by Yolanda Crous
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Recycle or die!
The KABMAN Game 0
Posted 2 years, 6 months ago Last week, David Roberts brought you the Keep America Beautiful Man videos. This week, I bring you ... KABMAN, THE GAME.I came, I saw, and I collected 40 recyclable items on my second try. Top that, Gristiacs. Read More
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Travolta strikes again
John Travolta’s private plane fetish brings the noise to a small Maine community 2
Posted 2 years, 6 months ago Oh, John Travolta. When will you and your planes stop p$#@ing off the populace?Apparently it's not enough for Mr. Saturday-Night-Give-the-Planet-a-Fever to wander the globe in his private planes, trailing an excess of carbon emissions in his wake. He's also got to land his plane near his Maine residence during the area's voluntary no-fly period between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Come on, John. It's bad enough that you're contributing to warming the planet. Now you're going to keep granny awake in the process? For shame, Vinnie Barbarino, for shame. Read More
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Hell hath no fury like a Lohan scorned 2
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago On the list of most environmentally unfriendly ways to avenge yourself on an ex-boyfriend, leaving the water in your tub running so it can flood your former squeeze's apartment sits pretty close to the top. But punishment-by-excessive-water-use is exactly what Lindsay Lohan allegedly wrought on Harry Morton last month. -
Bib you hear the one about ... ? 0
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago The number one craze in Hollywood -- babies. The number two craze -- using your baby to show off your eco-grooviness.According to the folks at Ecorazzi, OopC bibs, made from 100 percent organic cotton, are flying off the shelves and into the homes of such glitter-mamas as Gwyneth Paltrow and Tori Spelling. But, as the site rightly points out, buying a few organic bibs does not a true green celeb make:
One new Hollywood grandma who must rename nameless ordered 56 OOPCs -- that's nine for each of her six homes ...
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Shalom, goodbye
This model is no longer untouchable 1
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago During college, I went through an ill-advised phase during which I tacked photos of supermodels I was never, ever going to look like on my dorm-room walls. One of my twiggy idols was Shalom Harlow, whom I loved because she a) really knew how to work the red lipstick and b) seemed like the least approachable person on the planet.No longer. This year, not only did she show up on the cover of Domino's Green Issue, she also (as Amanda Griscom Little reported) popped up at the Sundance Channel's Green Party, spouting nuggets… Read More
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Lame over
The latest attempt to make learning about the environment fun is ... not fun 1
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago Starbucks and Global Green USA have teamed up to put together a new online game called Planet Green. The objective: Travel around a small town called Evergreen (Get it? Ever ... green ... ha!) looking for ways to save on CO2 emissions.The game reminds me of something that might be produced to teach small children about the dangers of sexual predators or crossing the street in heavy traffic. Well-intentioned, yes. A whole lotta fun? Heck to the no. Read More
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Oh, say can UC?
Berkeley students vote on a new sustainability fund 4
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago Tomorrow through Friday, UC Berkeley students will vote "yay" or "nay" on TGIF (aka the Green Initiative Fund), a $5 increase in their per-semester fees that will be used to finance "initiatives on renewable energy, energy efficiency, resource conservation, and 'green' student internships."Last year, UC Santa Barbara (my school, fools) passed TGIF. Now Berkeley folks are playing catch up with this incredibly slick online campaign. Most compelling statistic: UC Berkeley uses as much electricity as Cambodia.
Video below the fold. Read More
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Bush (almost) blows
Our prez nearly made a slip of the plug 21
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago The funniest news lede I've read in a long time:Credit Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally with saving the leader of the free world from self-immolation.
Apparently, our befuddled prez was about to stick an electrical plug into the hydrogen tank of a Ford hydrogen-electric plug-in hybrid. This act, if completed, would have generated Hindenburg-esque bad publicity and probably made Cheney our next president. (Eep!)
To make the save, Mulally apparently "violated all the protocols," grabbing the president's arm and steering him away from the plug.
Maybe that's exactly what Bush needs: someone who's not afraid to… Read More
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How many washed-up reality stars does it take to screw the environment? 2
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago According to Ecorazzi, Kelly Osbourne became a mite confused last Thursday night en route to a party for Dita von Teese. Said party was being held at the same venue as Elle magazine's "Green Bash," and the Spawn O' Ozzy ended up on the wrong red carpet.Her reaction when she realized her mistake? "Screw the environment."
Get in line, Kelly. Get in line. Read More
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I don't think they're ready for this jellyfish
Sea-dweller stops McConaughey in his tracks 1
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago The recent discovery of Irukundi jellyfish off the coast of Fraser Island, Australia, has stopped production of Fool's Gold, a sure-to-be-Oscar-contender starring Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson. The teensy-tiny toxic creatures ("no larger than a thumbnail") are usually found only in northern Queensland, but -- you guessed it -- warming temperatures seem to be pushing the deadly (and we mean deadly) critters south.The upside: Now that global warming has deprived the world of the wacky romantic-comedy stylings of Matt and Kate for a few whole days, maybe the administration will finally have the motivation it needs… Read More
