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The TH Interview: Chief Yahoo David Filo
David Filo is Co-founder and Chief Yahoo of Yahoo!, one the world's most-trafficked websites and most-recognizable internet brands. He currently serves as a key technologist, directing the technical operations behind the company's global network of Web
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The TH Interview: Nasser Abufarha of Canaan Fair Trade and the Palestinian Fair Trade Association
I found myself ridiculously busy selling Kallari organic chocolate at The Green Festival in Chicago a couple of weeks ago, but whilst on a rare break I took the opportunity to wander over to the Canaan Fair
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The TH Interview: Dale Vince of Ecotricity
When the UK’s environment agency put together a list of top-100 eco-heroes, Dale Vince was included in that list, alongside Rachel Carson, Al Gore and St Francis of Assissi. Dale is founder and managing director of Ecotricity, the UK’s leading supplier
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The TH Interview: Jeremy Osborn of Step It Up 2007!
Step It Up 2007!, the US national day of action on climate change, was a huge success. Over 1400 communities gathered in all 50 states demanding that their Congressional representatives enact bold climate legislation and cut carbon 80% by 2050, and many
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TH Interview: Dennis Joyce, President of AgraQuest
It's getting to be that time of year here in the Northeast. And it happens to be one that we get excited about: it's almost that time to
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The TH Interview: Gerry Cooklin and Susan Inglis of Sustainable Furniture Council
We have covered the founding of the Sustainable Furniture Council (SFC) here, here and here. The SFC is the result of a challenge by Gerry Cooklin, CEO of South Cone, to the industry’s leaders to: "stop destroying the environment and join me in
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The TH Interview: Ralf Schmerberg of Dropping Knowledge
Ralf Schmerberg is one of the founders of Dropping Knowledge, which we recently reported on here. Dropping Knowledge is a pioneering multi-media project aimed at bringing important questions about social, environmental and economic issues into the focus
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The TH Interview: Lawrence Bender on 18Seconds.org
Not content with co-producing An Inconvenient Truth, Lawrence Bender (who also happens to have produced Kill Bill Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, Good Will Hunting, Pulp Fiction, Anna and the King, Jackie Brown, and Reservoir Dogs) really does want to change the
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The TH Interview: Tim Toben of Greenbridge and Pickards Mountain Eco-Institute
Tim Toben is the former CEO of KnowledgeBase Marketing who, after taking a fishing trip with Bill McDonough, became convinced of the need for a new, innovative, green economy. He is now one of the partners of Greenbridge Developments, a LEED Gold
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The TH Interview: Eric Henry of TS Designs
What do you do when you lose 90% of your business due to globalization and the North American Free Trade Agreement? If you’re Eric Henry, President of TS Designs, which we have previously covered here, you spend $30,000 on erecting a solar array, you
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The TH Interview: Greg Searle One Planet Living North America
How do you shrink the average American’s ecological footprint down from 5 planets to the necessary one? It’s certainly a tough task, but Greg Searle, of One Planet Living North America, believes his organization may have some answers. He is part of a
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The TH Interview: Lyle Estill of Piedmont Biofuels, Part 3 of 3
Lyle Estill is co-founder, along with Leif Forer, Rachel Burton and a band of fellow grease enthusiasts, of Piedmont Biofuels (PB), a group that we reported on here. PB is essentially a biodiesel co-op that has gone from backyard 'brewing', to
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The TH Interview: Lyle Estill of Piedmont Biofuels, Part 2 of 3
Lyle Estill is co-founder, along with Leif Forer, Rachel Burton and a band of fellow grease enthusiasts, of Piedmont Biofuels (PB), a group that we reported on here. PB is essentially a biodiesel co-op that has gone from backyard 'brewing', to
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The TH Interview: Lyle Estill of Piedmont Biofuels, Part 1 of 3
Lyle Estill is co-founder, along with Leif Forer, Rachel Burton and a band of fellow grease enthusiasts, of Piedmont Biofuels (PB), a group that we reported on here. PB is essentially a biodiesel co-op that has gone from backyard 'brewing', to
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The TH Interview: Tom Arnold of TerraPass On The Future Of Carbon Offsets
TreeHugger arranged this interview with TerraPass representative Tom Arnold during recent blog-roversies over the usefulness of carbon “offsetting:" a controversy that will likely continue, reflecting the difficulty, we think, of explaining the
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The TH Interview: Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University
Richard C. Levin's fourteen-year presidency at Yale University has been marked by big challenges, both on-campus and off. In the 90s, Levin and his colleagues addressed the Ivy League university's aging infrastructure, and worked with local officials to
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The TH Interview: Seth Goldman, Honest Tea Co-Founder & TeaEO
Seth Goldman co-founded Honest Tea in 1998 with a thermos in his kitchen. Today, they make the US's top-selling organic bottled tea (we mentioned it here before), and have received $12 million in equity financing to further expand distribution and
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The TH Interview: Jill Litwin, Owner, Peas of Mind
Jill Litwin is the owner of Peas of Mind, a company dedicated to improving kids' health through organic, wholesome foods. Peas of Mind makes "Puffets," small, hand-held casseroles that help health-conscious parents who want to feed their toddlers
