As a fresh-faced 25-year-old, I’m constantly fueled and inspired by fellow young people making a difference in the world. So you can imagine how flippin psyched I was when I heard that One Step Beyond – an organization started by the staff and students at Angus College at Arbroath – had organized a celebrity shoe drive.

Stars like Robin Williams, Daniel Radcliffe, Zoë Wanamaker, Ewan McGregor, and Elton John donated a total of 19 pairs of shoes which are being auctioned off to raise money for charities like Cancer Research UK, Cash for Kids, No More Landmines, and the Angus College Charitable Trust.

This isn’t the first time the Angus do-gooders bared their sole. Last year, students at the school created a three-mile line of shoes and donated all 20,000 pairs to charities in Africa! You guys frigin rock my socks…literally!

The auction opened last week and runs until October 19th. So hurry, hurry, hurry over to ebay.co.uk/charity and get yourself some famouse footwear!

via: looktothestars.org

According to sources, both the organization Global Green USA and DiCaprio recently picked up the bike. Here’s the blurb,

The first delivery went to one of Hollywood’s most supported green organizations, Global Green. Global Green, known for such efforts as partnering with Brad Pitt to build green housing in post-Katrina New Orleans, thought the ZEV would be a perfect representation of their cause. The company’s CEO, Matt Peterson said, “The Vectrix is a fun way to travel green”. Perhaps such an endorsement is what convinced one of Hollywood’s biggest green A-listers, Leonardo DiCaprio, to go Vectrix too.

We’ve no doubt this green beauty will be on display outside Global Green’s Pre-Oscar bash. Should they decide to provide eco-friendly transportation like last year for the Academy Awards, we may even see someone like Leo ride one to the red carpet. Great publicity for a tech-heavy green scooter that hopefully will trickle down to more affordable levels.

You can cruise a video of the Vectrix here.