On November 3, mayors, movie stars and mover and shakers in the California green community gathered for the launch of the “California Green Community Challenge”, the Environmental Media Association’s collaboration with Southern California Edison, Green Seal and the Institute for Local Government.
The state wide challenge is bringing together 10 California towns and their local governments [...]
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Mélanie Laurent, star of Inglorious Basterds and Kofi Annan’s ‘climate justice’ ambassador, has joined Greenpeace in the heart of the Indonesian rainforest to speak out against deforestation. The actress is on location until today meeting with Greenpeace activists and local communities at Greenpeace’s ‘Climate Defenders’ Camp’ on the threatened Kampar Peninsula.
“I believe that climate change [...]
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Actor Sam Waterson of Law and Order fame has written a new article for CNN urging action be taking on carbon dioxide levels to combat rapidly growing acidification of the world’s oceans. A member on the board of Oceana, Waterson has long been a passionate advocate for ocean conservation. Here’s a bit from his piece: [...]
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Get out those wallets and get ready to bid! Bette Midler is raising some serious green for the New York Restoration Project and wants you to get involved.
Famous folks like John Mayer, Daniel Craig, Richard Branson, Steve Carrell, and many more have donated celebrity experiences to the organization, which are currently being auctioned at CharityFolks.com. [...]
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In the pool of celebrity runners for the 2009 NYC Marathon yesterday, Edward Norton finished on top. The 40-year-old actor completed the grueling 26.2 mile race in three hours, 48 minutes and one second. “You know you are going to hit tough spots,” he said post-marathon, “in a weird way mine came early in the [...]
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There be strange things going on with the Earthrace website, and Captain Pete Bethune has a pretty good idea who might be responsible. “Our website got taken out three times and it has never been hacked in five years,” the skipper told The Age. “That all happened in the last month. I don’t have the [...]
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Wednesday night’s airing of the latest South Park episode Whale Whores created quite the conversation in our early morning recap. While some praised the message of the show, others felt that it went a little too far in playing Wack-A-Mole with Sea Shepherd Captain Paul Watson.
Not one to shy away from controversy, Watson stopped by [...]
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I dare you not to care about climate change after watching this video.
350’s International Day of Climate Action took place just a few days ago with people in 181 countries coming together for the most widespread day of environmental action in the planet’s history.
In its wake, a slew of exciting videos are still lingering the ol’ [...]
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Remember the film Erin Brockovich? Well, the real life Erin is joining Seventh Generation for the Million Baby Crawl — a campaign urging congress to apply stronger chemical regulations.
Seventh Generation and Brockovich, along with Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, is asking Washington to pass the Kids Safe Chemicals Act, which would require chemical manufacturers to do safety tests [...]
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The stars came out in costume this weekend for the 16th annual Children Affected by Aids Foundation’s Dream Halloween event. The goal of the night, which also includes fundraising, is to create an experience that exemplifies what every child would dream of when celebrating Halloween. Celebs in attendance included Jamie Lee Curtis as a flower [...]
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