Be Patriotic: Buy Foreign
By AAN Staff
april 2, 2003 05:54 pm
Laurie David is not your typical
"Think
Globally, Act Locally" sort of
environmentalist. Her husband, Larry
David, co-created Seinfeld, for one
thing,
and now stars in his own series, Curb
Your Enthusiasm. And David herself
travels in privileged Hollywood
circles. But she flips their good
fortune on its head, mining her
connections to actors, producers and
movie execs to advance populist
environmental campaigns. She’s the
engine behind the Detroit Project and
its controversial anti-SUV ads,
and
without her, one Santa Monica dealership
would not be leading the country in sales
of Toyota’s gas/electric hybrid, the Prius.
LA Weekly's Deborah Vankin
tells us how David puts celebrity activism
in the driver’s seat.