Bob Barker left “The Price is Right” in 2007, but as a game show host, he remains a television icon. If you ever watching him on the show, you may remember that at the end of almost every episode, he reminded us to “Help control the pet population. Have your pets spayed or neutered.” (This work is in the public domain in that it was published in the United States between 1923 and 1977 and without a copyright notice. Unless its author has been dead for several years, it is copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of … Continue reading →

I’ve done a series on Green Celebrities, mostly concentrating on actors who have been very active in promoting environmental and social issues. But, I haven’t included musicians in that group. Today, I am going to talk about a musician who has served as a tireless activist since the early ‘80s – Sting. As far back as 1980, Sting was socially active. His musical career hadn’t reached its peak yet, but he was singing about world hunger in “Driven to Tears” from the 1980 album Zenyattà Mondatta. Sting performed “Roxanne” and “Message in a Bottle” at 1981’s The Secret Policeman’s Other … Continue reading →