Vegetarian Star

This year, the Pasadena Showcase of Design will feature greening the garage space with garage designer to the stars Garage Envy. Ed Begley Jr. is one of Garage Envy’s clients.

Begley Jr. spoke to the Pasadena Showcase of Design, giving his thoughts on how existing, older homes can be made more sustainable.

“The one thing I like about the Pasadena Showcase house is that they’re doing as much repurposing as possible–saving as much timber and brick and stone and tile and everything and not putting it in a landfill,” Begley says in the video.

“Oh, we’re going to put up a new energy efficient home,” Begley says of the builders who aim to go green but may be wasting much in the process. “Ok, that’s good on one end that you have an energy efficient home, but how did you get there? What kind of materials did you waste in the process?”

The Pasadena Showcase House of Design is open from April 17-May 15, 2011.

The video featuring Begley Jr. can be viewed below.

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Kim Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian are reported to be fans of eco-friendly Ecoya Candles and are said to be filling their hotel rooms with them as they film for their new show, Kourtney and Kim Take New York, which is set to debut on E! in January 2011.

Ecoya candles are all hand-made from soy wax versus the traditional petroleum based paraffin. So what? Does that mean it will hurt less when Kim accidentally spills wax on her bosom? No, but buying soy candles is the better choice to avoiding hurting your health and the environment and you might just help a local farmer in the process.

Find out why after the jump.

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If you eat vegan and wear vegan, you should also be sleeping vegan.

Consumers on the lookout for natural, earth-friendly mattresses may be disappointed to learn many use wool as an alternative to the chemicals required to make them flame-retardant.

Danny Seo, eco stylist and consultant on CBS’ The Early Show and Better Homes and Gardens, unveils the Simmons Natural Care Mattress line in this video, made from rubber-tree based latex and a foam enhanced with soy. Now you can sleep, eat, relax, watch TV or do, ahem, any other activity on a completely animal-free bed.

From Ecorazzi:

“The mattress is made primarily from natural rubber tree based latex — a biodegradable material that’s also hypoallergenic and naturally dust mite, mold and mildew resistant. Beneath the latex is a layer of base foam enhanced with soy. The use of soy, as opposed to traditional foam, means that less petroleum was used in the manufacturing process, which ultimately leads to a lighter carbon footprint.”

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Lisa Edelstein Coco Eco Mag

The lovely Lisa Edelstein is gracing the cover of Coco Eco Magazine. Inside, this longtime vegetarian shares her advice for transitioning into a meatless diet, what she feels are the most important green issues and more.

Edelstein must love the idea of Meatless Mondays, because she recommends going vegetarian for a day to help people get adjusted and acquainted.

“Slowly jumpstart your culinary journey with a once-a-week commitment by leaving the animal products out of your repertoire for a single day/three full meals.”

“View it as a fun experiment rather than as a sacrifice – you might just discover that the food addictions you once had for bad-body-munchies end up shifting over to edibles that actually make you feel revitalized (and are healthy, to boot).”

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Alicia Silverstone will deliver the keynote speech at the Natural Products Expo East, the East Coast’s largest trade show for natural, organic and healthy products on Oct. 13-16, 2010 in Boston, MA.

As a vegan and author of the diet, lifestyle and cookbook The Kind Diet, Silverstone’s presence at the conference complements the dozens as vegetarian, vegan and organic products that are scheduled for the showroom. Familiar names of food, body care and more can be found on the exhibitor list, such as Aubrey Organics body and hair care products, Barleans, Bi-O-Kleen, Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods, Cherrybrook Kitchen Inc. vegan desserts, Clif Bar & Co. and more.

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Brendan Brazier

Vegan professional triathlete, author of fitness books and creator of the all plant-based nutrition line Vega, Brendan Brazier gave his five tips for eco-friendly eating to the Calgary Herald. Obviously not consuming any animal products is the best advice for sustainable eating, especially considering the amount of land set aside to harvest food just so animals that humans will eventually eat can feed.

“That takes up a lot of land and a lot of minerals from the soil to feed the animals,” Brazier said.

But even as a vegetarian or vegan, there are further steps you can take to lighten your carbon footprint.

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Larry Hagman played a character completely opposite of himself in the prime time television soap opera series, Dallas. J.R. Ewing was an oil baron while Hagman is as green as green can be, following a vegetarian diet and running his home on solar power. Hagman stars in a series of advertisements for Solar World, a manufacturer for solar panels.

Ironically, one of the ads plays on Hagman’s role as Ewing, when it has Hagman saying, “In the past, it was always about the oil. The oil was flowing and so was the money…I quit years ago. But I’m still in the energy business. There’s always a better alternative. Shine, baby shine.”

Solar World manufactures solar panels for both homes and business and government. It employs over 2,700 people, has manufacturing facilities in both USA and Germany and sales offices around the world. More ads can be viewed below.

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Blood Dolphins premieres Friday, August 27th at 11 PM E/T on Animal Planet.

The television series features activist Ric O’Barry, who first helped to expose the practice of killing dolphins in Taiji, Japan for meat through the award winning film, The Cove.

In Blood Dolphins, O’Barry brings along his son Lincoln O’Barry, though he first had second thoughts about doing so.

“Lincoln can go undercover and do things I can’t do,” Ric says. “I really didn’t want him to do this. It’s sort of a double edged sword. I have a lot of different emotions exposing Lincoln to that danger.”

Discovery has added a section under the show’s website which is basically a dolphin encyclopedia filled with facts about the types of dolphins most  hunted, a dolphin intelligence quiz, and much more. Dolphins have been found to be loaded with antibacterial soap, for example, even though they’re probably not germaphobes.

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