12:43 pm in bees, Food & Health, movies, new york city by TreeHugger
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Since New York
legalized beekeeping within city limits last year, the practice has become more and more popular. On a quest to explore the growing beekeeping movement in New York, filmmakers Adrian Bautista, Martha Glenn and Brooke Tascona made a documentary, simply titled "Urban Beekeeping: NYC." It's a short, simple film that perfectly captures what makes beekeeping so fascinating and satisfying.
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3:09 pm in al gore, an inconvenient truth, documentaries, movies, TreeHugger Radio by TreeHugger
Inglorious Bastards. Good Will Hunting. Pulp Fiction. Kill Bill. An Inconvenient Truth. With a roster of iconic films and a whole shelf of gold statues, Lawrence Bender is one of America's most acclaimed producers. Since the release of Al Gore's slideshow turned
Oscar winning documentary, the ripple effect of An Inconvenient Truth has been hard to fathom. Thousands of people
have been trained t...
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4:30 pm in activism, actors, celebrities, conservation, Culture & Celebrity, movies, musicians, television by TreeHugger
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Actress
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is such a big fan of nature that her environmentally-friendly home includes a
retractable roof that provides natural cooling -- while giving her an unobstructed view of the outdoors and the local birds. And this week, she partnered with the National Parks Conservation Association for radio spots that draws attention to the threats facing the National Park system, from climate change and pollution to developmen...
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12:17 pm in activism, Culture & Celebrity, documentaries, movies, preservation by TreeHugger
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If A Tree Falls is a
powerful documentary from a talented filmmaker (you may know him from
Street Fight) about environmental activism and the changing definition of terrorism to include people who act in ways they think or hope will help the planet. The film was
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2:42 pm in activism, actors, celebrities, Culture & Celebrity, movies, television by TreeHugger
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Along with being part of the upcoming
green celebrity baby boom,
Jessica Alba is also the celebrity spokeswoman for
Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families -- and she took her anti-toxin message on the road this week when she joined Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) at media briefing in Washington, D.C. She was there to support an o...
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