BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE - NOT JUST ON PAPER

Paper has a list of 64 Beautiful People that they want to tell the world about.  They do it every year and it ranges from individuals to collectives of folk who are influencing the worlds of music, film and fashion with their crafts. Now despite what you think of these popularity lists, two incredible inclusions need to be mentioned:

ECO GROUP
Eco-friendly record label Green Owl Records is featured.  Co-founded by Jill Fehrenbacher who first started Inhabitat.com, a blog about sustainability, and Ben Brewer, who is currently working on a compilation CD including Feist, Of Montreal, Bloc Party, Juliana Hatfield, and Muse.  All proceeds of sales of CDs will go towards Energy Action Coalition, an action to educate the youth on energy saving.  Read more here at Paper

THE DO-GOODERS
Scott Marrison is a man with connections – he  got the Mercer Hotel to sell expensive bottles of water at $20 a pop to raise money to dig wells in Africa.  David Belle helps to train Haitian filmmakers and got Wyclef Jean to play in the city of Jacmel in 2006.  Jess Atkin’s organisation MEAK aids Kenyans with the opportunity to get eye and heart surgeries.  Read more here at Paper