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The Green Cars of the Stars

Yesterday, I blogged about Daryl Hannah and how she was one of the first celebrities to have her car converted to run on biodiesel. But, she is not the only celebrity that drives green. I think the first green car I remember hearing that a celebrity was driving was the Toyota Prius. In fact, when we lived in San Diego almost ten years ago, we visited the Getty Center and they had hookups for electric cars such as the Prius. The Prius has plenty of fans now days, but some of the more famous are Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts, America … Continue reading →

Green Celebrities: Daryl Hannah

Like Robert Redford, Daryl Hannah has been a long time advocate of environmentalism. And, like Woody Harrelson, she has joined the growing list of celebrities that have been arrested for supporting green practices. Daryl is known for being one of the first celebrities to drive a car that runs on biodiesel. In case you haven’t been reading our blogs, biodiesel is made from vegetable oil. Daryl was featured in a video for her blog in which she even drank the biodiesel fuel, having poured it straight from the pump to a glass, to prove a point of how biodiesel is … Continue reading →

Tre Arrow Strikes Again

Tre Arrow is an eco-terrorist, or green anarchist if you will. He takes extreme, often illegal, measures to get his green point across. He started his environmental activism in the late ‘90s, but first made the headlines with his actions in 2000. He was upset that the U.S. Forest Service planned to log near Eagle Creek, Oregon, so what did he do? He scaled the forest service building in Portland, Oregon to protest. But, he didn’t just scale the building. He stayed on a nine-inch ledge for 11 days. Crazy you say? He has his followers. As a Pacific Green … Continue reading →

What is Surface Mining and is it Bad?

Surface mining is the practice of the removing the soil and rock over a mineral deposit, such as coal. Rather than digging an underground shaft, the mineral is removed from the top, so there is no chance of collapse of a shaft. The three types of surface mining are strip mining, open-pit mining, and mountain top removal. Some say there are advantages to surface mining. The obvious advantage is that it should be safer for mine workers than being in shafts where they can be trapped. There is also a lower cost of recover (since trucks can enter the mine), … Continue reading →