Green Daily

Sting and his wife, Trudie Style, have somewhat admitted to being hypocrites when it comes to their carbon footprint, according to the Daily Mail.

At a recent interview, a journalist pointed out to Sting and Trudie that their carbon footprint has been estimated to be 30 times greater than the average Briton's. Sting put his hand up and said, "I'm a musician and I have a huge carbon-footprint." Trudie chimed in with, "Are we being hypocritical?" Then answering the question herself said, "We both work pretty hard for the rights of indigenous people and for the rights of conservation of the Amazon rainforest, but we do need to get around. It's a difficult one."

I guess a person can't have it both ways. If you use your celebrity to promote green causes, as Sting and Trudie do, you are opening yourself up to criticism for the parts of your lifestyle that may not be all that green. It seems that a lot of celebrities are good at doing eco-friendly things like starting organic farms and buying multimillion dollar green apartments in Manhattan. Giving up that air travel? That one can be a little harder.