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8 Celebrity Eco-Businesses We Can't Stop Talking About

Photo via Golf.com.

While we've seen many celebrities jumping on the green bandwagon, we've also seen them doing it for the real deal. Many have been eco-conscious for years--some are just realizing how important it is to promote a sustainable lifestyle. From golf courses to babies to beer, we give you eight celebrity eco-businesses that deserve the publicity.

1. Justin Timberlake's Mirimichi Golf Course

Located just outside of Memphis, Tenn., Justin Timberlake’s Mirimichi Golf Course was unveiled just last month. Perhaps we’re intrigued because Mirimichi means 'place of happy retreat,' or that it's the first golf course in the country to be designated a Certified Audubon International Classic Sanctuary. Or perhaps our heart skips a beat to know that JT is behind it. Either way, we dig it.

While golf courses don't exactly have a green reputation, we give kudos to Justin and his family for buying the property in 2007 to save it from residential development. The press release states: "Mirimichi has implemented sustainable resource management principles that incorporate wildlife conservation, habitat rehabilitation and enhancement, water conservation and water quality protection." Organic fertilizers are used, weeds are pulled by hand, and the clubhouse is Platinum LEED certified. To keep it moving in the right direction, the Audubon International certification requires a yearly audit to ensure that Mirimichi continues to stick to its eco-standards. Also check out our list of 5 Golf Courses up to Environmental Par.

2. Soleil Moon Frye's The Little Seed

Photos via Babylifestyles.com and Amazon.

A few years ago, finding non-toxic and organic products for babies and children was a challenge. Enter The Little Seed, a hip shop in downtown Los Angeles opened by friends Soleil Moon Frye and Paige Goldberg Tomach. The boutique was founded based on a simple necessity: eco-friendly and organic products for parents and their children. Frye’s and Tomach’s mission is to be a one-stop shop, offering anything from organic bedding to natural skincare to non-toxic toys.

For up-to-the-minute giveaways and offerings from the Little Seed, follow Moon Frye on Twitter: @moonfrye.

3. Colin Firth's ECO Store

Photos via Ecorazzi.

We broke the news last year that Colin Firth and his wife opened an eco-store in Chiswick, England called, well, ECO, that sells, um, ecological products and accessories. But it's not just about the products: The couple went all out in the renovation to make sure that the shop is as sustainable as it could be with recycled wood flooring, recycled furnishings (the counter is made of woven rubber bicycle tires) and a greywater loo. With a super-cool wraparound vertical garden and solar panels, ECO sells just about everything, from bikes to party dresses and furniture in its enormous three-story, corner pad.

4. Heather Mills' Redwood Wholesale Foods

Photo via The Insider.

Last month we reported that Heather Mills opened Vbites Café, a seaside vegan establishment in the U.K. offering unique meatless meats and vegan favorites--accompanied by vegan and organic wines and beers. At the time, we had also caught wind of a potential new vegan frozen food business. While we at TreeHugger were skeptical over the motives, Heather Mills' Web site now confirms that Mills is indeed the new owner of U.K.-based Redwood Wholesale Foods. And she isn’t stopping there: The company hopes to soon bring their meat-free brands to the U.S. for distribution.

5. Brad Pitt's Make It Right

Photo via Newsweek.

Our crush on Brad Pitt is no secret. In fact, he graced the pages of TreeHugger almost five years ago with his grudge against oil. Since then, he has hosted a PBS series on green design, built a new eco-resort in Dubai, visited Congress, bought an eco-friendly winery and, if that wasn’t enough, now his Make It Right organization is in full swing.

Pitt commissioned 13 of the world's top architects to design sustainable houses, currently under construction. A total of 150 will rise in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward. Designs have been revealed over the past year and his latest ones include duplexes that are flexible, with "interchangeable floor plans that allow the families to change the size and configuration of the two homes as their family size, needs or economic situation changes." While it seems that many folks have had strong opinions about the architectural look of the new homes, there's no doubt that Pitt’s vision is green.

6. Sting's Il Palagio Wine

Photos via WLK Radio and Sting.com.

For the past 15 years, Sting and his wife Trudie Styler have been producing olive oils, jams, and honey on their organic farm, Il Palagio in Tuscany, selling them at various locations around the U.K. Since the Christmas hampers were flying off the shelves a few years ago, it seems only natural that, being in Italy and all, Sting has embarked on a new venture for us to embrace: wine. With the organic grapes grown on his Tuscan estate, Sting will produce an initial 2,500 cases of his Chianti and Toscana this year. Limited sales of the wine are slated for small markets in the U.K. and U.S., but if you’re visiting Italy, drop by the on-site shop. In the future, Sting hopes to also produce Sangiovese, Cabernet, and Merlot.

 

7. Elizabeth Hurley's Organic Meat & Prince Charles' Duchy Originals

Photos via Mindfood.com Politics.co.uk.

Elizabeth Hurley launched her own brand of organic baby food and then gave up acting to pursue her passion for farming, so we probably should have seen it coming. But with Prince Charles? That’s right, according to Ecorazzi, the duo announced that they would be launching a new range of "modern, healthy food" with organic meat supplied from Hurley’s farm for the Prince’s sustainable food brand called Duchy Originals (which sells over 200 food products in Britain). That's about all we could find out.

8. Kid Rock's American Badass Beer

Photos via Kegworks.com and Blender.

Not so much an eco-celeb due to his fur-wearing, PETA-hating lifestyle, but Kid Rock released a beer last week that is worth mentioning. Called "American Badass Beer," it’s brewed by the Michigan Brewing Company (MBC), which switched to biodiesel back in 2007. Over on MNN, they report that "MBC also uses some biodeisel to power their employee vehicles and recycles their waste mash by giving it to local farmers to feed their hogs." Huh, wonder if Kid Rock even knows about this? Supposedly the beer will be "American-style lager…easy to drink without an aftertaste" and rolling out across the U.S. over the next year.

 
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