Celebrities with green homes
Most celebrities use their fortune to buy outrageously extravagant homes, think multi-car garages, huge pools and more bedrooms than a hotel, state of the art kitchen and massive grounds without giving much thought to the increase in their carbon footprint and a thought of green homes. But here are seven celebrities whose green homes reflect their passion for all things green even if the square footage isn’t especially modest.
- Jonny Deep: Though owning more than one home — especially when your second is on its own Caribbean island, thousands of miles from your first, in France — isn’t very eco-friendly, Johnny Depp has enlisted Mike Strizki to turn his 35-acre island getaway into a self-sustaining habitat run on solar-hydrogen power. No doubt the rest of his building plans of green homes will be equally energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable.
- Julia Louis – Dreyfus and Brad Hall: Before Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brad Hall became famous for their comic acting and writing on
Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld, and The New Adventures of Old Christine, they were a pair of environmentally- minded Northwestern theater students. Now they share an energy-efficient Santa Barbara bungalow that includes a retractable roof, which stimulates airflow and negates the need for air conditioning; day lighting, to reduce the need for electric lights; and solar heating that’s put back into the grid when the house isn’t in use. The couple also had their contractor salvage all the per-renovation wood since, as Hall told Grist, “Having a second home is itself a sort of appalling excess. We figured if we’re going to do it, we better be as responsible as we can.” - Daryl Hannah: Known as much these days for her environmental passion as she is for her film work, actress Daryl Hannah
spends her off-days in the Rocky Mountains, where her converted-stagecoach-stop home is almost entirely solar powered (a biodiesel generator provides backup power just in case). The off-grid dwelling sits next to a winterized barn (also solar powered) made of reclaimed wood, and inside, Hannah and her guests sit on a moss-covered stone that doubles as a couch. That’s a great green homes model. - Julia Robots: Julia Roberts, husband Danny Moder, and the couple’s three children may share an over-sized, 6,000-square-foot home, but the estimated $20 million green homes renovation — including recycled tiling and sustainable building materials — help keep the mansion’s footprint restrained. Even better, three roofs’ worth of solar panels take advantage of living in Malibu by harnessing the climate’s natural energy.
- Orlando Bloom: Maybe all that time together on the Pirates of the Caribbean set allowed some of Depp’s environmentalism to rub off on co-star Orlando Bloom. The Global Cool participant made his new-construction green homes in London as green as possible, with everything from solar panels to energy-efficient light bulbs. He’s since said that the project required nearly twice as much money as he’d budgeted, but the finished product will be well worth the cost.
- Ed Begley Jr: Actor Ed Begley Jr, and his wife, Rachelle, prove their commitment to a green lifestyle on Living with Ed, where their eco-friendly green homes includes a picket fence made of recycled milk jugs, a solar-powered outdoor oven, and water-capturing rain barrels. On a mission to make their home as energy-efficient as possible, the couple takes notes on the
eco-friendly abodes of friends Jackson Browne, Larry Hagman, and Cheryl Tiegs (among others) — but always returns to improve their own green space. - Tricia Helfer: Battlestar Galactica bombshell Tricia Helfer announced plans for an off-grid home in Alberta, Canada that will take advantage of solar energy (both passive and active), rainwater reuse, and energy-efficient heating. Meanwhile, the actress posts her plans, ideas, materials, and technologies on green homes at TriciaGreen.com, where she updates readers on the progress of the home.
Green homes
is what we all need and lets encourage these celebrities so that others can follow their path.
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Orlando Bloom is a very talented actor who really captures the audience and draws them into his character. He plays his roles with much effectiveness. He is my favorite. I am glad to know that he is also conscious at making planet green.
Johnny Depp is undoubtedly one amongst the greatest personalities of all times, I truly love his ingenuity in addition to his personality.
More people should consider looking at sustainable house designs when looking at a new design build. I wish cities would grant tax concessions to environmentally friendly homes. If we encouraged buildings like these it would help our oil dependancy.