Happy belated Earth Day! As you may know, Earth Day was yesterday. And to celebrate the day, here is a list of eight not so eco-friendly celebs. I’m guessing these stars wore fur and leather to any events they attended yesterday.
While many celebrities have been making it known that they are “going green,” these eight celebs don’t seem to mind wearing meat or dying their dog’s hair. Here’s the long-awaited list of the celebs who are too good to “go green.”
1. Alessandra Ambrosio The model admitted that she dyed her maltese dog, Buddha, blue. According to PETA, dyeing animals is cruel and unhealthy.
2. Cindy Crawford She posed for an anti-fur PETA ad in her early years. But in 2004, she modeled for a fur company. PETA sees her as a sell-out.
3. Lady Gaga Her unusual outfits are fine as long as she doesn’t use meat in them. But on two occasions the star has worn meat as an outfit. Not cool in PETA’s book.
4. Gwyneth Paltrow Her and her husband, Chris Martin, refused to walk four houses down the road to attend a party. Instead, they had to be driven to the event. Talk about a big carbon footprint!
5. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley She is not afraid to say that she’s a farm girl, and she’ll shoot livestock. Not what PETA wants to hear.
6. Karl Lagerfeld He’s no stranger to fur and leather. He loves using fur in his collections.
7. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen (yes, they count as one) The twins have been on PETA’s bad side for years for the amount of leather and fur they wear.
8. Naomi Campbell She also did an ad for PETA, in which she appeared naked. But in 2009, she was the face for the fur designer Dennis Basso’s campaigns.
What did you do to celebrate Earth Day?
daffodil / 1615 posts
Gwyneth Paltrow sucks
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Being eco friendly is about sustainability in the environment…I don’t see what wearing meat and wearing fur exactly have to do with that. Earth day is more about finding new ways to keep this planet around for longer, as in alternative energy and recycling and using biodegradable materials. Animal rights are important, but kind of a whole different topic….
dahlia / 2747 posts
and since when do we care what peta thinks?
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What does PETA have to do with Earth Day?! The only celeb hear that has hurt the earth is Gweneth Paltrow.
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First of all, Gwyneth Paltrow is a supporter of the Act Green foundation. Perhaps she needed to be driven to the event for security precautions? Secondly, I agree with ChristinesRants. Eating meat and wearing fur might piss PETA off, but it has little to do with greenhouse gasses and using less electricity to save the planet. Yes, killing wild animals and poaching can disrupt the ecosystem but I hardly think that this really has an effect on that. These are terrible examples.
ranunculus / 3457 posts
PETA can die.
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@ChristinesRants@xanga - The meat industry is actually horrible for the envoirment. Cattle especially.
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and then I saw PETA
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What does PETA have to do with Earth Day? PETA is a terrible organization anyway.
sunflower / 332 posts
PETA is an insane extremist organization so I’m really disappointed that they are the main focus of this article. Earth Day is about reducing ones carbon footprint and doing all you can to prevent virgin resources from being used, not about who is a bad guy for wearing fur or leather. The only person that belongs on that list is Gwyneth.
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Uh, eco-friendliness has nothing to do with fur and leather. You don’t have to be a vegan to care about the environment (though going local and eating less meat products is a way of cutting down on your carbon footprint). I feel this post is silly because it mainly focuses on people who are on PETA’s shit list for violation of animal rights (aka, wearing products made from animals) which doesn’t necessarily goes against sustainability.
Meh, this post could have been done so much better.
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I didn’t know Earth Day was controlled by PETA.
rose / 960 posts
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley actually seems like she’d be making the world a better place by hunting her own meat. The largest carbon foot the earth has is the meat industry.
Also, there’s only one PETA I like, and he’s not real
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Yeah, what mostly everyone else said: who cares about what PETA thinks?
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@ChristinesRants@xanga – Eating animals is very destructive to the environment… Especially factory farming. If you’re concerned about global warming, shortage of food supply, water/pollutants in the environment, you shouldn’t be eating meat.
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why is this all about peta?
sunflower / 332 posts
@Digital_Angel21@xanga - I completely agree!
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I actually thought this would be an informative article about Earth Day…oops.
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Lol.. seriously? Do you know how many animals PETA personally has euthanized per year? Could you try thinking for yourself..?
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PETA may have good intentions, but its silly publicity stunts have lost my respect.
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I suddenly feel a craving for steak.
tulip / 22 posts
PETA has become a social cliche. Everyone expects them to make noise about something or someone nowadays. A good organization at heart but, they should focus more on their work than getting angry and publicly denouncing individuals when someone wears fur or meat.
Also, I agree with the above posts saying that PETA does not equal eco-friendly.
daffodil / 1601 posts
I get it, livestock isn’t the most green industry out there (far from it), but when I hear ‘not so eco-friendly’ I think that maybe you’d comment on someone’s gas consumption or recycling habits.
I mean I could recycle everything, use the right lightbulb, buy all biodegradable containers, and drive an electric car, but if I buy leather boots; well shit. I’ve lowered my meat consumption for many reasons but it’s about doing what you can.
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@Murphy_Rants@xanga - The livestock industry accounts for more greenhouse gases than transportation. Unfortunately people tend to avoid eating less meat because it’s so ingrained in our culture. /bacon
orchid / 217 posts
How did I celebrate? I ATE STEAK!
daffodil / 1601 posts
@ShimmerBodyCream@xanga - What’s interesting about meat consumption is it used to be much, much lower. Relatives have told me it was uncommon to have it more than once or twice a week, though I’m sure socioeconomics and refrigeration had a lot to do with it. Nowadays many people, even those with lower incomes, eat it with almost every meal since there is large and relatively cheap supply of it. We have a quantity over quality culture. That, and a bacon culture.
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@xsPoNgEs_go_SQUISHx13@xanga - Peta Griffin? lmao
rose / 960 posts
@Gosalyn223@xanga - Haha, Peta(h? Too lazy to look it up…) Malark, but close enough
tulip / 9 posts
Wearing leather or furs both of which can be by-products of the meat industry makes one not eco-friendly. Ok…not making sense forEarth Day PETA.
So then let me see if I understand PETA and all the things that they either stand for or are against.
1. No-one associated with PETA is allowed to eat any form of meat; they must all be either Vegan or Vegetarian. (There is a difference… I have been told that Vegans do not use items like honey.)
2. The people at PETA would rather have chemically man-made pollution inducing fake
leather and furs that help contribute to the ‘Green house’ effect, and turn all
farms into non-meat producing enterprises.
3. It is alright to assault private individuals and throw buckets of red dye or paint
at/on people in public where these toxins enter our water systems,.
4. It is allowable to deface private property with said buckets of paint/dye.
5. The use of body paints and dyes that then need to be washed off after a photo shoot for an ad campaign is totally acceptable.
6. Any material that is derived from an animal for clothing is forbidden.
@fungusamungus33@xanga… I agree these are very poor examples
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@xsPoNgEs_go_SQUISHx13@xanga -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRbknonVE2k