Adrian Grenier & Honey Brothers rocked the NAU house on Tuesday night. If you in the NYCity again tonight GOOD has another line-up at the NAU Pop-Up Shop.

Ian Yolles, VP Marketing & Brand Communications, says NAU considers its modus operendi to be conducting "business un-usual." At the heart of the company are sustainable practices, and Yolles holds forth with this money quote describing NAU as:

an enterprise designed around... the deep conviction that we share which is that companies have a much broader responsibility to the community than simply the rabid, singular pursuit of profit at the expense of everything else.

After the recent announcement of the Live Earth 'Run For Water,' Treehugger Emma sat down with Alexandra Cousteau for a chat at The Lighthouse on the shores of the beautiful Hudson estuary.

Water and energy are Inextricably linked: without water we cannot produce energy, and without energy we cannot deliver water.

Last spring, the day after PowerShift 2009, I caught up with Bill McKibben in NYC. Tired and exhilarated, Bill shared the feeling of having won the victory of shutting down the coal-fired Capitol Power Plant in Washington D.C. Well guess what? The battle against GHG emissions is win-able. As long as we put a plus sign next to the number 350 to add what's missing.

THTV: Rob Machado & Graham Hill -- The Drifter -- Part 2 from susty.tv on Vimeo.

THTV: Rob Machado & Graham Hill -- The Drifter -- Part 1 from susty.tv on Vimeo.

TreeHugger founder Graham Hill sat down with professional surfer and now "drifter" Rob Machado. The film The Drifter follows Machado in Indonesia as he surfs and attempts to drop out a bit in order to get in touch with nature and ultimately himself. Most TreeHuggers are familiar with the increased resource strain brought about by the ever-increasing human population, and Machado's journey highlights some of the challenges as well as the opportunities of living in a crowded world. Trailer for The Drifter after the jump.

For World Ocean Day 2009 today, TreeHugger is bringing you special coverage such as the 9 biggest issues facing our seas, coral reef conservation as well as our announcement of Planet Green's Blue August on-air and on-line programming focusing on our world's oceans hosted by Philippe and Alexandra Cousteau. Now THTV brings you another member of the venerable family of ocean explorers, the grandson of Jacques Cousteau, Fabien Cousteau with whom we spoke at a recent screening of the film Sea Ghosts.

Earth From Above aerial photographer Yann Arthus-Betrand speaks to THTV about how he began shooting from the skies. Siting Jane Goodall as "his hero," Bertrand tells of traveling to Africa to study lions. Needing to earn a living, he took a job on a hot-air balloon as a tour guide pointing out African wildlife to tourists. It was up, up, up from there!

His landmark film Home opens today around on world on multiple platforms (theater, web, television). The film is being made entirely for free and 15% of proceeds from DVD sales go to Conservation International.

For Earth Day yesterday, TreeHugger TV dropped in at the Earth School on Manhattan's Lower East Side to listen in on a chat about New York City’s own Newtown Pippin apple and to plant a seedling with the gradeschoolers. This "forgotten fruit," an NYC heirloom apple, was the favorite apple of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, and loved by Benjamin Franklin and Queen Victoria, among others. A push is now being made to repopulate the city with these firm, tart, little beauties. Once one learns about their storied past, the breathtaking possibilities of their restoration to New York become crisp and clear: a step back in the right direction toward biodiversity, local food production and consumption, as well as perhaps becoming the jewel in the crown of remediation on America's most polluted waterway Newtown Creek. More amazing history and hear what Michael Pollan has to say about the Newtown Pippin when you let Newtonian physics pull you down through the fold.

Treehugger founder Graham Hill sits down at the computer for a video chat with man-about-the world, high tech entrepreneur, and author Tim Ferris. "Lifestyle design" is a key concept in Ferris's #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal best seller, The 4-Hour Workweek, and we hear how the book's ideas can be applied to greening your life.

Gary Vaynerchuk's Eco-Tips for Winos... VIDEO Part 2 of 4

We brought you the Vaynerchuck video tip on car-pooling here, now this video contains Gary's extended musings. Sitting down for lunch at Cookshop on Manhattan's east side, Gary Vaynerchuk shares his passion for car pooling and suggests that the susty life begins by making small changes in your everyday life. Gary also educates us about the wine industry's rising eco-awareness. The conscious consumer may now purchase wine in Tetrapaks -- paper-based containers that are easier to recycle than glass, lighter and require far less energy to transport & distribute, and do not affect wine quality (yum!). Also, Gary discusses biodynamic, organic, and "terroir" or earthy-flavored wines, and critiques a bottle for us 2004 Le Rouge-Gorge, by vintner, Eric Nicolas, Coteaux du Loir, France, Imported by Louis Dressner Selections.

Charismatic, unconventional oenophile and entrepreneur, Gary Vaynerchuk, has attracted a cult-like following (self-described "Vayniacs") of more than 60,000 viewers per day to WineLibrary.com. His show also just got picked-up by Revision3 so you can now also check it out there in a super-shortened, attention-challenged version. He also happens to be passionate about sustainable, eco-smart living. Sitting down for a susty lunch to discuss organic wine at Cookshop with us, Gary introduces himself and his philosophy in this first of four videos. Gary spills that the birth of WineLibraryTV.com was sparked by his competitive nature (with internet überstars Ze Frank and Amanda Cogdon) and got set ablaze by a mid-life crisis. The money quote:

The game needs to change. Wine doesn't want to be pigeonholed into this douchebag thing. People want to drink wine, enjoy it, bring family together...

TreeHugger? Why would you name a website TreeHugger? That's the (non-fossil fueled) burning question, of course...

In this 90-second video with Ben Harper and TreeHugger founder Graham Hill--part four in our GREEN DEETS series with Harper--Hill reveals what hugging trees is really all about.

In addition to the fantastic group of TreeHuggers who comprise this site, one of the many many reasons for TreeHugger.com's success may be its a smart, playful and ultimately powerful name. The name indicates that even someone with a collared shirt (i.e. wearing a suit), and not Birkenstocks, can contribute meaningful actions toward solving the environmental crisis. Basically, the appropriation of this once derogatory term steals power from those who would use it in schoolyard fashion (hello *fox news*) as "sticks and stones." Not only can that particular word never hurt us, it no longer has power to harm the natural resources and biota we seek to protect. "TreeHugger" has been removed from the wordy weapons cache of a noise-machine intent on distracting homo sapiens from our current generational mission. That mission itself takes us back to a question asked by William McDonough in his 2005 TED presentation, which asks the question, How do we love all the children of all species for all time? (A hint: Begin, end, and begin again with a hug.)

Collin Dunn of TreeHugger.com and PlanetGreen.com talks with Ben Harper about his passion for surfing and the preservation of our oceans.

An alligator finds its home invaded by a kitchen and frantically dials 911. WATCH EXCLUSIVE VIDEO BELOW THE FOLD!

"HOME INVASION" screams a graphic across the Today Show screen, but exactly who has invaded the home of whom? The MSM and the internet is atwitter about a certain critter, namely an alligator, that found its way into a Tampa Florida resident's kitchen. However, only fifty years ago, the American Alligator was nearly hunted to extinction in Florida, were placed on the endangered species list in 1973, and then delisted in 1987 when their population rebounded. Today, the greatest environmental threats to alligators are habitat Loss and pollution.

Chad Pregracke and Living Lands & Waters Inspire Us to Clean Up Our Acts and Our Rivers

If today's Earth Day is getting you pumped about helping the planet, we following up on Green Deets 017 with some more inspiration: a really great little news feature package on Chad Pregracke and Living Lands & Waters from a CBS morning show airing on Sundays -- you know, that time when people are supposed to be asleep rather than waking up to what Al Gore recently framed as the great environmental challenge that is our generational mission. Well, welcome to internet video where we unearth clips at will and serve 'em up to you! So that you can as do as Mr. Gore suggests and "approach this challenge with a profound sense of joy and gratitude."

Ben Harper:

There's no nobility in glorifying the problem. The nobility is in finding the solution.

Video running time 3.5 minutes

Yesterday we brought you a clip, 2-minute version and the entire 22-minute version of Al Gore's newest presentation. Today, hot on the trail of global warming skeptics, Chief Detective Gore is doing some climate crime scene investigation that takes us to the earth's stratosphere.

Al Gore has a brand-new slide show, "New Thinking on the Climate Crisis" premiering exclusively on TED.com. Here's a an excerpt wherein he ratchets up the viscosity level on America's addiction to oil, specifically with regard to investing in dead-end technologies such as tar sands and shale oil. Those who do have "a portfolio crammed with subprime carbon assets." Full 22 minute video below the fold or, in light of how pressed for time we all are in addressing the climate crisis, you can find the slideshow condensed to 2 minutes here.

Ben Harper in conversation with TreeHugger founder Graham Hill in DUMBO, Brooklyn. In this first video webisode of our four-part series, we bring you the transformation of a parking island into a public refuge for pedestrians. Running time 3 minutes.

It's not so much that Nader had a crystal ball capable of predicting global warming (Salon suggests he used a foggy one to endorse Edwards for Prez and reviews Nader criticism regarding Gore's lacking enviro walk in 2000) Nader was ahead of the curve for using commerce-based climate solutions as a political lever. Naderville is all about linking in politicos to the public sphere -- which can be a great big green ball if we all buy into it.

We've discovered that a number of folks are quite let's say curious about the portable power bank universal adapter cum wind generator known as the Hymini. Despite its spelling, questions linger as to whether or not Hymini refers to anything female or sexual. And how exactly do you pronounce "Hymini?" On our recent journey to the Greener Gadgets conference, we got the answers to these burning questions and more. Watch the exclusive TreeHugger Hi-Definition video after the jump.

Olivia Zaleski has a green gift-giving tip for you. Watch the ecoriginal hi-definition video after the jump..

Valentine's Day can easily become an 11th hour gift-giving occasion even when we've been encouraging you to give greener love with our gift guide. So if you're sweating it out, planning to run from work to grab some last-ditch goodies for your green someone, perhaps someone needs to have a good talk with you. Specifically, that potential gift recipient. We're not suggesting you eat V-day crow, rather, it's never too late for the giver to simply speak with the give-ee before hand. No, no it doesn't spoil the surprise, you can hint and beat around the bush and have a right good, flirty time of it (flirting not recommended for blood relatives as that might get a little weird). By knowing what that special susty someone truly wants or needs, you can ensure that your gift doesn't go to waste or wind-up in a landfill. And you just might wind up having the romantic time of your life.

Conference organizers Marc Alt and Jill Fehrenbacher sum up the events of Greener Gadgets 2008. Watch the exclusive TreeHugger Hi-Definition video after the jump.

:: GREEN DEETS ::
:: 400 million consumer electronics are discarded every year
:: E-waste is the fastest growing category of municipal waste
:: Electronics account for 25% of home electricity use
:: The $150 billlion consumer electronics industry is one of the fastest growing industries on the planet

Unless you are retro-cool, using re-usable containers doesn’t have to conjure up images of ladies donning aprons, with hair tightly coiffed in curlers, serving up freshly chilled ambrosia salad to their nuclear families.

Are you tired and don’t want to get up off the couch, but really wish you had a persimmon to munch on? Don’t worry L.O.V.E. has you covered. The Los Angeles Organic Vegetable Express is a service that brings fruits and vegetables of your choice, right to your doorstep. All their boxes and delivery frequencies are completely customizable. You just tell ‘em what you want, and they’ll drop it off. Organic made easy!

If pesticides are gonna get in your body, chances are there they’ll get there through the fruits and vegetables that you eat. So going organic just makes sense. But, as with all things worth caring about, the solutions are complicated, like eating organic vs. local. There is even a university or two that offer degrees in organic farming. One thing is for certain though, any of these alternatives would be better than biting into that juicy genetically modified apple you get at your average supermarket. Mmmm… it’s like you can taste the gene splicing. Available formats: iTunes, MOV

You can watch this week's episode in Windows Media Version and over the page you can catch up on what happened during the run up to the party in episodes 1 + 2.