Editing Josh Hartnett (section)

==Activism==
Hartnett has been involved in various causes. In 2007, he took time out from filming to support the green lifestyle campaign of [[Global Cool]].<ref name="Gcihoce" />

In 2011, Hartnett became one of a handful of celebrities attached to [[USAID]] and [[Ad Council]]'s [[USAID#Horn of Africa|FWD]] campaign, an awareness initiative tied to that year's East Africa drought. He joined [[Uma Thurman]], [[Chanel Iman]] and [[Geena Davis]] in TV and Internet ads to "forward the facts" about the crisis.<ref>[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dr-jill-biden-joins-usaid-and-ad-council-to-debut-fwd-campaign-for-the-crisis-in-the-horn-of-africa-132605078.html "Dr. Jill Biden Joins USAID and Ad Council to Debut FWD Campaign for the Crisis in the Horn of Africa"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713200627/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dr-jill-biden-joins-usaid-and-ad-council-to-debut-fwd-campaign-for-the-crisis-in-the-horn-of-africa-132605078.html |date=July 13, 2012}}. [[PR Newswire]]. October 26, 2011.</ref>

In 2012, Hartnett also joined [[Barack Obama]] in his campaign in Minnesota, appearing at such events as the Minnesota Greater Together Youth Summit before formally endorsing the President on the official campaign YouTube channel.<ref>{{cite web |title=Josh Hartnett helps out Team Obama |website=[[Politico]] |date=April 8, 2012 |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/click/2012/04/josh-hartnett-helps-out-team-obama-119928}}</ref> He along with Minneapolis Mayor [[RT Rybak]] also appeared at the University of Minnesota's [[McNamara Alumni Center]] for an Obama Q&A in April.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tcstarlight.com/2012/04/18/josh-hartnett-attempts-to-pander-to-u-of-mn-youth/ |title=Josh Hartnett Attempts to Panders to U of MN Youth - TCStarlight.com |work=TCStarlight.com |access-date=August 26, 2013 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072431/http://tcstarlight.com/2012/04/18/josh-hartnett-attempts-to-pander-to-u-of-mn-youth/ |url-status=live}}</ref>