Tabloid fodder food for thought: some of Drew Barrymore’s green tendencies

My sister has a problem. She is majorly addicted to the weekly celebretard-filled tabloids, and cannot get enough Kristen & Rob, Brad & Angie, Jennifer Anniston & _ (insert that week’s dude here)__, Britney Spears, John & Kate + 8 + Ed Hardy, eating disorders, drug problems, infidelity, etc, etc. (Judging by the list I was just able to ramble off in .2 seconds, it seems like her problem is contagious and spreading.) Like with all addictions, she wastes countless fortunes to satisfy her cravings—I think a year’s subscription to US Weekly alone is around $150, and she has subscriptions to ALL of them.

On the bright side, she knows a lot of pop-culture shit.

On the even brighter side, she recycles. Her version of the 3 “Rs” when it comes to tabloids is as follows:

Reduce: When she’s finished reading them, she gathers them all up to reduce the massive amount of clutter she would have otherwise.
Reuse: Once gathered, she hands them all over to me. This eases her conscious a bit, in that she rationalizes that the money was better spent if multiple people get to benefit reading that week’s gossip.
Recycle: After the magazines are in my possession, she knows I’ll make sure they get disposed of properly and responsibly. So although she’s the one doling out the green... I’m the one that keeps it green.

Due to the constantly fluctuating pile of mags sitting on the chest at the foot of my bed, I always have mindless reading material on hand, which makes my daily hour long train rides back and forth to work much more palatable. It was during one of these trips that I was reading an OK Magazine (major headline was about how Angie wasn’t attracted to Brad anymore because he gained 10 pounds. Good thing I was sitting down when I read that mind-blower.) when I feasted my eyes on a juicy page filled with Kelly Green appropriate tid-bits: insight into Drew Barrymore’s life pertaining to green doggies and shopping. W00t w00t!!

Although more expensive than the $3 reusable shopping bags you can pick up at the grocery store, the proceeds from the sale of Drew’s favorite $195 beaded burlap “Feed” Masai fabric bag will actually provide enough money to feed two Kenyan school children for an entire year, through the United Nation World Feed Program. Talk about guilt-free shopping…

Drew loves dogs, and ironically—spoils her dogs rotten, healthily. Her yellow lab-chow mix Flossie loves the organic, all-natural Halo Liv-a-Littles. They have no chemicals, no preservatives or artificial flavors, and come in pink packaging. (Wonder if I’m good, if my dog would share these with me?) A lot less expensive than the “Feed” bag, these treats can be purchased for $5 at most pet stores and high-end grocery stores around you. (If you were wondering, Flossie prefers the chicken and cheese variety.)

Stay tuned, more green news inspired from trashy gossip coming your way…