EarthFirst.com’s Top 25 Hottest Guys in Green (#15-#11)

We’re smack dab in the middle of our countdown of the Top 25 Hottest Guys in Green, and it just gets better and better. Today’s list features a surfer/musician, a social media maven, a renowned adventurer and two green entrepreneurs. If you’re just joining us and are wondering where all the ladies are, check out our Top 25 Hottest Girls in Green, which ran all last week. And now, let’s just get right to it: here are the hottest guys in green, #15 – 11!

15. Sir Richard Branson

Sir Richard Branson hasn’t always been green – far from it. The famed adventurer, music mogul and Virgin Airlines founder has made quite a mark on the world over years of hard partying and record-breaking boat and balloon trips around the world. The thing is, at some point, he realized that the footprint he was going to leave wasn’t going to be all positive – and he wanted to clean it up before it’s too late. In the process, he’s helped the green movement tremendously. In 2006, he pledged to invest $3 billion over a period of 10 years – including all of the profits from Virgin’s train companies and airlines – in clean fuels, renewable energy and environmental technologies.

Sir Richard has been accused of being one of those guys that is mostly in it to make more money, but, as we’ve stated before here at EarthFirst, green greed isn’t a bad thing. The fact that Branson is willing to put that much into the environment – and that, you know, he kind of has a Sean Connery thing going on – makes us like him enough to clock him in at #15.

14. Josh Dorfman

If you’ve ever heard the national radio show The Lazy Environmentalist on Sirius Satellite Radio, you know who Josh Dorfman is – or, perhaps you own some of the absolutely stunning eco-friendly furniture produced by his company, Vivavi. Josh is also the author of the book The Lazy Environmentalist: Your Guide to Easy, Stylish, Green Living and the upcoming The Lazy Environmentalist on a Budget. That’s not all: this green business leader is also working with the Sundance Channel to bring The Lazy Environmentalist to television.

As if that weren’t enough, he’s also founder and CEO of ModernGreenLiving.com, Vivavi’s residential real estate directory for people seeking green homes, and is spokesperson for both Brita’s FilterforGood campaign and Green Works, Clorox’s line of natural cleaning products. We could go on and on about his astounding resume (yes, there’s more), but why don’t you just enjoy his picture for a while instead.

13. Chris Ingham Brooke

Chris Ingham Brooke is the 20-year-old founder of Environmental Graffiti, the most trafficked environmental blog in the UK and the third largest worldwide. Environmental Graffiti was founded just over a year ago, and already boasts over 400,000 readers monthly, from over 150 different countries. Environmental Graffiti is Chris’s first major project; prior to starting it, he wrote for the green gossip blog Ecorazzi. Chris speaks English, Italian, Russian and Spanish and lives in London. He loves to cook and play guitar.

12. Muhammad Saleem

At 22, Muhammad Saleem is already a well respected social media marketing expert, heading up that division for Advantage Consulting Services (ACS). He’s also a top green Digger, finding environmental stories and news and helping to increase their visibility on the net through the power of Digg’s socially driven system. In an interview with The Daily Green, Muhammad said “Not a lot of people are submitting stuff about the environment yet; it’s not quite mainstream. You have to position the story with an angle that will appeal to the site’s core.” Helping to get environmental news to the masses isn’t all Muhammad’s up to; he also writes for Copyblogger.com and ReadWriteWeb and works for Pronet Advertising.

11. Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson is mostly known for his relaxed, acoustic music influenced by his Hawaiian surfer lifestyle, but he’s also been honored for his contributions to the environment. Jack founded the Kokua Hawaii Foundation to protect and preserve the islands of Hawaii. Just last Sunday, June 9th, Jack was given an ‘Environmental Hero’ award for educating school children about the environment. One of the most vocal campaigners for the environmental cause in the music industry, Jack does everything he can to make sure his tours are eco-friendly, from biodegradable food service trays and reusable water bottles to biodiesel powered tour buses and eco-friendly merchandise. His record company, Brushfire Records, uses recycled paper and recycled plastic trays for all of their CDs.

Of what caused him to become interested in environmentalism, Jack tells Outside Online, “I was a nature boy growing up,” he explains. “Being out in the ocean all the time, hiking, camping, taking canoe trips with my dad—that’s where it all comes from.”

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