Archive for the ‘Culture & Celebrity’ Category

• Green Video Games Teaching Kids

  It’s not always easy to get through to kids; engaging them in conversation about the environment can be tedious, especially if they are twitching from video game withdrawal and anxious to return to their XBOX. Luckily, there are games out …

• Green Movement Celebrities

  As going green becomes more and more chic, celebrities are embracing the movement and advocating renewable energy, green products, and the like. But supermodel Gisele Bündchen is no stranger to environmental issues, and this past Thursday she was named the …

• Kid-Friendly Green Films

  In the past, films like “WALL-E” and “Avatar” have been released with a strong environmental message throughout the movies. These films are great because a large part of their target audience are kids, and these kids will be the ones …

• A review of the UK’s first Green Film Festival

  Over the last few years there has been an explosion in documentary film making, quite a number of them on environmental issues. Of course for a fan of such things the difficulty is getting to see them. Fortunately, The UK …

• Green Gift Guide 2010

  Photo credit: alancleaver_2000 Is it too early to start thinking about Christmas? I think not. If you plan early and do a little research, green alternatives aren’t hard to find; there’s something eco-friendly out there for everyone on your list. …

• A Drop of Life: Short film about water conflict

  “As I became aware of the mounting global water crisis, I realized that it represented a clash of cultures – between a culture that values water as a shared sacred source of all life and a corporate culture that regards …

• Watch: Obama scales back goals for America after visiting Denny’s

  Obama will abandon complex policies on emissions, clean coal and refocus on achievable goals like applying deodorant daily, learning what to say when you burp. Don’t worry! It’s just some good’ol satire. Or is it?

• HOME – Amazing documentary about Earth and our future

  This past week the non-profit film HOME was released in every format, including in movie theaters, on television, DVD/Blu-ray Disc and the internet, on the same day in over 50 countries in an effort to spread its message to the …

• Watch: Going Green Comedy

  Here is some weekend fun from Supernews, an animated sketch comedy series airing on Current TV every Friday night at 10 PM E/P. Going Green: A wannabe environmentalist just doesn’t get it.

• The Age of Stupid

  Yesterday the new climate change movie “The Age of Stupid” had premiere in the UK. The movie stars Pete Postlethwaite as an archivist in the devastated world of the future, asking the question: “Why didn’t we stop climate change when …