Thanks to some very talented and hip friends, we who are Health Patio welcome you heartily to our nice, new, healthy patio location. We have needed to grow, expand, and take a deep breath. Now, we did it and this is so exciting for us. It is a beautiful site, full of nifty features and insightful (and healthy) information.

The posts you’ll find on Health Patio are short, and our goal is to try to frame four to seven minutes of time whereby any visitor will be healthier in some way, if only for those minutes out of the day. Over the course of a month, this is about 2 healthy hours, and over a year’s time? That’s about one healthy day!

It would be great if we could list the names of all the people who gave suggestions, reported bugs, or contributed in some way, but the list would grow very long indeed. This new site was designed with the help of our community, to provide a better user experience with enhanced review tools, more visual appeal and higher performance. This site is truly a product of the Health Patio community and we want to thank everyone who made it happen. Kudos to each and every one of you!

We hope this new site will make it easier for all of us to find and share with each other in our virtual lawn chairs together — and make more informed decisions as we go about our daily lives. If you have comments or questions about the redesign, you are cordially invited to join the discussion!

Treehugger brand Hugg.com, a Discovery company, has decided to close the doors on Hugg, a popular green social news site.

From Hugg.com:

PLEASE READ!

On November 17th, 2008, Hugg will no longer accept new submissions or registrations. Hugg will remain publicly viewable until the end of the year, at which time Hugg.com will be closed. The Hugg.com domain will be directed towards a new feature on the TreeHugger forums where participants will be able to post and comment on interesting green links (coming soon). We welcome you to the thriving community at the TreeHugger forums and hope you’ll join us now to carry on the discussion. Go ahead and poke around on the forums – we think you’ll like it and enjoy conversing with such a diverse group of intelligent, passionate people!

We would like to express our gratitude and appreciation to the many Hugg users who have poured time and energy into providing the community with tons of great content. Unfortunately, due to increasing maintenance costs, we can no longer provide Hugg with the resources it needs to continue.

Please email tech@treehugger.com with any questions or comments.

Thank you.

(h/t – Paul Smith)