Did you know that the red carpet walked on by the music celebrities who trooped to the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center, Los Angeles was made of recycled plastic water bottles?

The same red carpet has in fact been reused by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for a few years now. As the academy observes its 50 years of existence, it has committed to green up its golden year celebrations.

The life of a musician is known for its excesses. But the abuse stars do to their bodies doesn’t even compare to the toll that recording, releasing and performing music takes on the environment: Just one stadium show might produce as much as 1,000 tons of carbon dioxide. The good news is that increasingly artists are attempting to take responsibility and move toward greener alternatives, either by cutting back on their use of harmful products like fuel and plastic or by devoting time and money to promoting environmental causes. Here’s a look at 15 artists on the forefront of a still-growing movement.

The Broadway Green Alliance (BGA) is an industry-wide initiative that educates, motivates, and inspires the theater community and its patrons to adopt environmentally friendlier practices in theater production and everyday life.

The BGA (formerly Broadway Goes Green) was launched in 2008 as an ad hoc committee of The Broadway League. The BGA brings together all segments of the theatre community, including producers, theatres in New York and around the country, theatrical unions and their members, and related businesses. Working closely with the Natural Resources Defense Council, the BGA identifies and disseminates better practices for theatre professionals and reaches out to theatre fans throughout the country.

The site includes resources for theater professionals and theater fans. The Theater Professionals section of the site is divided into Pre/Post Production; Production; Outreach; Touring; and Venues.

TV networks don’t just weave in green themes into their shows once a year for eco-creds — They do it to win EMAs! The 20th Annual Environmental Media Awards recognized films and TV programs for bringing attention to environmental concerns at a star-studded event on Saturday at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif. Everyone from Rosario Dawson to Natalie Portman to Eva Mendez to Ted Turner came out to walk the green carpet and honor green leaders in media.

Twenty years ago, the environmental movement got a colorful supporter in the guise of Captain Planet, the world’s “first and only eco hero.” The creation of Ted Turner and Robert Larkin III, the children’s animated show Captain Planet and the Planeteers ran from Sept. 15, 1990, to Dec. 15, 1992. And now, the city of Atlanta has decided to honor Captain Planet on the 20th anniversary of its original air date

The magical dream world of ‘Inception’ was largely solar-powered, thanks to the initiative of Leonardo DiCaprio.

While some of your favorite childhood cartoons came with a pretty obvious green message — “Captain Planet,” anyone? — other animations go for a more subtle impact. From the animal testing in “The Secret of NIMH” and the vegetarian undertones in “Charlotte’s Web” to “The Simpsons’” environmentalism, here are 11 fantastic animated features sending surprisingly green messages to kids (and adults).

Sesame Street celebrates its 40th anniversary, and thanks to a multiday parade of Sesame Street Google images, it’ll be anything but a surprise party.

Still, with a little help from U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama, the show looks to be joining what you might call the green party: The 40th-anniversary season premiere kicked off a two-year, environmental “curriculum” called “My World is Green and Growing.”

With the rise of environmental issues comes the increased popularity of movies addressing these issues. This year’s environmental documentaries come from all over the world. Filmmakers are bringing shocking and sometimes tearful topics to your living room — to inspire you to make a difference. These documentaries examine everything from the negative effects of the American agriculture system to leading a zero-impact lifestyle. These are 10 must-see films.

Filmmaker Mario Van Peebles, along with his family, takes a lighthearted approach to going “green” in a new reality television show on cable network TV One. “Mario’s Green House” follows the Van Peebles as they try to build a home that’s environmentally friendly. Mario Van Peebles describes the project and spreading the green message within communities of color.