Celebrities are probably the most notorious for their bad habits. Wasting resources is definitely one of them. Of course they need 20 bedrooms villas, several cars ( all high priced, low fuel economy), not to mention thousands of clothes, shoes, doodads, hobbies, whatever. Point is, Mother Nature frowns upon their wasteful ways. But certain celebrities are in line with reality. Local band, The Giving Tree, is an example. A recent article from the Chicago Tribune describes the band’s green ways. In an effort to clean up the dirty old ways of other recording artists, this band spent a month recording their album in rural Wisconsin at the Aldo Leopold Legacy Center. The center generates all of its electricity on site, meaning no power is taken from the local grid.

And things get better. In order to avoid the Chicago-Wisconsin commute, the band camped at Mirror Lake State Park and biked to the facility every day. Take that, Al Gore. But don’t mistake the band’s eco-conscious ways as just a publicity stunt. The members are involved in promoting other green habits. They wear clothes made of organic cotton or hemp and they planted trees in order to make their first album ‘carbon neutral’.

I know what you may be thinking. Good luck getting Paris Hilton and P.Diddy to bike to work. Well, the moral of the story is that everyone, not just celebrities can adapt a more green lifestyle. And you don’t need to record an album in Wisconsin to do it. Consider taking public transportation or carpooling with friends and co-workers. Think about adapting more energy saving actions such as turning off the lights or turning down the heat/AC. No one said you have to move to the woods and be a nomad to be green. All it takes is some simple steps and dollop of determination. Thanks, Giving Tree, for showing us that green doesn’t mean grim.