Celebrities, and their various efforts to go green, can be a bit of a mixed bag. On the one hand, it’s great that high-profile, highly-visible folks are affecting positive change by both reducing their impact on the planet, but inspiring others to do the same. They have the resources and connections to start progressive, world-changing organizations to bring publicity to causes that might otherwise go unnoticed, and a permanent soapbox to make sure that millions of people know about them.
We love to pay attention to them, as a culture, and, in the best cases, they can use that power for good. While it can be easy to cast the first stone, there is no denying the tremendous reach and potential to affect positive change among the A-listers, rock stars, and other celebrities who are doing more than their part to help our planet be a better place.
As long as there are movies, there will be stars and starlets; as long as there is music, there will be rock stars and groupies. Celebrities aren’t going anywhere, and, let’s face it, we don’t want them to. And there’s some good news: There’s a lot we can learn from them.
Read more on Leonardo DiCaprio’s Green Movement
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Smiling from his recent success with the movie “Shutter Island”, Leonardo DiCaprio continues to use his celebrity status to help the environment. He does this actively with The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation , an organization that fosters awareness of environmental issues by participating with such groups as the Natural Resources Defense Council , where Leonardo is on the board of trustees; Global Green USA , where he serves as a board member; and the International Fund For Animal Welfare , where he is on the honorary board of directors.
“Until we as a country start moving in a positive direction, I am going to continue to do that because we really are the ones. We and China need to set the example for the rest of the world to follow with clean energy and green technology,” DiCaprio told Reuters.
To expand global awareness of environmental issues, the DiCaprio Foundation created the Leonardo DiCaprio Eco-Site .The result has been a wider outreach to an international audience.
Read more about celebrity green activist Leonardo DiCaprio and His Foundation at:EnergyBoom.com
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