Global Green Hosts Pre-Oscar Celeb-Studded Bash to Support Green Schools

by Roberta Cruger, Los Angeles on 02.23.09

Warming up for the Academy Awards on Sunday, celebrities started partying at Global Green’s pre-Oscar bash in Hollywood last Thursday, February 19, to benefit its Green Schools Initiative. The 6th annual event was co-hosted by Penelope Cruz, Marisa Tomei, Rosario Dawson, Orlando Bloom, and others. The stars strolled along a non-toxic green carpet outside the Avalon Hollywood for the fundraiser and concert by Sheryl Crow and Gavin Rossdale. Among the stellar guests joining Global Green USA’s CEO Matt Peterson were James Cromwell, Heather Graham, Dominic Monaghan, Kate Bosworth, Neil Patrick Harris, Rosie Perez, and Maria Menounos.

Dominic Monaghan passionately expresses his support of Global Green.

Monaghan appears in the upcoming X-Men movie, Wolverine (starring Oscar host, Hugh Jackman), which participated in New Zealand's "Green Screen Initiative" to reduce film industry waste. He was joined by The 11th Hour producer Leila Conners Petersen who he’s partnering with on a documentary about endangered animals. “We’re all here for the environment. Besides doing generic things, like driving a hybrid and recycling, I compost and plan to build a beehive. There’s a groundswell now and it’s great to talk about things that are important, like green schools.”

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