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Celebrities Seek Justice for Earth's Most Threatened Tribe May 22, 2013

One year after Oscar-winning actor Colin Firth launched Survival International's campaign to save the Awá, Earth’s most threatened tribe, a large number of international celebrities have joined him and his wife Livia in backing the urgent campaign. More →

The Elders Call On Europe To Play A Stronger Role In The Middle East May 14, 2013

The Elders met civil society groups, diplomats and members of the Irish government in Dublin last week to discuss the role of Europe in the Middle East, the prospects for young people in Northern Ireland and other issues relevant to their work. More →

Kofi Annan Takes Over As Chair Of The Elders May 13, 2013

Kofi Annan, the former UN Secretary-General and Chair of the Kofi Annan Foundation, has been appointed to take over from Archbishop Desmond Tutu as Chair of The Elders with immediate effect. More →

Bill Clinton Joins Panel On Prescription Drug Abuse May 8, 2013

On Monday, May 6, President Bill Clinton participated in two open press events about the Clinton Foundation's Clinton Health Matters Initiative (CHMI) and the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). More →

Ian Somerhalder Helps Start A RYOT May 8, 2013

Ian Somerhalder – outspoken actor, activist and co-founder of the Ian Somerhalder Foundation – is working hard to help change the face of media. More →

Ted Danson Launches Petition Against Seismic Testing May 1, 2013

Ted Danson and Oceana have organized a new petition to President Obama to reject the use of seismic testing (to search for oil and gas deposits) off the Atlantic Coast. More →

Help Farm Aid Wish Willie Nelson A Happy 80th Birthday Apr 26, 2013

Willie Nelson is turning 80, and Farm Aid and some famous faces want you to help them celebrate. More →

Linkin Park To Be Honored By Rock The Earth Apr 24, 2013

Rock the Earth, a national nonprofit environmental organization that partners with the music industry, today announced the winners of the eighth annual Planet Defender Awards. More →

Go Behind-The-Scenes With Ben Affleck For Earth Day Apr 23, 2013

The Climate Reality Project, the leading international organization dedicated to mobilizing action on climate change, and Charitybuzz, the global leader in online charity auctions, today announced the launch of the two-week Climate Reality auction. More →

Edward Norton and Woody Harrelson Visit DPSG Wastewater Plant Apr 23, 2013

Edward Norton and Woody Harrelson celebrated Earth Day by paying a visit to the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group bottling plant in Houston to check in on the operation of the BioViper, a recently installed wastewater pretreatment system developed by Baswood Corp., which Harrelson co-founded and Norton chairs. More →

Jennifer Beals Supports Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families Apr 19, 2013

Jennifer Beals, the star of “The L-Word,” and “Flashdance,” and one of People magazine’s most beautiful people of 2011 met last week with leaders on Capitol Hill to press for legislation that would make chemicals used in common household items like cleaners and children’s products safer. More →

Adrian Grenier And Kate Walsh Attend Oceana Ball Apr 10, 2013

Oceana, the largest international organization dedicated solely to protecting the world’s oceans, is pleased to announce the total amount realized at this weeks’s Inaugural Oceana Ball. More →

Lucy Lawless Slams New Zealand Government Move To Criminalize Protests At Sea Apr 9, 2013

Lucy Lawless has joined a range of well-known New Zealand groups and individuals in slamming the government’s controversial move to criminalize aspects of peaceful protests at sea. More →

Desmond Tutu: We Are All Shamed By Syria's Suffering Apr 8, 2013

As Syria’s humanitarian crisis escalates, Desmond Tutu has made an impassioned call to the international community to put the safety of Syrians above politics. More →

Stars Get Outdoors With The Sierra Club Apr 5, 2013

This week, the Sierra Club launched a new campaign urging people to get outdoors. More →

Chevy Chase Shows Support For Clinton Foundation Apr 4, 2013

Chevy Chase has put his name to an email to supporters of the Clinton Foundation, explaining how he has been inspired by Bill Clinton. More →

Sting And Trudie Styler To Be Awarded We Are Family Foundation Humanitarian Award Apr 2, 2013

The We Are Family Foundation (WAFF), a not-for-profit organization founded by legendary songwriter and producer, Nile Rodgers, will honor Humanitarian Award recipients Sting and Trudie Styler at its inaugural We Are Family HONORS event on Thursday, April 11, 2013, at Manhattan Center’s Grand Ballroom in New York City. More →

Win A Day With Bill Clinton Apr 1, 2013

Contribute to the Clinton Foundation by April 12 to support their life-changing work and be entered to win a day with President Clinton in New York City. More →

Ezra Miller To Trek To The North Pole For Greenpeace Mar 27, 2013

“The Perks of Being a Wallflower” star Ezra Miller will travel to the North Pole in early April to plant a ‘flag for the future’ on the seabed, as part of a major international campaign to protect the Arctic. More →

Harrison Ford Urges US To Invest In Conservation Before It Becomes National Security Issue Mar 22, 2013

Harrison Ford has urged the US to invest in conservation in a new interview with the BBC’s Laura Trevelyan. More →

Three Weeks Of Tiger Tracks Comes To A Close Mar 21, 2013

Joanna Lumley and Virginia McKenna are set to round up three weeks of Tiger Tracks, the world’s largest tiger conservation event in London tonight. More →

Jessica Alba Named As Earth Hour Ambassador Mar 19, 2013

Actress and Co-Founder of The Honest Company, Jessica Alba, is the newest global ambassador for Earth Hour, the world’s largest mass participation event that has become the iconic symbol of people’s commitment to protect the planet. More →

Richard Branson And Bill Clinton Help Launch Haiti Forest Initiative Mar 18, 2013

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, founder of Yunus Social Business, Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Unite, and U.S. President Bill Clinton, founder of the Clinton Foundation, announced last Sunday the launch of a new social initiative called Haiti Forest. More →

Girl Rising - A New Film Showing How Education Can Change The World Mar 8, 2013

Girl Rising, Academy Award-nominated director Richard E. Robbins’ new feature film about the strength of the human spirit and the power of education to change the world, premiered this week in New York at the Paris Theatre. More →

NBA Star Tyson Chandler Speaks Out Against Trade Of Wildlife Products In China Mar 8, 2013

WildAid and NBA Cares, the NBA’s global social responsibility program, have announced another step in their partnership promoting wildlife conservation in the United States and aimed at reducing the illegal trade of wildlife products in China. More →

WWE Divas To Visit Refugee Camps In Rwanda Mar 1, 2013

WWE Divas Alicia Fox and Natalya will visit refugee camps in Rwanda this week as part of their alliance with the United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign to help raise awareness and funds to fight malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. More →

Stars Help Launch H&M's Global Garment Recycling Program Feb 21, 2013

Last night, Sophia Bush, Emmy Rossum, Orlando Bloom, Willie Nelson,Miranda Kerr and Helen Hunt were among the guests who joined H&M and Global Green USA to celebrate their partnership and the kickoff of H&M’s global garment recycling program at Global Green’s 10th annual Pre-Oscar party. More →

Leonardo DiCaprio - Hands Off My Parts! Feb 20, 2013

This week, actor and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Board Member Leonardo DiCaprio helped launch WWF’s Hands Off My Parts initiative. More →

Victoria Justice Releases Girl Up Song Feb 19, 2013

Recording artist and actress Victoria Justice has released her new song and music video, “Girl Up,” that highlights the work of the United Nations Foundation's Girl Up campaign to help girls in developing countries. More →

Willie Nelson To Perform At Global Green Pre-Oscar Party Feb 19, 2013

Willie Nelson will perform at tomorrow night’s Global Green Pre-Oscar Party at Avalon Hollywood. More →