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New UK award honors Best Green International Celebrity

Gisele Bundchen supports the United Nations Environment Programme, designed a limited edition necklace for St. Jude Children’s Hospital, and a portion of proceeds from a line of sandals bearing her name go to protect Amazon rainforest water sources. Miguel Bose, of Spain, is one of several green celebrity singers who participated on a 2010 release of “Gracias a la Vida” (“Thanks to Life”), a charity song originally penned by Chilean folklorist Violeta Parra in 1966; profits from sales on iTunes went to Habitat for Humanity. Sir Paul McCartney is active with No More Landmines. Who is the best international green celebrity? Keep reading…

Green Racing: Charitable Indy 500 champion dies in fiery crash

In the days before his death, Indy car racer Dan Wheldon participated in a fund raiser that netted over $40,000 for charity. Now, his sports memorabilia is being auctioned off to help raise money for his own family. INDYCAR, the governing body of the auto racing series where the young driver competed, has been working with GreenFuel Technologies to improve the energy consumption of the cars, to make them more environmentally friendly. Killed in a tragic accident that happened on the track in Las Vegas, Wheldon’s legacy will surely be rule changes made to protect drivers from suffering in similar accidents. Keep reading…

Extreme pumpkin carving stencils feature famous faces this Halloween

Since people who carve crazy pumpkins have been featured on cable television shows featuring the trends in Haunted Houses, pumpkin designs, and general spook-tacular celebrating, everyone at home with a spare set of pumpkin carving tools has been scouring the internet for ideas about how to make the most frightening and gory pumpkins to put fright and delight into the hearts of trick-or-treaters on the all hallowed night. Even celeb gossip website TMZ took note and posted photos of extreme pumpkins that featured the famous faces of some of our favorite green celebrities. Want to see who made the list? Keep reading…