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Amy Poehler, Zachary Levi and Christina Applegate tell MNN how they're becoming eco-friendly.
 By Gerri Miller
“I just purchased some sustainable bamboo towels, and they are so soft and they’re great for the environment,” Christina Applegate told us while promoting Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel with Amy Poehler. The pair play two of three new female chipmunks -- the Chipettes -- who are the musical rivals and love interests for Alvin, Theodore and Simon in the CGI animated/live action hybrid. “I love being part of something that has been around for as many years as it has been,” Applegate says of the Alvin franchise, and though she admits it was strange to hear herself singing at Chipmunk speed at first, “It’s absolutely adorable,” she admits. “I got really excited, especially when I first saw one of the dance numbers.” Recording was a bit strange, too. “You have to talk very slow so when it’s sped up, people understand what you’re saying,” explains Poehler.
Zachary Levi, who portrays a video game-addicted slacker left in charge of the Chipmunks by his incapacitated cousin David Seville (Jason Lee) in the movie, shared his favorite simple but cost-saving eco-tactic: he switches off lights when he leaves a room. “I was raised in a home where it was important to do that and it stuck with me. And it’s certainly helped with my electricity bills.”
Zachary Levi, who portrays a video game-addicted slacker left in charge of the Chipmunks by his incapacitated cousin David Seville (Jason Lee) in the movie, shared his favorite simple but cost-saving eco-tactic: he switches off lights when he leaves a room. “I was raised in a home where it was important to do that and it stuck with me. And it’s certainly helped with my electricity bills.” Levi’s series Chuck returns to NBC Jan. 10 with two new episodes. “Chuck downloads Intersect 2.0 and it grants him all these physical powers,” says Levi, who’ll be playing opposite such guest stars as Kristin Kreuk, Brandon Routh and Angie Harmon this season.
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