Actress Sarah Jane Morris isn’t a household name—yet—although she starred in the Will Smith film Seven Pounds and appears weekly on ABC’s Brothers and Sisters, but if you measure celebrities on their eco-friendliness alone, Morris would be as A-list as they come. A big motivator in her decision to get green was An Inconvenient Truth (as it was for so many people), but an environmental scientist brother and a husband eager for a low-impact lifestyle also helped facilitate the change.

Now Morris drives around in an old Mercedes she had modified to run on veggie diesel and she’s been known to lurk the back alleys near sushi restaurants around the time they toss their tempura oil (which she says is the cleanest for the car). Even with her green vehicle, however, Morris tries to walk, bike and carpool to reduce her time on the road. At home she has a worm compost where she composts all she can and is using the compost to plant her organic vegetable garden. Impressed? We are. Click here to read more

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