Plane Stupid, a UK grassroots group advocating for tougher laws against aviation expansion and pollution, have released a new ad showing polar bears falling from the sky and onto city streets.
To be sure, this isn’t a commercial that pans away from the sky and leaves the rest up to your imagination. It’s graphic and probably [...]
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In a new PSA from the U.S. State Department, Matt Damon highlights the growing world hunger crisis — and the effects that climate change will have on feeding billions of people.
“Every 5 seconds a child dies of hunger,” he says. “Each year we’re losing 6 million children. That’s more than the population of Manhattan and [...]
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It’s been awhile since we’ve seen Captain Planet — and if the below video tells us anything, it’s that time and the environment have not been kind to the eco-superhero. In fact, he’s downright pissed that all the BS he went though in defending the Earth from various polluting bad guys in the early 90s [...]
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Last night was the EMAs (pronounced “emmas”, in case you didn’t know), the annual awards gala thrown by the Environmental Media Association in celebration and recognition of those working in film and TV production who are supporting and promoting the green cause both behind the scenes and on camera. Sir Richard Branson and Jason Mraz [...]
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Sarah Silverman is on a mission. The sometimes inappropriate, always hysterical funny lady wants to end world hunger for good!
In a new video, Silverman unveils her plan to sell the Vatican and raise cash for the poor. She says:
“What is the Vatican worth? Like 500 billion dollars? This is great! Sell the Vatican, take a [...]
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No Impact Man, aka Colin Beaven, appeared for the second time on The Colbert Report last night — updating Stephen on how his year of no impact went, and talking about his new book.
When Colbert asked Beaven what he hoped to achieve by living a no-impact life, he responded, “I hoped to show that [...]
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What if Star Wars was actually written by environmentalists? That’s the question posted by environmental activist and author Derrick Jensen in this clever video mixing a talk he gave in 2006 with animation. Check it out below and let us know what you think. Is Jensen’s critique of environmental groups spot on?
via Submedia.tv
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The mystery surrounding Swine Flu can finally be put to rest thanks to a special televised investigation. So just who caused all this mess? None other than that loveable, pastime starlet – Miss Piggy.
The Lost Nomads, a Los Angles based sketch comedy group, recently released a “60 Minute” parody video, [...]
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The extended version of the Matt Damon explosion we all saw early last week is now online — something every HBO On-Demand subscriber will tell you they’ve already seen. Whatever. I’m poor.
There’s obviously a bit more here than the tease we had last week which fully reveals that the whole thing was staged. Jeremy Piven [...]
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We’re not sure what the basis for the ceremony was, but Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently honored Ed Begley Jr. for his green living. Commenting from his Twitter account, Schwarzenegger wrote, “Surprised @edbegleyjr w/ a special award – he’s the king of practicing what he preaches about going green.” The Governor then linked to a low-quality [...]
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