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May 12th 2008

Pierce Brosnan Offers Tips On How You Can Go Green

Filed under: green and famous, healthy living, thegreenpicture, web — parrish @ 10:50 am

Oh Pierce Brosnan, how you make my inner 50-year-old, post-menopausal, environmentalist woman swoon!

Recently, the James Bond star wrote a letter on his website praising some great environmental organizations and giving his readers a few self-practiced tips on ways they might transition into a more greener way of life.  Some of Pierce’s hints include: supporting local and organic food, using eco-friendly cleaning products around the house, compost, compost, compost and encouraging environmental education.

Pierce is no stranger to green living, having  donated over $1 million buckaroos to environmental organizations throughout the years.  In fact, Pierce was even eco-friendly before it was “cool” and was given an Environmental Leadership Award from the Green Cross organization in 1997.

To find out all of Pierce Brosnan’s tips on green living visit PierceBrosnan.com!

May 9th 2008

Razzi Snap: Jessica Alba Shows Off Her Green Nursery

Filed under: babies and bumps, cars-houses, healthy living, interviews, transport — michael @ 11:06 am

We’ve pretty much reached the saturation point in covering Jessica Alba’s green nursery plans. But just to cap it all off (and kudos to the media for promoting her eco-ambitions), Celebrity Baby Blog have posted a full scan from US Weekly of Alba’s completed baby room. They also have a nice list of almost everything inside and where to buy it. Her baby girl is due late May/early June. [Check it here…]

Al Gore is once again under attack with claims that he’s pushing forward an “alarmist agenda” after he spoke on NPR’s Fresh Air. In the interview, Gore included the recent devastating Myanmar Cyclone in a list of current natural events that may be linked to Global Warming. The way media outlets like FOX and others have spun it, however, it sounds like he singled out only Myanmar as proof of climate change. You be the judge — have a listen to the radio clip here. [Part in question happens about the 27:20 mark]

Attention Celebrities! The next-generation Toyota Prius will be unveiled at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show in January of next year. It’s expected to be a bit larger, but have lower emissions than the previous model and a few more MPGs. With a barrel of oil now trading above $125, this can’t come soon enough. [Read more…]

Actress Laura Dern recently hired Green Life Guru, a Los Angeles–based environmental-services company, to evaluate the eco-fitness of her house. She was advised on solar paneling and water filtration — but realized greening the home-front just wasn’t enough. Now, she and a bunch of other parents are working with the company to help eliminate chemical-ridden carpeting and pesticides at their children’s school and introduce composting and recycling programs. Groovy. [via TIME]

May 1st 2008

Ryan Gosling Tells KFC To Improve The Lives Of Chickens

Filed under: animals, campaigns, food & drink, green and famous, healthy living, thegreenpicture — parrish @ 11:39 am

Whether you’re a tofu-eating, grain munching vegan like me, or a meat-eating, dairy drinking non-vegan like…well…just about everyone else, I think — if given the choice — most people would like to see animals treated humanely before they die.

Well at least Oscar-nominated actor Ryan Gosling sure would, and has joined the list of celebrity do-gooders that include Bryan Adams, Pamela Anderson and Ron Jeremy urging KFC to improve the conditions in their poultry slaughterhouses. KFC is notorious for the horrific manner in which they treat their chickens and their stubbornness to make any humane changes recommended by scientists and animal activists alike. 

Gosling recently composed a letter on behalf of People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals to John Bitove, who oversees KFC Canada, asking him to stop the ongoing (and unnecessary) abuse of the chickens supplied to his restaurants.

Gosling writes,  ”The time is ripe to do the right thing. By adopting the basic recommendations made by PETA and scientific experts (including raising birds in a more natural manner and employing less cruel slaughter methods), you could dramatically improve the lives and deaths of chickens raised and killed for KFC Canada.”

If you’d like to find out more about the horrific conditions KFC forces their chickens to endure, visit KentuckyFriedCruelty.com and by all means boycott KFC!!

thanks: starpulse.com

April 30th 2008

Will Carrie Underwood Go Vegan?

Filed under: animals, food & drink, green and famous, healthy living, thegreenpicture — parrish @ 9:54 am

Vegans everywhere might just have themselves a reason to say YEE-HAW!!

Singer Carrie Underwood– whom Ecorazzi has continuously praised for her vegetarianism and charitable nature – recently made comments about her desire to give up dairy. Is Carrie trying to make the vegan plunge?

Underwood confessed her “inability” to give up the misfit food group, stating, “Cheese is ruining my life! I’m trying to talk myself into being lactose-intolerant. I mean, it’s basically moldy milk, and it doesn’t smell that great. But it’s so good! Oh, jeez, I’m thinking about it now.”

Now I know she’d have to give up a little more than just cheese to be a true vegan, but every little step counts, right?  Perhaps Carrie will soon be getting her vegan card and joinging the likes of Tobey Maguire, Natalie Portman and Alicia Silverstone. Only time will tell. Stay tuned!

Ps. If you’re fighting the cheese blues, read Marilu Henner’s Total Health Makeover. I haven’t eaten dairy since. No joke!

via: starpulse.com

April 29th 2008

Lily Allen Stands Up For Solar Power

Filed under: campaigns, green and famous, healthy living, politics, thegreenpicture — parrish @ 10:58 am

I assume (because you read Ecorazzi) that most of you try to live as green as possible, but sometimes that paycheck (or lack thereof) can really stand in the way of true and utter greenness. My mom works for a company that sells solar panels which makes that kind of technology a whole lot cheaper for her, but what about the rest of us?  Most individuals don’t have the funds to invest in solar panelling — so what do we do?

The London Paper recently tipped us off that Lily Allen has joined campaigners from Friends of the Earth (FOE) and the Renewable Energy Association to ask members of parliament to give people financial incentives for generating their own power by installing devices such as solar panels and wind turbines.

Lily’s activism comes shortly after she spent time recording tracks at a solar powered studio in Hackney.  Allen said: “Having worked at The Premises solar powered recording studio I have experienced how clean and green renewable energy is. I fully support giving people a renewable energy reward for the power they generate. It’s good to be green!”

What do you think Ecorazzi readers? Should the government (local and abroad) do more to help bring down the initial cost of solar power? Chime in and tell us what you think!!!!!

April 25th 2008

The Green Quote: Jennifer Garner Grows Her Own Food

Filed under: food & drink, green and famous, healthy living, thegreenpicture — parrish @ 8:01 am

“Yes! We planted a garden last spring. Half the stuff dies, half the stuff lives, but I’m happy with it. We had huge eggplants! And there’s nothing like fresh tomatoes. And the herbs? Heaven! I grow all different kinds of basil and thyme. I always have rosemary and Italian parsley.”

         - Jennifer Garner speaking to Self Magazine about growing her own food

April 24th 2008

Erykah Badu Is A Certified Holistic Healer

Filed under: healthy living — michael @ 11:27 am

R&B singer Erykah Badu took advantage of a five-year break from music to start a family and become certified in holistic medicine. She explains, “I became a second-degree reiki practitioner. I’m not just a recording artist. I do many things and try to put my hand in many places.”

As someone lucky enough to have a wife certified in massage therapy, I’m somewhat familiar with reiki technique. Basically, it’s a gentle laying of hands on the body to help channel and increase the energy flowing through us. Reiki practitioners believe we are all influenced in our daily lives by this “life force energy” and they work in a style similar to massage to release stress and increase relaxation.

But back to Badu — not only is she a new mom — but she’s also taken the time off to devote to her charity work; specifically her youth foundation Beautiful Love Incorporated Non Profit Development (B.L.I.N.D.) — provides community-driven development for inner-city youth through music, dance, theater and visual arts.

via Starpulse

April 23rd 2008

Bessence: Sandra Bullock’s New Line Of Eco-Friendly Candles

Filed under: healthy living, products — michael @ 3:06 pm

Kate Hudson has her own organic shampoo and now Sandra Bullock has released a line of eco-friendly soy candles. Called Bessence, they’re made from plant and flower essential oils and contain no lead wicks. Even the packaging is made from organic and recycled materials. From her website,

“Every Bessence candle is poured, cleaned and packaged individually, by hand, using a specially formulated soy based wax, designed for our high fragrance levels. This meticulously crafted mixture is combined with eco-friendly 100% lead free paper wicks to produce an exquisite smelling candle that burns cleanly and evenly for up to 50 hours”

Bullock was on Oprah yesterday promoting the candles. She explained, “I started researching and you find out about lead wicks and chemicals in your candles. (Soy wax) is a renewable resource.” And Bullock is so happy with her new business, she joked that it could provide her with a second career: “(It’s) something to fall back on.”

Interested in picking some up? Prices for individual candles start at $40; votives are cheaper at $10. Jump here for more. The video from Oprah is below.

April 23rd 2008

Pink Gets Green With All Things Organic

Filed under: food & drink, green and famous, healthy living, thegreenpicture — parrish @ 10:51 am

Being green is so awesome that even Pink wants to be green. Get it? Pink? Green? Colors? Nevermind!

After spending some time cooking and gardening in Tuscany, Italy, Pink discovered a love for all things organic and claims a trip through her chef teacher’s garden really gave her a green thumb.

She says, “I’ve put in several raised beds of vegetables: swiss chard, kale, onions, tomatoes, grapes, broccoli, carrots. I’m even going to make my own wine. I love to be dirty, to get in the mud. And I can eat fresh, organic dishes every day.”

Delicious! To find out more about all the benefits of eating organic, visit the Organic Trade Associations website and get a cookin’!

thanks:starpulse.com

April 22nd 2008

Julia Roberts Shows Off Her Mad Composting Skills On Oprah

Filed under: events, film-tv, green and famous, healthy living, television, thegreenpicture — parrish @ 10:52 am

Julia Roberts is celebrating Earth Day today by showing off her mad compost skills on Oprah. The Oscar winning actress/super green mom will talk about buying organic, how to clean your fruits and veggies, and yes, also about making that perfect little compost heap.

Other Earth Day Oprah guests include green guru and author of Gorgeously Green Sophie Uliano, greener than you might even realize actress Sandra Bullock and the man with the plan Al Gore.

So for an afternoon of pure greenage, put on your green pj’s, get some green snackage and tune into Oprah! Happy Earth Day Ecorazzi readers!