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Harrison Ford & Hamilton Work Together On The Khaki Team Earth Collection Watch

The strong smile of Harrison Ford is a benefit to any charity, so Conservation International is lucky as hell to have him on board - which they have been lucky enough to claim for several years. Now Ford and Hamilton work together (I believe for the second time) on a Khaki Team Earth Collection watch. Proceeds of which will partially go to help Conservation International, and the Team Earth project. It is all about protecting the environment, and conserving our most precious resource, the planet.

The watch, based on the famous Hamilton Khaki is done in the brand's new vintage style for the collection. In steel, the watch is 42mm wide with a Swiss ETA 2824-2 automatic movement on the inside. I love the classic look of the dial, and the easy to read face. The distressed pilot watch style strap is a nice look, which completes the aviation theme with the coined edge bezel. If I recall correctly from Indiana Jones, Ford knows how to fly a plane, but not land one! Price for the Hamilton Khaki Team Earth watch is a reasonable $895.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch reviews site aBlogtoRead.com.

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Conservation International's Seas of Hope Bash

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As BP's latest stumble over stopping the flow of upwards of 200,000 gallons of oil into our oceans reminds us, we don't need an excuse to start protecting our marine ecosystem now. While oil officials volleyed the blame back and forth, in another corner of the world, at New York's Museum of Natural History, Conversation International offered a new kind of hope, this past Thursday at their Seas of Hope Celebration gala.

Under the infamous blue whale hanging from the Museum's ceiling, New York revelers pooled together to offer a new kind of solution, donating toward Conservation International's mission of empowering local communities to care for nature and humanity. After an address from JP MorganChase CEO Jamie Dimon on the role of finance in sustainable growth, and an overwhelmingly successful fundraising appeal for CI's Protect an Acre program, guests retreated to the gallery halls for an after party sponsored by Havaianas.

The quintessential Brazilian brand teamed up with CI to protect the country's Albrolhos region, an area on the South Atlantic that contains some of the world's richest coral reefs. Albrolhos serves as breeding ground to the Southern humpback whale population, with nearly 10,000 members, and also represents several species of corals, mollusks and fish that are exclusive to the area.

Gallery: Conservation International and Havaiana's Seas of Hope Celebration

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Christie's Green Auction, Saving The Planet Through Art

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In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day this year, Christie's has joined forces with NBC Universal to auction off a host of celebrity experiences, world-renowned art, and luxurious travel packages. In addition to a live inaugural Christie's Green Auction on the 22nd, they've partnered up with Charity Buzz to host an online auction with such prizes as a golf outing with President Bill Clinton or an all-new Lexus Hybrid 250h. And the entire event is carbon neutral. Among the spectacular artwork up for bids is Damien Hirst's All You Need is Jealousy, The Salt Pit by Matthew Ritchie, and a Broken Record Beatles Art collage from our favorite young art duo Robi Walters and Leanne Wright, signed with the support of Sir Paul McCartney himself.

Proceeds will benefit the Central Park Conservancy, Oceana, Conservation International, and the National Resources Defense Council.

Christie's Green Auction
April 22 at 7.30pm EST
20 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY

Through May 6 at CharityBuzz.com.

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Conservation International, Charity Of The Day

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Filed under: Charity, Green, Charity of the Day

Conservation International has been protecting our earth creatures for the last two decades. They operate on the simple principal that when human beings live harmoniously with nature instead of exploiting it, both will thrive. Their website lists a shocking statistic that I wasn't aware of, every twenty seconds one species becomes extinct!! That's a pace a thousand times faster than has ever been seen during Earth's history! How can this be happening? Climate change and habitat destruction are to blame. Conservation International is on the front line of the battle to save creatures that are in peril. They conducted the first ever Global Amphibian Assessment, a study which provided vital information on the state of every amphibian species on earth! They are currently doing similar groundbreaking research on sharks. This is one of the hardest working and most exceptional charities I've read about, visit their fabulous website (tons of amazing video and pictures) to sign petitions and see the many ways you can donate.

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