From: TheImproper.com
While husband Tom Brady, quarterback for the New England Patriots was fighting a losing battle against The New York Jets, his wife, Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen, was scoring points of her own for the einvironment.
In her new role as United Nations advocate for environmental awareness, the pregnant supermodel blasted the president of Brazil, her home country.
Bundchen urged him to do more to halt the deforestation of the Amazon, considered a significant contributor to global warming.
In a meeting with reporters in New York, Bundchen said that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva should propose better laws to stop the pervasive slashing and burning of trees in the world's largest rain forest.
Brazilian newspapers quickly jumped on her comments as she, which she made when she was named a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. Environment Program in a ceremony at Washington Square Park, near the United Nations.
Silva responded by saying that his new proposal to limit sugarcane production in the Amazon and other ecologically sensitive areas demonstrates his commitment to curb destruction of the Amazon.
Bundchen, who is expecting in December, met with local students to explain her support for environmental causes.
“The environment has always been my passion,’’ Bundchen said. “I grew up in a small town and I had the opportunity to live surrounded by nature. I couldn’t have asked for a better childhood.
We must act now, so future generations have the same opportunity. Mother Earth is our fundamental life-support system, and by becoming aware and responsible now, we can assist in preserving the planet.’’