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So, I’m usually pretty suspect of celebrities aligning themselves with social causes, but there are always a few that seem to be genuinely acting out of their passions. This only becomes clear when their actions match their words, as is the case with Bono’s work in and for Africa and now I’m beginning to think pretty highly of Brad Pitt’s involvement in eco-urban projects.
He’s put his own money ($5 million) into this project here, and is involved with some of the key thinkers and change agents for the green-building and green-design community.
But what I like most about this particular project is that it allows everyday people like you and I to have a direct means of doing some real and tangible good for the real needs of people in New Orleans.
Check it out.
Jason
3 responses so far ↓
1 Dan // Dec 20, 2007 at 11:46 am
I’m actually not super surprised. He’s got a pretty good track record. I wonder if he got interested in eco urban while narrating Design e2 or took the job cause he was already into it.
2 Jason // Dec 20, 2007 at 11:59 am
i wondered the same thing, dan. does anyone else think the “pink project” somewhat reminiscent of the art installations of Christo and Jeanne-Claude?
3 wburg // Dec 20, 2007 at 3:07 pm
It’s interesting that, at the same time, New Orleans is deliberately leveling some of their low-income housing projects.
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