Earth Day was established in 1970, but the entertainment industry has been active in the fight for the planet for since the 1960s consciousness raising movements had helped put ecological awareness into the forefront. The following actors, producers, writers and directors have all gone beyond just giving lip service to causes, by launching foundations, making […]

Here are 10 environmental hotspots around the globe — and ways that you can help. AMAZON Oil drilling, logging and mining threaten the Amazon rainforest and its indigenous peoples, namely those in Brazil. But since 1996, Amazon Watch, with offices in Oakland and Washington, D.C., has worked to protect the rainforest and the rights of […]

Hollywood’s eco leaders are grappling with ways to save the planet amid a global health crisis that has effectively brought business in America to a halt. The deadly coronavirus pandemic has scrambled plans for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22, and while some view the health crisis as a further call to environmental action, others caution that Hollywood […]

Nineteen-seventy was a simpler time. (February was a simpler time too, but for a moment let’s think outside the pandemic bubble.)

“People tell us, ‘oh that’s idealistic, you’re asking for unicorns.’ If you’ve seen solutions in action, you know that is not true.” Annie Leonard of Greenpeace shares her message on climate change.

Annie Leonard is the Executive Director of Greenpeace USA (the organization has 55 offices worldwide). Climate change is a major focus of her advocacy. “What am I personally doing about climate change? A lot of things, I’ll tell you. On an individual level, and also on a broader society-wide level, because that’s where we really […]

In honor of Rolling Stone’s Climate Crisis Issue, we asked artists to contribute messages about what they, their governments, and everyday people can do to stand up to the threat of climate change. From England to Jamaica to the United States, we are hearing from artists and activists around the world about what we can do locally, globally, […]

Join Jane Fonda for a Fire Drill Fridays teach-in with two leaders in the youth climate strike movement, Bii Gallardo and Katie Eder, to learn about what you can do to support the youth during Earth Day Live, what is motivating young people in the lead-up to the election in November, and how they stay […]

The actress says her childhood in the Santa Monica mountains led to her love of nature and desire to protect it Jane Fonda is an actor and activist who launched Fire Drill Fridays, a weekly rally in D.C. where scientists, activists and celebrities exposed the urgency of the climate emergency. In this week’s PEOPLE, she shares how […]