Who’s Who in Green: Angela Lindvall

She’s a gorgeous, smart vegetarian eco-activist with a big heart – and one of the world’s most recognizable models. Angela Lindvall is the founder of the Collage Foundation, a non-profit organization that encourages a trend for environmental, social and political concern. She’s also a green living role model and an actress, and shares her eco-knowledge on television and in internet videos.

Born in Oklahoma and raised in Missouri, Angela was a tomboy – she grew up climbing trees and playing with frogs and was uninterested in modeling until a talent scout spotted her at the age of 14 and signed her with IMG. Angela has since appeared on the cover of Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire, Vogue, W and several other magazines and has appeared in ad campaigns for Fendi, Calvin Klein, Christian Dior, Tommy Hilfiger, Jil Sander, Chanel and H&M.

As her modeling career took off in NYC, Angela had more on her mind than fashion and glamour. “I [began] looking into what was in our food, water and the air, and started getting environmental disaster anxiety,” she said. “I felt like, ‘Why isn’t this on the front page of the newspaper?’”

For several years, Angela lived on an environmentally friendly tugboat she refurbished with her husband William Edwards using as much sustainable material as possible, including recycled glass tiles, beeswax-based paint and cork flooring. Angela’s current home in Topanga Canyon, California is also chock full of eco-friendly style and she hopes to soon get her own chickens and install solar panels.

The Collage Foundation is “driven by the goal of showing today’s youth they have real choices about their role in the world, and the power to make a difference in a variety of ways.” It provides resources and inspiration for young people to get involved in today’s environmental and social issues, presenting these issues in a fun and entertaining way to foster creativity and activism.

Angela is now the style expert on Planet Green’s Alter Eco, and works with organizations like the National Resources Defense Council and Global Green. She also works with Camp Hill Farms, an organic farm in upstate New York that has developed a model for local food production in cooperation with local government.

Angela Lindvall’s Green Score: 12,038

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