This Will Be Our Year: Gore Dubs 2009 “Gettysburg For the Environment”
No commentsU.S. Vice-President turned eco-activist Al Gore has been a major player in the fight against global warming in the past few years, and according to him the tides are about to turn in our favor. At a speech last Monday at San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House, Gore indicated that this year will be monumental [...]
Tags: activism, Al Gore, celebrities, celebrity, conservation, environmental policy
Friday Link Round-Up: 04/17/09
No commentsReusable bags: more popular than ever! [Albany Times-Union]
Eva Longoria-Parker and H-E-B promote reusable bags for Earth Day! [Houston Chronicle]
Reusable bag sales raise money and awareness for students in Lakeside, MN. [Chisago County Press]
Plastic bag pollution in Tanzania referred to as “alarming.” [IPP Media]
Reusable bags an appealing choice in the Silicon Valley. [KLIV]
Meanwhile, legislative hearings for [...]
Tags: Africa, California, celebrities, conservation, Earth Day, Minnesota, New York, Ozarks, plastic bags, pollution, reusable bags
Paul Rudd Goes Green for Sesame Street Earth-a-Thon
No commentsA beloved icon once said, “It’s not easy being green.” Perhaps this is the case, but actor Paul Rudd sure is giving it the old college try, donning a giant globe costume and piling on the charm as Mr. Earth himself on the Sesame Street special Going Green. Rudd is notorious for his unabashedly awkward [...]
Friday Link Round-Up: 04/03/09
1 comment so farBeing eco-friendly is wildly fashionable, as demonstrated by Pittsburgh teens. [Pittsburgh Live]
Speaking of fashion, ever-fashionable Corey Feldman is producing an event for global greenitude! [Ecorazzi]
Disposable bag waste is an ecological problem, not a class problem. [Washington Post]
Who loves reusable bags? Eva Longoria Parker loves reusable bags! [Earth 911]
Massachusetts suburbs get a recycling program makeover. [Leominster [...]
Tags: activism, Canada, celebrities, conservation, Earth Day, fashion, fun, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, profit, recycling, reusable bags
Oh Snaps, Mischa Barton!
No commentsAs I’ve said before, nothing helps a cause like a little boost from a celebrity, and now it seems that actress/socialite Mischa Barton has stepped up to the plate. According to Ecorazzi, Ms. Barton filled up her website with some everyday green tips on how to live better in the coming year, and one of [...]
Brad Pitt’s Green Homes Getting Top Architectural Honors
No commentsOriginally today I was going to write about the state of reusable bags in New Jersey, but considering it’s been a while (what with the holiday and all) I thought you might want to hear something a little bit cheerier while still on the environmental front. Then I read over at Ecorazzi that Architectural Digest [...]
Oh Snaps, Diane Lane!
No commentsNothing brings credence to a cause quite like having A-list celebrities behind it, and Diane Lane is apparently joining in and taking up the reusable bag mantle. At an Oceana fundraiser in Laguna Beach this past weekend, Lane spoke up about the simple step she’s taking to make the oceans a better place.
At an [...]
Ed Begley Jr VS Bill Nye: Eco Grudge Match!
No commentsWhat happens when you suddenly find your status as Premiere Environmental Activist Semi-Famous Guy on the Block challenged when the new guy moves in next door? If it were a movie, they might try to top each other with increasingly grotesque displays until someone gets hurt and everyone involved learns a valuable life lesson, but [...]
Friday Link Round-Up: 06/27/08
No commentsReusable bags get all the hot dates. [Bag Monster Blog]
Going green: a matter of pride. [Bay Area Reporter]
Julia Roberts is down with reusable bags. [Ecorazzi]
Plastic bags with your newspaper? Nein, danke! [Tree Hugging Family]
Can a Proj-Run challenge translate to real-life fashion? Welp. [Etsy]
NEWS ITEM: your phone book is made out of paper! [Everything Jersey]
The bag [...]
Tags: art, celebrities, fashion, opinions, recycling, reusable bags
Bag the Bag with Edward Norton
No commentsHow dreamy is that? Any time celebrities cast in their lot with an environmental cause, people listen, and to have such a heavyweight as Edward Norton cast in with ours in this National Geographic PSA slot is pretty magical. All I can say is that if Norton says to pick up some reusable bags, it’s [...]
