Treehugger



[|Treehugger] is a blog that is focused on sustainability and making "going green" hip and mainstream. The blog features the latest sustainability news from eco-friendly gadgets and devices to new green discoveries and developments in science. TreeHugger is the leading media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream. Partial to a modern aesthetic,and is a "one-stop shop" for green news, solutions, and product information. Treehugger provides visitors with reasons you should to go green in our [|up to the minute blog], weekly and [|daily newsletters], weekly [|video segments], weekly [|radio show] and our user-generated blog, [|Hugg]. They also help companies seeking their expertise like [|Domino], [|Sundance Channel] and [|House & Garden].

Get Informed
This nature/science blog hybrid includes links to many different areas of sustainability news including:

- Cars and Transportation - Science and Technology - Design and Architecture - Culture and Celebrity - Travel and Nature - Food and Health - Business and Politics - Fashion and Beauty

Interact
Treehugger also features forums as a way for visitors to interact and share their opinion with one another. This section includes pop quizzes for visitors of the site to test their green knowledge.

Take Action
The site includes several guides and ideas for folks to take "going green" more seriously.

Guides include a range of categories like staple topics like [|Commuting] and Cleaning to more non-traditional ideas like Weddings, Halloweens, Barbecues, Beers and even your Sex Life. This wide range of topics provides users with more ways to intergrate "going green" into their everyday life.

The take action section includes a Job Board, where visitors can look for and post jobs pertaining to the environment with options to filter for Job Function, Location and Experience Level.

**TreeHugger By The Numbers:**

 * 19 staffers, 55+ writers
 * 10+ countries covering the latest in green
 * 35 posts per day
 * 35,000+ posts (articles) across 8 key categories
 * 172,000+ reader comments
 * 64,000+ total newsletter subscribers
 * 81,000+ rss feed subscribers
 * 9,200,000+ pageviews (September 09)
 * 3,200,000+ unique visitors (September 09)

Core Staff:

 * **Graham Hill**, Founder TreeHugger.com, Vice President, Interactive Media, Planet Green
 * **Ken Rother**, President/COO
 * **Meaghan O'Neill**, Senior Editor
 * **Collin Dunn**, Managing Editor, PlanetGreen.com
 * **Michael Graham Richard**, Science & Technology and Cars & Transportation Editor
 * **Lloyd Alter**, Architecture & Design Editor
 * **Federico Slivka**, Art Director & Interaction Designer
 * **Nick Aster**, Media Architecture Advisor

Treehugger also features over 30 writers from around the globe that come from different educational and professional backgrounds ranging from business and science to food and architecture. TreeHugger’s posts reflect this diversity.

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Treehugger is also on Twitter.

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//This page was created by Paden Wyatt as part of the coursework for the Winter 2010 semester of PrnJ 493A - Blogging and Interactive Journalism//