Treehugger welcomes new and old friends

Looking for a place to learn about sustainability without feeling overwhelmed with scientific terms and/or an impending sense of doom?

The sustainability blog and website Treehugger is where you should turn to. Treehugger was founded by eco-advocate Graham Hill in 2004. Hill wanted to make sustainability mainstream with a modern twist. After just three years of the blog going live, Treehugger was named the number one sustainability blog by Nielsen Online.

Originally their main mission was to inspire corporate responsibility and create easier access to environmental services and products for everyday people. Since their start in 2004, they have recognized their growth and adapted to that while still holding to their core values. Today, Treehugger is part of the Dotdash publishing company.

If you take a look at their “Our Promise” page, you will see the promises they make when it comes to their reporting. The Treehugger Voices are opinionated but base their opinion pieces off of facts, sources, and their own experience.

Two examples of their opinion pieces I found interesting are, “It’s Not So Hard to Build Quality Housing, Just Follow the Recipe” and “Should Single Family Houses Be Banned?” both by Llyod Alter.

The writers at Treehugger are also professionals in other fields who bring their own knowledge and experience to the table. Treehugger has freelance editors who fact check published pieces incase anything changes or becomes out of date. Treehugger also makes it clear that if a reader finds something wrong or questions a piece, to contact them so that they can review it and make changes if needed.

Treehugger has a huge following of 120 million people signed up for their newsletter, 354.5K followers on Twitter, 59.9K followers on Instagram, and over one million followers on Facebook.

Treehugger is very active on all of their social media platforms. They post a mix of memes, advertisements of their articles, and messages to acknowledge serious events that are currently happening in the world.

While there are opinion pieces within Treehugger, not every single post is an opinion piece. If you take a look at their Homepage, you will see eight tabs for different topics you can read about. Then within those eight tabs, there are even more subtopics to click on.

Treehugger covers all the bases on sustainability and environmental issues. This is a great starting point for anyone who is interested in learning more about the environment and what they can do to help.