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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 20th 2009

Gore And Friends Make Their Case For Dot Eco Domain

Filed under: green and famous, web — Michael Andre d'Estries @ 8:17 pm

Al Gore and a group of other environmental notables are making a hard push to see the creation of a “.eco” top-level domain added to those already present like .com, .net, org, and .edu. Down in Syndey, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is having their annual conference, and the Dot Eco LLC group has brought a short film with them promoting the creation of the new domain.

Granted, calling this a “film” might be a little generous. It’s more a collection of talking heads saying why the domain would be great for the world. Gore makes the first appearance in the short (watch it here) which also includes Jim Moriarty, CEO of Surfrider Foundation, director Davis Guggenheim, Sierra Club’s Carl Pope, Physics Professor Richard Muller, and Oceanic Engineer Jim Dufour.

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June 18th 2009

Jimmy Fallon Gives Mother Nature Network A Plug On Late Night

Filed under: film-tv, television, web — Michael Andre d'Estries @ 3:08 pm

MNN (Mother Nature Network) co-founder and keyboardist for the Rolling Stones, Chuck Leavell, sat in with Jimmy Fallon’s band on last night’s show — and he even managed to score a plug for the site. The two-time Georgia Tree Farmer of the Year started the online green site back in January — and we’re happy to see them get some promo from Fallon. Check out the video below:

June 17th 2009

Jason Mraz Wants To Stop Saving The World And Create A New One

Meanwhile, his new solar array continues to take shape...

Filed under: music, web — Michael Andre d'Estries @ 9:21 pm

Jason Mraz has keyed another blog entry on his Freshness Factor Five Thousand blog — the artist’s tagged “Conversation Station” — and with this one, he wonders aloud whether saving the world is actually worth it. Would we, perhaps, be better off just creating a new one? He writes,

“Maybe we should stop trying to save the world. After all, the world I grew up in is soiled with bigotry and homophobia, war upon war, pollution, hunger and poverty. Who wants to save that? Some people do. Some people fear change. And they will fight others and pollute the earth in order to not have to change, to cling to what they’re used to. ”

“What if instead of saving the world – we say we are creating a new one? Last years rally for change in the Obama campaign was a preview of what we’re capable of. By simply trying on new ideas and being okay with letting go of old routines, we can cause an amazing shift on this planet.”

Mraz then goes on to say that we should let go of things we cling to that prevent us from moving forward. Simplifying our lives, while giving those random things away to those less fortunate, recycling, etc. He’s also been inspired by the Humanifesto over at The Superforest. It’s main theme is that good manners are the key to saving the planet. Be kind to others, have that spread, and the world will naturally right itself. It’s a nice, short read.

Also — the singer’s new solar array construction is making progress. Just as we would be (if we had the cash), the guy is totally psyched to tap into the sun. Check out his full entry here.

June 17th 2009

Al Gore Passes One Million Twitter Followers, Says “Wow”

Filed under: web — Michael Andre d'Estries @ 3:13 pm

Al Gore has done it.

The former Vice-President passed the one million mark in Twitter followers earlier this morning; placing him in such fine company as Ashton Kutcher, Oprah, John Mayer, and Britney Spears.

Gore was in a sprint to the finish against none other than gossip blogger Perez Hilton — who, as of this writing, was about 11,000 away from a million. The regularly reserved tweeter, Gore broke out with “So close to 1,000,000 followers. Help put me over the top.” last night and then gushed “Wow 1,000,000 followers, thank you.” after reaching the milestone. We’re expecting the next tweet to be something like “@PerezHilton, how do u like them apples beyotch?”

Congrats to @algore! If you would like to help propel us to .010% of Gore’s following, please jump here to drfit with Ecorazzi through the Twitterverse.

June 15th 2009

It’s Al Gore VS Perez Hilton In Race To One Million Twitter Followers

Filed under: web — Michael Andre d'Estries @ 2:24 pm

Ever since Oprah and Ashton Kutcher turned the media spotlight on Twitter, a Precambrian explosion of sorts has occurred on the social media site, drastically increasing the number of followers for some notable names. Al Gore’s dramatic rise in peeps probably shows off this trend better than most. Back in November, the former VP had just 22,000 followers. Today, Gore is standing at around 982,000 — and growing. In the last week alone, he’s added over 30,000 followers.

Hot on his heels, however, is none other than Perez Hilton. The celebrity blogger has just over 972,000 followers. But that’s just about where the similarities end. Gore uses Twitter sparingly — having updated his tweets a measly 38 times over the last seven months. True to form, Hilton has updated more than 4,500 times in the last five months.

Who will make it to one million followers first? Sure, this contest lacks the amusing bite that Kutcher and CNN injected with their earlier competition, but we’ll be watching regardless. Look for TheOnion — with 959,000 followers — to play spolier.

June 11th 2009

Tom Hanks And Stephen Colbert Send A Care Package To Iraq

Hilarity ensues

Filed under: campaigns, film-tv, television, web — Michael Andre d'Estries @ 8:59 pm

Before Stephen Colbert left for Iraq last week to entertain the troops, Tom Hanks joined him for a segement on preparing a care package for the troops. As you can imagine, hilarity ensued with such items as Tang, ice cream, beer, and puppies. The USO also got a nice plug in the end for people looking to help send some real care packages to the troops. Check it out below:

June 5th 2009

VIDEO: Corporate Leaders Join Prince Charles In Urging Protection Of Rainforests

Get ready to gush.

Filed under: campaigns, video, web — Michael Andre d'Estries @ 3:24 pm

Remember a couple weeks back when celebs like Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Robin Williams, and others hooked up with Prince Charles for a video promoting Rainforest protection? Well, the Prince is back — this time with something a bit drier: Corporate Leaders! <Swoon>

Sure, these behemoths of the business world aren’t much to get excited over, but their companies certainly have an impact on our world — and getting them on-board to help promote Rainforest protection is a good move by Charles’ foundation. You’ll see Sir Richard Branson (Chairman of Virgin Group), Sir Howard Stringer (CEO of Sony), Justin King (CEO of Sainsbury’s), Steve Easterbrook (CEO of McDonalds UK) and Eric Schmidt (Chairman and CEO of Google) amongst others. Like before, they’ve all got a digital frog sitting close by. Check it out below:

June 3rd 2009

Calling All Green Screenwriters: New Forum To Sell Your Stuff

Filed under: campaigns, web — Michael Parrish DuDell @ 12:58 pm

Do you have a fan-tas-great screenplay that you just, just, just have to share with the world?! Yeah, well get it line! 

Each year indigent writers all over the country print out nearly 180 million sheets of paper in an effort to sell their big idea. That’s a lot of trees, yo! 

Good news for you that  there’s finally a way to exercise that creativity without revving up the chainsaw. 

GreenWriter.org is a new service with one specific goal: provide a place for screenwriters to freely upload their work paper-free. We like! 

Not only will this service help save countless resources, but Green Writer creator Daniel Riser also hopes it will serve as a global platform to connect good writers with movie-makers. He says: 

“There is a huge brick wall separating actors (even A list) from great material because of self-interest groups within the studio system, Riser said. Greenwriter.org tears down that wall by marketing directly to actors to find screenplays written specifically for them.”

What do you think about this idea? Could this be the future of script selling? Chime in and share your thoughts!

May 27th 2009

Casual Mafia Drops The Green Beats With New In My Prius Rap Video

"Ya won't see me ever hit E with my MPGs..."

Filed under: video, web — Michael Andre d'Estries @ 11:29 am

The Prius has been glorified through just about every media format possible.  But truly, Casual Mafia’s new “In My Prius” rap video takes it to a whole new level. It’s creative, catchy, and hilarious. Here’s are some sample lyrics:

“Cruisin’ down the street in my ‘04
Obama bumper sticker and so much more
When I lost it all in the Madoff scheme
The market sank, they repossessed by Beam
I thought ‘What can I do, have I lost my game?’
And now I’m Cru-Cru-Cruising in the carpool lane!”

Check, check, check it below: