Happy Monday, y'all. If your weekend was as awesome as mine (read: not awesome), you'll need some entertaining celeb goss to get you going this week. So here goes:
Leonardo DiCaprio announced this weekend during press for his documentary 11th Hour (which I've heard, ps, is not awesome, though I hope I misheard) that he arrived at Cannes via commercial jet and tries to fly commercially as much as possible. He also defended Gore's travel-y lifestyle:
The way he travels and the way he lives his life should not be criticised. Don't shoot the messenger.
I've listened to these attacks on Al Gore. We're all doing the best we can. In the long term it's about instilling [environmentally friendly principles] into governments and corporations so these things are part of our everyday lives.
In other news, you may have heard (or seen) that Ellen did a green episode last week (also known as the "Cameron Diaz nip-slip epi"). But I just realized Ellen's also got a green section on her website, wherein she offers 20-some tips and asks viewers to "go green with Ellen." No word on how green Ellen actually is. (She recently chartered a 767 to tape a show during a flight from L.A. to N.Y., if that tells you anything.)
She has, however, asked celebs to sit in front of a horrible "leafy" background and offer tips of their own.
Lindsay Lohan says "buy a hybrid car" and Ryan Seacrest says "eat with your hands when you order takeout." It's all very enlightening.
But I can't hate on Ellen too much because she did link to Grist on her resources page. And also with the getting of the green message out to millions of people.
Climate Citizen: Mary Stuart Masterson
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Delay And Deny Posted 6:54 am
21 May 2007
...I'll remember not to use a private jet.
In the meantime, I'll keep truing my bike spokes.
John Bailo, The "Denier Guy"
You Read It Here First
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caniscandida Posted 7:16 am
21 May 2007
As for Lindsay: It is well known that DR has a terminal crush on that lass, so I hope the Seattle office had a blood-pressure monitor on hand, and/or a gun with a tranquilizer dart, when this amazing news broke.
Chickens are our cousins!
So are other sensitive animals!
Enough is enough!
No more factory farms!
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Biodiversivist Posted 12:03 pm
21 May 2007
In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world
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Greta Posted 1:00 am
22 May 2007
I happened to see the Ellen show. She has a large typical-American audience, so the exposure and endorsement from this celebrity was good.
However, my heart sank when they announced the contest runner-up prize.
Here's how it went down:
After the presentation of green tips, they randomly drew 2 audience members' names to compete for a Toyota Prius. They asked 2 questions:
Which is better for the environment: paper or plastic? [The answer, neither. BYOB best.]
What manufacturer of healthy products was shown? [Seventh Generation]
Neither contestant knew the correct answer to either. So, they proceded to the loser-tiebreaker: turning on a light. No, really. All these losers had to do to win a $28,000 Toyota Prius was to turn on a light. If their light went on (the one under their head), they won.
Guess that we should blame the ignorance of the contestants on Cameron's peek-a-boo nipple. (Heck, it barely threw off Ellen.)
The second loser won a trip to Cancun (or someplace) courtesy of Delta(?) Airlines. What?!! Why not something actually environmentally friendly and solution-oriented (as was the car)? Why not a year supply of Seventh Generation products? Or, a solar backpack or such.
Ellen, I truly appreciated your shout out to Mother Earth, but you missed the boat on that 2nd prize.
Greta
www.NoPunProductions.com ~ AmericaTheGreen.org
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