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Darryl Hannah, who once played a mermaid, will be joining the hard-line anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd on their annual chase of Japanese whaling ships. Sea Shepherd is the focus of an Animal Planet Series,
“Whale Wars”.
Hannah will be joining Sea Shepherd on their flagship, the Steve Irwin, as they left yesterday to chase down Japanese whalers and attempt to use non-violent means to stop the whaling. Sea Shepherd is known for their hard-line stance against whaling and for their pirate-like tactics. They have in the past been labeled “eco-terrorists” and confrontations between whaling ships and the Steve Irwin have sometimes turned violent.

In a scandalous PETA ad that has her draped naked over a horse, Kristen Johnson denounces horse-drawn carriages as cruel.
The former 3rd Rock from the Sun star released the ad, which reads “Don’t Get Taken for a Ride, Horse-Drawn Carriages are Cruel, last week. The ad features Johnson naked on a horse.

Nicole Richie, Rosario Dawson and more celebrities came together to award the Simpsons and 30 Rock for promoting environmental concerns in their entertainment efforts.
The Environmental Media Awards have been presented since 1991 and launched the concept of the “green carpet”. The awards go to TV shows, movies and musicians that use their entertainment role to promote environmental concerns. The awards, which were presented this year on November 13, also promote an eco-friendly awards gala and organic food.

With environmentalism becoming the norm, the Environmental Media Awards have gone mainstream with stars like Nicole Richie, Rosario Dawson and Amy Smart (wearing an eco-friendly black gown) walking the green carpet.

Awards winners after the jump.

The ex-wife of Sir Paul McCartney, Heather Mills, continues to fight with local authorities over a pool she built without permission.
In a time of water shortage for many parts of the world, the 40 ft x 22 ft pool — built on top of a former vegetable garden — is stirring up controversy in Mills’ English country home.

Eight pigs that were tatooed with the trademark Louis Vuitton logo are being banned from a modern art exhibit in Shanghai over animal rights concerns.
Belgium artist Wim Delvoye is known for controversial art projects such as an installation that produces feces and an exhibit where he had friends paint their body parts with barium and have sex while x-rays were taken and later displayed.

Our favorite environmentally-friendly Titanic Star, Leonardo DiCaprio, is the force behind the recent (ironic) “Don’t Vote” PSAs starring Eva Longoria, Dustin Hoffman, Ellen, Ashton Kutcher and more!
With Election Day less than 24 hours away, Leo wants you to know that now is your chance to vote (the environment).

Happy Halloween! As you celebrate the holiday with your best eco-friendly costumes, don’t forget to enter the Green Halloween Costume Contest — Deadline: Midnight Tonight!
Though you may not be able to celebrate like Heidi Klum and Seal (above as Eve and the apple), who threw their yearly bash earlier this month, you can still party hard with some last minute D.I.Y environmental Halloween costumes.

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How do David Beckham and Posh Spice stay look so, well, posh? Bird Poo, it turns out, gives the soccer star and Spice Girl glowing skin.
Does it get any more ‘natural’ then that?

Victoria Beckham, the former Posh Spice, has recently begun using Geisha Facials, made from nightingale droppings, to combat the acne she’s had since she was a teenager. And now David Beckham, the LA Galaxy star, is getting into the bird poo too.

Because, people, it takes more than just 6 inch heels to look this good.

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For two weeks in the end of September, there was no gas to be found in the county surrounding Asheville, North Carolina and most of the gas stations remained closed.
The recent hurricanes are being blamed for shutting down the nation’s gas supply by up to 22%. But the problem remained far worse in this region of North Carolina.

Even over a week after the main pipeline to the East Coast, the Colonial pipeline, had reopened, gas remained scarce and there were few answers as to why.

Paris Hilton like totally cares about the environment. The Hilton heiress’ was recently photographed wearing a 100% organic t-shirt with environmental slogans.
The Threads for Thought t-shirt that Paris Hilton wore read:

“What if this was the only tree left to hug” with a picture of a tree-shaped air freshener.