More Ways Celebs Find To Be Green, Good And Giving
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By Tim Gaskin
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The 23rd version of the Air Jordan represents the number that Michael Jordan wore for most of his National Basketball Association career, but the sneaker itself has been designed to be environmentally correct. The AJXX3, for example, uses a minimal amount of adhesives and glues that are considered environmentally unfriendly, instead relying on an innovative system of interlocking panels. nike.com
Trash picker Kim Cattrall was photographed literally picking up random trash while on her trip to the beach.
Singer Eve rides green by joining the long list of performers with unusual backstage demands. Her rider calls for “no use of Styrofoam or plastic goods, any leather furniture, and only recyclable materials.”
The green swag lounge at the 27th Annual Sundance Film Festival showcased new earth-friendly products. Celebrities such as Dennis Hopper, Rex Lee (Entourage), Armand Asante, (American Gangster), Shar Jackson, Bart Johnson (High School Musical) and Christine Lakin (Georgia Rule) picked up free eco-swag.
Rachel Bilson and Hayden Christensen has teamed up with Aeropostale and just launched Teens For Jeans, a new campaign to provide clothing for the less fortunate by donating your jeans to local teen homeless shelters. dosomething.org
“The Happening” is a paranoid thriller in which a family must survive a global environmental crisis. The film starring Mark Walberg and Zooey Deschanel will portray the earth’s plants unleashing airborne neurotoxins that cause people to commit violent suicide. The celebs star as an estranged couple who must escape this apocalyptic epidemic.
Reese Witherspoon Ryan Phillippe’s Eco-Daughter
Little Ava was recently spotted wearing a “Go Green” t-shirt from designer Verymeri. Their t-shirt collection is designed by kids and is made locally. Profits are shared with freearts.org
Brad Pitt modeled wear on the Make It Right NOLA website, 100% certified organic cotton t-shirts and stylish Caputo Caps, have sold out on. makeitrightnola.org
Leonardo DiCaprio is the proud owner of a Toto’s NeoRest 500, a high-tech aware toilet and integrated washlet warm-water personal cleansing system that features smart-sensor design and Cyclone Flush Engine. It even automatically flips open when the user approaches. totousa.com
Natalie Portman has announced a new line of shoes in conjunction with Te Casan. The shoes, which are available now, are vegan and 5% of profits will be going to charity. tecasan.com
Star of Training Day, and Hitch, the beautiful actress Eva Mendez, has become the body of PETA’s winter anti-fur campaign. peta.org
New mom Salma Hayek has signed on as a spokeswoman for Pampers' "One Pack = One Vaccine" program, a global initiative launched in the U.K. in 2006, in cooperation with UNICEF, to provide mothers and infants in Africa and Asia with tetanus shots. unicef.org