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The TH Interview: Vijay Vaitheeswaran, author of Zoom (Part 1)
"Oil is the problem. Cars are the solution," says Vijay Vaitheeswaran. For the past decade, Vijay has written for the Economist magazine, covering energy, transportation, and economy. His newest book is Zoom: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of Future,
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The TH Interview: Ted Nordhaus
At Treehugger we have read the book, done the interview and seen the lecture. Up first: Part 1 of our interview with Ted Nordhaus, author, researcher, political strategist and co-author of Break Through: From the
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The TH Interview: David Steiner, CEO of Waste Management, Part 2
This is the second half of TreeHugger's interview with David Steiner, CEO of Waste Management. Read part one here. TH: Are you also educating consuming on reducing their waste? DS: When you look at what we do, we have about 22 million customers
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The TH Interview: David Steiner, CEO of Waste Management, Part 1
On the morning that David Steiner, CEO of Waste Management, announced the company's ambitious 13-year, four-prong environmental initiative at the World Business Forum, we caught up with the man himself backstage at Radio City Music Hall in New York
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The TH Interview: David Holmgren, Co-Creator of Permaculture
"Many of the mainstream approaches to how we might make things more energetically efficient and ecologically friendly, although well intentioned, are a waste of time", says David Holmgren. From a permaculture point of view, that is.
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The TH Interview: Wal-Mart Suppliers on the Live Better Sustainability Summit
As we mentioned in our interview with Mark and Corey Adjmi of Adjmi Apparel Group, one of the most interesting things about attending the Wal-Mart Live Better Sustainability Summit, which we reported on here and here, was seeing suppliers to Wal-Mart
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The TH Interview: Mark and Corie Adjmi of Adjmi Apparel
One of the most interesting things about attending the Wal-Mart Live Better Sustainability Summit, which we reported on here and here, was seeing suppliers to Wal-Mart that had not traditionally been seen as green, starting to look into the process of
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The TH Interview: Ned Daly of the Forest Stewardship Council in the US
Regular readers will need no introduction to the work of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). From Staples' stock of FSC-certified paper to Ethletic's FSC rubber sneakers and even a green FSC-certified bible, the Council's standards for
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The TH Interview: Wendy Reed, Energy Star's Change a Light, Change the World Campaign Manager
Starting today, Energy Star's Change a Light, Change the World campaign is hitting the road, touring the country (see the full schedule here) by bus to spread the good word about the difference we all can make in the fight against global warming by
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The TH Interview: Michael Ford, CEO of ChooseRenewables
ChooseRenewables, which formally launched earlier this week, features several personalized eco-tools - including the MyEnergy Analyst and MyWatts Renewables Estimator - which allow consumers to evaluate their carbon footprint and view location-based
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The TH Interview: John Bowe, Author of "Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy"
In Nobodies, John Bowe has crafted an incisive exposé of the seedy underbelly of modern labor practices in the U.S., which, in certain circumstances, have lent themselves to virtual enslavement. The book traces his journey from the fields of
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The TH Interview: Tomer DeVito of Green Power Generators
Tomer Devito, pictured here with business partner Alton Butler to his left, is a man on a mission to change Hollywood. After learning about the obscene levels of pollution created by the film business, he founded Green Power Generators, a company
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The TH Interview: Brenda Brock of Farmaesthetics
Farmaesthetics' all-natural skincare line was founded by Brenda Brock, the daughter of a seventh-generation farming family from Texas. Now based in Portsmouth, RI, Brock makes her 100 percent chemical-free potions from organically grown herbs and
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The TH Interview: John Bradburn, Senior Environmental Project Engineer at General Motors
We certainly haven't been shy about criticizing GM for its gas-guzzling SUVs (our extensive Hummer post archive alone is worth browsing through) and for continually dragging its feet on improving fuel economy standards. That doesn't mean, however, that
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The TH Interview: Christopher Flavin, Worldwatch President, Talks About China
The Worldwatch Institute has played a major role in shaping the conversation about the environment around the world and especially in China. In 1995, its founder Lester Brown's landmark book Who Will Feed China alerted leaders to a food crisis in the
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The TH Interview: Dan Porras of Better Energy Systems/Solio
Dan Porras is Vice President of Sustainability at Better Energy Systems, makers of the hugely popular Solio solar charger which we have reported on here, here and here. In this interview Dan discusses the core appeal of Solio, its role as a ‘trojan
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The TH Interview: Michael Kieschnick, President of Working Assets
Back before it was considered hip or socially responsible to allow consumers to guide a firm's green investments by voting with their wallets, Working Assets - a progressive company based in San Francisco, CA - was leading the way with its innovative
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The TH Interview: Zoe Tryon - Anthropologist and All-round Amazonian Woman
I met fellow Brit Zoe Tryon whilst we were both working in Ecuador during the first half of this year. We share a passion for working with indigenous cultures, sustainable development and communicating other people's stories. Zoe's background in
