Not to be outdone by Sheryl Crow’s “one-square” initiative, Cate Blanchett is getting pissed about global warming… literally. (hat tip: Allah)

Green before it was hip—she cites Al Gore and David de Rothschild as heroes and believes that leaf blowers “sum up everything that is wrong with the human race”—the couple are trying to make the ecological footprint of the home as small as possible, installing solar panels and even a filtration system that will allow them to drink their own wastewater.

I’d be cautious if she offers to bring brownies to the next potluck…