Matt Damon Wins the 2011 Greenest Celebrity Award

Online, April 11, 2011 (Newswire.com) - More and more celebrities are going green. However, only a number of them are taking it as a commitment and not just as a living trend. One of the truly committed green celebrities is Matt Damon. And for his environmental works, the Heart of Green Awards hails him the Greenest Celebrity of 2011.

With all the contributions of Damon to build a sustainable planet, MyCleaningProducts.com agrees with the award-giving body to present him the Greenest Celebrity Award. MyCleaningProducts.com is basically an eco-friendly company that offers green cleaning products. Its line of cleaners also promotes wellness because of its use of green bean ingredients.

Among other green celebrity nominees, Damon won because of his efforts to help provide clean water to those countries that don't have enough of it. The global scarcity of clean water is a critical environmental issue but one often neglected. For the efforts he gives to solve one of the disregarded environmental problems, he stood out and got the nod of the Heart of Green Awards.

Heart of Green Awards is organized by TheDailyGreen.com, a website that guides its readers to the green evolution. Already on its third year, it honors those who had done exemplary works to benefit the environment. Damon is one of its 18 winners.

Read more about Matt Damon and Other Heart of Green Winners

"There are many celebrities going green. However, there's one who is the greenest among them. To the TheDailyGreen.com, it is Matt Damon for 2011."

"TheDailyGreen.com is basically a web paper about green lifestyle. It offers its readers guide how to incorporate going green strategies to daily life. And to recognize the efforts of people and companies that share the same commitment with them, three years ago, they created the Heart of Green Awards."

"For this year, the Heart of Green Awards got 18 winners. Matt Damon is their winner for the Greenest Celebrity category. The Bourne movie series star won the award basically because of his effort to address the problem about the scarcity of clean water."

"Damon co-founded organizations called H2O Africa and Water,.org to improve general living conditions through clean water. He is also set to host and narrate a PBS special called "Journey to Planet Earth"."

Read more about Heart of Green Awards Winners:

"Green lifestyle website, TheDailyGreen.com, part of Hearst Magazines Digital Media, today announced the winners of its 2011 Heart of Green Awards, honoring the people, places, products and companies that take green to "heart," furthering the cause of bringing "real green to real people." TheDailyGreen.com celebrates Earth Month with the third annual Heart of Green awards, expanded with 18 categories covering everything from best new park to greenest beauty line, from greenest celebrity to local hero. In addition, the first-ever People's Choice winners, selected by The Daily Green audience, are revealed alongside the Editor's picks."

"This year's Editor's Choice winners include Matt Damon as the Greenest Celebrity, Jane Goodall for Lifetime Achievement, Nissan Leaf as the Greenest New Car, Method for the Greenest Cleaning Product Line, H&M for the best new sustainable fashion line, New York City as the Greenest City and University of Wisconsin-Madison as the Greenest University."

================
Read the Complete List of 2011 Heart of Green Awards Winners
================

Green celebrities are such an encouragement. Like them, anybody can take part in building a more sustainable planet. There are so many ways that everyone can take to help. One of those ways is the use green cleaning products.

Generally, everyone who goes green is a winner. After all, green lifestyle benefits each and everyone in the planet. So with or without a trophy, everybody should live it.

Visit Green Cleaning Products Fan Page to know how you can be a green winner.

Want more green articles? Check out Going Green Starts in Your Kitchen