Green is definitely the new black

Green is the new black everywhere you look. The message of the green evolution and global warming is hit home for many of us now more than ever. The green movement has infiltrated all aspects of our lives. This must comes at the relief of those like Al Gore who have been loudly sounding the alarms for several years. The environmental changes that must be made by all are way less painful a transition then first anticipated. Now we can all do our part and even go green in style and on a budget. Global warming is not only impacting the climate and the environment, but also making a great impact on customers across the board through clothes and fashion too, according to design and retail experts.

The Los Angeles Auto Show Preview has arrived

The Los Angeles Auto Show Preview has arrived with a green car themed vengeance. Green innovation has taken center stage at this year’s automotive show. This marks the unofficial start of the 2008 auto show season. Famously noted by journalist around the world, the Los Angeles Auto Show is considered the most favorite for all auto journalists and enthusiasts alike.

The panel of judges included Jay Leno, Jean-Michel Cousteau, president of Ocean Futures Society. Green Car Journal, a leading automotive environmental magazine, narrowed the list of finalists to 5 vehicles: 2008 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid, Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid, Mazda Tribute Hybrid, Nissan Altima Hybrid, and Saturn Aura Hybrid. The well-regarded panel of judges somehow managed to make the final decision and the 2008 Green Car of the Year Award was presented at the start of this year’s show. Take a look at some of the auto shows highlights you can expect to see this week.

Music and fashion heavy weights team up for worthy cause

Music and fashion heavy weights team up for a worthy charity cause. Madonna and Gucci have joined forces to raise funds for orphans in Malawi. Madonna just last year set out to adopt a child legally from the impoverished southern African nation. Instead of simply taking a child from the struggling nation she has done so much more for the millions of orphans and people still living in poverty and impoverish lives.

I respect her greatly for the latter. Apparently, any donkey with money can take an African child, but it takes a rightful heart to give a damn about the millions left behind. My hat tips to her for her selfless efforts to provide a better way of life for those in Malawi and also treating them with dignity and re-enforcing their sense of pride as an African people.

Madonna has respectfully kept her adopted African son discreetly from the media circus that is so embraced by lesser celebrities who appear to use the African adoption claim as if some sort of humanitarian act amongst other dismaying claims. She has also both honored and treated with respect the living biological father of the African boy which is to say the least very commendable.

Madonna has come a long way from the days of rebellion and calamity to be in her own right a woman of example and strength. She stands alone proudly as co-founder of the Raising Malawi rather than as part of some over exposed and sadly flaunted Hollywood bs coupling which in itself distracts distastefully from any humanitarian cause if not puts people off all together.

Guy Richie is "REALLY" her man and not party to some sad frantic entrapment of the man as some others have publicly resorted to ridiculously. Madonna and Gucci will host a fund-raising event with dinner, a musical performance and a party on February 6 next year to mark the opening of Gucci's largest store in the world, on New York's Fifth Avenue.

Her co-founded Raising Malawi charity focuses on trying to end the poverty and hardship suffered by Malawi's 1 million orphans, many of whose parents died of AIDS.

"I am grateful that Gucci is joining forces with me to bring attention to a country with millions of children in desperate need of our help," Madonna said in a statement.

"Raising Malawi has already done tremendous work in helping these children. But we have much more to do and this event will surely bring us closer to our goal."

U2 frontman Bono to tackle Ireland's poverty crisis

U2 frontman Bono already sets the esteemed example in Africa heads and shoulders above the Hollywood charlatans of this world. Now he is set to be that same tremendous example in his own backyard. Bono known and respected for his aid work also sits on the Irish Hunger Task Force along with the likes of other experts including Joe Walsh, former Minister for Agriculture. The panel meets for the second time in Cork, Ireland. The group is expected to travel to Malawi before putting together a report for the Government by next summer. In September 2006, Ireland's government launched the Task Force with great ambition and goal set high. Their ultimate aim is to successfully half the poverty and hunger crisis by 2015.

Angelina Jolie's African child and adoption is illegal as the biological Africa mother and grandmother come forward

Angelina Jolie's African child and adoption is illegal as the biological Africa mother and grandmother have come forward again wanting the child back. Angelina tried to stop the truth of the real mother coming forward two years ago around this time ironically, but the mother has once again made her presence heard for the sake of the child. It has been confirmed that the child Angelina adopted the baby in Ethiopia independently of Brad Pitt in July 2005 is in fact not legally taken or adopted from Africa, therefore making the adoption fraud she rushed Brad into through the Los Angeles courts also invalid.

The biological mother of the child called Zahara says she wants to be reunited with her child. When the mother first came forward acknowledging the child being hers, Angelina SLAMMED THE WOMAN VICIOUSLY AND BRANDED HER A LIAR, but now it turns out that Angelina is the liar and the one who should be slammed for deliberately deceiving the world, Brad, and the US courts with more of her deceptions.

The Africa mother of the child named But Mentewab Dawit Lebiso says she is the child's mother and her family wants more contact with Zahara: "I want my daughter to come home to see where she is from. Her grandmother and I both tried very hard to raise and I want her to come home to regain her identity." An adoption specialist is quoted as saying: "If some family member comes in and leaves the child at an orphanage and signs her over, and then the mother wants her back, you can make the argument that the person didn't truly understand that their child is gone forever."

The child should be returned to her "REAL" mother and not further used as Angelina's desperate attempts to trap the man she lured into her illegal adoptions in the first place when she sought to lure him away from his estranged wife in summer 2005 after all else failed.

Camden, New Jeresy's Big Dreams Story

A great storyline featured on ABC'S 20/20 with Diane Sawyer tells of the sad stories of America. I applaud 20/20 and Diane Saywer for shedding the oh so needed light on the stories of poverty and those who strive to over the adversities of having done nothing more than be born in an environment that they had no control over being in. For those of courage who rise above these desperate circumstances and find their way to a better life my heart goes out to you. There is no greater humanity than that of your own ability to overcome the worst and be an example of decency and strength to others. One of the courageous families featured were also nominated for the hit ABC show Extreme Makeover. After a trip to Spain via The Extreme Makeover team, the family returned to their brand new four bedrooms home. A great family’s life is transformed forever. So many other families wait for their opportunity to make a better way for themselves. Make a difference where ever you can. America's poverty stricken neighborhoods should not be ignored, but embraced and given hope for the future.

Solar Homes Saving Energy

The inovative 2007 Solar Decathlon Challenge for designers from all over the world saw a great quantity of designs for solar powered homes that are energy-efficient and of the latest solar and green technology on the planet. The German team took the top prize as winners of the extraordinary green and sustainable challenge. With buildings and homes being the number one source of the atmospheres pollution tackling the household pollution problem with green and solar solution is an invaluable way forward for all.

Clooney gets a little physical with Fabio at restaurant

What started as a lovely evening out with his even lovelier girlfriend Sara Larson for George Clooney turned out to more than anyone bargained for when photograph snaps coming from a guest at Fabio's table got George heated under the collar. George thought the person was attempting to take photographs him and his girlfriend. This lead to an unfriendly gesture referred to as the bird, which of course lead Fabio to go over to George's table and, basically, take a closer look. Just kidding. Apparently, it was more like his telling George to get over himself. Clooney maybe already feeling completely over himself opted to get a little physical with Fabio so as to have no confusion as to who needed getting over whom perhaps! All is well that ends well as the two were physically pulled apart from one another and such as life the party went on. A man who stands up for his woman...ah!