On Thursday November 25 NBC News San Diego posted an article title “A Day Without Plastics”. The article caught my eye because not having plastic bags would change the Green industry for the better. After reading the article I noticed a section titled, “Green Celebrities”, it was perfect! What better way to encourage and inspire the youth to be more “green” than to show them the people they watch and look up to at that age, the celebrities. Since becoming the director of a science program for high school students that focuses on “Green Living”, I have thought about how to get Celebrities and the Youth connected on going green.
Working with my students I have a greater appreciation of how today’s celebrities can influence the “cool “ kids and the “un cool” kids, but more importantly how they are influencing them. Discussion are no longer just about the celebrities are wearing, but how they eat, how they shop, how are they impacting this world are in the discussion about today’s celebrities. Knowing that it can be pretty clear how something as simple as “Green Celebrities” can have an impact on how the future generations accept and view the green industry.
The celebrities listed in this section we from all generations and I would say known by today’s youth and older. Celebrities starting with Cameron Diaz going to Larry King to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, but more importantly beneath each celebrities photo was a description of what they were doing that was “Green” friendly; “actress Hayden Panettiere is one tough activist. In 2007 she stood toe to toe with Japanese whale and dolphin hunters and blocked them from killing the creatures”-Source: A Day Without Plastic | NBC San Diego.
Posting this list of celebrities on popular social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter could almost be seen as free advertising for the green industry. Whatever issues the celebrities are working on the youth would then become aware of it and become and advocate for the issue them self. Even if it is celebrities making recyclable bags over plastic bags the new fad it gets the youth being both “cool” and “green”.
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