According to Arnold we need to make environmental issues sexy in order to attract more people to the cause. He’s right, but he's not the first one to try and bring a higher level of awareness through the tried and true method used by car companies, beer companies and sports organizations alike.Ryan Kennedy of Brain Mulch fame volunteered as an ...

Venues have been announced and 16 headliners revealed for Live Earth's U.S. show. If you want to be one of the two billion people gathering in the name of combating climate change, you better have your credit card ready Monday, April 16 at 10 a.m. EDT. And if required, a bus ticket to East Rutherford, New Jersey's Giants Stadium. ''We hope ...

Leonardo DiCaprio is being featured in May’s issue of Vanity Fair, with fur! Don’t worry; the fur’s attached to celebrity polar bear cub Knut (sounds like Ka-noot). As you may recall, Knut was born in captivity at the Berlin Zoo and raised by a keeper after being rejected by his mother. Annie Leibovitz shot the photos, of DiCaprio at the ...

Sharing more reflections on his recent testimony, Al Gore says he’s encouraged that increasing numbers of House and Senate members accept the scientific consensus on climate change. And presumably referring about the ever pleasant Senator Inhofe, he also mentions the increasing isolation of naysayers. Putting Inhofe in his placeSumming up his ...

Melbourne Australia has been sitting at level 3 water restrictions since January, which means a lot of rules about what residents can use their water for. A severe drought has been causing shortages, and may lead to what Victoria’s Water Minister John Thwaites says would be unprecedented water shortages by the end of the year. An opposition leader ...

Canadian actress Rachel McAdams has recently been talking about her green lifestyle choices, from wearing clothes made of soy to buying her dad a composter for Christmas and riding a bicycle. But that’s not all; she’s also planning for a very green death. Ball reefs have caught McAdams’ attention, much like they’ve been catching on with ...

A new label presented an ethical clothing collection at London fashion week recently. Amana is the name for the new label, which means, “delivered in confidence” in Moroccan. The partners Helen Wood and Erin Tabrar have created clothing from fabrics that have minimal impact on the environment. Using hemp, organic cotton and silk, the clothes ...

It seems the green community is somewhat split on whether to support Al Gore or denounce him in the face of a report saying his Nashville home consumes more energy in a month than most do in an entire year. In fact, it says his yearly power consumption is 20 times the national average. As far as I’m concerned there are more than just two sides to ...

After we posted about Oscar going green, more news came in about the efforts of the Academy to reduce waste and help the environment. Not only were there no extravagant gift bags for presenters at this year’s awards, a vote lead to some really eco-friendly alternatives being offered up. A gift for presenters and the earthCarbon offset company ...

Straight from the mouths of Al Gore and Leonardo DiCaprio, “for the first time in the history of the Oscars, this show has officially gone green.” Looking dapper in black tuxes, the two spoke about the Academy’s newfound commitment to “environmentally intelligent practices”, which it has been reported include using recycled paper, serving organic ...