Ian Somerhalder Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ian Joseph Somerhalder. Somerhalder along with Nina Dobrev, co-star of the series the Vampire Diaries at the International Convention of Comics, San Diego, 2. Somerhalder chimed in the recovery efforts caused by the spill of crude oil from the oil rig. Deepwater Horizon on April 2. Part of his work was the cleaning of the marine fauna and the recording of several commercials with instructions on how to partnership 2. As a defender of the rights of the animals supported by the foundation St. Tammany Humane Society and the 1. The Vampire Diaries. Along with the co-stars of the series before mentioned, Candice Accola and Michael Trevino, supports the Project It Gets Better, which aims to prevent suicide among LGBT youth and that is associated with the Trevor Project. Through his Twitter account and in interviews, he announced the creation of the foundation, Ian Somerhalder Foundation —established on the 8th of December 2. And each time is more near to get the funds necessary to build an animal sanctuary, whose name will be the ISF Sanctuary, according to their words: For all the animals that have been abandoned, abused, and misunderstood, special animals with severe disease and much older that almost nobody gives them a second chance. The purpose of this initiative is to help not only the animals abused and abandoned, but also, through the care of these, to help young bullies or thugs to be reformed. In 2. 01. 1 participated and starred in the documentary Blue August for the television network Planet Green. Download Keeping Up With The Joneses (2016) Movie Hq. In 2. 01. 2, Ian and his foundation (ISF), in collaboration with a large number of schools, undertook the challenge to clean up in a day all the beach in Santa Monica, California. He was awarded with the Wyler Award by the Humane Society of the united States in the awards gala Genesis, the 2. Beverly Hilton. 3. Ian and his brother Bob are the owners of Built of Barnwood, a business dedicated to the recovery, recycling and re - use of wood and other building materials, converted into furniture and design pieces for the home. Collaborates with Go Green Mobile Power, an industry leader in lighting solutions and networks to supply eco - efficient that enables companies around the world adopt technologies that not only allow you to reduce costs and improve safety and working conditions, but also to reduce the environmental impact.