Posted on 30 September 2009
Michelle Obama and Elmo are joining forces to promote gardening and healthy eating. “All these seeds need to grow are sun, soil and water. If you eat these healthy foods, you’re going to grow up to be big and strong, like me,” the First Lady says. “I know you’re going to like these vegetables, because [...]
Posted on 29 September 2009
Google Earth has unveiled a crystal-ball like feature that will predict what planet will look like up to the year 2100. Using data provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Google has created a new 3D mapping program that will show the range of expected climate change under different global emissions scenarios that could [...]
Posted on 29 September 2009
A new “celebrity losing it” video has surfaced on YouTube featuring Matt Damon going off on Entourage star Adrian Grenier during a PSA shoot for the organization OneXOne. Damon is slated to have a guest appearance on Entourage to promote his clean water organization.
Posted on 25 September 2009
The melting of ice sheets in Greenland and western Antarctica are worse than previously thought, according to new satellite information. Pictures show that some places are already in runaway melt mode. According to a paper published online Thursday in the journal Nature, in some parts of Antarctica, ice sheets have been losing 30 feet a [...]
Posted on 24 September 2009
Taking a break from complaining about how beautiful she is, actress and girlfriend to Justin Timberlake Jessica Biel will be scaling Mt. Kilimanjaro this January to help raise awareness for clean water. The expedition, entitled Summit on the Summit, will also include Isabel Lucas and Lupe Fiasco. Biel said, “This is a basic human necessity [...]
Posted on 24 September 2009
World Habitat Day goes down on October 5 to raise awareness to the worldwide housing crisis. With the world’s population expanding, more than 2 million housing units per year are needed worldwide for the next 50 years, which equates to a whopping 1 billion houses. In a press release for World Habitat Day, organizers say [...]
Posted on 23 September 2009
Hugh Jackman appeared at a climate change forum for New York Climate Week‘s opening ceremony at the New York Public Library. Other speakers include world leaders including UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. “I hope to be a voice for the billion people in developing countries who will be the [...]
Posted on 23 September 2009
Karina Smirnoff is naked, everybody! Yes, the newly single Dancing with the Stars cast member admits that she wore furs as a child growing up in the Ukraine, but after seeing a video of a seal being clubbed for it’s skin, has abandoned the idea of sacrificing animals in the name of fashion. “I did [...]
Posted on 21 September 2009
She’s not just another pretty face. Super hot model Gisele Bundchen has been named Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Program. Bundchen told reporters that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva should propose better laws to stop Amazon deforestation. Her comments were published Monday in major Brazilian newspapers. However, Silva argued that he [...]
Posted on 18 September 2009
According to reports in Panama, teenagers ambling around a rocky area, spotted a creepy hairless creature crawling out of a cave in the town of Cerro Azul north of Panama City. Afraid the creature might attack them, the kids hit the creature with sticks and tossed its body into a pool of water. They ran [...]