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Treehugger Correspondent Simran Sethi
reports on France's request that the US show more leadership on reducing emissions, the green rebuilding of tornado-devastated Greensburg, Kansas, the unusual challenge of making the Burning Man festival sustainable, and Paul Hawken's incisive new book "Blessed Unrest." LISTEN (8 min)
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 of traffic. We also speak with the
designer of World Without Oil, an online alternate reality game that simulates a world in the throes of an oil shock. LISTEN (9 min)
On this week's Treehugger Simran Sethi sits down with Alisa Smith and JB MacKinnon to talk about 100milediet.org and its position at the forefront of the "Locavore" revolution, their book Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally, and the ongoing organic versus local (non-)debate: "Really the system to shoot for is local. Organics will follow, whether certified or not, because almost any small farmer both doesn't want to use chemicals and doesn't have to. When you have a wide variety of crops growing in a really small area, they're not susceptible to pests in the same way that 10,000 acres of wheat are." LISTEN (9 min)
Treehugger Correspondent Simran Sethi
bring us Grist Magazine's irreverent awards for everything from the least newsworthy environmental acts to the greenest nudie model (why oh why do I work in radio?). She also takes us to the glitzy, greenish, but still somewhat ominous Shanghai Auto show, and tells us the dollar value of New York City's trees. LISTEN (8 min)
Treehugger Correspondent Simran Sethi
(who appeared on Oprah again today-- cool! ) interviews Eco America's Bob Perkowitz about what's wrong with how Environmental Groups are marketing the Environment, tailoring the message for a United States that contains multitudes, and environmentalism as a faith-based initiative. LISTEN (12 min)
Treehugger Correspondent Simran Sethi
interviews Martha Marks, President and co-founder of Republicans for Environmental Protection: "Conservation is one of the most fundamentally conservative acts that you can imagine." Listen here for the next wave in conservatism, same as the old wave.
LISTEN (9 min)
Treehugger Correspondent Simran Sethi
brings us students who are taking cooking grease from the fryer to the fuel tank, the EPA from denial to the unavoidably obvious, and a Spanish island gunning for 100% renewable power. LISTEN (10 min)
Treehugger Correspondent Simran Sethi
chats with noted actor and green lover of life Ed Begley Jr. about mixing business (Hollywood) with pleasure (living on a clean planet), living rather than preaching the message, and learning to love the outdoors as a Boy Scout. LISTEN (9 min)
Treehugger Correspondent Simran Sethi looks at allegations that An Inconvenient Truth oversold the threat of climate change, how the environment offers common ground upon which all faiths can pray, the fate all winter recreation, and finally, the new movie "The Happening", a sort of 'two days after tomorrow'.
LISTEN (8 min)
Continue reading "Treehugger: Parsing Gore, Praying for Rain, Saving Skiing, and "The Happening" " »
Treehugger looks at the winners of this year’s Globie Awards while Warren McLaren reports from Sydney on Australia’s recent
move to ban the bulb. Also, Congress is taking seriously the idea of
passing a Renewable Porfolio Standard for the nation. Dr. Ana Unruh
Cohen of the Center for American Progress explains what this might look
like. We also speak to David Suzuki about his recent sustainability
tour of Canadian provinces. LISTEN (9 min)
Last week we heard from Wal-Mart’s perspective on the company’s green endeavors. Less packaging and fossil fuel, more organic food and green stores, and about a billion fluorescent light bulbs are all part of the giant’s plan. This week, Simran Sethi goes deeper with Andy Ruben, Wal-Mart’s vice president for corporate strategy and sustainability, to see how the mega-retailer views its role as a company with a mission.LISTEN (8 min)
This Week on TreeHugger Radio: Coop America has designed a 12-step program for greener living and lightening the shadow of climate change. Joseph Romm, physicist and author of Hell and High Water, talks about how global warming begins as a political issue. Also, as Wal-Mart continues to profile itself as a green leader, the big-box giant’s vice president for corporate strategy and sustainability, Andy Ruben, hints at where it’s all headed. LISTEN (7 min)
Step by Step? Are New Kids on the Block reuniting? No, unfortunately you'll just have to settle for an incredibly cool energy harvesting staircase. Say what? Treehugger Correspondent Simran Sethi explains. LISTEN (7 min)
Treehugger Correspondent Simran Sethi brings us an ode to a melting North Pole, last week's skeptic-slaying IPCC report, evidence of a climate science-suppressing US government, and Natural Capitalism-opining Hunter Lovins. LISTEN (8 min)
Treehugger Correspondent Simran Sethi interviews Heidi Cullen of the Weather Channel.
LISTEN (7 min)
Over a tasty reggae beat Treehugger Correspondent Simran Sethi breaks down the new US Climate Action Partnership between some of America's biggest businesses, chats with "Winds of Change" author Eugene Linden about President G(lobal) W(arming) Bush, and shares the criteria for getting on the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations. Is it on the level? LISTEN (7 min)
Speaking of Plug-In Hybrids, Treehugger Correspondent Simran Sethi reports on the 150 mpg GM Volt, the plug-in that was the jolt of last week's Detoit Auto Show. She also checks in on Al Gore's climate training in Tennessee, and gives you all the details of Treehugger's video contest Convenient Truths. Find your inner auteur and crank out a 1-2 minute video about small but substantive solutions to climate change! LISTEN (8 min)
Treehugger Correspondent Simran Sethi tells us how many calories it takes to fuel your car, the co2 cemissions of hamburgers, and cloned food. LISTEN (6 min)
On the first Treehugger Thursday of 2007, Simran Sethi gets the Resolutions of several Eco Movers and Shakers, including Ideal Bite founders Heather Stephenson and Jen Boulden, model and TV media host Summer Rayne Oakes, Big Green Apple Author Ben Jervey, sustainable design guru Jill Fehrenbacher, EcoTalk's Green Biz correspondent Joel Makower of greenbiz.com, and Treehugger's own Jacob Gordon. Can't break your resolutions now, guys: Simran has you on tape. LISTEN (9 min)
On this week's Treehugger Thursday, Simran Sethi chats with online journalism pioneer Arianna Huffington of the Huffington Post. LISTEN (12 min)
ALSO: EcoTalk producer Will Craven joins Betsy to talk Green Media in '06, and Green Media in '07.
In this week's Treehugger Thursday Simran Sethi reminds us that record-breaking holiday travel means unbelievable amounts of waste which, for whatever reason, airlines can't be bothered to recycle. Prince Charles, on the other hand, strives to live an efficient, sensible, and sustainable life, and even much-maligned GM has set targets of its own, with its eye on the earth and, yes, that pesky little bottom line.
LISTEN (7 min)
On this week's edition of Treehugger Thursday, Simran Sethi tells us how to green Hannukah so that the Festival of Lights is not a drain on our sacred resources. Also, a fantastic green gift guide with something for everyone on your list, and your brain on pesticides. LISTEN (7 min)
On this week's Treehugger Thursday, Simran Sethi (who you may have seen on Oprah the other day) tells us that more and more countires are re-foresting, Pandas in China are re-populating, co2 emissions can be reduced in your closet, and martial arts legend Jackie Chan has a new organic skin care line. LISTEN (6 min)
In a special extended Treehugger Thursday, Daryl Hannah offers her wide-ranging thoughts on biodiesel, a garden in Compton, and a well-proportioned perspective on celebrity. LISTEN (12 min)
Treehugger Correspondent Simran Sethi talks Turkey, the miles your Thanksgiving dinner travels from farm to family dinner table, and a sneak preview of next week's Daryl Hannah interview.
LISTEN (8 min)
This week Treehugger correspondent Simran Sethi has a roundup of green winnings and losses after last week's elections, China's dubious global warming mantle, new coal-powered plants in Kansas, one of the best inventions of 2006, and Organic Valley's 100-mile Thanksgiving Challenge (no, silly, you don't have to run 100 miles; it's about eating). LISTEN (8 min)
Treehugger.com Correspondent Simran Sethi tells us about a rather dubious ozone record, the calamitous
information contained in last week's Stern report, the fabulous new
green business paradigm as led by the Green 50, and the miles traveled
by that gluttonous Thanksgiving dinner.
LISTEN ( 7:50 min)
Simran was born in Germany, grew up in North Carolina, and is proud
to be a Punjabi. She brings you TreeHugger News and is currently
working on growing TreeHuggerTV into a video smorgasbord. Simran is an
award-winning journalist who produced and anchored the news for MTV
Asia, co-created the MTV India news division, and developed programming
for the BBC and Doordarshan through her independent production company
SHE TV. She hosted Ethical Markets, the magazine-style series created
by futurist Hazel Henderson that highlights sustainable business
practices and corporate social responsibility, and is a contributing
author of the forthcoming book Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy.
Treehugger.com Correspondent Simran Sethi connects eco-consciousness with class, obesity with poverty, environmentalism with the word 'environmentalist', Target with best and worst practices, WIll Ferrell with a toothbrush, and Whole Foods with wind energy credit. Phew! LISTEN (8 min)
Our Treehugger Correspondent Simran Sethi always picks the juiciest stories for EcoTalk. This week we've got Fair Trade, Ethical Fashion in Paris, Eco-Clubbing in Rotterdam, the Top Ten Most Contaminated Sites in the World, and yes, finally, stepping in s**t in Berlin. ALSO: Chris Pesce of EarthTech hooks us up with a solar powered iPod and cellphone charger. Pretty much the coolest thing ever.
LISTEN (12 min)
Treehugger Correspondent Simran Sethi delivers this week's eco-stories
to an Afro-Cuban beat in this edition of Treehugger Thursday.
LISTEN (7 min)
Our friends at Treehugger.com serve up an inimitable platter of the ever-popular George W. Bush and Switchgrass, a Trans-Fat Free New York, the effect of a wall along the US/Mexico border, an Aquarium that's drawing the line on climate change, trailblazing company 7th Generation, and the sounds of Humpback Whales...with a chill beat on top.
LISTEN (7:50 min)
TreeHugger has hit the airwaves. We’re thoroughly pleased, thrilled,
and otherwise delighted to announce the launch of TreeHugger Radio, a
bite-sized weekly audio program covering environmental news and
insights from the forefront of the modern green movement.
Treehugger.com joins us for their first weekly installment: Give them six minutes and they'll go from Wal-Mart to Richard Branson to Laurie David to Transexual Fish to Green Sex Toys. Says it all, doesn't it?
LISTEN (12 min)
