• Have A Happy Earth Day!
  • April 22, 2010 | Blog

    Happy Earth Day everyone. Today we should all be celebrating our planet Earth by spreading awareness about the dangers it’s currently facing and sharing ideas of ways we can help.

    It’s very important to me that I lead an eco-friendly lifestyle — here are seven things that I do to live green.

    1. Carry your own reusable containers to restaurants to bring home your leftovers.
    2. Avoid buying bottled water and get a reusable bottle instead.
    3. Use biodegradable alternatives to plastic (cups, utensils, plates, bags).
    4. Compost all of your table scraps and leftover food — it all goes back into the earth.
    5. Ride your bike if you’re traveling within two miles of your house (1 pound of CO2 pollution is cut for every mile pedaled).
    6. Eat less meat and eat more local and organic foods.
    7. My personal favorite: Turn things you might throw away into art projects for your kids — for instance, you can turn a baby food jar into a snow globe.

    What’s your list of eco-friendly tips?

    And remember kids, THE POWER IS YOURS.

    Love always,
    Captain Planet, AKA Nicole Camille Richie

                
    • ecomomof2runges

      LOVE IT!

    • http://www.agenceginetteachim.com/artistes/hommes/jolicoeur_clermont/index_en.html Frenchbeluga

      Ô captain my captain you are so right! Happy earth day to you! x

    • AshleyM3

      Don’t forget about carpooling :)

    • kristenalex

      Teaching kids about all the ways they can help to save the planet is one of the best ways to celebrate Earth! I live in Malibu with an amazing woman who started a non-profit called Eco-Hero Kids. They use song & dance to teach kids all the things they can do to increase awareness – http://ecoherokids.com/kids.html.
      I bet Harlow & Sparrow would love their CD ;) Please check it out! Happy Earth Day, Nicole!!!

    • nn

      cary on youre own bag instead of the plastic bags you get when you`re shopping or so.

    • http://www.omgobsessed.com OMGobsessed

      I posted an article with some great tips for keeping our planet beautiful for Earth Day on my blog this morning. http://omgobsessed.com/2010/04/22/happy-earth-day/
      I have also written about your Winter Kate clothing line and House of Harlow 1960 jewelery line in the “fashion” section of my blog. I love your designs Nicole! :)

    • auhep

      Happy Earth Day (one day later)!!!
      I love your list of eco-friendly tips, I share a lot with you!!!
      aaaand…I just LOVE the pic!! you look so..POWERFUL!!haha
      love ittt!!!

      xoxo
      Laura

    • http://twitter.com/devitadev Raissa Devita

      Awesome and great yet simple tips. I will follow ur green rules and I will write them on paper and put it on my living room so that people at my house will able to read them and aware about earth. Anyway, nice pic. Who did the photoshop? So talented. I couldnt crop my pic like that

    • http://www.ddddiana.blogspot.com DJ

      Haha what a funny picture, love it! :)

    • ValaN

      I I I

    • dreaming_girl

      Hello, Captain))

    • http://twitter.com/lwatermelonpeach lillmarshmellow

      I Never believed captain planet was a guy …guess i was right ..But Nicole your pretty why did you hide your face all these years..was it Cuz you were a child when you started…cant get my head round the practicalities of this new found secret! (Thinking)

    • Goldmember

      yeah, ummm… that picture just looks retarded.