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The TH Interview: Fred Pearce--Confessions of An Eco-Sinner (Part Two)
Despite his own confessions, Pearce isn't here to preach. He'd rather people make up their own minds about what to buy and what to snub. In the second part of our interview, the author of Confessions of an Eco-Sinner tells more tales from his
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The TH Interview: Fred Pearce--Confessions of An Eco-Sinner (Part One)
Ever get curious? "Where was my computer put together, who picked my coffee beans, what about the gold in my wedding ring?" We recall when Fred Pearce set out to find the answers, a journey that took him around the world seven times. Confessions of An
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The TH Interview: Chris Goodall--Ten Techs to Save Our Butts (Part Two)
In part two of our interview with the author of Ten Technologies to Save the Planet, we continue our tour of the coolest, most promising, and most necessary green technologies alive today. Get ready for electric cars, carbon capture, and (I know it's
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The TH Interview: Chris Goodall--Ten Techs to Save Our Butts (Part One)
Mr. Goodall phrases it more elegantly than we have, to be sure, but the premise is the same: if we want to avoid big trouble in paradise, we need to get very busy with radically new technologies. Goodall is an author (his previous book was How to Live a
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The TH Interview: Van Jones—The Green Collar Economy (Part Two)
We can't drill and burn our way out of our economic and ecological ills, but we can invent and invest our way out, says the author of The Green Collar Economy and founder of Green for All. In part two of our conversation with Van Jones, we talk
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The TH Interview: Van Jones—The Green Collar Economy (Part One)
Do you love your hybrid, fear for the plight of the polar bears, dying to put solar panels on your roof? Then you might be a member of the eco-elite. Not that there's anything wrong with you, says Van Jones, but for a green economy to be truly
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The TH Interview: 2008 Brower Youth Awards (Part Two)
This week we hear from two more of this year’s Brower Youth Award winners. Marisol Bacerra has been using Google Maps and other media to plot toxic sites around her home neighborhood in Chicago. In Washington, D.C., Kari Fulton was singled out for her
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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 TH Interview: Back to School Special
If you can believe it, there was a time when colleges and universities didn’t have people looking after eco issues. Energy and water meters went unwatched, pesticides floated freely across quads, organics were laughed out of the cafeteria, and recycle
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The TH Interview: Chris Page—The Green Yahoo
Climate impact might not be the first thing on your mind when jumping on a search engine (unless you're searching "climate impact"). But much is going on behind the scenes of these ethereal data dealers of search. Yahoo! has recruited its secret
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The TH Interview: Paul Hawken—Blessed Unrest (Part Two)
In part two of our in-depth discussion, Paul Hawken unpacks his new opensource, wiki-based Web entity, WISER Earth. He also offers up some details on Blessed Unrest the movie (and the remix), and brings it back to basics with the
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The TH Interview: Paul Hawken—Blessed Unrest (Part One)
Image credit: Shall.us For many people, Paul Hawken is a man who needs no introduction at all. As an author, a speaker, a theorist, and a business person, Paul Hawken has shaped the discussion of what sustainability is, and how it can be achieved. His
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The TH Interview: David Orr (Part Three) Where Hope and Optimism Split
In the final portion of our three-part interview with David Orr, the environmental polymath bring us to the 30,000-foot view and points to where hope and optimism must go their separate ways. With his closing thoughts, Orr reminds us that true hope
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The TH Interview: David Orr (Part Two) The Carbon Connection
In the second part of our interview, David Orr traces the dirty trail of coal from ravaged Appalachian mountains to the carnage of the Gulf Coast, both of which he knows firsthand. Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or
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The TH Interview: The Preacher's Son, David Orr (Part One)
When other people shake hands, David Orr hugs. He's one of those rare intellectuals. And although he comes from a lineage of preachers, Orr's ecological conscience is not religious (he didn't even know that his grandfather presided over Rachel
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The Green Room: iTunes' Section for Environmental Podcasts
Like green? Like podcasts? Like 'em both, for free? Of course you do. If you can't get enough green listening from TreeHugger Radio and the like, and want to get more green news and views zapped directly to your computer, this is for you. The good
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The TH Interview: Andy Ruben & Matt Kissler of Wal-Mart
Amid notable speculation and eyebrow-raising, Andy Ruben, the man leading Wal-Mart's sustainability charge, has stepped aside. Details of what goes on within Wal-Mart's HQ fortress in Bentonville can be scant, but Mr. Ruben was kind enough to speak
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TreeHugger Radio: David Orr and the Science of Hope and Optimism
David Orr is a man of hope. Coming from a long line of preachers, Orr’s gospel is the science and sociology of human survival. Chairing Oberlin’s environmental programs department, Orr’s expertise ranges from the built environment to the educational
