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