When it comes to celebrity tournaments for charity, we here at Ecorazzi simply gush. The concept is pretty simple: pick a game, gets a few celebs, raise a little cash, help a great charity thrive. Notice how “kill animal” was not listed in the above equation.

Rob Lowe has given up the game of golf after he accidentally hit a goldfinch in mid-air and killed the bird during a celebrity golf tournament. Lowe says: “My luck continued to decline. It turns out it was the state bird, and killing the state bird is punishable by prison. By the time that the state police had found out, they (golf officials) had sequestered me away into the clubhouse, and I sort of made my escape. I was completely traumatized so I’ve given up the game.”

Certainly Lowe won’t be imprisoned for the accident, but it’s nice to see that he felt genuinely sorry for the mistake. Incidentally, a group of mathematics geniuses playing in the same tournament figured that, ‘the odds of hitting this bird in flight is one in 247 million, and the odds of a hole-in-one – one in 700,000.” Perhaps Lowe wanted to score a birdie so badly for charity that he just got carried away.

via: starpulse.com

To celebrate the Conference Arnold hosted a Green Gala for participants and friends at the famous movie studio. Rob Lowe and Tom Arnold are a couple friends who turned out to support their good buddy.

Arnold discussed why he wanted to host this environmental evening with the Governors, “The night is just a little celebration…I’m very proud of my past profession, being in the movies, and this is where we shot several of the movies and always had a great time.” He then remind the press that the Conference and working on climate change are what’s really important, not the party.

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Robe Lowe was one of the celebrities in attendance Friday — amidst 300 corporate executives from Wal-Mart, GE, Dow Chemical and others — to hear CA Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger deliver a message on climate change and the U.S. governments inept approach to dealing with it. Said Arnold, “The federal government is asleep at the wheel and they don’t get it. Those that don’t believe in the (global warming) threat, they still think the earth is flat. Unless you put a serious cap on emissions, we’ll never get there. It signals we’re serious about it. That’s when companies go and make changes.” While we agree with Arnold on the above, we also think he should put a cap in his own emissions if people are going to seriously follow his lead. [via Enviromedia]

Yesterday, a peace vigil was headed by actor/activist Sean Penn and “Peace Mom” Cindy Sheehan in San Francisco. The event was organized to mark the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War (which actually happens this Wednesday) and remember those American and Iraqis killed in the conflict. Penn has long been a critic of the the war and the Bush administration. For more information on upcoming protests, please visit the official site.

Prince Harry is upset that a charity he started in memory of his mother, the late Princess Diana, has been distributing only a fraction of the funds it receives to those in need. The organization, called Sentebale, was created to help orphans in southern Africa impacted by the AIDS virus. To date, only only £84,000 of the £1.15 million raised has gone to the kids. Those involved cite start-up costs, but high payments — including £100,000 to an unidentified individual — has the Prince crying foul. [via Telegraph]

The game over where the Pitt-Jolies are planning on settling down has once again focused on France. Apparently, the couple have now put a $20 million offer in on an 850-year-old home built by monks. Previously, Angelina had fallen in love with the property, but withdrew an offer after Pitt was denied permission to turn the lavish 5-acre gardens into a racetrack for his motorcycles. Now, such obstacles have been removed, and they are moving forward with purchasing the place. A garden for a racetrack? Hmmm…[via Sunday Mirror]

Photo: Actor Rob Lowe and CEO Kevin Tuerff of Green Canary Sustainability Consulting