Ecopaparazzi members have made it clear in their profile answers that every day people taking direct action to help heal Mother Earth are the world's true green celebrities.

Eco-Active Celebrity
Ecopaparazzi member Kelly

The eco issue that concerns Kelly most is animal welfare. She is Managing Director of Moonbears.org, a non-profit organization dedicated to putting a stop to bear bile farming through fundraising, establishment of bear sanctuaries, education and building relationships with the Korean government. Kelly is a tireless advocate for the bears and says, "I do my best to spread the eco-friendly word to the Korean people on behalf of a species in danger."

Eco-Active Celebrity
Ecopaparazzi member Priscilla

Priscilla loves nature and is working to create a new Nicaragua that teaches youth to have more social responsibility toward the environment. She believes each person can make a difference by getting involved and doing action to solve problems. Priscilla says, "We don't have to sit back and watch and be silent. Each one of us can change everything that needs to be changed for a better future. Cuenta conmigo ... count on me!"

Eco-Active Celebrity
Ecopaparazzi member Audie Litrada

Audie takes his eco activism to great heights, literally, as he focuses efforts on saving Mt. Kanlaon on Negros Island in the Philippines. Audie is deeply concerned about climate change and does his part to reduce his carbon footprint. He says, "we all have to do good for the environment by disposing of garbage properly and planting trees." He believes people can turn things around just by using their minds to think, their hands to do good things and their feet to move toward action.

Eco-Active Celebrity
Ecopaparazzi member Fiona

After completing a 2-month volunteer program in Borneo last summer and working with Sun Bears, Fiona said, "I am so grateful that I had such opportunity; they are such wonderful animals and the plight they are facing is so terrible." Fiona returned to her home in the UK and worked with friends to help set up a charity to preserve the Sun Bears. Recently she took a day off from work to bake cakes and biscuits to sell on the London streets and talk to customers about Sun Bears. The money she raised from the baked goods went to the bears, demonstrating how each of us can make a difference.

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Ecopaparazzi's Meatless Monday guru Tibor ways, "What a fantastic weekend it has been enjoying the first-fruits of our beloved Florida. One of the best kept secrets is the fantastic tomatoes that are grown abundantly. My friend and I have just put in an enchanted garden filled with all manner of herbs. My favorites are herbs for caprese insalata, a.k.a. Margarita salad in the US. So, this week at Mother Earth's Table I journey away from India to Italy."

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Wildlife Photographers in action

Wildlife photographers have created a website that provides animal welfare and protection groups, bloggers and other discerning eco enthusiasts with a source of images guaranteed to be of free-roaming wildlife, respectfully photographed in natural habitats. Often, the "wild" animal seen in a publication or promotional brochure is actually a captive animal sentenced to life on a game farm. Game farms use high fences, costing upwards of $8,000.00 per mile, to keep their preferred, sometimes exotic and endangered species confined on their private property. These fences also keep the native migratory wildlife out, thereby taking up valuable habitat. Support this eco-conscious website.

In 1999, writer/producer/director Shaun Monson began work on a series of PSAs about spaying and neutering pets. The footage he shot at animal shelters around Los Angeles affected him so profoundly that the project soon evolved into EARTHLINGS. The film would take another six years to complete because of the difficulty in obtaining footage within these profitable industries. Though the film was initially ignored by distributors, who told Monson that the film would “never see the light of day and should be swept under the rug,” today EARTHLINGS is considered the definitive animal rights film by organizations around the world.

TREE SIT: The Art of Resistance

This controversial documentary takes place amidst the redwood rainforest of Humboldt County where young activists have taken the art of resistance to new heights. Surrounded by clearcuts while perched in the high canopy of ancient forests for extended periods of time, activists such as Julia Butterfly Hill and dozens of others have used non-violent direct action and civil disobedience to slow down the chainsaws and bring attention to the destruction of old growth forests. This film is historical, exhilarating, informative, and intense! The film is produced by Earth Films.