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Celebrity Green Achievers
Posted by: | CommentsHello and welcome back to the Planet Forward blog on this beautiful summer day here in Toronto. I recently came across an article in The Daily Green that highlighted the eco-achievements of 14 celebrities and what they have done to earn that moniker and thought we’d share a few of them here in case you missed it. We’re going to skip remarking on their looks and the like and just concentrate on how they walk the talk in their personal lives and spread green awareness.
Green celebrity Leo DiCaprio on bike image courtesy of igossip.com
Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo drives a hybrid car, had solar panels installed on his home and rather than taking private planes (which many celebrities opt for to preserve their privacy), he flies commercial. He also wrote, produced and narrated the eco-documentary The 11th Hour and started the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation which encourages eco-friendly initiatives.
Rachel McAdams
Fellow Canadian Rachel McAdams applies green sensibilities to every area of her everyday life including her consumption of consumer goods, supporting tree planting organizations, switching her house to green power and unplugging anything with a plug. She also launched a website with two friends called Green Is Sexy which provides green tips that can be applied to everyday life.
Ted Danson
Ted has quietly been green for the past 2 decades through his support of Oceana, a nonprofit which fights pollution in oceans. He took that a step further and began his own nonprofit – American Oceans Campaign which has since merged with Oceana.
Alicia Silverstone
Alicia is a staunch Vegan (she authored the cookbook The Kind Diet) and lives in an eco-friendly house complete with veggie garden. She even created her own line of natural cosmetics.
Green celebrity Woody Harrelson
Woody Harrelson
Woody is a strict environmentalist and raw vegan and has been long before most knew to care. In 2009 he received an honorary degree from York University for his contributions to environmentalism and sustainability. He also ran the eco-friendly Website Voice Yourself for almost 10 years and once climbed the Golden Gate Bridge to protest a lumber company who was logging ancient redwood trees shutting down traffic for more than 6 hours.
Darryl Hannah
Hannah really does live a green life in her solar-powered home with graywater system and driving a call that runs on biodiesel. Even when she has to travel she makes sure she buys carbon offset credits. To get a better idea of serious Darryl takes being green and caring for the planet, check out her website dh love life.
Ed Begley Jr.
I think Ed is one of the more known green celebs who has been choosing eco-options going back to the 1970’s when he drove an electric car. Ed is also a longtime vegan who lives in a house powered by both wind and solar complete with a bicycle pedal-powered toaster. He is also associated with many environmental groups and hosts the Planet Green show Living With Ed.
Adrian Grenier
Adrian might be known for being self-indulgent Vinnie Chase on Entourage but in real-life his solar-panelled Brooklyn home uses insulation from recycled jeans and boasts many other green attributes. He also hosts the Planet Green production Alter Eco which shows viewers the changes they can make to go green. In the latest Entourage season premier, he even worked in a green reference when too many people driving too many cars showed up to pick him up. Hopefully we’ll see a greener Vinnie this season.
You can read the full The Daily Green list here and thanks for stopping by.
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The reality is that anyone in the limelight has the media attention or political relevance to get their opinions heard so why not exploit that with a worthy cause like the environment? Awareness is essential to help combat climate change and if Leonardo DiCaprio has to say it for it to resonate with people, then I say talk it up Leo. Ed Begley Jr. has been doing it for years and he is the pioneer for many actor/environmentalists out there today to aspire to. We searched around for some eco-friendly quotes from famous actors, environmental activists and world leaders and the results were both insightful and motivating:
“If we want to move towards a low-polluting, sustainable society, we need to get consumers to think about their purchases.” (David Suzuki)
“By employing the intelligence of natural systems we can create industry, buildings, even regional plans that see nature and commerce not as mutually exclusive but mutually coexisting.” (Brad Pitt)
“The supreme reality of our time is…the vulnerability of our planet.” (John F. Kennedy)
“We all have to do our part to raise awareness about global warming and the problems we as a people face in promoting a sustainable environmental future for our planet.” (Leonardo DiCaprio)
“I feel more confident than ever that the power to save the planet rests with the individual consumer.” (Denis Hayes, Chair, Earth Day Network)
“Recycling just seems like the right thing to do, I mean really, it makes us responsible for the messes that we make. It’s all about just picking up after yourself, not shoving our trash in our oceans and streams. We might as well reuse it before we lose it.” (Ed Begley Jr.)
“A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.” (Theodore Roosevelt)
“The best way to make a contribution in fashion is to promote the idea that a fundamental interest in preserving the environment is itself fashionable.” (Giorgio Armani)
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Posted by: | CommentsEco Friendly Television Is Pronounced Yabba Dabba Doo!
When it comes to eco friendly television shows, I don’t think anything can come close to the original green family – The Flinstones. I recently saw an ad for the newly released DVD that proclaimed “Curious George Goes Green” and it got me thinking: 1) I really didn’t think George’s footprint was all that offensive and 2) the Flintstone’s have always been green. They are truly the first eco friendly television family. Sorry Ed Begley Jr.
I mean, the Prius may be considered the prized jewel in the eco friendly car crown but how can it even compete with Fred’s feet? “Let’s ride with the family down the street. Through the courtesy of Fred’s two feet.” Zero carbon emissions there. Flintstone’s 1 – Toyota 0 . We can break it down even futher:
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