Getting the Dirt

 It is fitting that the guys met on a movie that addressed the issue of global environment.

The guys have both been involved both land and sea.

And while Jake hits the garden Austin was talking trash - well about composting. Hmmm wonder where he was composting.

Both have done their part in helping protect and preserve and pass it on to the future.

Randy Savage is not just a wrestler.....

They've supported Green causes,
 

 planted gardens,
 
 driven hybrids,
 
recycled,


 all the things that are a part of Earth Day,

all things that they do every day,  but this Earth Day we;re having them go full Paleo...

Paleothic

 Taking Earthy a step or two beyond.

Out Spotlight

Today's Out Spotlight has gone green for Earth Day. She is an author, environmental activist and journalist and has campaigned for the government of the United Kingdom to take action to avoid man-made climate change. Today's Out Spotlight is Tamsin Omond.

Tamsin Omond was born November 19, 1984 the grand-daughter of Sir Thomas Lees, a baronet, the holder of a hereditary baronetcy awarded by the British Crown. A baronetcy is the only hereditary honor which is not a peerage. A baronet is styled "Sir" like a knight, but ranks above all knighthoods except for the Order of the Garter and, in Scotland, the Order of the Thistle.

Having completed her secondary education at Westminster School, she went to study at Trinity College, Cambridge for her undergraduate degree and went on to received Masters in Ecology and Social Justice from the Open University

When she left Trinity she had one ambition - to become the first female Archbishop of Canterbury. After reading a book about climate change she rethought her goal.

One morning she left her church office to go climb the roofs of Parliament to drop banners that read: No Third Runway (at Heathrow Airport). This was the beginning of a new chapter in Osmond's life - to build a radical environmental movement in the UK. Since then ago she has organized (and been arrested for) a number of high profile protests, founded a Suffragette inspired climate action group called Climate Rush and coordinated the recent Save England's Forests campaign.

The first protests she organized against the expansion of London Heathrow Airport got Osmond arrested and May 2008, she said that she would be prepared to be imprisoned for life for her cause. In October 2008, she breached the condition of the terms of her bail by organizing a 500 person "rush" on the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This led to her being re-arrested and threatened with imprisonment due to her breach of bail. Instead she was then bailed with a strengthening of her bail conditions to ban her from going within one kilometer of Parliament. The condition was lifted and she is now free to enter Parliament.

Omond claims that her activism has been inspired by the Suffragettes, who had campaigned using direct action for Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th Century. An indie documentary has been made about Omond's connection to the campaigning techniques of the women's suffrage movement.

In 2009, she published her first book : "Rush - The Making of a Climate Activist". Omond has written articles about Christianity, climate change and human rights. She has been published in the Church Times, The Ecologist, The Guardian, The Evening Standard and The Mail on Sunday.

In 2009, she was included in the Sunday Times list of "Top 30 Power Players Under-30" and also listed in the Independent on Sunday's 2009 "Pink List", a list of the 101 most influential gay men and women in Britain.

She was included the Daily Mail's list of people to watch in 2010 and again was placed on the Sunday Times's Top 30 Power Players Under-30.

Omond stood in the 2010 General election in the newly created Hampstead and Kilburn constituency and created a new independent party, The Commons. The Commons' goal is to engage young people in voting and promote sustainability in the local area. She received 123 votes about 0.2% of total votes cast.

In 2011, Omond was placed in 3rd place in the Daily Mail's 50 "most powerful posh people in Britain under 30".

Ho Ho Ho... Green Giant

Happy Earth Day!

OMG's known from the beginning that Jake's not the only Green hottie in the house. Now others are catching are recognizing Austin for his environmental consciousness too.


Austin is up against such green guys as Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Adrian Grenier and Ian Somerhalder for Green Hottie you want to hug a tree with over at MTV.com.
Austin's the tallest of the bunch, even if he doesn't win it, the Jolly Giant award is his.

And Jake's no Sprout.

He's getting a nifty prez, an environmentally conscious gift bag from Distinctive Assets, today. He is one of a few stars who will be getting "an array of organic and socially responsible products and services to let him know their Earth friendly efforts are appreciated."

No doubt Jake he will share some of it with Austin.

Maybe these.They seem like Austy kind of kicks.

You know because they've share:

Laughs

Rides

Workouts
Scenes


Trips

Clothes

Treehouses?


And they both recycle things like:

Stories in interviews

Tweets

Hairdo's

Couple more of Jake from yesterday's photoshoot.




Recycling a tweet is easy, but building supplies can be tougher.

Want to find out where you can recycle all kinds of things, and some things you never thought could be recycled?

Check it out at Earth911.com

We've only got one place to live, let's take care of it.

Earth Day 2010

An OMG Earth Day PSA

Just a few years ago it was about being bundled up.

And now What we do affects Climate Change.

From the US Environmental Protection Agency.

The Earth's climate has changed many times during the planet's history, with events ranging from ice ages to long periods of warmth. Historically, natural factors such as volcanic eruptions, changes in the Earth's orbit, and the amount of energy released from the Sun have affected the Earth's climate. Beginning late in the 18th century, human activities associated with the Industrial Revolution have also changed the composition of the atmosphere and therefore very likely are influencing the Earth's climate.

For over the past 200 years, the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal and oil, and deforestation have caused the concentrations of heat-trapping "greenhouse gases" to increase significantly in our atmosphere. These gases prevent heat from escaping to space, somewhat like the glass panels of a greenhouse.

Greenhouse gases are necessary to life as we know it, because they keep the planet's surface warmer than it otherwise would be. But, as the concentrations of these gases continue to increase in the atmosphere, the Earth's temperature is climbing above past levels. According to NOAA and NASA data, the Earth's average surface temperature has increased by about 1.2 to 1.4ºF in the last 100 years. The eight warmest years on record (since 1850) have all occurred since 1998, with the warmest year being 2005. Most of the warming in recent decades is very likely the result of human activities. Other aspects of the climate are also changing such as rainfall patterns, snow and ice cover, and sea level.

If greenhouse gases continue to increase, climate models predict that the average temperature at the Earth's surface could increase from 3.2 to 7.2ºF above 1990 levels by the end of this century. Scientists are certain that human activities are changing the composition of the atmosphere, and that increasing the concentration of greenhouse gases will change the planet's climate. But they are not sure by how much it will change, at what rate it will change, or what the exact effects will be.

Observed effects include sea level rise, shrinking glaciers, changes in the range and distribution of plants and animals, trees blooming earlier, lengthening of growing seasons, ice on rivers and lakes freezing later and breaking up earlier, and thawing of permafrost. Another key issue being studied is how societies and the Earth's environment will adapt to or cope with climate change.

What can you do to help?

Some things are:
Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

Use water efficiently

Use green power

Change your light bulbs! There are now highly efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs)that last for years, they use a third of the energy of regular bulbs and actually produce more light.

Use public transportation, carpool or walk or bike

Make changes at your table! Go Organic. Eat locally grown food.Eat fruits and vegetables in season.( both saves transportation costs) Plant your own garden.


Check out more here:

Earth Day Network
Global Green USA

One little thing...

Eric Care's children's book, The Tiny Seed is the story of how one little seed makes a difference

In autumn, a strong wind blows flower seeds high in the air and carries them far across the land. One by one, many of the seeds are lost -- burned by the sun, fallen into the ocean, eaten by a bird. But some survive the long winter and, come spring, sprout into plants, facing new dangers -- trampled by playing children, picked as a gift for a friend. Soon only the tiniest seed remains, growing into a giant flower and, when autumn returns, sending its own seeds into the wind to start the process over again.

It just takes one little thing to make a difference.

Sometimes you don't realize that doing one little thing can make an impact on our Earth. Change your light bulbs, start a garden - even if it's a container garden, bring reusable shopping bags with you, use a reusable water bottle rather than throw away bottles, recycle things, reuse things reduce. Everyone can do one little thing each day to make a difference in the world. Not only to make the earth better, but also to make the lives for people who live on it better. One little seed.

Happy Earth Day

Jake has been a long supporter of environmental causes and does lot of little things to help the environment along with bigger ways of supporting environmental seasons. This year is no different, little things like buying and supporting local farmers, having a garden, and using a reusable water bottles to the more public things like working and support Global Green's “National Green Schools” initiative, and again continuing his involvement with LA Conservation Corps.


And you can't forget that first big blockbuster action film, with the earth at the environment's mercy. Although there are plot hole and points of logic that don't make any sense when you think about them, got to say I'm glad he made the it. Why? The environment? Ok I should, but something little less globally minded but because it was one little thing, ok, not so little,definitely not, that spun his world, and Austin's too.

one little thing

The History of Earth Day

The original mission Earth Day, proposed by John McDonnell, a peace activist who interest in the Earth came from working in a plastic plants, was to celebrate Earth's life and beauty and to alert earthlings to the need for preserving and renewing the threatened ecological balances upon which all life on Earth depends. He proposed an Earth Day in 1969 but new he need political clout to help make it happen.That's where Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-WI) came in. He reportedly saw the damage from a major oil spill and got fired up, and went Congress to make Earth Day official. US President Richard Nixon tried to score some points, not that easy during the Vietnam war and a recession,by announcing an "Environmental Quality Council" and a "Citizens' Advisory Committee on Environmental Quality." But people didn't buy it. They said it was just for show. So Nixon signed legislation called the National Environmental Protection Act, which gave birth to the EPA as we know it now right before what most people consider the first Earth Day, which was April 22, 1970. In 1990, Earth Day went Global(you know Earth and Global -- makes sense, why it took 20 years....ask them).


Starting today, it begins the year of celebration and activism leading to the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Here's hoping that everyone does one little thing each day during this year to celebrate the Earth and the gift we have.

Earth Day Network

List of Global Organizations working to improve the environment.