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June 23rd 2008

Gwyneth Paltrow Raises $90,000 Singing Karaoke

Filed under: donations, events, events: uk — parrish @ 1:03 pm

I’m a solid 7 on the fun scale, and I believe it’s my pretty strict no karaoke rule that keep me from achieving that 8 or 9 status. However, if $90,000 was on the line you better believe I’d grab that mic and sing my little vegan face off! Well apparently Gwyneth Paltrow and I have something in common.

Last week Paltrow participated in a Karaoke With The Stars event in London to help raise money for Palestinian refugee children. Paltrow got on the stage and belted Roberta Flack’s Killing Me Softly after a $90,000 bid was offered — the highest single bid of the evening.

Also in attendance were stars like Lily Cole, Lou Reed, Bruce Forsyth and Stella McCartney. The evening was a hit and raised over $440,000 for the Hoping Foundation. To see more pictures from the evening, visit uk.popsugar.com. 

February 13th 2008

Fashion Industry Tries On Clothes To Support Environmental Justice

Filed under: campaigns, fashion, green and famous, products, shopping, thegreenpicture — parrish @ 12:08 pm

What’s better than a room full of 20 supermodels? A room full of 20 supermodels in eco-friendly clothes…DUH!!!

The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) is teaming up with the fashion industry for their, “Pick Your Cotton Carefully” campaign, which is aimed to help clean up the cotton business. Shockingly, six of the seven largest cotton producers have been accused of using child labor in their fields and often pay the children no more than 2 dollars a day for backbreaking work. So to help fight the good fight, designers like Luella Bartley, Christian Lacroix, Betty Jackson and Katharine Hamnett have created some stylish eco-wear produced on organic and fairly traded cotton with all the proceeds going to the EJF.

Furthermore, 20 supermodels have offered to help support the “Pick Your Cotton Carefully’ campaign by being photographed in the exclusive t-shirts by super talented fashion photographer, Eric Guillemain. We all know a little star power can help boost a campaign (see: Barack Obama) and in the past the EJF has been supported by such stars as: Lily Cole, Erin O’Connor and KT Tunstall (our girl).

SOOOOOO, run, walk or dance to ejfoundation.org to learn about the campaign, view the pictures, and buy a t-shirt or two. FYI: I wear a size medium.