Giulia Rozzi
March 10, 2008 | 10:31 am EST
Go naked and save the environment! Errr well, maybe not totally naked, but shedding a few layers means you don’t have to crank up the A/C as much, and would therefore use less energy. A simple concept, but hey - whatever works, right? The ad below, which appeared on Planet Green, features one woman’s adventures in naked environmentalism while doing a bit of nude banking. Keep the kids’ eyes covered! Read the rest of this entry »
Spice Girl Melanie Brown aka Scary Spice posed naked for a charity campaigning against sex trafficking. The spicy new campaign is in support of the Helen Bamber Foundation, benefiting survivors of the sex slave trade. The UK-based human rights organization, was formed in April 2005 to help rebuild lives and inspire a new self-esteem in survivors of gross human rights violations.
“I’m curvier now I’ve had kids but I like the way I look,” said the singer. “Women’s bodies are beautiful and any charity helping women is important.”[Look to the Stars]
On that note, let’s enjoy this classic in honor of Mel B’s girl power move.
For more on the Helen Bamber Foundation and to get involved in the cause visit helenbamber.org 
Mike Leigh may not have a history of being a “happy go-lucky” director, but he is one of my favorite directors. His films, like Vera Drake, All or Nothing and Naked, usually take a look at a more dour side of life. Imagine my (and the film community at large’s) surprise when Mike Leigh showed up at the Berlin Film Festival this year with a film called Happy Go-Lucky.
The story of Leigh’s film revolves around Poppy, a primary schoolteacher with a positive outlook on life and
While it is a comedy, the film had a serious intent and expressed something “very important”, he (Leigh) said. “At the beginning of the 21st century, when we’re in a world that’s heading towards disaster, it’s important to reject the growing fashion to be miserabilist, the growing fashion to be pessimistic and gloomy because the world is in a bad way. Everywhere there are people on the ground getting on with it and being positive.”
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