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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 2nd 2008

Madonna Pulls An Oprah And Opens A School For Girls In Malawi

Filed under: green and famous — parrish @ 9:48 am

Nowadays it seems that everyone is pulling their money together and opening up a school in some other country. Oprah Winfrey, of course, started the trend with her Henley-On-Klip Leadership Academy in South Africa in 2006, and Ecorazzi told you how Ricki Lake was helping her nanny build a school. Well now the material girl herself has announced plans to open an all-girls school of her own in Malawi.

Madonna recently told Elle magazine: “I’m buying land and getting permission to build a girl’s school. The women will play a big role in the future and rebirth of Malawi.”  Why Malawi? Madonna adopted her son David from the country in 2006 and has been quoted saying : “People always ask me why I chose Malawi. And I tell them, I didn’t. It chose me.”

Stay posted Ecorazzi readers! I’m sure there will be many more juicy details as this story unfolds. I hope Madonna is making this school green!