Archive for the ‘newspaper’ Category

Paul McCartney Teams Up With Scientist To Promote Green Vegetarianism

December 1st 2008

Sir Paul McCartney has teamed up with a Nobel Prize-winning scientist to urge people to become vegetarian to save the planet from the greenhouse gases created by rearing livestock. Seriously? Can Paul get any cooler? I really don’t think there’s anyway he can! 
In a letter to The Independent, Paul joins Rajendra Pachauri, the chairman of the [...]

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Leonardo DiCaprio Admits He’s A Total Eco-Geek

November 15th 2008

The UK Times Online has scored another great interview — this time with Leonardo DiCaprio. The recently-turned-34 year old actor chats up his excitement about Barack Obama’s win, his roots as an actor, and his love for animals. Here are some highlight:
On Barack Obama winning the 2008 Presidential election:
“That was a present and a [...]

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Woody Harrelson Chats Up His Off-Grid, Solar-Powered Lifestyle

September 29th 2008

In my opinion, Woody Harrelson is right up there with Ed Begley Jr. in terms of living a true, green Hollywood lifestyle. The UK Times recently caught up with the actor and discussed his love for the all-electric, dicontinued, Toyota RAV 4, his solar-powered community in Hawaii (which Owen Wilson will be moving to shortly), [...]

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Lance Armstrong: Champion Cyclist and Water Waster?

August 19th 2008

Apparently winning the Tour de France seven times isn’t quite enough of an accomplishment for some people. It’s been revealed that in July, Lance Armstrong used 330,000 gallons of water at his home in Texas. That, according to The New York Times, is a shocking 38 times the amount a single household consumes during one [...]

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Top 8 Anti-Green Celebrities Get Outed In Chicago Tribune

June 20th 2008

Ecorazzi loves the fact that being green is so damn trendy these days. All across the board we’re seeing celebs (as well as some of pretty awesome “common” folk) set a new standard for eco-living. But of course not EVERYONE is getting on the green train. In fact some famous faces are staying away from [...]

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Brad Pitt’s Celebrity Dinner Club With Bono Opened Hollywood To African Charities

March 10th 2008

The NY Times is running a wonderful in-depth article on celebrity activism — with everything from Natalie Portman’s involvement with Finca to George Clooney’s latest role as an “UN Ambassador of Peace” under the microscope. If you’re looking for some interesting history on philanthropy in Hollywood, I can’t think of a better way to catch [...]

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The New York Times Prefers Tap Water

August 2nd 2007

Today I was thrilled to see that The New York Times‘ August 1st editorial, “In Praise of Tap Water”, is currently the number one most emailed article on their website! Considering that their site garners millions of visits per day (NYTimes.com ranks as the 185th most visited site, compared to PerezHilton.com, which rates at 913…and [...]

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Celebrity Advice, Take 3

March 7th 2007

We’ve discussed the topic before: celebrities give lots of advice. We’ve also recommended that you research on your own before listening to random advice from people that aren’t necessarily experts.
This week the Ottawa Citizen takes an in-depth (5 pages, seriously?) look at the issue with their main point being, “Celebrities are no smarter than the [...]

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Ecorazzi Rewind: Keeley Makes Energy Conservation Sexy

February 16th 2007

Keeley Hazell, British model and Page 3 girl, gave some green tips last year and we missed them. Tipster Becky gave us the heads up and we definitely found them Ecorazzi-worthy.
Now, if I’d have known what a Page 3 girl is, I wouldn’t have been so surprised to see the picture that comes along with [...]

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