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Author Edward Humes on the Rise of the Eco Barons (Part Two)
In the second part of our interview with the author of Eco Barons we learn about the redneck hippy-chick millionaire who started Burt's Bees, and explore the inner workings of Ted Turner (the largest individual landowner in the U.S.). We also hear
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Author Edward Humes on the Rise of the Eco Barons (Part One)
In the latest book from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward Humes we meet an eccentric cast of "eco barons," the moniker Humes has given to the new breed of maverick pro-planet crusaders. The troupe includes unsung and under-the-radar eco barons
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Saul Griffith on Living the Examined Life and Flying Giant Kites (Part Two)
Last week we heard about Saul Griffith's exhaustive personal energy cataloging and the resulting WattzOn.com. In part two, Griffith talks about Makani Power, his company that builds giant kites for capturing elusive, high-altitude gusts. He also shares
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Saul Griffith on Living the Examined Life and Flying Giant Kites (Part One)
After becoming a renewable energy entrepreneur (think massive kites), Saul Griffith started wondering about the greenness of his own life—so he started counting. The exercise became an exploration, which resulted in the website WattzOn.com, a power
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Adam Lowry, The Man Behind the Method (Cleaning Products)
Method cleaning products are the fitting accoutrement for the style and hygiene-minded ecophile. But Method is more than boutique toilet bowl cleaners; it is booming into one of the great success stories of the new economy. Adam Lowry, with his business
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Dean Kamen on Clean Energy, Clean Water, and Commuting in the Mega City (Part Two)
With his planes, helicopters, and other fuel-hungry pets, Dean Kamen admits that he takes a lot out of the world. This just means that, in keeping with his immigrant grandfather's advice, he has to put more back in. In the second part of our
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Dean Kamen on Clean Energy, Clean Water, and Commuting in the Mega City (Part One)
Dean Kamen is the kind of inventor we don't imagine exists anymore—a fervent polymath like Thomas Edison. Best known as the creator of the Segway, Kamen is also responsible for major breakthroughs in clean energy, water purification, prosthetics,
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Jay Coen Gilbert and the Search for the Beneficial Corporation (Part Two)
Jay Coen Gilbert must be doing something right; after all, you don't get invited to the White House to advise on economic policy just because you smell good. Along with two of his brainy Stanford buddies, Gilbert has built a certifying system for
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Jay Coen Gilbert and the Search for the Beneficial Corporation (Part One)
Good business or just good marketing? Green business or greenwashing? Even the most hawk-eyed, label-scouring consumer can't always know. B Corporation's mission is to replace the guessing game with rigorous standards to judge what makes a truly
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A Green Tech Road Trip Across India
In a caravan of solar-powered vehicles, the Climate Solutions Road Tour traveled India for five weeks, gathering good news of homegrown sustainability solutions. We managed to get three of these messengers on the phone: Caroline Howe and Jitin
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Peter Diamandis on the Race to 100 Miles per Gallon (Part Two)
"Radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity," that's the X Prize Foundation's stock in trade. In the second part of our conversation with Peter Diamandis, the Foundation's founder and CEO, we hear about other avenues for creating big
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Peter Diamandis on the Race to 100 Miles per Gallon (Part One)
This race will draw "a line in the sand," says Peter Diamandis, the CEO and chairman of the X-Prize Foundation. After the Progressive Automotive X-Prize is won, "there is no reason you should not be driving a car that gets over 100 miles per
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Natalie Jeremijenko's Urban Space Station (Part Two)
Photo: Mark Mahaney The Rhinoceros Beetle is the world's strongest animal, able to lift more than thirty times its own weight. To Natalie Jeremijenko, this sounded like an invitation to wrestle. Via some clever technology (she is an engineer, after
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Natalie Jeremijenko's Urban Space Station (Part One)
Photo: Mark Mahaney If I were in Manhattan, my visit to the Environmental Health Clinic might involve a session afloat Dr. Jeremijenko's raft/office on the East River. Under the circumstances, she treated me over Skype, checking my toxics and
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Emily Pilloton Discusses the Hippo Roller and other Designs for Humanity (Part Two)
In our last conversation with The founder of Project H Design, Emily Pilloton voiced her frustrations with a design world that has lost sight of its duty. In this segment, we're taken through her latest project: a math playground in Uganda for the
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Emily Pilloton Discusses the Hippo Roller and other Designs for Humanity (Part One)
The world doesn’t need another bamboo coffee table. Design, says Emily Pilloton, should be about solving our most pressing problems. Easier said than done, certainly, but the young architect/designer is not just talk. Pilloton founded Project H Design
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Ken Eklund, Creator of World Without Oil on TreeHugger Radio
It's just a game, right? World Without Oil brought people from all over the globe into an alternate reality, a near-future in which we're sucking the last silted drops from the planetary oil barrel. We've seen in the past how games can touch
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Michael Franti of Spearhead on TH Radio
Michael Franti is the thunderous voice and poetic brain behind Spearhead, a band that melts hip hop, R&B;, reggae, and funk with a message of love and rebellion. Franti has long been outspoken on issues of political reform, peace, and ecological sanity.
