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Last updated on August 4th, 2017 at 06:27 am
A showbiz airhead joins forces with Cameron Diaz:
Cameron Diaz is teaming up with former Vice President Al Gore to host a TV contest about saving the planet. The unlikely duo will work with Current TV and in association with the Alliance for Climate Protection on the project, called 60 Seconds to Save the Earth.
The contest challenges viewers across the U.S., U.K. and the Republic of Ireland to create brief public service announcements offering tips to battle global warming.
Here’s one: eat more Chilean sea bass! You know, to keep ocean levels down and prevent flooding. Meanwhile, Diaz may safely be left in charge of costumes.
UPDATE. In other contest news, syndicated columnist Michelle Singletary needs your advice:
So what’s your best energy, water or waste-saving penny-pinching story? You can nominate yourself, a family member, friend, relative or co-worker. I’m looking for originality and honesty. I’m interested in frugal folks, not misers. Humor scores big in this contest.
There is prize money. Send your tips straight to Michelle.
UPDATE II. Jim K. emails: “Ever catch Diaz’ dopey eco-tourist show for MTV called Trippin’? Wuzzadem did a hilarious take-down …”
- “Invite me to a party and it’s likely I’ll go through the trash to rescue recyclable plastic and cans.”
Shes a homeless person?
Does she gibber to herself as she pushes a shopping trolley around as well?
Heres a tip for you love, go back to using 36v DC power. Sure you wont be able to run much but it will save a whale or something wont it?Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2007 07 21 at 04:38 AM • permalink
- Cameron Diaz in charge of costumes? I’m there.Posted by dean martin on 2007 07 21 at 06:36 AM • permalink
- U.S., U.K., and Ireland? What about the African idiots? Racists.Posted by dean martin on 2007 07 21 at 06:45 AM • permalink
Cameron Diaz is teaming up with former Vice President Al Gore to host a TV contest about saving the planet. The unlikely duo will work with Current TV and in association with the Alliance for Climate Protection on the project, called 60 Seconds to Save the Earth.
(wronwright ponders)
Alliance for Climate Protection.
A – C – P.
This seems so familiar.
Posted by wronwright on 2007 07 21 at 08:12 AM • permalink
- I saved precious Australian water by leaving the country.Posted by flying pigs over mecca on 2007 07 21 at 08:22 AM • permalink
- #7 .OrgPosted by dean martin on 2007 07 21 at 08:22 AM • permalink
- I also conserve water by saving it in a bank. I call this bank a ‘fridge’, and withdraw it in units I call ‘cubes’.Posted by flying pigs over mecca on 2007 07 21 at 08:23 AM • permalink
- My best energy, water, or waste-saving penny pinching story is the time I canceled my subscription to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.Posted by Jim Treacher on 2007 07 21 at 08:42 AM • permalink
- My best penny-pinching story is that I’m being laid off August the 1st (new date—they keep
stringing me alongasking me to stay a couple more weeks) and I’m going to soon be cooking my ramen noodle soup (six for a dollar at Walmart!) over a Sterno can out on my balcony because they’ll have shut my power off. Oops—I forgot: Sterno is fuel, it causes global warming, I lose.Posted by Andrea Harris, Administrator on 2007 07 21 at 08:50 AM • permalink
- What confuses me is this endangered stuff. If Chilean sea bass are endangered, why are they on every menu of every hoity-toity restaurant in the US?Posted by rightwingprof on 2007 07 21 at 09:13 AM • permalink
- Oooh, a race to the bottom! Well, I’ve almost completely stopped going to theatres, although that’s not at all due to my concern over the vast quantities of evil plant-nurturing carbon dioxide used in movie production.Posted by Crispytoast on 2007 07 21 at 09:27 AM • permalink
- #2 – A homeless person may represent the ideal greenie lifestyle. Aside from our virtuous propaganda creators, that is – they’ll be allowed to live as before.Posted by Crispytoast on 2007 07 21 at 09:30 AM • permalink
- Mine will feature me recycling all my scripts, just like Cameron here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoirf9vbSpM
The only difference will be that I’ll remove the brads first.
Posted by lizardflix on 2007 07 21 at 09:46 AM • permalink
- I’m depressed that they’re not inviting Diaz’s best girlfriend/mongoloid Drew Barrymore to host as well. They could reprise their infamous scene from their MTV doc on the environment, where they can once again rhapsodize spasmodically over their taking a collective dump in the woods (“that was awesome!”).
Then Gore can further save the planet by dumping the two empty – headed carbon life forms into a vast vat of industrial goo, destined to be recycled at the local biomass formerly/grain elevator. At which point Gore will take a header into said elevator for the program’s denouement.
- I guess they still don’t get it that people don’t watch those shows. The “National Carbon Test”? – how about the National Carbon Bomb. Live Earth? Live Dearth – of talent, integrity, and interest. Take your smug preaching somewhere else, Al, Cameron, and the rest of you.
- Chris, Yojimbo… that would explain Ted Kennedy, Chris Dodd and the waitress.Posted by richard mcenroe on 2007 07 21 at 02:25 PM • permalink
- In most countries, the government is the biggest consumer.
I’d suggest cutting government consumption.
Somehow, I have the feeling Michelle Singletary wouldn’t like that idea.
(Sorry if this posts twice; the first one didn’t show up at all….)
Posted by Ted Schuerzinger on 2007 07 21 at 10:22 PM • permalink
I mean, when you think about it, this is the simple answer to gorbal wormenising -just run all the ACs all the time.
PACO-I offer it to your company at a 15% (of net profit) fee. PERPETUAL AIR CONDITIONING OPERATION has a nice simple ring.
This blog stuff is just like too cool -I feel like that fat kid Flounder when he joined the Delta frat
Cheer$$$$$$$$$$
RodC