http://greencelebrity.net Celeb gossip about famous humanitarians and stars going green Thu, 16 May 2013 02:36:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://greencelebrity.net/2011-01-26/wwf-news-world-wildlife-foundation-metallica-save-endangered-animals#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wwf-news-world-wildlife-foundation-metallica-save-endangered-animals http://greencelebrity.net/2011-01-26/wwf-news-world-wildlife-foundation-metallica-save-endangered-animals#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:03:22 +0000 Jeanette K. Scott http://greencelebrity.net/?p=12383 Green Celebrity Network. The non-profit organization made two major eco announcements in the past week which demonstrate the type of work WWF perfroms in more than 100 countries around the world. World Wildlife Fund is celebrating 50 years of working to stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature. Keep reading... ]]> http://greencelebrity.net/2011-01-26/wwf-news-world-wildlife-foundation-metallica-save-endangered-animals/feed 0 http://greencelebrity.net/2011-01-17/good-news-kindness-recognizes-teen-volunteer-leadersre-world-a-better-place#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=good-news-kindness-recognizes-teen-volunteer-leadersre-world-a-better-place http://greencelebrity.net/2011-01-17/good-news-kindness-recognizes-teen-volunteer-leadersre-world-a-better-place#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:44:27 +0000 Jeanette K. Scott http://greencelebrity.net/?p=11253 Green Celebrity Network. Good News: Kindness Challenge recognizes teen volunteer leaders. On this day, the same day we honor Dr. Martin Luther King, a man with vision and an understanding of the power of our youth, Rachael Ray and USA Today are working together to create the Kindness Challenge. On her show today Rachael Ray introduced us to five young volunteers from the youth action organization DoSomething.org, who will have six weeks to reach their philanthropic goals of working to make the world around them a better place. [Jan 16] The Kindness Challenge kicks off today, you can watch as the participants will be documenting and tracking the progress of their programs with updates on www.kindnesschallenge.usatoday.com. Public voting for the challenge will begin January 21 and end February 28 with the winner announced on March 14 through USA Today and on the Rachael Ray show.]]> http://greencelebrity.net/2011-01-17/good-news-kindness-recognizes-teen-volunteer-leadersre-world-a-better-place/feed 0 http://greencelebrity.net/2011-01-17/charitable-gifting-gifts-worthy-of-prince-william-and-kate-middletons-royal-wedding#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=charitable-gifting-gifts-worthy-of-prince-william-and-kate-middletons-royal-wedding http://greencelebrity.net/2011-01-17/charitable-gifting-gifts-worthy-of-prince-william-and-kate-middletons-royal-wedding#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:00:21 +0000 Jeanette K. Scott http://greencelebrity.net/?p=11202 Green Celebrity Network. Charitable giving begins at Buckingham Palace. As Prince William and Kate Middleton are planning their April 29 royal wedding, they are also beginning to build their legacy as a royal power couple. Reports state the couple is asking wedding guests and well-wishers to donate to charities, rather than give them personal gifts. They realize the money otherwise spent on gifts will do a greater good when gifted to charities. Prince William and Kate plan to only accept personal gifts from close relatives. "They want to use the goodwill towards them to help the causes close to them. They are conscious of the hard times the country is going through and do not want their wedding to be seen as ostentatious, " a courtier said.]]> http://greencelebrity.net/2011-01-17/charitable-gifting-gifts-worthy-of-prince-william-and-kate-middletons-royal-wedding/feed 0 http://greencelebrity.net/2011-01-06/charitable-giving-update-haiti-one-year-after-shock-of-first-earthquake#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=charitable-giving-update-haiti-one-year-after-shock-of-first-earthquake http://greencelebrity.net/2011-01-06/charitable-giving-update-haiti-one-year-after-shock-of-first-earthquake#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 03:34:06 +0000 Jeanette K. Scott http://greencelebrity.net/?p=10111 Green Celebrity Network. Charitable Giving Update: Haiti One year after the 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, destroying vast portions of Port-au-Prince and other portions of the island nation the International Red Cross agencies have issued reports on the efforts to provide food, water, shelter and disaster relief. Through charitable giving, donations from around the world have been used to aid the earthquake victims and the efforts continue. [Jan. 6] In addition to the support by green celebrities like Taylor Swift, George Clooney, Robert Pattinson or Angelina Jolie who provided monetary donations, hosting or answering telephones for a telethon or making an occasional visit. Super-star green celebrity Sean Penn has spent the majority of this past year working to assist the relief effort in Haiti. [UN Begins Removing Haitians From Makeshift Camps Ahead Of Rainy Season] The real heroes of the disaster relief for Haiti's earthquake victims are everyday people who sent checks, did collections or texted Haiti to send just ten dollars at a time. All these donations to organizations such as the Red Cross have been working hard to provide food, shelter, clean water and a slow but true return to life. On this the first year anniversary of the 7.3 magnitude earthquake and aftershocks which destroyed vast portions of Haiti the IFRC released their analysis of the first year of support provided and set their future goals to meet.]]> http://greencelebrity.net/2011-01-06/charitable-giving-update-haiti-one-year-after-shock-of-first-earthquake/feed 0 http://greencelebrity.net/2011-01-05/cancer-research-breakthrough-circulating-tumor-cell-chip-funded-in-part-by-stand-up-to-cancer#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cancer-research-breakthrough-circulating-tumor-cell-chip-funded-in-part-by-stand-up-to-cancer http://greencelebrity.net/2011-01-05/cancer-research-breakthrough-circulating-tumor-cell-chip-funded-in-part-by-stand-up-to-cancer#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 05:55:34 +0000 Jeanette K. Scott http://greencelebrity.net/?p=9975 Green Celebrity Network. Stand Up To Cancer helps fund the cancer cell research and the Circulating Tumor Cell Chip with promises of the earlier detection of cancer. Through a collaboration underwritten by SU2C, the researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Cancer Center and other major cancer centers throughout the US will partner with Johnson and Johnson to evaluate the new technology of the Circulating Tumor Cell Chip. ]]> http://greencelebrity.net/2011-01-05/cancer-research-breakthrough-circulating-tumor-cell-chip-funded-in-part-by-stand-up-to-cancer/feed 0