pop!Tech Pop Quiz: Andrew Rasiej of Personal Democracy Forum (Video)
Andrew Rasiej is the man behind Personal Democracy Forum, a website and yearly conference focussed on the way that technology and politics intersect. In front of this kinda eerie painting (his choice), Rasiej takes on our battery of questions on nuclear
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Pop!Tech Pop Quiz: Matt Ludwig (Video)
Matt Ludwig is the brain behind Matt Ludwig Design and the creator of BlipSnips, a clever little video linking tool. He handled our Yes/No/Maybe onslaught with grace. I especially liked his response to the question of whether Obama is doing what he
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Pop!Tech Pop Quiz: Amanda Koster of SalaamGarage (Video)
This week we roll on with our mutant pet project: byte-sized Yes/No/Maybe interviews with attendees of the Pop!Tech conference. First up, Amanda Koster, a photographer who founded SalaamGarage. Her org. works with non-profits to assemble teams of
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Pop!Tech Pop Quiz: Chris Page of Yahoo! (Video)
How do you respond to nuanced questions of nuclear power, clean coal, and Obama's climate policy when you can only defend yourself with Yes, No, or Maybe? You do your best, that's how. We cornered Chris Page, Yahoo!'s Director of Energy and Climate,
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Pop!Tech Pop Quiz: Nathaniel Whittemore (Video)
Nathaniel Whittemore is self-described as the type of guy who has a Twitter account for his dog. In his case, this is one of those strange symptoms of being deeply plugged in (not daft). Nathaniel edits a media portal on Change.org and co-founded
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Pop!Tech Pop Quiz: Lina Srivastava (Video)
Finding brilliant engaged people at the Pop!Tech conference is easier than shooting fish in a barrel (even if you're a weekday vegetarian). Case in point, we interrogated Lina Srivastava, a New York-based consultant who currently serves as the social
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Tom's (of Maine) New Company: Ramblers Way, Organic Wool Undergarments
Tom and Kate Chappell, co-founders of Tom's of Maine--which sold to Colgate for $100 million in 2006--have embarked on another environmental initiative with a
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Pop!Tech Pop Quiz: Tom Darden of Make it Right (Video)
Tom Darden steers Make it Right, the green building non-profit that Brad Pitt sparked after Hurricane Katrina. The mission: to bring 150 sustainable (and storm resistant) homes to the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans. We pinned down Darden, Make it
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Pop!Tech Pop Quiz: Emily Pilloton of Project H Design (Video)
Each year a small horde of scary-smart people assemble in quaint Camden, Maine for the Pop!Tech conference. We cornered some of these worldly and verbose savants and administered a special kind of torture: answer big questions with Yes, No, or Maybe. We
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Unity College Students Participate in Community Weatherization Program
Here is something we wish there was a little more of: community members, in this case Unity College (ME) students, going out in the community to help provide a little elbow grease for the planet and for the
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Dr. McDreamy & Mercedes Donate Clean Diesel Vehicle to Dempsey Cancer Center
While Patrick Dempsey may play a steamy, dreamy doctor on tv's Greys Anatomy, his involvement in the medical community doesn't stop there. In his hometown of Lewiston, Maine, sits The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing where Dempsey has
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Woolworth's Heir Opens Eco General Store
Image via: Priscilla Woolworth.com Priscilla Woolworth, fourth generation heir of famed Woolworth's stores, has opened her own eco-store, now available on the web. While the items aren't anything extraordinary (in fact, you can even buy Bon Ami on the
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Hidden Pond Resort: Finding Luxury in an Organic Garden
Imagine waking up in your own private cottage nestled in 60 acres of birch groves and balsam fir, decked out with decor from local designers and craftspeople, and strolling down to pick your breakfast at will from a huge
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First Platinum LEED Grocery Store Opens in Maine
Image via: Hannaford Supermarket Hannaford Supermarket, which first opened in 1883, and is known for their Guiding Stars program, is now the first supermarket in the US to be Platinum LEED certified. They also use about half of the energy of a normal
