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Hip-hop is fighting climate change head on. Bay Area rapper/producer Tajai of Souls of Mischief and Pharoahe Monch have teamed up with mokugift, an organization that enables ordinary citizens to plant tree gifts to combat global warming. Through its Artists and Athletes program launched on World Environment Day, fans can plant trees with Pharoahe Monch, Tajai, Mystic, and DJ Sake-1 among others. As part of the United Nations Environment Programme Billion Tree Campaign, mokugift has made it easy for the public to get involved. For just $1, you can plant a tree in Africa, Asia, or Central America without lifting a shovel. Mokugift enlists...
“I love to be able to pass along some of my favorite pieces to someone else who will get to enjoy them as much as I have. I even have many items I never had a chance to wear yet. A few times a year, I bring my outfits, shoes, and accessories to Auction Cause who puts them on eBay for me.” - Kim Kardashian chatting about her recent donation to help benefit the Dream Foundation — a national wish granting organization for adults suffering from life-limiting illness. To bid on some Kardashian originals, visit eBay.com! ...
35 million people rely on the Great Lakes for water. In fact, the lakes comprise one-fifthof the world’s fresh surface water supply and nine-tenths of the U.S. supply. That’s why their survival is of prime concern. WaterLife is a film documenting everything impacting the lakes, from water abuse to invasive species, introducing viewers to some of the amazing people interacting with the lakes, as well as some very unique vantage points of the waters. Part documentary, part poetry, part visual experience, the film itself sounds facinating, but so too is the interactive website for WaterLife. It lists various factors that impact and celebrate water, and...
Next time you’re home, look around your closet. Your attic. How many pairs of jeans do you have there, unworn for months, years, decades even? I have four. Aside from the ones you keep for “some day” when you’re skinny again or returning to fat, which ones of those could go? And where should they go? I’m betting your first thought was Salvation Army or some local version of such a thing. A commendable thought, but there’s a problem. Salvation Army does so much to benefit individuals, their local community, and the economy. Young people get their first college apartment...
Newest DEF JAM RECORDINGS signeee JEREMIH is your male version of today’s Bonita Applebaum with regards to the fact that he “has it goin on” in every sense of the word. 21 year old Musician, Artist, Producer, Writer, & Environmental Advocate, Jeremih surpasses his Freshman Class of 2009 newbies in more ways than one. Joining in the movement to educate urban communities of their role as it pertains to living a more eco-conscious lifestyle, Jeremih quotes “You gotta go Green, there ain’t not other color but to go these days.” If the voice behind radio sensation “BIRTHDAY SEX” thinks that going Green...
Some of the hottest celebrities are talking about and taking action on solving the CLIMATE CRISIS. They’re asking you to take action too: check out the following video PSA’s, featuring stars such as Naomi Campbell, Chris Rock, and Julia Louis Dreyfus. LIVE EARTH is behind this series of creative PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS asking you to ANSWER THE CALL. Check them out below: *CHRIS ROCK *NAOMI CAMPBELL *JENNIFER GARNER *JESSICA BIEL *KEVIN WATANABE *JASON BIGGS To View More VISIT HERE....
I’m sure you’ve already caught eye and ear of swedish fast-fashion retailer H&M gathering together a bevy of bold-face names from the worlds of fashion, music, and style to throw their collective clout behind the fight against AIDS. Cyndi Lauper, Yoko Ono, Dita Von Teese, N.E.R.D., Moby, and Katy Perry are among the artists who have collaborated with H&M and Designers Against AIDS on a collection of graphic tees, dresses, bodysuits, and vests, but did you know that it is all made from 100 percent organic cotton?!!! Well now you do! “The second annual Fashion Against AIDS collection, which has...
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE , rapper LUPE FIASCO and singer KENNA are teaming up to climb MOUNT KILIMANJARO in Tanzania, Africa, in an effort to raise awareness for the worldwide water crisis. “My dad almost died as a child from waterborne diseases in Ethiopia, and he had talked to me about digging a well there, and I thought, ‘I have too many friends who would be concerned with the subject of clean water. Maybe I can help out,’ ” Kenna told Elle magazine in a recent interview. When asked about his motivation to hike up the 19,000-foot peak, Lupe Fiasco joked, “Part of the motivation is...