27 hottest green celebrities
Sure, these Hollywood hotties and rock stars sometimes hop fuel-guzzling charter jets and lead planet-killing concert tours, but their hearts are in the right place. Here are some leaders of the celebrity green movement.
Sure, these Hollywood hotties and rock stars hop fuel-guzzling charter jets and lead planet-killing concert tours, but their hearts are in the right place. Here are some leaders of the celebrity green movement.
Sure, these Hollywood hotties and rock stars hop fuel-guzzling charter jets and lead planet-killing concert tours, but their hearts are in the right place. Here are some leaders of the celebrity green movement.
Jessica Biel joined Emile Hirsch and others in climbing Africa's tallest peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro, to raise awareness of the global water crisis in 2010. She strolls past the paparazzi toting reusable shopping bags and appeared in a carpooling PSA with the dorkiest -- and luckiest -- commuter ever.
Actor Josh Hartnett joined former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to promote Global Cool, an initiative to make environmentalism hip and prod 1 billion people to reduce their carbon footprints over 10 years.
A longtime clean-energy advocate, actress Julia Roberts has said motherhood has made her seek out small, manageable ways to live green, like driving a biodiesel car and keeping a compost heap.
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio is considered a heavyweight in the Hollywood green movement, a guy with the ear of Al Gore who drove Toyota Prius cars before it was cool and flies commercial instead of charter (sometimes). His documentary, "11th Hour" sought to bring urgency to the green movement. He founded the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation to advance his green causes.
Cate Blanchette has been a spokeswoman for the charity SolarAid, which aims to fight poverty in Africa by harnessing the power of the sun.
Actor Pierce Brosnan has battled nuclear testing, worked with the Natural Resources Defense Council and fought a salt factory and liquefied natural gas facility in California. He's sold his paintings to raise money for green causes and was "best-dressed environmentalist" by the Sustainable Style Foundation.
"Heroes" and "Scream 4" actress Hayden Panettiere drew worldwide attention in her fight against dolphin hunting.
Aussie actor Hugh Jackman has offered his star-power to the battle against climate change, and even joined U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the UN Climate Summit in 2009.
Academy-Award winner Natalie Portman has been a long-time activist. She launched her own brand of vegan footwear in 2007.
Orlando Bloom built his solar-powered home in London to be environmentally friendly. He arrived at the 2005 Oscars in a hybrid Toyota Prius.
Actress Salma Hayek attends benefits that aid marine life and has been spotted at celebrity auctions benefiting other green causes.
Actor Brad Pitt launched the organization Make It Right with the goal of rebuilding 150 environmentally friendly homes in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward after 4,000 were destroyed during Hurricane Katrina.
In addition to his activism to bring peace and stability to Darfur, the electric-car driving Clooney has adopted several environmental causes and helped organize fundraisers for the 2010 Haiti earthquake and 2004 Asia tsunami.
Rock star and longtime environmentalist Sheryl Crow has played concerts for a number of green causes, including clean-water projects that benefit lakes and rivers. Her efforts to run a green concert tour, with biodiesel-powered bus, drew a few snickers when the rocker suggested we all use a little less toilet paper.
The former "Cheers" actor has been an advocate for the world's oceans for years, wrote a book "Oceana" and is the top spokesman for the group of the same name.
Actress Julianne Moore has partnered with Burt's Bees beauty products to promote a seal that indicates a product is at least 95 percent natural.
Musician Sting has been a rock star on the green stage for more than two decades. He founded the Rainforest Foundation in 1989. He's shown here with rocker Gwen Stefani, an eco-fashion advocate.
Perhaps no one has used their star power to push for social and political change more effectively than the Irish rocker Bono, frontman for U2. His many projects over the years have included causes aimed at sustainable living in developing countries.
Actor Morgan Freeman has played God and the president, but he admits he can't save the Earth, so unlike some of his Hollywood colleagues, he keeps his eco-activism low-key. But the "March of the Penguins" narrator and one time Air Force mechanic is passionate about renewable energy and biofuels, and presses his case behind the scenes with the likes of major car makers.
Singer Alanis Morissette has been a longtime champion of the environment, including activism against global warming -- she and Keanu Reeves narrated the film, "The Great Warming." The vegan rock star has been outspoken against oil drilling in Alaska, better management of national parks and smarter energy solutions.
Actor Edward Norton's green causes include renewable energy initiatives like Enterprise's Green Communities Initiative and BP's Solar Neighbors program. He's a board member of the U.S. arm of Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust and led a team of 30 runners that raised $1 million for the trust in the New York City Marathon in 2009 -- a team that included Morissette.
Nicole Richie promotes organic gardens. She told Access Hollywood how to make a hat out of recycled sweatpants.
Actor and Wyoming ranch owner Harrison Ford has been a vocal leader of Conservation International, which promotes sustainability and global biodiversity.
Actor Robert Redford spent 30 years on the board of the Natural Resources Defense Council and has been an advocate of solar power since the 1970s. He speaks out for wilderness preservation and advocates local solutions to climate change.
Actor Tom Hanks is a Nature Conservancy volunteer and has been a big proponent of electric and hybrid cars.
OK, singer Willie Nelson may not be a hot celebrity (neither is the next guy), but he is passionate about biodiesel fuel -- so much so that he started his own company to create a fuel concoction of soybean and other vegetable oils.
Al Gore lost his bid for the presidency but kept busy -- he went on to become perhaps the most high-profile eco-spokesman in the world and the planet's leading activist against global warming. His work won him both a Nobel Peace Prize and an Oscar for the 2006 documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth."
