
According to the National Enquirer, environmentalist and actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus is trying to convince her old co-star Jerry Seinfeld to stop living like a super rich natural-resource sucking pig. I don’t pay a lot of attention to her, but it’s worth noting that she comes from obscene money, like she’s the heir to a billion-plus fortune, and prior to learning that I assumed she was just a sitcom actress paying her dues. She doesn’t pull rank or flash her wealth, is what I’m saying. This story kind of brings that home for me. Meanwhile Jerry Seinfeld owns at least 46 Porsches. Like I don’t know if it’s every single Porsche ever made, but it’s thought to be the largest collection. Anyway Julia is maybe-badgering Jerry about it.
[Julia Louis-Dreyfus] has been peppering Jerry, 57, with e-mails and phone calls in an attempt to encourage him to become environmentally friendly, said a pal of Julia.
“Julia is an avid recycler, only uses water when she has to and drives and electric car,” explained the source.
And while Jerry supports some conservationist causes and has done a promotional spot for America’s National Parks, “he loves his fleet of fast gas-chomping cars.”
In fact the insider said he even makes fun of people with electric cars!
“He joked to Julia that he isn’t ready to become a tree-hugger just yet, and that she should leave all the green stuff to Captain Planet…”
Jerry’s legendary car collection is house, in part, in a 22-car garage at his palatial Long Island estate…
In contrast, Julia… lives in a far more modest eco-friendly home in Montecito near Santa Barbara, CA.
[From The National Enquirer, print edition, September 19, 2011]
The other day, this mom I know through my kid’s friend spent like a half hour on the phone trying to convince me to go to a Christian woman’s conference. I made the mistake (in her eyes) of once rejecting an offer for my kid to go to Bible study. This lady was truly convinced I was going to hell for not sharing her belief system and she somehow thought she could convince me where years of experience and study have failed. She was nicer about it than that, but the message came through loud and clear. (Most of my friends are Christians and they can tell me about their church and Bible stuff and we’re cool with each other. This was different.)
Just to clarify, I’m not saying that living an environmentally responsible lifestyle, and being committed to that lifestyle and trying to share it with your friends, is the same as being a religious person and thinking other people really must believe the exact same thing. I’m just thinking that to someone like Julia, who is so green she glows, she does see it as a personal mission to get her close friends to come around and lower their environmental footprint. Only she’s not saving their souls, she’s saving the planet. My take on it is that it takes more than just one person to get someone to come around. It’s like politics, people believe what they believe and it takes a personal experience to change their opinion. Being environmentally responsible is more of a societal issue in that it has to be easier and more convenient to do the right thing when it comes to recycling and living responsibly. And there are always going to be jerks like Seinfeld who feel entitled to take as much of the pie as they can.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is shown in August, 2010. Jessica and Jerry Seinfeld are shown in April, 2011. Other photo is a promo photo of the cast of Seinfeld. Credit: WENN.com

