Actor Djimon Hounsou wants to show the human costs of climate change
By Emily Gertz • Sep 25th, 2009 • Category: PolicyActor Djimon Hounsou is just as snacky in real life as he was on the big screen in Blood Diamond, The Island, and Gladiator. Better yet, he’s also a climate activist and humanitarian. As a global ambassador for the aid and development group Oxfam, Hounsou has traveled in sub-Saharan Africa and seen the direct links between climate change and human suffering. …read more at Grist…
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Emily Gertz is Emily is a freelance journalist and editor who has written on business, design, health, and other facets of the environment for Grist, Dwell, Plenty, Worldchanging, and other publications. She is the blogger-in-residence on Global Warming for Change.org, the leading social networking for good website. Emily is participating on assignment from Grist.org. Grist is a leading environmental website that has published since 1999 and has over 1 million views each month.
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