I’m not asking about those who still fly private jets and then put solar panels on their roofs or deal in carbon trading. I mean someone who moved into a smaller home, gave up driving, flying, limos, etc. If yes, who? If no, why?
op 5 green actors according to About.com: http://greenliving.about.com/od/culturec…
One of the best examples is Ed Begley Jr.
“Begley’s entire home is self-sufficient, powered by solar and thermal power, which also provides the juice for his electric car. At one point in time, he apparently refused to fly altogether, even foregoing environmental events to save energy. ”
http://www.therenewableplanet.com/green/…
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You did find some a good example, so I have to give you the BA. Though I think that some of these actors/celebritites are probably a little different. They’re probably less political, global warming economic/tax/trading/raising the price of commodities scheme, and more true environmentalists.
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You seem to misunderstand the problem. We don’t have to all move too little houses and become vegetarians to solve the problem of global warming. We can still have a thriving economy and many enjoyable luxuries in life. But we have to significantly reduce our CO2 emissions, any way we can.
While you may belittle putting solar panels on a house or buying carbon credits, those very things are doing exactly what we all need to do. They are reducing the amount of CO2 emissions a person is generating.
If you have a large house, but it’s heated with clean renewable energy, you’re combating global warming. If you own a Hummer, yet car-pool and plant trees, you may be doing more to combat global warming than someone that drives their Hybrid 50,000 miles/year and doesn’t plant trees.
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many of my permaculture and low impact living friends.
public figures? i might have guessed. how elitist.
ben law
patrick whitfield
maddie harland
the late great donella meadows
the dial house collective (crass)
these are my public figures, my role models.
you want pop stars?
kt tunstall; good article i read when it came out;
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/20…
loads more ‘f@mous people’ here;
http://www.foe.co.uk/living/articles/ind…
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Believe it or not, Bush’s home in Texas is powered on eco friendly technology. Al Gore’s is… well, let’s just say he’s got the carbon footprint of ten men. Hmmmm…
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?P…
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Some highlights:
•Converted the 1st solar powered PHEV SUV in the World -100+MPG
•Named one the Green All-Stars by Outside Magazine, along with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Willie Nelson, and Leonardo Dicaprio.
•Global Cooling Solutions trainer for Al Gore’s Climate Project.
•Won extreme freeskiing contests in Japan, South America, the US.
•MSP, TGR, and Warren Miller ski film star.
•BS Magna *** Laude, with Honors, UVM, environmental studies.
•Graduate Degree - Solar Energy International
•Designed and built the first straw bale home in a National Historic District
•Climate Change Documentation expeditions to US, Canada, India, Bhutan, Pakistan, Argentina, Bolivia, and South Africa
•Featured in many magazines, TV shows and movies.
•Started 6 non-profits to battle climate change.
http://www.alisongannett.com/Alison_Gann…
She lives in an extremely efficient house manufactured from bales of hay:
http://www.alisongannett.com/Alison_Gann…
BIOGRAPHY
Alison Gannett is a world champion Free Skier, ski film star, and a award-winning consultant for solutions to climate change. In addition to many world “extreme” freeskiing titles, endurance mountain biking titles, Rippin Chix steeps camps and avalanche courses, she has dedicated the majority of the last 20 years to saving our snow, water, and ecosystems from the devastating effects of global warming. She graduated with a BS in Environmental Studies, Magna *** Laude, with Honors from UVM , founded her first business to battle climate change in 1991, and built the first strawbale house in a National Historic District in 1997. She has led ski expeditions to document global warming in Bolivia, Argentina, Bhutan, India, South Africa, Pakistan, France, Switzerland, Canada and the US. She is a global cooling consultant, presenter and trainer for Al Gore’s TCP staff, and was nominated by Outside Magazine as a Green All-Star, alongside Willie Nelson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Leonardo DiCaprio. She is the founding president of several non-profits to combat climate change – The Office for Resource Efficiency and the The SOS Foundation. She works with The Equilibrium Fund in Central America verifying, certifying, and brokering the carbon credits of Maya Nut trees, directly funding local women, providing leadership training, and providing food security from the native trees. Her ongoing “Global Cooling Tour” includes many educational projects , including touring with the world’s first solar-powered plug-in-hybrid Ford Escape SUV converted to get 100+ mpg. She travels the world showcasing solutions to climate change in an action adventure format. She speaks widely to businesses and governments on her four part solution framework, CROP™, which seeks standardization, for solutions for global warming in a framework that is easy to remember and works for all individuals, businesses, products, events, communities, and governments.
