Gulf Coast Telethon Draws Celebrity Support, Woody Harrelson Supports Tree-Free Paper, and More
Photo via Gossip Sauce If you’ve been wondering why Hollywood hasn’t come out in full force to support the Gulf Coast in the wake of the BP oil spill, you’re not alone: The Vampire Diaries star Ian Somerhalder (who you also know as Boone from Lost ) “was literally asking myself, ‘Where is Hollywood in this? Where are they? The people who love this area, the Brad Pitts of the world–wher..
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Hollywood Sign Site Saved By Hugh Hefner & Generous Donations
Photo credit: brunosan These last couple of months have been touch-and-go for the site of the iconic Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles , but now thanks to a generous donation from Hugh Hefner , the site has been saved! The Hollywood Sign sits on an area of 138 acres on Cahuenga Peak, and while the sign was protected as a landmark, the property was up for sale — a development company had slated the land for five luxury home sites that ran $40 million bucks a pop! Luckily however, people from around the world, plus some famous celebs kicked in enough dough to buy the property and preserve it forever. Read the rest of Hollywood Sign Site Saved By Hugh Hefner & Generous Donations http://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feed Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: “sustainable development” , development , eco design , green design , hollywood , hollywood sign , hugh hefner , land preservation , Los Angeles , luxury homes , public land
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7 Weird, Yet Helpful Green Tips from Celebrities
April 7, 2010 by
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From cooking recipes for gas-free beans to sipping on sustainably sourced biodiesel, find out which of your favorite celebrities are serving up (at times) more than a little weird, yet helpful tips to leading greener lifestyles. A star finds an unusual cure for acne, excess phlegm, and other unmentionables; a Hollywood heartthrob and HBO star rummages through the lost-and-found; and a Grammy Award-winning musician suggests steamy shower sessions for curbing water consumption.
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The Office of the Future: How We Will Work in 2025
April 7, 2010 by
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Shannon McGrath in Fast Company It started with glorious failure: Chiat/Day’s offices in the early 90s, designed by Frank Gehry. Cliff Kuang writes at Fast Company: “Each day, employees checked out a phone and a Powerbook at a concierge–and then scrambled to find one of the few available seats. Despite Jay Chiat’s bold vision, it was a fiasco: Employees reliant on paper used their car trunks as filing cabinets.
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Big Cats and Dolphins win Humane Society Media Awards
Winner Tippi Hedron with daughter Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas at Genesis Awards. Photos by Long Photography Every year the Humane Society toasts Hollywood for good deeds at the Genesis Awards , a fundraiser that recognizes ethical animal-friendly stories on television, in film and print. It also pays tribute to celebrities who take up the cause
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Hollywood Donates Big to Rescue an Icon, Stars Flaunt Green Fashion at the Oscars, and More
March 12, 2010 by
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Photo via Sörn @ flickr On Thursday, the Trust for Public Land released a roster of Hollywood A-listers and companies–including Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, the Walt Disney Company, the LucasFilm Foundation, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Steven Spielberg, Warner Bros., Fox, Sony, NBC Universal, and Time Warner–who have collectively donated more than $3 million to save one iconic piece of land: Cahuenga Peak …. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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One Cyclist Travels Two Continents to Save the Trees
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Image credit: Good When one Peace Corps volunteer came to understand the flimsy safeguards a “reserve” provided the forest near his post in Paraguay, he was motivated to do something that would provide true protections for the trees. The solution he settled on involved two wheels and a lot of miles….
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Global Green’s Pre-Oscar Party Guest Hosted by James Cameron
James and Suzy Amis Cameron support Global Green and sustainable fashion.
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McMansions Endanger Native Species and Hollywood Icon
Alice Cooper paid about $28,000 to replace an O in the Hollywood sign back in 1978 when it was restored after years of deterioration. Since then, the famed sign has become legendary. Now Mad Men’ s John Slattery, Old Christine ’s Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Virginia Madsen, Tippi Hedren, and Aisha Tyler are trying to save the landmark from encroachment by a nearby development of gigantic estates
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Oscar Time: Eco-Docs Get Nods
Do the Oscars matter? Ask The Cove director.
