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Graham Hill

Vice President, Interactive Media, Planet Green

Hill is the founder of TreeHugger, an online hub for news and information related to environmental sustainability.Hailed as a "green CNN," TreeHugger hosts a constantly updated blog, newsletters, video and radio segments and a user-generated Graham site, Hugg. In the three years since its inception, TreeHugger has become one of the most high-profile and highly-trafficked sites on the internet.

Recently, Hill his been hard at work developing Planet Green with Discovery Communications. Hill has also worked in a variety of industries prior to starting TreeHugger, including fashion, web-development, and plant-based air filters. He is also a designer, and his New York souvenir coffee mug is sold in over 150 stores. Hill was educated at Carleton University in Ottawa and Emily Carr Institute of ArtDesign in Vancouver.

Graham Hill on Working Anywhere, Anytime

Graham Hill on the mobilizing forces of technology. This series brought to you by Dell and digitalnomads.com

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How will this age be remembered?

Graham Hill hopes we will look back on this age as one of positive change.

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Everyday Environmentalism

“Small is sexy,” Graham Hill says.

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Who would you like to interview and what would you ask?

Graham Hill would love to sit down with Gandhi.

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Is American culture inherently wasteful?

It’s not just Americans who are wasteful, Graham Hill remarks.

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Whose responsibility is environmentalism?

Environmentalism is a shared responsibility, Graham Hill says.

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Is it fair to ask developing countries go green?

Developing countries can go green, but we have to be delicate about leading them.

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The Buzz About Green

Graham Hill explains the media’s role in publicizing environmental action as well as Planet Green’s agenda.

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What is the greatest challenge the environmental movement faces?

Spreading awareness is still a challenge.

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What is the measure of a good life?

A good life can be measured by giving more than receiving.

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How is technology changing the environmental movement?

Technology is furthering environmental consciousness, Graham Hill says.

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Are bloggers journalists?

Graham Hill hopes bloggers will be able to fact check more in the future.

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What defines design?

Graham Hill outlines the functionality of good design.

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Is green the new black?

Graham Hill hopes an eco-ethic will be inextricable from our everyday lives.

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What makes a product eco-friendly?

To determine whether a product is eco-friendly, consider its life cycle.

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What is the biggest misconception of environmentalism?

Environmentalism is misconceived as anti-business, notes Graham Hill.

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What Is Your Question?

A talk with Ghandi.

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Social Entrepeneurship

Graham Hill recalls his trajectory before becoming a social entrepreneur.

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Graham Hill underscores the importance of including externalities in the cost of products.

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We could take much more advantage of green technology.

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What Is Your Outlook?

Let’s show the world we can build a better, greener society.

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What Is Your Counsel?

More environmental activism is needed still.

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What Is Your Contribution?

A full set of challenges ahead.

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What Inspires You?

Bringing together different approaches.

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What Do You Believe?

A faith in a larger process.

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A constantly evolving species.

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A childhood in the Canadian woods and early influences.

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What Do You Do?

Rebranding environmentalism for business.

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