Heart of Green

Earth Day, Avatar Style

Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day with James Cameron and AVATAR cast members at the Global Home Tree Celebration as celebrities, leaders, and friends from around the world gather for an evening of live music, film, and eco-festivities.

Avatar Global Home Tree Celebration
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE
Reserve tickets here

The celebration is a benefit for The Los Angeles Partnership Schools. Each ticket sold sponsors at least one at-risk student for an AVATAR screening and environmental symposium with James Cameron.

Avatar In Real Life 

Hundreds of millions were moved by AVATAR’s message about the interconnectedness of all living things. Thank you James Cameron for being one of the greenest directors of all time. Now if only we had flying jellyfish in our forests. Earth is our Pandora, and it is our calling to protect it.

Once you start looking, you see a galaxy of real world Avatar situations around us. The Chevron situation in Ecuador is one. The tar sands in Alberta, Canada is another. The event will highlight a real life campaign to stop the destruction of the habitat of one of Earth's own Na'vi indigenous people, the Kayapo, by the Belo Monte Dam project in the Brazilian Rainforest. United we call for the preservation of our living planet -- its species and cultures. Like the Na'vi, we cannot survive on a raided planet. On this Earth Day, we take a stand for life.

Speaking of green, it cost $500 million to make AVATAR, and audiences paid $2.6 billion in total to see the film in theaters. If there is one thing that the recession taught me, it is that nature is free. We can almost always go outside and experience the beauty and thrill of the wild. Be it a tree, a flower, an animal, an ocean, a park, a forest, the moon – nature is all around us with no entry fee. This is one of the reasons why I think it is essential to preserve land and forests. We need someplace to go without concrete to renew, play, and feel truly alive.

Join us on Earth Day for this unforgettable celebration of AVATAR with James Cameron on our blue planet. No spaceships required. Let this be the beginning of a new decade of global consciousness and regeneration. See you there!  www.avatarhometree.com

Clean Air Awards

Clean air is essential to our well-being. That is why I am thrilled to be co-hosting the 20th Annual Clean Air Awards on April 16 -- the top award for air quality and climate protection in California. The awards are hosted by Breathe California, now in its 100th year.

20th Annual Clean Air Awards

 
WHEN:
Friday, April 16, 2010
11:30 am Awards Luncheon

WHERE:
Westin St. Francis
Alexandra's Room on 32nd Floor
335 Powell Street, San Francisco

HONORARY COMMITTEE:
Mayor Gavin Newsom, Senator Mark Leno, Supervisor Ken Yeager,
Nadine Weil, Marc Ussini

FEATURING:

• 20th Annual CA Clean Air Awards presented to six winners
• Keynote by Jared Blumenfeld, EPA Regional Administrator Region 9 entitled "Environmental Protection 40 Years & Beyond”
• Emcee Belva Davis of KQED’s This Week in Northern California
• Reception and Organic Luncheon
• VIPs from business, government, technology, and the environment

See the list of all past Clean Air Award Winners here

RSVP:
http://www.cleanairawards.org
(650) 994-5868

SPONSORS:
Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Life Technologies, InterMune, Kaiser, MTC, Genetech, Cleaire, Mineta Transportation Institute, Channel 5 News, Heart of Green ™

ABOUT BREATHE CALIFORNIA:
For over 100 years, Breathe California has advocated for clean air, fought against lung disease, and worked to advance public health. Helping to stop global warming is a major priority for Breathe California because warmer temperatures caused by greenhouse gases lead to higher rates of asthma, respiratory illness, and lung disease. Breathe California currently runs education and advocacy programs in the areas of Clean Air Public Policy, Asthma Education & Management, Cigarette Smoking Cessation, Global Warming, and Improved Air Quality. www.cleanairawards.org

Remember, if you are sitting in traffic and see a smoking car, call 1-800-EXHAUST or visit www.800exhaust.org to report it. Looking at the beautiful blue sky and breathing in clean air makes the day more enjoyable and healthy for all. I hope to see you at the event, and as Congresswoman Jackie Speier says, "Don't forget to breathe."