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American Idle What else might we do with our time?	Erik Hoffner	06 Apr 2007	Gristmill
Every week, 30 million people tune in to at least a couple hours of American Idol. Whether this show has truly "jumped the shark" this year or not remains to be seen, but I submit that if a portion of these folks would join the ranks of the American Idealists instead, we'd all be in for a more interesting Wednesday night. Idealist.org's brand new connections platform is already linking up 28,000+ people who are meeting up to build community in their towns ...
Topics: celebrity, environmental movement, green living (all these topics)

I don't think they're ready for this jellyfish Sea-dweller stops McConaughey in his tracks	Yolanda Crous	04 Apr 2007	Gristmill
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 depri ...
Topics: celebrity, green living, Australia (all these topics)

Travolta: biggest, fattest, hypocritest The latest on this earth-shattering story	David Roberts	02 Apr 2007	Gristmill
This past Friday, I was once again invited to be on FOX's Hannity & Colmes. Last time, you'll recall, I was to discuss the grave and momentous subject of Al Gore's hypocrisy. This time, the subject was even graver and momentouser: John Travolta's hypocrisy. (Last time I got bumped for Daryl Hannah. This time I was both too busy and too sick. Someday!) Travolta, you see, recently opined on the subject of global warming, just after driving a Harley down the red ...
Topics: celebrity, climate, environmental movement, green living, jackassery, TV (all these topics)

Good thing LeBron James doesn't raise awareness about global warming ... Don't want any hypocrisy	David Roberts	29 Mar 2007	Gristmill
... 'cause that would make him a total hypocrite. As it is, he's fine.
Topics: celebrity, green living, sports (all these topics)

How deep is Gore love?	Yolanda Crous	26 Mar 2007	Gristmill
That Al Gore. Such a busy guy. Apparently, in between getting nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, stealing the show at the Oscars, and testifying before Congress, he's found time to heal a former Beatle's tender heart. This, from TMZ.com: While Heather Mills dances with the stars, soon-to-be-ex hubby Paul McCartney is getting hot and heavy with a new squeeze. The beleaguered Beatle has been spotted a lot lately with Sabrina Guinness, of, yes, the Guinness Stou ...
Topics: celebrity, gossip, green living (all these topics)

A bad pap	Yolanda Crous	26 Mar 2007	Gristmill
Yet another reason for your bile to rise when you hear the word 'paparazzi': their choice in vehicles. Check out this impressive (or should I say unimpressive?) lineup of pap-owned SUVs parked in front of Britney Spears' house last week. Couldn't a couple of you chase the starlets around in a Civic or something?
Topics: cars, celebrity, green living (all these topics)

Julia styles Julia Roberts greens up	Yolanda Crous	25 Mar 2007	Gristmill
Nothing like another child on the way to get a gal thinking about the health of the planet. Apparently, Julia Roberts, who's preggo again, is planning to green up her Malibu abode with some solar panels, recycled tiles, and sustainable wood products. Granted, said gal has been mulling such matters for a while now. (She's a spokeswoman for Earth Biofuels.) Which explains her recent courageous decision to convert from a hybrid to a vegetable-oil-fueled auto despite th ...
Topics: celebrity, green living (all these topics)

Sister Hazell Britain's favorite topless model is the latest eco-spokesperson		09 Mar 2007	Daily Grist
Sister Hazell Britain's favorite topless model is the latest eco-spokesperson Lots of climate and energy news today, so here's some Friday frippery. How excited do you think Guy Adams of The Independent was when his editor told him to interview Keeley Hazell about her green principles? Hazell, well known in Britain as a winsome Page Three girl (that's British for "nudie newspaper model"), pose ...
Topics: celebrity, green living, news, sex, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Tom Hanks, EV supporter and fiend for beef jerky Star is driving a converted electric car	Adam Browning	04 Mar 2007	Gristmill
AC Propulsion announced delivery of their first eBox to Tom Hanks. Its a Scion xB with the engine replaced by a 35 kW lithium ion battery -- delivering an impressive 150 mile range. And for $55k, they'll upgrade your Scion, too.And I had no idea Tom Hanks was such a regular guy. From the press release: Just before he drove off, silently, in his new eBox, Hanks observed, 'There are three electric cars sitting on the moon, and now an ...
Topics: cars, celebrity, electric vehicles, green living (all these topics)

Don't Make Her Bust Out That Bustier Famed California town may have to fight yet another pollution battle		02 Mar 2007	Daily Grist
Don't Make Her Bust Out That Bustier Famed California town may have to fight yet another pollution battle Note to pollutey people: if you want to keep a low profile, perhaps it's wise not to situate yourself in a location made famous for being unjustly polluted. A sewage-sludge conversion plant is being planned eight miles away from Hinkley, the small California town made forever infamous by Julia ...
Topics: air pollution, California, celebrity, green living, news (all these topics)

Tales of the bizarre My aborted adventure on Fox	David Roberts	01 Mar 2007	Gristmill
I'll tell you a little secret. Late last week, for a few brief, surreal hours, I was scheduled to appear on the Fox News show Hannity & Colmes to discuss ... well, allegedly the greening of the Oscars, but as anyone who's seen the show knows, the real topic was always going to be the hypocrisy of Hollywood limousine liberals blah blah. If that's not bizarre enough, Ann Coulter was scheduled to appear opposite me. And if that's not bizarre enough, hours after I ...
Topics: celebrity, green living, movies, TV (all these topics)

More Gore Really, can you get enough?	Yolanda Crous	27 Feb 2007	Gristmill
Just can't get enough of Al-mania? For your consideration, two Gore-centric anecdotes from the Oscar backstage press room, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly: Please. S'il Vous Plait. Por Favor. Per Favore. Please. Hands shot up all over for Al Gore when he came backstage. What did the international press want to know? Maybe something about how it was to star in an Oscar-winning film? Or how they can help stop global warming? Or how can they fix the wipers on their ...
Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, celebrity, cutesy, movies, music, politics (all these topics)

The G-list The pre-Oscar buzz is green, all green	Yolanda Crous	23 Feb 2007	Gristmill
Orlando Bloom, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Penelope Cruz at the Global Green pre-Oscar party. Photo: Michael Caulfield / WireImage.comAnyone who sneaks a guilty peek at Access Hollywood or Extra after dinner knows that it is officially Party Week in Hollywood. Everybody and her over-pedigreed dog is in town, boozing and schmoozing it up before the Academy Awards on Sunday. So when I scored an invite to the Global Green pre-Oscar party, I was pretty pumped. This is th ...
Topics: cars, celebrity, consumerism, electric vehicles, Prius (all these topics)

Have Some Class: Feed your Roots Win a compost bin designed and autographed by celeb-types	Sarah van Schagen	23 Feb 2007	Gristmill
Youth-focused group Global Inheritance has teamed up with hip-hoppers The Roots to get composting into schools across the U.S. As part of the Feed Your Roots campaign, elementary, middle, and high schools who develop composting programs will have the chance to win a Roots compost bin autographed by the band. To enter, students/teachers must submit a detailed outline of the composting program as well as promotional materials. Entries are due May 1, and the Ro ...
Topics: celebrity, education, gardening, waste (all these topics)

Hollygood One great way to increase environmental awareness? That's entertainment.	Yolanda Crous	20 Feb 2007	Gristmill
Whenever a Hollywood star steps behind a podium in support of a cause, you can almost hear the sound of millions of Americans rolling their eyes. What right, goes the thinking, do actors/pop stars/celebutantes have to tell us, the workaday citizens of the real world, what we should and should not believe about the political issue du jour? Still, take a look at any newsstand or turn on any cable news channel and you can't help but be awed by the sheer eyeball-captivat ...
Topics: celebrity, climate science, messaging (all these topics)

7/7/07: Live Earth concerts official Gore launches massive effort to combat climate change	Sarah van Schagen	15 Feb 2007	Gristmill
Breaking news: Al Gore (along with Pharrell Williams, Cameron Diaz, and others) today officially launched Save Our Selves (SOS) - The Campaign for a Climate in Crisis. (Watch the live news conference here.) The campaign begins with concerts on seven continents -- including one broadcast from Antarctica (not sure how that will work or how, exactly, it's environmental). Live Earth will then continue as a multi-year effort led by Gore to fight global warming by rai ...
Topics: music, climate, celebrity (all these topics)

Seven concerts on seven continents on 7/7/07 More buzz about the Live Earth concerts	Sarah van Schagen	13 Feb 2007	Gristmill
Buzz about the global-warming-focused concert series expected to 'dwarf' Live Aid is continuing to, well, buzz. Speculation about who will perform has begun -- with U2, Coldplay, Madonna, and Kylie Minogue topping the list. (There are even rumors of a Spice Girls reunion.) Though most sources are calling the series 'Live Earth,' one whisper site reports that the concerts will go by the name Save Our Selves (SOS) and be hosted by MSN. Save Our Selves (SOS) ...
Topics: celebrity, climate, music (all these topics)

BNL on the road again And aiming to be green	Sarah van Schagen	06 Feb 2007	Gristmill
Pop-rock quintet Barenaked Ladies is back on the road, touring through Canada after returning from their Ships and Dip cruise last month, and getting a bit of press about their efforts to be green(ish). Grist, of course, was all over that story last year. A few stats from the fall B.L.A.M. tour: Fans neutralized almost 1 million miles of driving by participating in the band's offset program. The band itself neutralized 300 tons of CO2 by offsetting all of the po ...
Topics: cars, celebrity, ecological footprint, energy efficiency, music, Prius (all these topics)

Sundance: CarbonNeutral/LoveSounds Yeah, yeah, it's not about the celebrities. Only it is.	Kate Sheppard	26 Jan 2007	Gristmill
I spent most of my time in Utah almost seeing stars. Hung out with a biofuels enthusiast that Ed Begley Jr. had hung out with the day before. Rode in a car that chauffeured Bradley Whitford the previous two days. Touched a poster that Justin Timberlake would touch just the next day. Sigh.An update (complete with photos of celebrities that I did not touch) came in today from Ice Lounge organizing-marketer-guy Scott Samson. Thanks to donations from Sundance highrollers ( ...
Topics: celebrity, Utah (all these topics)

Global warming is hot! PBS's NOW chats with Laurie David, Majora Carter	Sarah van Schagen	26 Jan 2007	Gristmill
'The Heat Over Global Warming' is the topic of discussion on tonight's episode of the PBS show NOW. They'll be chatting with high-profile activist Laurie David as well as Majora Carter of Sustainable South Bronx. From the show's website: Ahead of a major scientific report on global warming to be released next week, David Brancaccio talks with Laurie David, a producer of the Oscar-nominated documentary An Inconvenient Truth and a major environmental activist. ...
Topics: celebrity, green living, hotties, TV (all these topics)

Sundance: Robert Redford hates climate change And other adventures in touching celebrities	Kate Sheppard	19 Jan 2007	Gristmill
I thought my closest brush with fame this week would be nearly taking out James Redford with a boom mic last night. But then I accidentally touched him inappropriately, and later, cornered his father. Son Redford presented Everything's Cool at the special pre-screening last night, giving a glowing account of the film and announcing the family's plan to protect 2,000 additional acres of land in the beautiful area known as the Sundance Preserve. This is when I ac ...
Topics: Robert Redford, interview, green living, celebrity, movies (all these topics)

Ted Again Cable magnate Ted Turner forms solar-energy business partnership		12 Jan 2007	Daily Grist
Ted Again Cable magnate Ted Turner forms solar-energy business partnership Remember Ted Turner? Tall fellow, gray hair, owned a lotta cable TV and a lotta land and was married to Jane Fonda? Yeah, that one. Well, he's back, and he's sinking some of his legendary wealth into solar technology. Partnering with four-year-old, New Jersey-based Dome-Tech Solar, the skillionaire will focus on ...
Topics: business, California, celebrity, energy, news, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Ed Over Heels A new reality series reveals what it's like living with eco-celeb Ed Begley Jr.	Sarah van Schagen	02 Jan 2007	Main Dish
Nick and Jessica had their "chicken of the sea." Sharon and Ozzy had their bleepity bleep-bleep. And now Ed and Rachelle have ... plastic rain barrels. Ed Begley Jr. Photo: Tricia Lee Pascoe That's Ed Begley Jr. and his wife, actress Rachelle Carson. They're the stars of Living with Ed, a six-episode series premiering on HGTV in January that puts a domestic spi ...
Topics: celebrity, energy at home, energy efficiency, green living, solar thermal power, TV (all these topics)

Powered by the Stars Check out the latest entries in the celeb-biofuels biz		13 Dec 2006	Main Dish
You've heard of BioWillie, Willie Nelson's foray into the world of celebrity-branded biodiesel. But did you know that several other celebs, not to be outdone, have plans to unveil their own biofuel lines? During our series, Grist has been doused with requests from PR professionals to promote their clients' fuelish products. We're only too happy to oblige. Celeb: Martha Stewart Product: DIY Biofuel The deal: M ...
Topics: biofuels, celebrity, energy (all these topics)

Using Hollywood Let's	David Roberts	01 Dec 2006	Gristmill
Variety's special package on the greening of Hollywood is pretty good. Joel Makower has a nice rundown. Joel says one thing I'd like to follow up on: ... the last thing the environmental movement -- always struggling for relevance as a mainstream force in America and elsewhere -- needs is a closer alliance with the left-leaning Hollywood elite. He doesn't make too much of this, but it's a common sentiment, so it's worth addressing. Movement conservatism has s ...
Topics: celebrity (all these topics)

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