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April 24th 2008

Americans Choose Oprah Winfrey To Share Their Coffee With

Filed under: campaigns, food & drink — parrish @ 2:36 pm

If you could have your morning cup of coffee with either Angelina Jolie, Oprah Winfrey, Laura Bush, Bill Gates, Al Gore or Brad Pitt who would you choose?

If you picked Oprah you got it right! Well at least that’s what the majority of America said when asked by the Opinion Research Corporation on behalf of Millstone Fair Trade Coffee. In fact, out of the 746 adult coffee drinkers polled, 20 percent picked Oprah while Bill Gates came in second with 16 percent and Laura Bush third with 15 percent. Brad Pitt on the other hand only got a shabby 7 percent. Umm..I think maybe the coffee drinkers had other activities in mind for Brad.

Millstone also found that while 52 percent of people said they were aware of Fair Trade certification, only about half of those (44 percent) were able to really explain it.

How would you do on the Fair Trade test? If you think you’re missing a few genius points, visit TransFairUsa.com and bone up. And when you’re done, hit Millstone Fair Trade Coffee and reward yourself for all that hard work.

April 24th 2008

The Green Quote: Al Gore Turns Down Obama’s Cabinet Offer

Filed under: politics — michael @ 2:05 pm

“I don’t intend to be a part of any administration. I’ve been Vice President, I ran for President twice, so I don’t have any interest in being a cabinet member. I think my best use is in building grassroots support. I will, of course, give advice to whoever asks me for advice on this and will work to help, but not in a formal way.”

– Al Gore in a recent interview with The Sun

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!

April 21st 2008

Gore Confirms Sequel To An Inconvenient Truth In The Works

Filed under: green and famous — michael @ 2:05 pm

We’ve long speculated that there would be, but now The Sun is quoting Al Gore as saying that a sequel to An Inconvenient Truth is going to happen. Who’s ready to start waiting in line right now? From the article

“The former US Vice President said: ‘I will make a sequel to the 2006 documentary ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ and despite earths ‘rising fever’, I am hopeful for a happy ending”. However, he admitted that the situation had instead got worse since his documentary hit cinemas in 2006. Gore said: ‘I have to say the situation has not improved since I made the movie in 2006. Sure, awareness has grown and more people are concerned since scientists said we had just ten years to take action to halt rising sea levels,’ was quoted as saying by The Sun.”

Gore’s first documentary was a critical and box-office success — with some crediting the film for seriously increasing the momentum of today’s environmental movement. The former VP’s fears, however, are justified as a recent Gallup poll showed only 1/3 of Americans are concerned about climate change — the same number as measured 19 years ago!

Will Gore’s next film on the topic draw people into the theaters for another dose of climate change education? Or should he stick to other methods for informing people? What do you think?

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April 18th 2008

Nancy Pelosi And Newt Gingrich Come Together To Fight Climate Change

Filed under: green and famous — michael @ 3:31 pm

For the second in its series of videos titled “Unlikely Alliances”, the $300 million dollar WE initiative (sponsored by Al Gore’s Alliance For Climate Protection) has brought together Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

In the ad, Pelosi and Gingrich admit they don’t always see eye-to-eye, but believe the country must put aside its political difference and come together to fight climate change. How that happens, however, still remains a difference between the two politicians. As the SFGate reports, Pelosi supports a “mandatory cap-and-trade system to reduce emissions, while Gingrich would rather use tax credits and other incentives to get industry to switch to low-carbon technologies.”

Said Cathy Zoi, CEO of the Alliance for Climate Protection, “By bringing together top Republicans and Democrats, we are demonstrating both to the American public and to lawmakers that we can and must overcome partisan differences to solve the climate crisis.”

Check out the ad below.

April 16th 2008

Al Gore Would Like To Know What Inspires You

Filed under: web — michael @ 5:38 pm

As part of their coverage leading up to Earth Day, Current TV is asking for people to ask what ideas, thoughts or changes they’ve seen or heard with regards to the environment that inspires them. If you respond with either a webcam video or text by April 17th, you may be selected to become part of their Earth Day coverage from April 19-22nd. So basically, you’ve got 24 hours — get to it, jump here!

Check out Al Gore’s video below:

April 14th 2008

Will Al Gore And Jimmy Carter Act Together To End Clinton’s Bid?

Filed under: politics — michael @ 10:40 am

There’s a rumor drifting online just above a whisper that Al Gore and Jimmy Carter may be about to act either together or in sequence to end the Democratic primary and gather support behind a single candidate.

Such rumors generally come from barely-credible sources, in this case the UK Scotsman, but if true it would be a blow to the one candidate suspected to not be getting the endorsement of either gentleman: Hillary Clinton. From the article,

“Former president Carter and former vice-president Gore have already held high-level discussions about delivering the message that she must stand down for the good of the Democrats. ‘They’re in discussions,’ a source close to Carter told Scotland on Sunday. ‘Carter has been talking to Gore. They will act, possibly together, or in sequence.’ An appeal by both men for Democrats to unite behind Clinton’s rival, Barack Obama, would have a powerful effect, and insiders say it is a question of when, rather than if, they act.”

Other sources claim that such an announcement might be imminent — which would be interesting strategy ahead of the April 22nd Pennsylvania primary.

Stay tuned!

April 11th 2008

Obama Now “Guarantees” Gore An Offer To Join Cabinet

Filed under: green and famous — michael @ 11:50 am

If you’re sick of all this Gore speculation, I’m sorry to be bending your ear. Unfortunately, I find it all too amusing and can’t help but share with everyone.

As I mentioned before, Presidential candidate Barack Obama previously said he would consider the idea when asked if Al Gore might be invited to take part in his administration. At a recent Town Hall meeting in Indiana, Obama raised the stakes even further by guaranteeing a offer to the former Vice-President to join his administration. From the article,

“’I can guarantee you that Al Gore will be invited to take part in my administration,’ Obama said, reiterating comments he made a week ago in response to a similar question in Pennsylvania. At both the Indiana and Pennsylvania events, Obama mentioned that he speaks to Gore periodically.”

Of course, Gore has reiterated that he “probably” will not be rejoining the political scene anytime soon. Ok, so he’s actually remained wishy-washy about the entire thing — something which is maddening, but probably wise in terms of playing the field.

We also know that both Clinton and Obama have been wooing Gore incessantly with hopes that his endorsement might seal the deal for the nomination.

Drama, people. Pure drama. But damn, it’s fun.

April 9th 2008

Al Gore’s Updated Slideshow From TED Now Available

The sequel you've been waiting for...

Filed under: film-tv, movies — michael @ 1:23 pm

At the most recent TED conference (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Al Gore presented an updated sequel of sorts to his famous ‘Inconvenient Truth’ slideshow. Previously, that talk was only available to those that attended, but now you can see Gore’s presentation in its entirety below. Some great questions are answered — and skeptics and supporters alike should take 30 minutes to relax and watch this. Enjoy.

April 3rd 2008

Senator Claims McCain Has Done More On Global Warming Than Gore

Filed under: politics — michael @ 5:26 pm

Let loose the dogs of absurdity! Fire up the flames of incompetence! Ladies and Gentlemen, we have someone other than Senator James Inhofe racking up the points in “Wild ‘n Wacky Quotes From U.S. Politicians”! Drum roll please…

“He’s not going to run away from President Bush but at the end of the day, John McCain has earned a reputation, and has the scars to show it, of doing things that put the country ahead of party,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said, noting McCain has differed with the party on immigration, his desire to close Guantanamo Bay, and enacting robust climate change policies.

“Climate change is the road less traveled but he’s traveled it even more than Al Gore,” Graham said. “Al Gore has talked about it and deserves great recognition but he was around here a long time and never introduced a bill.”

My God! The Nobel Foundation got it all wrong! It’s actually John McCain that has done more than anyone else to draw attention to Global Warming! Of course!

As ThinkProgress points out “Gore held the first congressional hearings on climate change in the late 1970s, well before McCain was even elected to Congress.” Not to mention his work on the Kyoto Protocol, his thousands of talks on the subject, his $300 million dollar ad campaign, successful movie, books, and millions of other hours spent fighting to help educate and push the science of climate change into the collective of important social issues.

Gore hasn’t just walked the road. The man has practically built it.

But maybe we shouldn’t be so hard on Senator Lindsey. Maybe he does have a point about McCain’s environmental record.

“While Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has touted his support for the environment throughout his presidential campaign, the League of Conservation Voters gave him a zero rating Thursday on its 2007 congressional scorecard — making him the lowest-ranking lawmaker among all 535 members of Congress. Carl Pope, executive director of the advocacy group Sierra Club, said in a statement that the senator scored lower than some lawmakers who had died in the middle of the term.”

Or not.