AnnaLynne McCord Takes Full Responsibility
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Don’t judge a book by its cover. That old adage is proven true yet again by AnnaLynne McCord, who made her mark as the scandalous Eden Lord on “Nip/Tuck,” currently stars as the social-climbing Naomi Clark on “90210,” and typically works the paparazzi with pouty-lipped poses gleaned from a teenage career as a Wilhelmina model.
But for a woman who made her mark as a relentlessly sexy symbol, AnnaLynne’s off-screen activities are surprising: She’s most passionate about human rights, devoting countless hours and boundless energy speaking out about organizations like The Somaly Mam Foundation, which is dedicated to building awareness and ending the global sex trafficking of women and children, and the St. Bernard Project, a nonprofit community-based organization which creates housing opportunities for Hurricane Katrina survivors. We spoke with AnnaLynne from her home in Los Angeles. Part Three of Four.
EcoStiletto: Everybody seems to have a different definition: What does environmental consciousness mean to you?
AnnaLynne McCord: I’m 23 years old and I’m lucky to live in the time that I’m living, with the technology that we have and the things that we’ve discovered. But my kids and my grandkids have to live in this world. And we’re using up everything that it has to offer and not replenishing it. We’re not taking care of it the way we should be. It’s a vicious circle.
I remember when I first found out global warming. I read something that said if everyone stopped [creating] any kind of pollution, it would take 100 years to get out of our atmosphere what’s already in it.
So when I sat there and thought about it, I was like, “Wow and that’s been in the last 200 years that it’s escalated like this?” We’re used to all these things—whatever we want we can create it, more or less—but for me it goes back to moral ethics. If you don’t appreciate something, you will lose it.
ES: So what do you do, to do your part?
AM: At any given moment in my car I will have 25 water bottles that I won’t throw away because they have to be recycled. People will get in my car and be like, “Why is it so dirty in here?”
On set they use so much paper and plastic and I’m very mouthy, so I’ll go around yelling, “There’s a recycle bin right next to the trash can why do people have to put their bottles in the trash?” It’s laziness, in my opinion.
For me it goes back to your moral ethics. Do you appreciate the things that you’ve been given? Because we’ve been given this world for we don’t know how long and we need to show that we appreciate it.
ES: When did you become aware of making more eco-friendly choices in your daily life?
AM: I really became aware of it mostly when I moved to L.A. five years ago. I feel like in New York and L.A. they really do care about recycling. In the south, I go home and I’m like, “Guys where are your recycle bins in your house?” It’s not a mandatory thing like it is in bigger cities.
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