EarthFirst.com has been tracking the hottest girls in the environmental movement all week, and, with the exception of taking a moment to make fun of Paris Hilton for letting millions of people see her get nailed in night vision (That’s green! It was research, we swear!) we’ve hopefully introduced you to some beautiful women who are going to save the planet. Today is no different, but today is about the top five–the super-gorgeous, alpha-environmentalists that would be capable of stopping global warming by themselves, if they never got in a two-piece. The Top Five Hottest Girls in Green:
#5. Olivia Zaleski
Olivia Zaleski is a freelance writer in New York, and has made the most of the opportunities running rampant in both that city and the green movement right now– she’s the environmental living expert for Huffington Post and the editor for their new Green section, and managing editor of Eco-Chick, two websites that aren’t in any danger of running out of business anytime soon. She’s also seen her work appear in Treehugger, and The Daily Green, and like many of our honorees, has a background in design, leaving her even better-suited to fine-tune a green lifestyle and look great doing it. She’s been making a green splash in the mainstream media with her recent video work for Good Morning America.
#4. Hayden Panettierre
Before justifying the inclusion of Hayden, who is no longer jailbait, on this list, EarthFirst.com would like to give you a chance to guess what her cause is by letting you know that there’s a warrant for her arrest in Japan. What can make the land of the rising sun so upset at such a pretty girl? Whales, kind sir, as Hayden has taken on the role of spokeswoman for “Save The Whales Again,” an organization aiming to consolidate and expand upon the gains in conservation made since the 1970s. She’s more than just a pretty face, appearing in press conferences with Sen. John Kerry, facing crowds in Q&As for over an hour, and even selling her own clothes for a fundraiser.
#3. Rachel McAdams
The Mean Girls and Wedding Crashers star permanently endeared herself to environmental activists last year when she and two friends launched Green is Sexy, a green blog that’s utterly without pretension, or even the acknowledgment that one of the writers is best known for being Owen Wilson’s love interest. From the site:
Rachel’s love for the planet began at a young age – summers spent at the cottage, swimming in the Great Canadian Lakes , riding her banana seat bike around the neighborhood. Winters consisted of tobogganing through the treacherous woods and building dangerous snow forts. Today, her bike is still her vehicle of choice and she isn’t above the occasional snow fort. But she’s trying to lighten her footprint on the earth – supporting tree planting organizations, switching her house to green power and developing an OCD for unplugging anything with a plug. She dreams of one day living in a treehouse and being able to grow her own food.
Who’s in love?
#2. Julia Butterfly Hill
Julia lived in a 180-foot tall, 600-year old redwood tree (Luna) for over two years, from December 10th, 1997, to December 18th, 1999, in order to prevent it from being cut down by the Pacific Lumber Company. If that wasn’t crazy enough, she undertook her act of civil disobedience alone–while organizations like Earth First (no connection to us) later came to her aid, she saw a need and a change to act, and rushed into the gap. Eventually, Pacific reached a settlement with her, and a three-acre buffer zone around Luna was created where no logging would take place.
#1. Summer Rayne Oakes
As you might gather, Summer’s a model. She’s also a National Wildlife Federation fellow, a Treehugger contributor, host/contributor/expert/board member for the Discovery Channel’s Planet Green, and still more environmental cred that can’t be easily listed here, among it an entomology degree from Cornell. That’s right–the girl in the picture above, in college, chose to study bugs. She’s also running circles around the rest of us trying to save the planet, and looking fabulous doing it, so what the hell are you doing in front of your computer?
