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June 25th 2009

Come Party With The Green Girls This Saturday In LA!

Filed under: events: la, web — Michael Andre d'Estries @ 9:57 am

The Green Girls — a swanky, hip eco-website with absolutely no Y chromosome writers — is celebrating one year of being fabulous and green with a bash down in Hollywood.

The fun will take place from 9:30pm-1:30pm at the greenest club in LA, the ECCO Lounge. Tickets are available for $15 — with a portion of the sales going towards the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, a cause that founder Apple Levy is personally involved with.

Bonus: Rob Patterson from KORN will be the celebrity DJ of the evening.

For more information, jump here!

June 25th 2009

Go Green Expo Brings Eco-Stars To Atlanta

Filed under: events, green and famous — Michael Parrish DuDell @ 9:02 am

Get ready, all you down south environmentalists! On Friday, June 26 to Sunday, June 28th, the Go Green Expo will be rocking the Cobb Galleria in Atlanta, Georgia.

Slated to attend the event are well-known faces like Mariel Hemingway and fullback for the Atlanta Falcons Ovie Mughelli. About his choice to stand up for the environment, Mughelli said:

“I wanted to focus on an issue that was drastically affecting children but not getting as much support from my industry.”

“Because I love children, I have to be concerned about what I’m leaving for them. They deserve a planet with clean air and soil, one that is a healthy environment to live in and pass on.”

The Go Green Expo is open to the public on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students and seniors and free for kids under the age of 12. The Expo also offers a complimentary, business to business day on Friday, June 26 from 10 to 5, with free admission to anyone with a company business card.

For a full schedule of events and to purchase tickets, visit Go Green Expo.

June 17th 2009

Ginnifer Goodwin And Nellie McKay Attend Taking Action for Animals Conference

Filed under: events — Michael Parrish DuDell @ 4:14 pm

How many times have you sat around the house thinking, ” Gosh - I ‘d like to do more, but I really just don’t know how to take it to the next level?” Well good news — I’m about to open your peepers!

From July 24-27th, the best of the best will be heading to Arlington, VA to attend the Taking Action for Animals Conference –  the largest national conference for the animal protection movement.

According to their site, you’ll have the chance to “join advocates from around the globe to brush up on the basics, learn about the latest cutting-edge campaigns, and attend dynamic workshops that will help you improve your work for animals.”

And of course no badass event would be complete without a little celebrity action. Well-known folks in attendance include: Carol Leifer, Ginnifer Goodwin, Rep John Conyers, Rep Jim Moran and a special performance by Nellie McKay. We’ve featured Nellie before and give her the ultimate two thumbs up. We’ve never chilled with Ginnifer, but we’re excited to finally meet her (especially after titling her one our Top 5 Vegans of 2009)!

I’ll be there representing both Ecorazzi and VEGdaily as I blog live, update our twitter like crazy and make some cool ass videos! So what are you waiting for? Visit TakingActionForAnimals.org and come play!

June 10th 2009

Oceana, Nautica & Vanity Fair Celebrate World Oceans Day

Filed under: events, events: nyc — Michael Parrish DuDell @ 8:29 am

As we previously reported, this past Monday was World Oceans Day — an opportunity to celebrate our world ocean and our personal connection to the sea. 

Here at Ecorazzi we chose to celebrate the holiday with Oceana as they teamed up with Nautica and Vanity Fair at the Hudson Terrace in NYC. 

Oceana is a nonprofit international advocacy organization dedicated to protecting and restoring the world’s oceans. In 2001, Oceana merged with the American Ocean’s Campaign (AOC), which was founded in 1987 by Ted Danson. 

The event was a hit and featured a slew of celebrity guests who all came out to show their support  for this important holiday. Without a doubt the highlight of the evening was when singing sensation Estelle took to the stage and sang her face off! Those are SOME chords!

We had a chance to chat with a few of the guests and find out why they are proud to support Oceana and the World Oceans Day. Check out the exclusive video below!

June 9th 2009

New York’s High Line Park Above The City Finally Opens!

Filed under: events: nyc, green and famous, healthy living — Michael Andre d'Estries @ 3:44 pm

As many other green sites are noting today, New York City’s newest park is celebrating its grand opening today. But this isn’t your normal piece of green set aside for public use — the High Line Park is actually set in the sky on top of the bones of an abandoned old rail line. What was once thought an impossible task has become a reality as the old rail line, when fully completely transformed, will end up being a mile-and-a-half-long elevated park; running through the West Side neighborhoods of the Meatpacking District, West Chelsea and Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen. Right now, Section 1, which runs from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street, is available to the public.

Naturally, many green-conscious celebrities flocked to help support the project over the past five years including Edward Norton Steve Carell, Kevin Bacon, Harvey Keitel, Glenn Close and designer Diane von Furstenberg.

If you’re in NYC, consider stopping by the park for the grand opening and taking in some of the beautiful designs courtesy of landscape architects James Corner Field Operations and architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro.

For a map of the project — including access points, jump here. Inhabitat has some fantastic images as well of the project over the years. The official site can be found here.

June 5th 2009

Video: 2009 Global Green USA Millennium Awards Red Carpet

Filed under: events: la, honors — Michael Andre d'Estries @ 10:34 am

Ecorazzi’s Anna Griffin hit the red carpet of the 2009 Global Green USA Millennium Awards last weekend and came away with interviews from celebrities like Rosario Dawson, Luke Perry, Adrian Grenier and others. The awards honor individuals and organizations who recognize the important connection between humankind and nature, to celebrate their success and inspire others to make such exceptional behavior the norm. Check out our video below — and visit Global Green’s site for more information!

June 4th 2009

Exclusive Sneak Peak: Stars Break Bread On Hot New Vegan Show

Filed under: events, film-tv, green and famous, television — Michael Parrish DuDell @ 1:31 pm

Want some hot, totally unprocessed gossip? Well look no further, Razzi readers — I have it for you!

News from out west just blew in about an awesome new series celebrating one of our very favorite things: charities and the celebrities who are obsessed with them!

The show is called Breaking Bread and is a 12-episode series of privately hosted dinner parties where celebrities get a chance to talk about their favorite cause.  The latest one touched on an issue that just so happens to be pretty near and dear to my heart: veganism! 

The dinner was hosted by GirlieGirlArmy general Chloé Jo Berman and featured Meredith Salenger, Corey and Susie Feldman, Persia White, John Joseph, Mickey Madden, Emily Deschanel, Marilu Henner, Mariel Hemingway, Gene Baur, Victoria Moran, Rory Freedman and Laban Pheidias. 

Sounds like a hell of a party, right?

No word yet and when the show will air, but you better believe we’re gonna promote the eff out of it when we get the details. So sit tight, keep munching on those tofu and veggies and stay tuned!

June 4th 2009

180 Peter Max Paintings Now On Display At The Sirani Gallery in Pittsburgh

Filed under: art, events — Michael Parrish DuDell @ 12:08 pm

We are pleased to announce that from now until June 7th, the Sirani Gallery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania will be displaying 180 pieces of work by iconic painter Peter Max.

If you read Ecorazzi closely, you might have noticed that I seem to spend A LOT of time at Max’s gallery. Besides being an out-of-this-world painter, Max and his wife Mary are passionately dedicated activists who freely donate their space to animal and environmental causes.

How do they have the time to be so rad? Yoga and vegetarianism, yo!

“I feel like I’m 22 years old,” Max said. “I have 100 people who work for me. I’m involved in animal rights. My wife and I are involved helping hundreds of organizations.”

Pretty frigin badass, right?

So get your butt in the car and go and support a man who so generously supports your cause. Visit the Sirani Gallery from now until June 7th and feast your eyes on some awesome art!

via: thejewishchronicle.net

May 21st 2009

The 2009 Audubon Society’s Women In Conservation Luncheon

Filed under: events: nyc, green and famous, honors — Starre Vartan @ 1:05 pm

Despite the gloomy economic times, the Audubon Society’s Women in Conservation luncheon at the Plaza was packed with women (and some men!) of all ages and positively sparkled. The sheen of Chanel suits and big jewels bounced off the gilt-edged mirrors, as many of the attendees were there to support the Society’s work with large checks, or at the very least, the $300 a plate lunch.

The 2009 luncheon honored four recipients with the Rachel Carson Award, which is given annually to women who have worked to protect wildlife and their habitats. AKA Planet Earth.

Allison Rockefeller, founding chairwoman of the event, opened the event, praising the honorees and pointed out how important it is to get young women involved in conservation sciences, the aim of the Women in Conservation Internship Program (which is where donations from the event were headed).

Dr. Sylvia Earle, also known as “Her Deepness” (for holding the deepest-dive record for her 1250-foot freedive), a National Geographic Explorer in Residence and “A Living Legend” by the Library of Congress, was the first of the award recipients. Dr. Earle has worked tirelessly throughout her career to preserve marine ecosystems and protect ocean animals and their homes. She quipped that she was “Swept off her flippers” by the award, which in only partly a joke as she has logged over 60,000 hours underwater.

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May 20th 2009

Bette Midler And NYRP Celebrate Opening Of NYC Nature Classroom

Filed under: events, events: nyc, green and famous — Monica McCarthy @ 10:13 am

“Just remember in the winter, far beneath the biter snow, lies a seed that with the sun’s love in the spring becomes the rose.” 

One of my favorite lines from one of my favorite songs sung by one of my favorite performers….. Ladies and gentlemen: The one and only…. Bette Midler!

On Monday May 18th, 2009 Ms. Midler helped celebrate the opening of New York City’s first certified nature explore classroom with New York Restoration Project’s (NYRP) newly designed The Home Depot Foundation Community Garden in East Harlem.

The best part? Midler was joined by 20 of the most adorable students you’ve ever seen from East Harlem’s PS 155!

After being introduced to the students as “our force of nature” by Drew Becher, executive director of the NYRP, Midler gave her two cents (hey, it’s her project, we’ll let her give as much as she wants!)…. “I’m from Hawaii…. You know who else is from Hawaii? President Obama, a true forward thinking guy and we’re crazy about him.” In her speech Midler also stated “children and nature make a perfect marriage…. a perfect couple.”

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