Bush set up a fundraiser intended to help people living in the area of the Gulf of Mexico affected by the environmental disaster of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill , which occurred on April 20 , 2010 . The actress has visited Louisiana and testified in interviews of the horror she felt when she visited those places . The fundraiser is on the Internet through crowdsourcing website Crowdrise.com . The actress , to support the fundraiser , announced that she would be running a half marathon that following November , despite having asthma and a year-old knee injury . Bush has additionally teamed up with Do Something to raise more environmental awareness among teens . She was chosen as the spokesperson to endorse the launch of eMission , a Facebook game with the social mission to engage America 's youth in fighting climate change created through the joint efforts of Do Something and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 's ( EPA ) Energy Star program
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Sophia Bush