This week we speak to Wakarusa music festival director Bret Mosiman about how this mega-venue is taking the green initiative to the main stage. We also report on some chilling research that indicates children born in the spring have lower aptitudes. The reason? It could have everything to do with pesticides. Also, Nike is...
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This week, the DOE Fund is giving new meaning to the word recovery. As New York’s only on-demand restaurant waste-oil pickup service, the organization is giving jobs to men trying to get their lives back on track, while turning the city’s grease into biodiesel. We speak with DOE founder George McDonald and with...
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For one week each year, Black Rock City becomes the tenth largest city in Nevada. The massive fully-interactive arts festival that is Burning Man attracts people from around the world to experience a temporary intentional community in the heat of the desert, and this year’s theme is eco-effectiveness. In this extended interview, Meaghan O’Neill talks with...
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After a tornado leveled the town of Greensburg, Kansas, architects are pondering how they can rebuild it green from the ground on up. Plus, TreeHugger correspondent Meaghan O’Neill interviews Tom Price, the man entrusted with greening this year’s Burning Man festival (look out for the extended interview soon). We also revisit Paul Hawken after the release of his...
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Martha Marks is the founder of Republicans for Environmental Protection, publisher of the Green Elephant, and organizer of the National Registry of Green Republicans. In this extended interview, Marks traces the lineage of American green conservatism up to the current state of affairs in the age of climate crisis. Listen to this...
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This week, correspondent Jeff McIntire Strasburg sheds some light on the murky question of ethanol versus biodiesel. We speak with Mark Oberholzer, a runner-up in the 2006 Metropolis Next Generation Design Competition, whose plan for roadside turbines aims at getting something back from the flow...
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On the first day of spring in 2005, Alisa Smith and James Mackinnon started a culinary revolution. They didn’t know it at the time. All they were trying to do was defy the disappointing statistic that the average food item on a North American plate travels the distance between Boulder, CO and New York City to get to our plates. For one year, they ate within a...
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As you rub your eyes and emerge from the Earth Day haze, TreeHugger Radio gives you the post-Earth Day hangover episode. This week, we talk to David Roberts from Grist about the webmag’s unorthodox list of chart toppers, including the least noteworthy green news stories, the most eco-friendly nudie model, and the strangest thing to turn into biodiesel....
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This week, Simran Sethi speaks with Bob Perkowitz, a passionate environmentalist, dynamic conservative, and a serial entrepreneur. Aside from sitting on TreeHugger’s board of directors, other hats worn by Mr. Perkowitz include being the president and founder of ecoAmerica, a trustee...
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This week’s podcast is an interview with the remarkable Martha Marks, the co-founder of president of Republicans for Environmental Protection, nature photographer, and inspiring optimist. In 1995, along with a small group of women, Marks decided it was high time to revive the spirit of conservation in the Republican Party. She...
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