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Julia Roberts greens up

Posted by Yolanda Crous (Guest Contributor) at 4:15 PM on 25 Mar 2007

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Nothing like another child on the way to get a gal thinking about the health of the planet. Apparently, Julia Roberts, who's preggo again, is planning to green up her Malibu abode with some solar panels, recycled tiles, and sustainable wood products.

Granted, said gal has been mulling such matters for a while now. (She's a spokeswoman for Earth Biofuels.) Which explains her recent courageous decision to convert from a hybrid to a vegetable-oil-fueled auto despite the danger of smelling "like a French fry."

Just think, Julia. You could turn this delightful new aroma of yours into a kajillion-selling celebrity perfume, launching a one-woman olfactory empire à la Britney Spears or Elizabeth Taylor. Unlike their 'fumes, though, you can put yours in some kind of biodegradable receptacle and name it something a little more punny/wink-wink than "White Diamonds" or "Curious."

Something like "Envi" or "Vert," perhaps. Catchy, non?

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Ok, I'll Bite

Well, clearly Grist lobbed this floater into my court, but let me proceed.

Hollywood Carbon Bigfooters such Julia Roberts are not the solution -- they are the problem. The people who do the most for reducing pollution are the Section 8's who live in one and two bedroom apartments in Kent East Hill, WA.

In fact, I recently posted to USAToday in response to their How Green Is Your Life? article and invited (nay, challenged) them to use my neighborhood as a model of what green living is all about.

In contrast, we could take all the people in Hollywood and take away their studios and their "solar mansions" and their fleet of high performance Greenmobiles and their biofueled wedding receptions and compress them down into a simple apartment complex here in Kent -- and that would do more for reducing consumption than any concert Emceed by Al Gore.

by jabailo at 9:12 AM on 26 Mar 2007

i am so right with you on this.

the solution is not going to trickle down from the rich. ALL the wealthy folks could do everything they can and we are still f@$#ed. not until there is a change in consciousness and ability in the hoi polloi (like me) things will get worse. sorry - what pretty rich women do is not important. not really. now if she funds windpower generators for a town in the upper midwest. or an organice peapatch in watts.....well i will give her, or anyone, kudos.

by millerfamily at 10:47 PM on 26 Mar 2007
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