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Jill Robinson Jill's life changed the day she walked onto a bear farm in China for the very first time. She said, "Nothing prepared me for that moment and it was with utter disbelief that I witnessed a scene which would subsequently change my life and start the dream of the China Bear Rescue." Jill is founder and director of Animals Asia Foundation, a remarkable organization with a heroic mission to free bears from crush cages on bile farms. Click here to learn more about
Animals Asia.

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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."

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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!"

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Nancy Aitken Nancy helped spawn ecopaparazzi and runs Campanario, a biological field station in the jungles of Costa Rica. There, she works to conserve a large tract of primary rainforest, teaches tropical ecology and promotes lifestyle changes for a better future. The environmental issue that concerns her most is human apathy, so when people come to Campanario, she always leaves them with this quote from The Lorax by Dr. Seuss:
Unless Someone Like You Cares a Whole Awful Lot ... Nothing is Going to Get Better ... It's Not! Nancy has one of the funniest eco moments I've ever heard. Do yourself a favor and go to her profile page to read it.

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Christopher Chris Stewart began rallying artists from around the world when he discovered how tar sands development in Alberta violently abuses the environment, the animals, and the people of his Canadian province. His blog, the
Lepufology Project, uses music, storytelling and visual and performing arts to stop what has been described as "the largest industrial project in human history and likely also the most destructive." Christopher's blog addresses issues of environmental and social justice and gives a clear guidepost to artists and art-inclined people on how to participate in shutting down the project.

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Camila "Wow, what's not to love about Ma Earth? She's the girl of my dreams," says Camila: scientist, astrologer, healer, eco activist and Muse. Camila weaves stories that inspire community to form. She enjoys seeing the dream people carry around inside themselves and says she is especially blessed when she gets to witness those dreams coming alive. Camila co-created the
Ursa Freedom Project, a global campaign to liberate 9,000 bears from crush cages on bile farms. She is eager to tell the stories of how the campaign connects members to the most alive and loving part of their beings.

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Curtis Curtis is a true believer in natural healing and promotes Community Supported Agriculture and farmers markets as a perfect way to nourish the body, local community and Earth. He enjoys blogging about optimal health through a raw foods diet. He also blogs about solar, global oneness and the secret life of plants. His extreme passions are ocean adventure, outdoor land trekking and wild edible plants.

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Gilberto Gilberto Alemancia is an ecotourism consultant and adviser on ecotourism programs in indigenous communities for Central America and Asia. He has given talks on ecotourism, conservation and culture at universities throughout Central & South America, Asia and Europe. He has also spoken at international ecotourism conferences for Outside and National Geographic Magazines. His stunning photos bear witness to his insight into the landscapes, people and culture of the indigenous.

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NaTasha NaTasha says she can’t pick just one thing in nature that she loves most. “So much is amazing,” she says. A wonder for nature is what spurs her toward eco actions, most of which involve her family and creativity as a writer and photographer. Last month NaTasha started a green
blog, when she resolved to simplify her family’s lifestyle to safeguard its future. The blog explores ways to spend money wisely while being good to the planet. Originally from Canada, NaTasha now lives in France, where she gardens organically and teaches her young daughter the fascinating ways of nature. Read the Eco Ed column on the right to see how NaTasha's creative approaches to environmental education play out.

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Maryse
Maryse lives in Hyuga, Japan, where she grows a small organic garden, teaches yoga and promotes the incense making by
Friends of Nub Gon Monastery in the Himalayas, and reforestation project in Tashi Jong, India. Maryse loves everything about Mother Earth but has a special love for watersheds, rivers and oceans. She believes "Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed." To promote nature's bounty and raise awareness of the healing powers of Mother Earth, Maryse makes healing salves, hemp shampoo and aromatic blends from local plants and oils.

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Siew Te Wong
Siew Te goes by his last name Wong. He has been on the front lines of sun bear conservation for 16 years, and he says we are losing the conservation crusade to poachers. "What we have done up to now to stop poaching has failed. We need to do more on a larger scale," he says. Wong advocates nothing short of a U.S. imposed trade sanction against China. "The goal would be to use the
Pelly Amendment to force China to stop its massacre of wildlife. Without taking serious action against the Peoples Republic of China, the Chinese government and people will push the world's most critically endangered species over the brink, to extinction," Wong says. Read more at his
blog.

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Ecopaparazzi Member <a href="http://ecopaparazzi.ning.com/profile/JulieTrumpLynch"><b>Julie Trump-Lynch</b></a>
Julie loves every piece of Mother Earth, from the smallest plant to the largest animal. She is an avid conservationist and has worked as a volunteer for wildlife rehabilitation with the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Center with fellow ecopaparazzi member Siew Te Wong. Julie's greatest hope for the future of the planet is that there are many good people who care about wildlife and can make a difference. Reaching out to such people, Julie has begun an affiliate
charity in the United Kingdom to raise money for construction of the second phase of a sun bear conservation center in Borneo.

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CHRISTINA TREVINO Christina is an intuitive energy worker, empath, sound healer and Reiki master. She organizes sacred site journeys, Earth Light cruises, silent sound workshops and many other experiences to assist in clearing, healing, and activating precious and sacred areas of Earth. She is currently organizing an
eco-spiritual adventure to the southern mesoamerica biodiversity
hotspot in the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica, and is working with fellow ecopaparazzi member Nancy Aitken to plan the experience at
Campanario. Learn more about Christina and her wondrous approaches to Earth Healing through her
Earth Lightwork missions.

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Rebecca Gerendasy produces a TV show about sustainable food and living called
Cooking Up A Story. The show will be featured on NPR's All Things Considered Monday, January 5. Capture the
RSS feed in advance so you don't miss it! You can also watch some of Rebecca’s shows in the ecopaparazzi video lounge.

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MICHELLE GRACE S1 Michelle takes an active stand on green issues because she says she loves everything about Mother Earth! She's active in environmental projects and campaigns to save Mt. Kanlaon, a forest she loves in the Philippines. She is an outspoken advocate for anti-fur, and she fosters Earth Healing through photography that is focused on biodiversity. Her daily actions mirror her philosophy about nature:
Kill nothing but Time. Take nothing but Pictures. Leave nothing but Footprints. Michelle is an accomplished photographer with a special knack for focusing on Earth's important pollinators: insects.
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ANGELA ELLIOTT "In a march to save the dolphins, I wore an anti-tuna can! I have been an environmentalist and activist all my life and a vegan since I was five. I have been 100% raw for almost 9 years." The author of a new book for raw foodists, Angela is this week's guest host of
Mother Earth's Table

Danny Seo is a green-living guru and author of the Simply Green book series. He is fast becoming a Martha Stewart for the young, green crowd. A few years back
Seo released the book Conscious Style Home, where he renovated his parents’ house with bamboo flooring, recycled glass tiles, recycled paint, and the like. Now he’s doing everything he can to convince the unconverted that it’s chic to be eco-friendly. Seo's consumer philosophy isn’t “buy more,” but “buy right.”

A celebrity name can help get the word out on crucial eco issues, but with greenwashing on the rise, we need to know who's real. Each week ecopaparazzi highlights a pop culture icon who walks the green talk.This week we spotlight Hollywood A-list Daryl Hannah, the poster child of green goddesses. She's organic, vegetarian, lives off the grid and has a quirky
eco blog.
Ed Begley

As environmental issues become more pressing, there are two possible responses: forget it and hope that government and corporations will figure it out, or take action yourself. In the “take action yourself” camp, a few high profile folks lead the way. Actor
Ed Begley, Jr. lives near Los Angeles in a self-sufficient home powered by solar energy. His 30-year work in the environmental community has earned him a number of awards from prestigious environmental groups, including the California League of Conservation Voters, the Natural Resources Defense Council, The Coalition for Clean Air, Heal the Bay and the Santa Monica Baykeeper. His new book "Living Like Ed" shares his experiences on what works, what doesn't, and what will save you money!

We set aside Meatless Monday to reflect on how living beings go from animals to food.

Paul McCartney promotes eating low on the food chain in a new
PETA ad campaign.