| Days of Our Lives' James Scott has recently joined | | | | The beaming actor said, "Urth Solution helps |
| the bandwagon of spokespersons for earth-friendly | | | | communities in developing countries find ways to |
| campaigns and organizations. The 28-year-old actor is | | | | address social, environmental and humanitarian issues." |
| actually a co-founder of Urth Solution, an organization | | | | Scott recently flew to Bolivia to represent the |
| aimed at helping developing countries capitalize on their | | | | company and help a community richly blessed with |
| natural resources without damaging the environment. | | | | gold. Scott told Soap Opera Digest that they would like |
| He has been all around the world to communicate with | | | | to teach the community how to extract the precious |
| these countries in behalf of Urth Solutions. | | | | element without hurting the environment. |
| "I was thinking about doing something like this for a few | | | | "We're investing in a program to help the residents of |
| years," Scott said in a conversation with Soap Opera | | | | that community mine the gold in an environmentally |
| Digest. "It's good to carry some sort of certification of | | | | sustainable way, so that we can generate profits for |
| being Green. I thought I'd try and find a company that | | | | the community," James Scott explained. |
| would help communities in resource-rich areas to be | | | | Urth Solutions has also been to Madagascar, where |
| able to harness those resources in a sustainable way | | | | they have a current project. They also plan to expand |
| then sell them for a premium to the West. It's basically | | | | their outreach even further. |
| about helping communities help themselves. 'Trade not | | | | "I'm going to Mongolia in September," Scott said to |
| aid.'" | | | | Soap Opera Digest. "I have been asked by World |
| James Scott, who plays EJ Wells on Days of Our | | | | Bank to go and give a small presentation on my |
| Lives, was proud to say that Urth Solution was very | | | | company, which they see as being a fairly good model |
| well received, having been established a year ago. | | | | for progressive businesses. |