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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)

Treehugger Radio

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) 

Treehugger gets on the 100 Mile Diet

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: Earth Day Hangover Edition

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: Eco America's Bob Perkowitz

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)

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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 Radio

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 & Ed Begley Jr.

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: Parsing Gore, Praying for Rain, Saving Skiing, and "The Happening"

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)

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  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)