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October 20th 2008

Bill Clinton, Sting, Trudi Styler Honored At Oceana’s Partners Award Gala

Filed under: campaigns, events: la, green and famous, honors — michael @ 10:32 am

The 2008 Oceana Partners Award Gala was held in Los Angeles Saturday evening in honor of former President Bill Clinton, Sting, and his wife Trudi Styler. On hand to celebrate were a number of famous faces such as Ted Danson & Mary Steenburgen, Barbara Streisand and James Brolin, Dustin Hoffman, Pierce Brosnan and Keely Shaye Smith, Diane Keaton, Kirsten Dunst, Adrian Grenier, Katharine McPhee, Zach Braff, Melissa George, Rosanna Arquette, Kristin Chenoweth, Arriana Huffington, Laura Dern and Ben Harper, Norman Lear, Sarah Paulsen, Laird Hamilton, Sugar Ray Leonard, Karina Petroni and Lisa Anderson.

Clinton was recognized for this continuing contributions to the environment — particularly through the Clinton Climate Initiative. Trudi and Sting were given honors for their Rainforest Foundation organization and the the more than $25 million they’ve helped raise with their 15 benefit concerts since 1989.

Guests were treated to a special four song surprise performance by Sting. Dustin Hoffman joined him on-stage to play the piano for a song Dustin had written. Rosanna Arquette also served as the DJ throughout the evening.

Over $1.3 million was raised for Oceana from the evening’s festivities!

We’ve got a whole bunch of photos from the event after the jump — so have a look! And congrats to Oceana on another wonderful event and successful fundraiser!

Click here to see additional photos from the 2008 Partners Award Gala…

September 11th 2008

The Green Quote: Diane Keaton Celebrates The Holidays Vegetarian Style

Filed under: animals, food & drink, healthy living, magazines — parrish @ 10:22 am

“I loved Christmas caroling. It was so important in my life. Secretly, I wanted to be a performer. We lived in California, so it wasn’t cold. But you’d wrap little scarves around you and sing. My mother was a really wonderful cake baker, and Christmas she’d do ham. Now, of course, I’m a vegetarian.”

- Diane Keaton discussing her vegetarian lifestyle in Parade magazine. The holidays are closer than you think. Stock up on that Tofurkey now!

July 19th 2008

Harrison Ford Is The Newest Star Of The O.C.

Filed under: honors, thegreenpicture — lori @ 12:15 pm

Hundreds came out  Orange County’s Laguna Beach for The Sea Change Summer Party to raise money for environmental group Oceana, and to honor Harrison Ford’s consistent work for the environment. Ford sits on many boards for different environmental groups, he’s donated acreage in Wyoming for conservation, and his recent chest waxing to bring attention to deforestation is one of the most creative acts of advocacy I’ve scence in a long time.  A perfect choice for someone to honor…he deserves it!

Oceana protects the world’s oceans and receives mondo celebrity support for their work. An impressive list of eco-stars were flown to the party in helicopters from L.A.! Crikey!

Celebrities who showed up were Ted Danson, Diane Lane, Diane Keaton, Jeff Goldblum, Beau Bridges, and Sam Waterson (also honored). Oceana paid $1,000 to purchase carbon credits to offset the party’s carbon emissions.

Global warming is hitting our oceans hard, and it seems the media often forgets to mention our troubled salty waters. I’m glad Oceana is out there working it and raising awareness.

via: ocregister.com