Global Green

7TH ANNUAL PRE-OSCAR PARTY

On Wednesday, March 3rd 2010, Global Green will hold it's annual Pre-Oscar Party at the Avalon in Hollywood. The night will feature musical performances by Good Charlotte and others to be announced, as well as celebrity hosts. 

The event raises funds for Global Green's national green building initiatives, including creating healthy green affordable housing and schools.

THAT EVENING SUN SCREENING & HAITI FUNDRAISER

On Wednesday February 10th, 2010, Global Green USA and supporter & actor Walton Goggins will be holding a very special fundraiser screening of "That Evening Sun." Nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards, the film stars Hal Halbrook as well as Waltor Goggins.

Funds raised will go towards Global Green's efforts to ensure that the rebuilding of Haiti is sustainable. Registration is available online.

5TH ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO BENEFIT

Global Green's 5th Annual Gorgeous and Green Gala is one of the Bay Area's premiere green lifestyle events. This year's event takes place Tuesday, December 8th at the W Hotel in San Francisco.

Gorgeous and Green is chaired by Global Green Board Member Zem Joaquin and San Francisco committee co-chair Nadine Weil. Past attendees of the event include: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mayor Gavin Newsom, Orlando Bloom, Salma Hayek, Kate Bosworth, and many other green trendsetters and tastemakers.

10TH ANNIVERSARY SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AWARDS

The Sustainable Design Awards help shine the light on the great innovations and leaders working to protect New York and other coastal cities by stemming global warming.

The 10th Annual Sustainable Design Awards were held Monday, November 9th 2009 at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers. Honorees included PG&E, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Ceres, Terry Tamminen & Bonnie Reiss, and Sebastian Copeland. presenters included Brian Cox, Tony Plana, Tate Donovan, David Brancaccio, and Miles O'Brien.

13TH ANNUAL MILLENNIUM AWARDS

Presented annually in Los Angeles, the Millennium Awards recognize and herald those whose lives and livelihood embody Global Green USA's mission of fostering a global value shift toward a sustainable and secure world.

This year, the Millennium Awards were held on Saturday, May 30th 2009 and attendees included Rosario Dawson, Adrian Grenier, Arianna Huffington, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Amy Smart, Radha Mitchell, Sharon Lawrence, and David Duchovny, as well as our worthy honorees.

READING OF EVE ENSLER'S NEW PLAY O.P.C.

Global Green and V-Day are presenting an exclusive one night benefit reading of Eve Ensler's new play. O.P.C. (Obsessive Political Correctness) is a wildly funny and irreverent exploration of consumption and politics that asks, "How are we to survive as a species if we insist on destroying the world we love?

Taking place Friday, May 29th 2009 at the Santa Monica Bay Woman’s Club in Santa Monica, the evening includes the reading - featuring Stockard Channing, Lee Pace, and others - plus a special VIP post-play reception. You can buy tickets online.

6TH ANNUAL PRE-OSCAR PARTY

On Thursday, February 19th 2009 Global Green held it's annual Pre-Oscar Party at the Avalon in Hollywood. The night  featured musical performances by Sheryl Crow and Gavin Rossdale, and celebrity attendees such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Bosworth, Rosario Dawson, Heather Graham and many others. 

The event raised funds for Global Green's national green schools initiative, helping create green healthy schools for one of our most important assets - our children.

9TH ANNUAL SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AWARDS

The Sustainable Design Awards help shine the light on the great innovations and leaders working to protect New York and other coastal cities by stemming global warming.

Our 9th Annual Sustainable Design Awards were held Wednesday, December 10th 2008 at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers. Honorees included Governor Bill Richardson, Robert S. Bucklin, Rosemary Ellis, Jeffery C. Hines, and Datuk Vinod Sekhar. Celebrity presenters included Katie Couric, Edward Norton, and Mel Gibson, Brian Cox, and David Hyde Pierce.

4TH ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO BENEFIT

This year's 4th Annual San Francisco Benefit, Gorgeous and Green, took place on Tuesday, December 2nd 2008 at the LEED certified Bently Reserve. The event was co-hosted by Kate Bosworth, and included a VIP dinner and exclusive performance by American Idol finalist Elliot Yamin.

Each year, Global Green's San Francisco committee hosts a cocktail event to benefit Global Green's green building initiatives. The event hilights green design solutions, including an eco-fashion show. 

12TH ANNUAL MILLENNIUM AWARDS

Presented annually in Los Angeles, the Millennium Awards recognize and herald those whose lives and livelihood embody Global Green USA's mission of fostering a global value shift toward a sustainable and secure world.

Our 12th Annual Millennium Awards were held on Saturday, June 14th 2008 at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica. The honorees included LAUSD, Van Jones, Lyn Lear, and The South Group. Presenters included Alfre Woodard, Norman Lear, Ed Begley, Jr. and Arianna Huffington.

FIRST HOLY CROSS GREEN HOME COMPLETED

On May 15th 2008, Global Green USA and The Home Depot® Foundation celebrated the completion of the first green home built in the Lower Ninth Ward with residents and city officials from the Holy Cross neighborhood.

This home, the first-of-its-kind completed in the area, will serve as a visitor center while the project, including five single-family homes, an 18 multi-unit apartment complex and a community center/Sustainable Design and Climate Action Institute, are completed.

5TH ANNUAL PRE-OSCAR PARTY

Celebrities, industry executives, and environmentalists joined Global Green USA on Wednesday, February 20th 2008 at the Avalon in Hollywood for the 5th Annual Global Green Pre-Oscar Party. The theme of this year’s event was: “Time To Act -- Reduce your Carbon Footprint today: Drive Green, Live Green, Vote Green.

The party featured the latest in green automobiles, as well as cutting edge green home products and design. The event raised $420,000 to benefit Global Green’s climate change initiatives including the green rebuilding of New Orleans.

3RD ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO BENEFIT PARTY

Global Green USA celebrated their 3rd Annual San Francisco Benefit Party on Tuesday, December 18th 2007. Held at San Francisco’s LEED certified Bently Reserve, the event focused on green design solutions to combat climate change and other environmental issues.

Proceeds from the evening benefited Global Green’s projects, including their Green Schools Initiative and the Holy Cross project, 
the first sustainable low-income housing community in New Orleans’s Lower 9th Ward.

8TH ANNUAL SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AWARDS

The Designing a Sustainable and Secure World Awards help shine the light on the great innovations and leaders working to protect New York and other coastal cities by stemming global warming. The awards embody the environmental spirit of Global Green USA’s vision to foster a global value shift towards a sustainable and secure future.

Global Green USA honored leading innovators for their extraordinary contributions at their 8th Annual Designing a Sustainable and Secure World Awards event at New York's Ritz-Carlton, Battery Park on Monday, December 3rd 2007.