It’s not a surprise that Alton Brown, Food Network’s (better) version of Bill Nye, can be found among the ranks of eco-friendly cooking connoisseurs. Alton’s impeccable detail to the ratio of grams of flour to sugar in his recipes can only convert into impeccable care for the environment. Now the two will be combined, as his show starts to focus on how crops are grown and how animals are raised, making for some seriously good eats. There’s no reason why we can’t care for the chicken before it ends up in a KFC bucket, says Alton, who keeps 25 of these birds at his television studio. He lectures at aquariums (while diving) about the pointlessness of "unitasking" and the "pointness" of making sustainable choices. Listen to science.

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Ellen DeGeneres, four-time Emmy winner for outstanding talk-show host, recently gave fiancée Portia de Rossi a marquis cut engagement ring set with pink diamonds. While getting a fabulous ring is part of the wedding fun, Ellen and Portia should check out ecologically-friendly jewelers for their wedding bands, like greenKarat, who exist to make sure you get beautiful bling that doesn’t hurt the environment.

greenKarat sets its jewels using recycled gold and works in tandem with campaigns that would stop mining operations that negatively impact the environment or that put their miners in unsafe conditions. Eco-responsible jewelers let your conscience be clear on your big day because who needs more wedding-related stress? Definitely not a couple that’ll be sharing parts of their wedding on national television.

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