There is a fine line between swimsuit semi-porn and environmental activism. There’s no reason not to cross it.
While Israeli model Bar Rafaeli, is cranking up the heat on her Sports Illustrated cover, her boyfriend, actor and activist Leonardo DiCaprio, continues to fight global warming. At last, their hot bodies of work have struck gold.
Though the Revolutionary Road star was snubbed by the Academy this year, DiCaprio has been honored with this year’s International Green Film Award at the Cinema for Peace in Berlin. DiCaprio was deeply affected by the message in former Vice President Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth and has been spreading the word about global warming ever since. He then produced and narrated his own conscientious film, The 11th Hour. He also promotes peace in the industry outside of Hollywood, meaning he has been quite the international liason.
In addition to the customary statuette, 34 year-old DiCaprio has also been given $250,000 to either donate to an environmental foundation or create a documentary on the issue.
Is there a documentary Oscar on the horizon? Or perhaps he’ll give his eco-org, The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, a face lift. If not, he lists the National Resources Defense Council, the International Fund for Animal Welfare, and Tree People as his favorite organizations.
He – and famous polar cub, Knut – appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair‘s Green Issue in April 2007 (pictured above). It’s perhaps my favorite VF cover to date.
More recently, DiCaprio traded in his hybrid Toyota Prius for a Tesla, the first high-performance electric car, which he described to the Daily Mail as an “unbelievable drive.”
This Thursday, we will be co-hosting Global Green USA’s 6th Annual Pre-Oscar Party at the Avalon in Hollywood. Proceeds benefit the group’s Green Schools Initiative. Sheryl Crowe and Mr. Gwen Stefani, Gavin Rossdale, will be performing.
Looks like those green pop tarts from the Grammys have been trumped.
XO, The Green Gamine
P.S. Here is the trailer to Leo’s The 11th Hour. Intrigued?
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