ecorazzi.com :: the latest in green gossip

September 19th 2008

Razzi Snap: Al Gore To Buy Interest In Eco Mag

Filed under: donations, events, fashion, green and famous, magazines, shopping, sports — sara @ 9:15 am

After gracing this month’s cover, Al Gore is buying stock in the environmental magazine Plenty. Founder Mark Spellun says there’s a deal going on, but Gore isn’t buying the company.

Naomi Campbell may be known as a bad-tempered diva, but she’s also been known to have her better moments. One example might be her third annual Fashion for Relief Charity Show on Wednesday. Part of London Fashion Week, the event was co-created with the Prime Minister’s wife Sarah Brown, and benefited the White Ribbon Alliance, a charity that saves the lives of pregnant women and babies in developing countries. It seems to have been quite successful, with Katherine Jenkins‘ dress raising £1,000 and Cameron Diaz’s boyfriend, Paul Sculfor, auctioning a date with himself for £1,500.

Beyonce, Jay-Z, Jimmy Fallon, Julianne Moore, Patti LaBelle, and “Gossip Girl” stars Blake Lively and Taylor Momsen attended the 9th annual New Yorkers for Children Fall Gala on Tuesday. The event benefited youth foster care in New York.

Nick Jonas was spotted in LA on Wednesday puppy-lovin’–and using plastic. Nick, Target’s got some nifty reusable bags that are almost as cute as your new Golden Retriever buddy! Try one out.

Remember when we told you about Tim Robbins playing hockey for charity? He showed up at the Right to Play event with a t-shirt sporting the phrase “Hockey Dads for Obama.” He also gave all the other parents a shirt, and said, ““Palin does not speak for all of the hockey parents out there. I’m sure that there are a lot of Hockey Single Moms for Obama out there. I also believe that the ultimate hockey god, Don Cherry, is for Obama, too.”

August 23rd 2008

Tim Robbins to Play Hockey for Charity This September

Filed under: donations, events, sports — sara @ 5:29 pm

On September 5, we’ll get to see activist actor Tim Robbins take to the ice for a great cause.  Along with fellow celebs Alan Thicke, D.B. Sweeney, Cameron Bancroft and Jason Reitman, Robbins will be playing in the inaugural Festival Cup charity hockey game to benefit Right to Play, an organization that works to help children in disadvantaged parts of the world get a chance to play sports.

NHL stars Joe Thornton, Jason Spezza, Curtis Joseph, Matt Stajan, Robyn Regehr, Mike Cammalleri, Sean Avery and Andrew Ference will also be playing at the event.

“I believe in the positive power of sport and play for children. In addition to keeping kids out of trouble and engaging them in a constructive activity, sports teach children many lessons and values including teamwork and determination. The Festival Cup is a great opportunity to help support the important initiatives of Right To Play,” says Wayne Gretzky, Right To Play’s Canadian Advisory Board Honorary Chair. What better way to raise money for gross motor development through sports than by playing a sport?

This also isn’t Robbins’ first time playing hockey for a cause. He’s played in the Heroes of Hockey game, among others. He once told Charlie Rose, “I like hockey. I like crunching people into boards and stuff, but it’s legal. I mean, on one’s going to die, you know. It’s a good, healthy way to get rid of that thing that’s in all of us, this violence, you know. We’ve got it in us.” Sports are better than, say, war or genocide then? Yeah, I’ll agree with that.

July 18th 2008

Sarandon Fights Hospital Expansion. Next up: Orphanages

Filed under: buildings and construction, cars-houses, green and famous, movies — joe @ 9:11 am

We’re almost always on the same page as Susan Sarandon, especially when she’s taking on the likes of Bill O’Reilly, but this one might leave even the biggest Bull Durham fans scratching their heads.

The outspoken New York greenie, along with longtime companion Tim Robbins, has recently expressed concern with the expansion plans of Greenwich Village’s St. Vincent’s Hospital. The couple have a home in the area and are concerned with the impact that development will have on the neighborhood. That’s right, she’s now fighting sick people.

The couple lives just three blocks away from the proposed structure. While she admits that changes need to be made at the facility, she is asking the planners to consider some proposed alternatives. Let’s hope that the family’s health insurance covers emergency room visits at other hospitals.

While we New Yorkers are always concerned with the perils of expansion (not to mention collapsing cranes), we might want to look at something like NYU’s attempted urban domination before going after hospitals.

http://www.dosomething.org/celebsgonegood/Susan_Sarandon_Tim_Robbins