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Global Green's Millennium Awards: From The Green Carpet
CAUSECAST. MAY 31, 2009. BY MELISSA JUN ROWLEY
I’ve stood along a number of red carpets in the past. But few have been as vibrant and positively charged as the green carpet I covered at the 13th Annual Global Green Millennium Awards in Santa Monica, CA on Saturday, May 30th. The stars and supporters who turned out to honor this year’s Global Green award recipients shared their views on preserving the environment, the need for green education and sustainable buildings, and their call to bring social change into the spotlight.
I don’t know if it was the coolness of the ocean air, that I was first in line to speak with all the gorgeous attendees, or that every celebrity and honoree I spoke to was knowledgeable about the latest green technology and eager to learn more, but a calm and reassuring synergy wafted through the wind, as my flip cam and I zeroed in on the delightful display of humanity that stood before me. Events like this generally rake in a good share of eye candy for onlookers, but at this particular benefit the passion for the cause and the integrity of the guests was more than commensurate with their fashionable flair.
Many of them had a great deal to say about the focus of the night, which was making schools green. Adrian Grenier and Rosario Dawson discussed the importance of rehabilitating educational facilities and keeping our children healthy.
“We need to start changing the way we live fundamentally,” said Grenier. We can start with the school, start with the kids.”
Dawson said that moving forward, we need to take the knowledge we have about harmful toxins in buildings and put it to good use.
“It’s like using asbestos now…We know it makes people sick. We’re not going to continue using it, so we should be applying what we have against asbestos, we should be applying to every resource that we use now.”
Check out all my green carpet interviews of the night with Grenier, Dawson, Radha Mitchell, Luke Perry, Ecofabulous founder and Founders Award recipient Zem Joaquin, and Global Green CEO Matt Peterson.
