The TH Interview: Fred Pearce--Confessions of An Eco-Sinner (Part One)
Ever get curious? "Where was my computer put together, who picked my coffee beans, what about the gold in my wedding ring?" We recall when Fred Pearce set out to find the answers, a journey that took...
View ArticleThe TH Interview: Fred Pearce--Confessions of An Eco-Sinner (Part Two)
Despite his own confessions, Pearce isn't here to preach. He'd rather people make up their own minds about what to buy and what to snub. In the second part of our interview, the author of Confessions...
View ArticleThe TH Interview: Andy Revkin--Climate in the Obama Age
Hopes are high for an Obama-led climate strategy, but when it comes to true details there are still more questions than answers. Andrew C. Revkin has stationed himself at the intersection of science,...
View ArticleChristopher Parr, Consumer Marketing VP for Sub-Zero and Wolf, on Green...
As the Consumer Marketing Manager of Sub-Zero and Wolf, Christopher Parr knows what people want in their kitchens, and knows what it takes for a fridge to be green. We had a chance to chat with him...
View ArticleJanine Benyus on Biomimicry in Design on TH Radio (Part One)
Janine Benyus is the woman who opened our eyes to the practice of modeling technology after nature, a discipline she calls biomimicry. Drawing on nature's design library has given birth to glue...
View ArticleJanine Benyus on Biomimicry in Design on TH Radio (Part Two)
How does an electric eel generate electricity without frying itself? How does a tree move water hundreds of feet up without pumps? If we quiet human cleverness and follow nature's lead, says Janine...
View ArticleEmily Pilloton Discusses the Hippo Roller and other Designs for Humanity...
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...
View ArticleEmily Pilloton Discusses the Hippo Roller and other Designs for Humanity...
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...
View ArticleNatalie 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...
View ArticleNatalie 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...
View ArticleYesh, "Mutts" Cartoonist Patrick McDonnell Makes Every Day Earth Day
The state of our planet isn't funny business, but dozens of King Features' cartoonists will be inking the change they wish to see in the world for the comics syndicate's second annual Earth Day
View ArticleSeventh Generation CEO Jeffrey Hollender on "Big Green Lies" and Earth Day
This past Tuesday, I had the fortune of attending a premiere party hosted by my favorite green cleaning brand, Seventh Generation. Partying in the penthouse
View ArticleAward-winning Author David Quammen on Swine Flu, Evolution and Ecology
Photo by Steve Hunts David Quammen is the kind of author that changes your mind about what you think you know. His resume reads more like an instruction guide to being the smartest person in the room...
View ArticleThe One Ouch Kids Will Love!
There are a lot of kids books out there. There are a lot of environmental kids books out there. But there aren't many quite like Steampotville, by Steve Ouch (pronounced as expected). Without being...
View ArticleSex, Love and Evolution - A Conversation with Dr. Helen Fisher
Photo by Rafael Fuchs Dr. Helen Fisher is the love doctor of the 21st century. Her research is revealing why you are crushing on your co-worker to what kind of person you will attract if your index...
View ArticleJillian Michaels Wants You to Master Your Metabolism, the Green Way
Calling Jillian Michaels a fitness guru is kinda like saying Oprah Winfrey is sorta influential or Kim Jong-il has a little problem expressing himself. She is a fitness god…or goddess, whichever! She...
View ArticleStanley Greenberg, World-Renowned Pollster, Talks Enviro-Politico Shop
Never heard of Stanley Greenberg? Probably means you've been living under a rock for the last, say, twenty years. He's a political mastermind — akin to being described as the world-champion of public...
View ArticleAuthor Margaret Atwood on The Year of the Flood
Photo: George Whiteside Margaret Atwood is one of the most respected authors of our time, with dozens of books of poetry and fiction to her name, among them Cat's Eye, The Handmaid's Tale, and Oryx...
View ArticleTrudie Styler talks Crude about Oil in Ecuador
Photo Credit: Juan Diego Pérez Trudie Styler is many things - a UNICEF ambassador, a human rights activist, a co-founder of Rainforest Foundation and, of course, the wife of the musician Sting. In...
View ArticlePower Tripping Across America with Environmental Journalist Amanda Little
Amanda Little built a journalistic career decrying the pains and convulsions of our petrol-obsessed society, but it wasn't until she embarked on a very personal quest did the story of oil become...
View ArticleInterview With Jeremy Jones - Founder of Protect Our Winters
When you've spent the better part of two decades out in the backcountry riding some of the toughest lines in snowboarding and developing a deep desire to protect mountain environments, global warming...
View ArticleInterview With Raul Vazquez, CEO of Walmart.com
Image: Courtesy of Wal-Mart Wal-Mart embodies truths and prejudices that reflect our consumer culture. They are a straw-man for a lot of what is wrong. But, especially in recent years, they are a...
View ArticleInterview with Amy Skoczlas Cole - Director eBay Green Team (Video)
Amy Skoczlas Cole is the Director of eBay's--yes, that little site with 89 million active buyers and sellers and 15,000 employees--Green Team, a group of eBay employees and volunteers dedicated to...
View ArticleDr. Gabriel Cousens on Curing Diabetes with Raw Food and on Why Going Vegan...
Over the past months, stories on animal cruelty and the downsides of eating animal products have put the subject of going vegan on the table perhaps like never before.
View ArticleInterview with Tom Miller, CEO of Blu Skye Sustainability Consultants
As the CEO of sustainable consulting firm Blu Skye Sustainability Consultants, Tom Miller oversees teams and strategies that are changing the way the world makes things--from the design stage and...
View ArticleTurkey's Scientist of the Year on Butterflies, Banding Birds, and Eco Tourism...
Though his published research at Stanford has made him one of the most-cited scientists in the past decade, Dr. Çağan Hakkı Şekercioğlu can just as often be found in the remote wilds of northeast...
View ArticleInterview with Karim Rashid, Superstar Product Designer
Photo Credit: Karim Rashid, Inc. Karim Rashid is one of the most recognizable product designers of his generation. In some design circles, he is considered infamous just as much as he is famous....
View ArticleWanderlust Yoga Festival Founders on Mindful, Murky Green Event Planning...
How do you party like a yogin? Wanderlust is not just the largest multi-day yoga event in the world, it's now a key player in the larger U.S. festival market.
View ArticleThe TH Interview: Michael Murphy, Cofounder of MASS Design Group
Michael Murphy has been doing more than the average graduate student. For a year and half, he slept in a tent in the country of Rwanda to design and build a hospital as his classmates were stuck in...
View ArticleThe TH Interview: Tim Brown, CEO & President of IDEO
Tim Brown is everywhere these days - speaking at the TED Conference to appearing at the World Economic Forum in Davos to publishing his book entitled Change by Design to starting a new non-profit - he...
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