Archive for the ‘festivals’ Category

The 22nd Annual Tokyo International Film Festival focused on ecology this year and welcomed their guests, including AVATAR’s Sigourney Weaver, Zoe Saldana and Sam Worthington (pictured), on a green carpet made of recycled plastic bottles.
Although there were over 100 films screened at the festival, the most controversial was definitely The Cove, the documentary about the [...]

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‘Blue Planet’ Eco-Film Fest To Bow In Santa Monica

August 21st 2009

The first Blue Planet Film Fest will be held from Sept. 4-7 in Santa Monica, CA. The films slated will deal with environmental and animal welfare themes.
The event is attempting to use as many green practices as possible. They are partnering with green ticketing service, InTicketing, to create non-tree tickets, and InTicketing has agreed to [...]

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Upcoming ‘Sustainable LA’ Day At The Downtown Film Festival

August 13th 2009

Sustainable food, fashion and, of course, film are highlighted at the one day event, Sustainable L.A., presented in conjunction with the Downtown Film Festival – Los Angeles being held this month at 7th & Figueroa.
All Sustainable L.A. events are free to the public and the day will include a variety of speakers and demonstrations ranging [...]

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Wearing Fur is a Ten Yard Penalty, Sir!

July 31st 2008

The 2008 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival is in full swing this week. Who knew?
PETA knew, that’s who. As part of the festivities leading up to the official enshrinement of the players, the schedule of events includes a fashion show. Word leaked out that the organizers of this fashion show were planning on [...]

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Jessica Biel is one busy actress/activist/blogger! We told you about her new blog on MySpace where she made mention of a thirty minute short Hole in the Paper Sky — that she not only produced but has a role in. After waiting, quite impatiently on my part, the trailer was also finally added to her [...]

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Spain’s FIB Goes Green

July 19th 2008

Ah, summer is most definitely in full swing. Hiking, camping, swimming, and most importantly – music festivals. The coolest thing about this year is that more and more festival organizers are incorporating green practices into their tours. And this year, Spain’s International Festival of Benicàssim (FIB) is not one to be behind the curve.
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Naomi Campbell Launches Tree Planting Campaign

July 13th 2008

Naomi Campbell was in Abuja, Nigeria, on Friday where she attended and participated in the launch of The Abuja Green Society’s campaign to plant a tree for every baby born in the region’s hospital in hopes to ensure them a better future. The campaign aims to promote awareness of environmental issues in Nigeria, with an [...]

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Sprig Enjoys Some Celebrity Eco-Mania At Sundance!

January 25th 2008

Our stylish friends over at Sprig have just released a video of their good times at Sundance. Sprig stalkerazzis (though we’re naming them honorary ecorazzis) Brit Liggett and Jennifer Prediger hit the streets and spoke with Tom Hanks, Colin First, Emily Blunt, and a bunch of other celebs about their eco-friendly habits and naughty sins. [...]

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Sundance Beat: Gifting Lounges Abound!

January 22nd 2008

Gifting lounges seem to be one of the biggest highlights of the sundance festival. Is gifting really so eco-friendly?! Aren’t we trying to get rid of having so much stuff?? Yesterday I had the chance to visit the Ultimate Oasis: The Green Lounge, created by J.R. Savet. This event/lounge benefits Brad Pitt’s, Make It [...]

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John Legend Brings The Groove To Sundance

January 20th 2008

Last night, Lexus Hybrid Living offered a limited amount of tickets to visitors of Project Greenhouse for an intimate concert to see Grammy Award winning artist John Legend perform at the Star bar. Legend came onto the stage about 9:30 and welcomed the high energy crowd. His voice was out of this world and it [...]

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