For the love of trees

Since the beginning of the term, I've been continuing to nose around treehugger.com. As a result, I've become a huge fan of the project.

Here's some history on the site.

In 2004, Graham Hill (now Vice President of the project) founded Treehugger with the help of Media Architecture Advisor Nick Aster.

During the last four years, the Web site has been "dubbed," as it states, the Green CNN and the Green Blog God.

The project has 10 staffers and over 50 writers from over 10 different countries covering 8 categories of green news.

The categories are:
1. Cars and Transportation
2. Science and Technology
3. Design and Architecture
4. Culture and Celebrity
5. Travel and Nature
6. Food and Health
7. Business and Politics
8. Fashion and Beauty

Planet Green, is actually a sister site to Treehugger. In its "about" section, it claims to be the first and only 24-hour Eco-lifestyle television network. They are both part of the Discovery Company.

Treehugger has been nominated for several awards during its lifetime, and offers up its virtual trophy case as a testament to that fact.

Some of the new media presentations it provides are podcasts, vlogs, blogs, and a user-generated blog called Hugg.

It even has a job board where it posts available job opportunities in Eco-related fields, much like an environmentally friendly Craigslist.

Here are some of the blogs I personally found interesting and helpful for my own lifestyle:
What girl doesn't like makeup? And who doesn't want to save the world looking their best? This post is about doing both.
And since tomorrow is the big day, this post on carpooling to the polls is festive and Eco-friendly.

I did find the list of contact information. I had a hard time finding it at first because I had to scroll all the way down on the about page to find the section named "How can I contact Treehugger?" It's not a page on its own, which I don't necessarily like.

I think I would really be interested in working for Treehugger in the future. I would enjoy writing about saving the world one green step at a time.