Eco cause: Blue Planet Run Foundation
The scoop: This past summer, the celebrity couple designed a giant three-foot-tall and five-foot-long running-shoe statue as part of Blue Planet Run’s Sneakers in the City outdoor education exhibit. The show, which included 20 celebrity-designed oversize sneakers on display around New York City, kicked off the start of this year’s around-the-world relay, held to promote the need for safe drinking water. The sneakers were later auctioned off on eBay, with all proceeds going to the charity.
Learn more: blueplanetrun.org
Green celeb: Barenaked Ladies
Eco cause: Reverb
The scoop: From tour buses run on biodiesel to extensive concert-venue recycling programs, BNL are committed to making their tours as green as possible. With the help of Reverb, the musicians are offsetting the power consumed at each show – as well as a portion of the carbon emissions generated from their travel on tour buses and planes – with renewable energy. Each concert also features an eco-village, where fans can learn more about the planet, plus buy stickers to offset the CO2 pollution generated by their own drives to the venue.
Learn more: reverbrock.org/barenakedplanet
Green celeb: Hayden Panettiere
Eco cause: Save the Whales Again
The scoop: As a campaign spokesperson for Save the Whales Again, the latest incarnation of the movement begun in the ’70s, Hayden is putting herself on the frontlines of environmental activism. This Heroes star made headlines when she and a protest group tried to stop local fishermen from killing a group of pilot whales in southwestern Japan. Now, even with an arrest warrant out for her in that country, Hayden says she would do it again. “Hopefully their deaths won’t be in vain,” she says.
Learn more: savethewhalesagain.com
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