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Francie Rehwald, daughter to a family owning multiple Mercedes Benz dealerships across California, just started construction on her new house made completely out of fragments of a scrapped Boeing 747. For forty thousand dollars, Rehwald purchased the pieces from an airplane junk yard in the Mojave Desert and after waiting over a year to get 17 permits pushed through the bureaucracy, finally just started taking delivery of wing segments.

Frank Marshall, producer of the Indiana Jones movies, wants to protect the places featured in every Indy movie, including the Kathmandu Valley and the City of Petra.

This is definitely the biggest vegan-oriented news of the year, and quite possibly the decade. -vegan.com

The Cattlemen and dairy folks must be crapping their knickers right about now. -Erik Marcus

Leonardo Dicaprio Is Always Green! and thinking about the environment...

Kelly Rutherford —super green star of Gossip Girl—sat down with Sprig celebrity host Jac Chebatoris to talk about her very eco-friendly lifestyle, going green on the set of her hit show and how she plans to save some cash for her next Birkin Bag. Check out the latest in energy-saving gossip here.

A list of musical artists with the greenest initiatives and concern for the environment over the past year.  Topping off the list is Jack Johnson!

Bug sex! Got your attention? Model, actress and eco-filmmaker Isabella Rosellini has ours, and she told Sprig's celebrity reporter Jac Chebatoris about the making of her new environmentally engaging short films about how insects make baby insects. And the daughter of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and the Italian director Roberto Rossellini shares a few European insights into the green movement. See more on Sprig!

Post your Earth Day pledge in a "card" addressed to Planet Earth. Fun to read what other people are promising to do!

Ed Begley, dubbed the "greenest man in Hollywood" and the star of his own green living show on HGTV, explains why it's easier than ever to go green. Check out his solar oven and bike rigged to generate electricity for toast!

If you think Angelina is the only do-gooder in one of Hollywood’s most famous relationships, well then you don’t know Brad. Sure, she may steal most of the spotlight, traveling the world to raise awareness for her favorite causes. But, perhaps taking note from his gorgeous partner, Brad has a planet saving mission all his own.

No, no, no...celebrities wear some eco-unfriendly stuff...

Natalie Portman has designed a new vegan shoe line in association with Te Casan and is donating her proceeds to the Nature Conservancy...

Rumor has it...

Here’s your chance to drive a mean, green high-MPG celebrity-owned collectible machine. But you need to act fast.

From the top green politicians and religious leaders to musicians and fashionistas, Grist lists the top 15 green leaders in 14 categories for 2007. While not recent news, the lists reveal green leaders you may have never considered.