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Bono, Leo and Pam … .8 Celebrities and their causes

Are you having trouble remembering if the cause is environmental Leo or is he a vegan? And can you remember if Sean Penn is against war, or was it just George Bush that Penn was fiercely opposed? Here Our guide to remember the causes that are covered by celebrities:

Several We all have a cause that we are extremely passionate. Ma cause is animals. Maybe your issue is poverty and the war in Iraq. Many celebrities use their fame to raise awareness about their causes.

Here below are several celebrities who use their fame and power only to those causes and they have helped advance Therefore more than anything. Are you having trouble following the stars and the causes of recent events? Here's a short guide to help you continue straight your favorite celebrities and their many humanitarian causes.

1. Bono

Bono is probably the first celebrity that comes to mind when you think of celebrity activists. Bono has been a staunch advocate of debt relief for African countries and a lawyer for the education of the uncontrolled spread of AIDS in African nations.

Bono also took it upon himself to promote regulation of unfair trade and has met world leaders like George W. Bush and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin.

Bono active support of the plight of third world countries has led to his being nominated for Nobel peace and being named Person of the Year by Time magazine. In 2005, Bono tied together its four deepest causes with the organization he called 'DATA' Debt means, AIDS, Trade, and Africa.

Bono's work with Amnesty International also gained attention. Amnesty International is an organization of human rights Bono was first submitted for the production of "Ball of the secret police. It is this production that helped develop the Bono's passion for social and political causes which he is so immensely involved today.

U2 Bono occurred in Band Aid and Live Aid, two projects together which raised money for Feed the World campaign. On a more controversial note, Bono has been reported publicly reprimanded as philanthropists Other celebrities like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, saying they are in it only as advocates to prove their own value in the world.

Maybe Bono is the most commercially known for its "Red" campaign in which retailers such as Gap has participated in. If you've seen the "Desi (red)" shirts aside, this is part of "Red Bono's" campaign and part of the money goes to world hunger and poverty through the Fund world.

2. Leonardo DiCaprio

Environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio is using his fame and influence to attract the attention and support a different cause from that of many celebrities, the cause of global warming and the environment.

DiCaprio Leonardo DiCaprio opened the e-Activism Center and the David Family Environmental Action Center in Santa Monica, California. E-Activism Center is open to the public four days a week and is designed to educate and provide resources for the general public to become more environmentally friendly.

3. Sean Penn

Sean Penn is very passionate about politics and was a constant and regular defender against the war in Iraq. Called "A peace activist Sean Penn" opposes also the death penalty and has participated in the defense against that too.

During the Bush administration, Sean Penn has openly criticized President for his deconstruction of civil liberties. Penn was of course referring to the war on terrorism in Iraq.

4. Michael J. Fox

Best known for his role of Alex Keaton in the '80s hit sitcom "Family Ties" or his role as Marty McFly in Back to the Future films, Michael J. Fox has stolen the heart of the nation.

Regardless of how you remember, Michael J. Fox has actively supported the stem cells through his Foundation for Parkinson's Research. He was diagnosed with the disease in 1991 and disclosed his condition to the public and his adoring fans in 1998. To date, Michael J. Fox has funded nearly 150 million dollars to research the treatment of advanced Parkinson's.

5. Hayden Panettiere

Hayden Panettiere has been a voice for animal rights in his career fresh and young. Because of his work in the field of animal activism, Hayden received Compassion in Action Award by PETA.

Panettiere is passionately opposed to the countless thousands of whales by the Japanese slaughtered each year. She also tries to save dolphins from slaughter in Japan. She went so far as to blame the U.S. for not taking a stand against the slaughter Whale Japanese because Japan is one of our key allies in the war against terror.

Hayden is now celebrity spokesperson for the campaign Save the Whales Again. Who knows, maybe we'll Panettiere on the next season of The War Whale's Animal Planet. Ironically, most recently Hayden Panettiere launched an advertising campaign with Dooney & Burke purse that is made of calfskin.

PETA says they have what they can obtain and are grateful for his efforts for whale and dolphin issue. However, the seemingly hypocritical behavior Panettiere has fans who are animal advocates in arms over his decision to promote the senseless slaughter and butchering of calves.

6. George Clooney

George Clooney has become an advocate recent horrors and atrocities continue in Darfur, Sudan. He led the "Save Darfur" rally that was in Washington DC in April.

During a trip to Sudan, Clooney was actually able to get some of the horrors on videotape and plans to use This footage documenting the genocide.

7. Alicia Silverstone

Vegan and animal activist Alicia Silverstone is now one of Defenders celebrities best known animals in the last decade. Then she could have got his fame from a little movie called "Clueless" as a high level of maintenance and a rich girl materialistic it certainly shed that image by letting the world knows she is a vegan and is vehemently opposed to cruelty to animals.

Silverstone appears in the PETA announces first-ever naked against animal cruelty and promoting a vegan diet. Silverstone promotes cruelty-free cosmetics and fashion too. Specifically, Alicia Silverstone, and is often supported Stella McCartney as a designer, who is "vegetarian friendly".

8. Pamela Anderson

Despite your personal opinions of Playboy Playmate, model, sometimes the actress Pamela Anderson, she is one of the most involved animal and the most influential celebrity activists.

Pamela has renounced fur and even nude model (not an exaggeration in the behavior) for the fight against many fur ad for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. She pleaded with Minister of Justice of Austria to allow and does not make illegal activism animal groups in the country of Austria. More recently, Anderson has taken on the inhumane practice of clubbing baby seals.

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