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TreeHugger Radio: A Final Episode and Nine of Our Favorite Moments With Amazing People

10:26 am in TreeHugger Radio by Jacob Gordon

In this final installment we step back through time into some of our favorite conversations.

TreeHugger Radio #204: A BP Engineer is Arrested, Obama Acts Serious on Energy, and Discovery Skates Over the Science

3:26 pm in TreeHugger Radio by Jacob Gordon

Brian and Jacob talk about floating wind turbines, a kindler, gentler Burger King, and what the Discovery Channel left out of Frozen Planet.

Gus Speth Envisions America the Possible (Podcast)

9:36 am in TreeHugger Radio by Jacob Gordon

James Gustave Speth, founder of the World Resources Institute, discusses his new book and the political reform America so dearly needs.

Alan Rabinowitz, Defender of the Big Cats (Podcast)

8:15 am in TreeHugger Radio by Jacob Gordon

In a tireless career, Alan Rabinowitz has accomplished more than most people can even dream, establishing some of the largest animal reserves in the world from South America to Asia.

Frances Moore Lappé on Escaping Thought Traps and Creating Democracy for a Small Planet (Podcast)

1:44 pm in TreeHugger Radio by Jacob Gordon

The author of Diet for a Small Planet discusses democracy, psychology, Occupy Wall Street, and her new book, EcoMind.

Allison Arieff on Prefab, Going Local, and Why the Suburbs Aren’t So Bad (Podcast)

4:26 pm in architecture, buildings, buy local, cities, green building, housing industry, TreeHugger Radio, urban life, walking by TreeHugger

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One can't spend years as the editor in chief of Dwell magazine and not be something of a sage on sustainable design. What's more, Allison Arieff literally wrote the book on prefab architecture and now shares her explorations in the pages of the New York Times. In our interview she reflects on the troubled arc of prefab's promise, why the suburbs aren't that bad (and also Read the full story on TreeHugger

Lawrence Bender, Producer of An Inconvenient Truth (Podcast)

3:09 pm in al gore, an inconvenient truth, documentaries, movies, TreeHugger Radio by TreeHugger

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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...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Seth Fletcher on Superbatteries, Electric Cars, and the New Lithium Economy (Podcast)

12:35 pm in carbon emissions, electric cars, electric vehicles, energy, TreeHugger Radio, ultra capacitors by TreeHugger

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What makes lithium, the lightest metal on earth, our best bet for beating oil? If the world is turning to electric cars with lithium-based batteries, will Bolivia (and its massive deposits of the metal), become the next Saudi Arabia? Why has the Chevy Volt taken so much flak while the Nissan Leaf has gotten such a friendly welcome? Read the full story on TreeHugger

NASA’s James Hansen on Climate Change and Intergenerational Justice (Podcast)

4:06 pm in carbon emissions, coal, energy, TreeHugger Radio, utilities by TreeHugger

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One of the most venerated scientists of our time, James Hansen is the head of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, a position he's held for three decades. Long before climate change was a household term, Hansen was one of the first to talk about its dangers. In recent years, Hansen has grown increasingly outspoken about the moral imperative to act, and has been Read the full story on TreeHugger

Musician Ben Sollee on the Ravages of Coal and the Wonders of the Bicycle (Podcast)

12:33 pm in artists, biking, coal, music, TreeHugger Radio, utilities by TreeHugger

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Among music festivals, Bonnaroo is the juggernaut, and this year is was bigger than ever with 80,000 people descending on Manchester, Tennessee. One of the innumerable artists to preside over the festival's many stages (which included sitting in with My Morning Jacket) was Ben Sollee, a cello-bending native of Kentucky. When we sat down with Ben, he talked about the ravages of mountaintop removal...Read the full story on TreeHugger