Eco Family News: MTV Movie Awards Eco Lounge

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

MTV Movie Awards Eco Lounge

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MTV Movie Awards Eco Lounge Gift Suite

I recently had the pleasure of attending Debbie Durkin’s MTV Movie Awards Eco Lounge two-day event held in a gated community at the famed mansion of the hit TV show 90210. I arrived at the event early to help my friends with Fabe’s All Natural Bakery (healthy gourmet desserts without refined sugar) set up for the weekend when suddenly there was a thundering sound overhead – a helicopter – along with plenty of emergency sirens. It was obvious that something big was happening and we were smack dab in the middle of it all. Without going into the situation in this blog here is a link to the media coverage that followed – http://tinyurl.com/3lsq5ht – Interestingly enough, I happened to be the only media source in the prestigious locked down estate community and began interviewing the sponsors of the event as the swat teams surrounded the area.

I knew we were approaching the lunch hour when my stomach began growling along with the rotating blades of the helicopters above, so what better place to start my interviews than with celebrity Chef Stacie Rauch of The Personal Palette. Lucky me … I was served up some of Rauch’s delights of Israeli rainbow couscous with roasted veggies, rice wrapped spring rolls (veggies, tofu and chicken choices) and vegan banana-date cookies with no refined sugar … all amazingly wonderful.

While a gathering of celebrities and other media sources continued to grow at the front gate (still in lock down) I continued exploring – next stop was the R.E.U.S.E (Recycle. Environment. U. Save. Earth.) jean table – where I met Tiffany Powell, who’s six year old son was the inspiration to her dad’s innovative recycled jean business. In noticing the waste his grandfather’s company was generating from his jean manufacturing business (for big names), he asked, “Isn’t there a place where we can recycle jean scraps, like we recycle plastic bottles?” and a brilliant new business was born. I always say, “Out of the mouth’s of babes usually spouts, innocent creative ideas – if we just take the time to listen.”

The other sponsors that caught my attention were Rebecca Mink with Mink Shoes who’s trail blazing efforts in creating sustainable and humanly responsible high end chic shoes is commendable – check out her video/shoes www.minkshoes.com, Global U.S. Solar who’s working with Durkin Entertainment to produce concerts to support organizations for kids needs, and Athena’s Cup, a breast cancer awareness and fundraising campaign that seeks to create the world’s longest bra chain while educating the masses.

While there were hundreds of celebrities in attendance some of the highlights of my day included a little sit down time with 2x Emmy winner Kathryn Joosten of Desperate Housewives, who spoke about her personal journey with breast cancer and recovery, and the importance of healthful living, and a sweet encounter with the talented young actress Isabella Rae Thomas of Brothers and Sisters who shared about not knowing what comes next with the cancellation of the show.

Musician/songwriter Jenni Alpert was not only one of the weekends performers, but also coordinated a wonderful array of other talented artists that had attendees dancing their way through the day. Great job Jenni, thanks for the fabulous mood appropriate experience.

As it was quite an intimate gathering most people found themselves repeatedly hovering around the Fabe’s All Natural Bakery table, which is where I caught up with most of celebrities identifying their favorite cookie flavors! Below were some of the celebrities and their cookies!