Global Green USA:
Stemming Climate Change

Global Green is working on several fronts to help stem global climate change; from policy and advocacy to green affordable housing and green schools. For details, click here to view one-pager .

The Power of Celebrity
The most effective solutions to climate change are only adopted when they are effectively communicated to policymakers and the public. In just the past three years, Global Green has reached hundreds of millions of people around the world through its innovative celebrity campaigns around the Academy Awards that have featured: Charlize Theron, Leonardo DiCaprio, Morgan Freeman, Natalie Portman,Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon and Salma Hayek.

Global Green’s Red Carpet/Green Cars hybrid campaign and annual celebrity Rock the Earth events have generated high profile media coverage in publications such as the New York Times, LA Times,Washington Post, and Architectural Digest as well as the entertainment and broadcast media including CNN, Fox News, and all of the networks and their affiliates.

The Human Face of Global Warming
In a recent effort to demonstrate the human impacts of climate change, Global Green led a delegation of celebrities, scientists and political leaders to the Arctic Circle on Earth Day. Salma Hayek and Jake Gyllenhaal helped Global Green generate worldwide visibility from “the top of the world” about the plight of the indigenous Inuit people whose very way of life is threatened by the impacts of snowmelt attributed to global warming. As a result of the trip, Global Green generated international press coverage that included the Washington
Post and CNN.

Consumer Energy Saving Tips Global Green USA's energy-saving tips for consumers to utilize throughout the year. Policy Report: Confronting Climate Change: Averting a Global Environmental Crisis by Global Green USA & Green Cross International   Learn about the important connections between Water and Energy in California Water and Energy Report | Press Release.

Neighborhood Councils embracing Solar Power Mary Luevano, Policy and Legislative Affairs Director presented at the Silverlake neighborhood council which passed a motion in favor of a solar carve out of LA's clean energy portfolio advocated by Global Green. Raise Watts for Solar. Global Green reaches out to the Watts community by speaking to festival goers at the Watts Summer Festival, August 12-14th.   August 2nd -- Global Green Board Member Zem Joaquin joins SF Mayor Gavin Newsom and Bart Harvey, CEO, the Enterprise Foundation as the Mayor announces that San Francisco will build all new affordable homes to a green standard.   Red Carpet Stars Choose Green Cars Thanks to Global Green USA's Oscars 2nd Annual Green Car campaign, some of the biggest names in Hollywood, including Charlize Theron, Marcia Gay Harden, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Sting, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Robin Williams, Will Ferrell, and Jack Black, arrived at the red carpet at this years Academy Awards in alternative fuel vehicles rather than gas-guzzling limos.   rss feed here...rss feed here... rss

3rd Annual Benefit Party
December 18, San Francisco
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The Power of Filmmakers
Global Green worked with its Board member Leonardo DiCaprio and Tree Media to develop a short internet film primer on climate change entitled “Global Warning.”The short film has been featured at numerous film festivals and special screenings, is used by
countless educators and is viewable on his fan website that has generated extraordinary coverage of the
issue.

Watch Leonardo DiCaprio's "Global Warning" an important message on global warming, our nation's dependence fossil fuels, and viable alternatives.

In addition to taking personal action and supporting companies who make energy efficient products, we also need to urge our local, state and national political leaders to join the global community and support initiatives that will reduce our carbon emissions. The Hollywood community signed this on March 3, 2006.