Q. It seems to me that we are not too worried about coal contributing to climate change when it's sitting solid in the Earth. The ecological havoc comes from when we blast off the top of mountains, allowing our slurry to pollute waterways, and ]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/ed-begely-defends-driving.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/ed-begely-defends-driving.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/ed-begely-defends-driving.html Living With Ed Ask Ed Forum Ed Begley Jr. Answers Green Celebrities Green Community Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:55:01 -0500 Living with Ed follows Ed Begley, Jr., and his wife, Rachelle, as they green their home, family, and celebrity friends. But if you've ever wondered what kind of advice they'd give the rest of us, then the Ask Ed forum is your chance to find out. Readers submit questions and comments about the show, green living, etc., and Ed chimes in with his green answers; here, we've rounded up some highlights of the past week.

Q. One sure fire way to massively increase your carbon footprint is to have children. Even if you only have one kid and they don't have any, you are still doubling your carbon footprint (approximately). I don't have the math to hand, but I saw ]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/ed-begley-carbon-footprint.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/ed-begley-carbon-footprint.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/ed-begley-carbon-footprint.html Living With Ed Ask Ed Forum Ed Begley Jr. Answers Green Community Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:59:03 -0500 Living with Ed follows Ed Begley, Jr., and his wife, Rachelle, as they green their home, family, and celebrity friends. But if you've ever wondered what kind of advice they'd give the rest of us, then the Ask Ed forum is your chance to find out. Readers submit questions and comments about the show, green living, etc., and Ed chimes in with his green answers; here, we've rounded up some highlights of the past week.

Q. I just signed up for a free energy audit conducted by my local utility. Is there anything that I should look for them to do specifically?

A. www.reasenergy.com is the company that did mine. I ha]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/ed-begley-insulating-green.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/ed-begley-insulating-green.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/ed-begley-insulating-green.html Living With Ed Ask Ed Forum Ed Begley Jr. Answers Green Community Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:45:08 -0500 Living with Ed follows Ed Begley, Jr., and his wife, Rachelle, as they green their home, family, and celebrity friends. But if you've ever wondered what kind of advice they'd give the rest of us, then the Ask Ed forum is your chance to find out. Readers submit questions and comments about the show, green living, etc., and Ed chimes in with his green answers; here, we've rounded up some highlights of the past week.

Q. Soon I will be in the market to replace my 1995 Buick Century with a more economical and greener vehicle. I like the idea of buying a hybrid but don't want a vehicle that you have to keep plugging into an AC outlet. I commute a total of 30 m]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/green-job-heating-home.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/green-job-heating-home.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/green-job-heating-home.html Living With Ed Ask Ed Forum Ed Begley Jr. Answers Green Community Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:55:14 -0500 Ed declares that he's not going anywhere for his vacation this year, and plans to have a
luxurious "staycation" instead. Rachelle is highly skeptical, and points out that Ed never stands still for a second, to which Ed guarantees that he's finally going to get all the things done around the house he's been promising.

Then the phone rings, and Ed begins promising one thing after another to help the community. The next thing you know Ed is planting trees at an elementary school in Compton, and helping convert Daryl Hannah's car to run on alcohol. Rachelle decides to teach Ed a lesson and schedules him for even more commitments so he can see just how bad an idea his staycation was in the first place. Once Ed figures out Rachelle's plan, he drags her along with him to see t]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/episode-guides/episode-staycation.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/episode-guides/episode-staycation.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/episode-guides/episode-staycation.html Episode Guides Episode Guides Episode Guides Television Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:45:02 -0500 Living with Ed follows Ed Begley, Jr., and his wife, Rachelle, as they green their home, family, and celebrity friends. But if you've ever wondered what kind of advice they'd give the rest of us, then the Ask Ed forum is your chance to find out. Readers submit questions and comments about the show, green living, etc., and Ed chimes in with his green answers; here, we've rounded up some highlights of the past week.

Q. In the past two years it seems like every celebrity, no matter how big or small, is "going green," yet it seems like most are doing this to try and stay relevant—like flying in a personal jet to Copenhagen, or wearing a "Green i]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/green-hypocrites-biomass-energy.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/green-hypocrites-biomass-energy.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/green-hypocrites-biomass-energy.html Living With Ed Ask Ed Forum Ed Begley Jr. Answers Green Celebrities Green Community Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:55:20 -0500 Rachelle begs Ed to come to an eco-gifting suite so she can harness his green star power to get free stuff. But Ed will have none of it, and drops Rachelle off by herself. Sure enough, Rachelle didn't make a big haul in the gift department, and she blames Ed for it. Ed gets a postcard for Three Rivers, an off-the-grid community in Oregon, and decides this is the perfect opportunity to go see it first-hand. The minute he arrives, Ed falls in love with the place—a quiet, beautiful community nestled in high desert, and he tells Rachelle he has found their new retirement home.

Rachelle isn't sold on moving so far away from civilization, but Ed doubles down by making an offer on a house in Three Rivers. Could the Begleys be leaving the house they've spent so many years making ]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/episode-guides/episode-grid.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/episode-guides/episode-grid.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/episode-guides/episode-grid.html Episode Guides Episode Guides Off The Grid Television Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:55:28 -0500 Ed goes to the Water Woman Festival to give a speech, and ends up communing with some hippies in the desert for a couple days. Meanwhile, Rachelle is stuck at home with Perry, an overzealous entrepreneur who is pitching a lot of green product ideas that haven't quite caught on with the masses.

Ed returns home just in time to put on a prototype of the "eco cuddly," which is made of hemp—and likes it, but after 20 seconds changes his mind because it itches like crazy. Later, Ed and Rachelle, wearing a couple's version of Perry's "eco cuddly" design while watching television, see an infomercial for the "eco cuddly" with them superimposed on a couch enjoying the product.

Watch: Living With Ed:]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/episode-guides/shades-green.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/episode-guides/shades-green.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/episode-guides/shades-green.html Episode Guides Episode Guides Television Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:55:49 -0500 Living with Ed follows Ed Begley, Jr., and his wife, Rachelle, as they green their home, family, and celebrity friends. But if you've ever wondered what kind of advice they'd give the rest of us, then the Ask Ed forum is your chance to find out. Readers submit questions and comments about the show, green living, etc., and Ed chimes in with his green answers; here, we've rounded up some highlights of the past week.

Q. I live in Ohio. We get a decent amount of snow. What's your take on melting clean snow for non-potable use such as laundry? We already catch water in buckets while the shower heats up and use that. We only do laundry once a week so there's p]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/ed-begley-green-cars.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/ed-begley-green-cars.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/ed-begley-green-cars.html Living With Ed Ask Ed Forum Cars Ed Begley Jr. Answers Green Home Solar Power Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:55:10 -0500 Southern belles Rachelle and her friend Savannah are aghast at the vulgar display of table manners by Ed and Hayden at dinnertime and decide something must be done before Hayden takes on Ed's habits. The next day, Rachelle catches Ed eating over the kitchen sink and it's the last straw. She decides to strike a deal: Ed will lead by example with Hayden at meals if Rachelle learns how to cook for the family.

Meanwhile, Ed upgrades all the lights in the Begley household to LED, and wills his old compact fluorescents to his green nemesis Bill Nye, who accepts them with suspicion. Rachelle keeps up her end of the bargain and makes a meal so spectacular Ed forgets his pledge and reverts back to his old behavior.

Watch: Episode Guides Episode Guides Green Home Television Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:55:21 -0500 Living with Ed follows Ed Begley, Jr., and his wife, Rachelle, as they green their home, family, and celebrity friends. But if you've ever wondered what kind of advice they'd give the rest of us, then the Ask Ed forum is your chance to find out. Readers submit questions and comments about the show, green living, etc., and Ed chimes in with his green answers; here, we've rounded up some highlights of the past week.

Q. There was a new study just last week that showed just 1 dog's eco footprint is equal to the worst gas guzzler on the market. Ironically, a TreeHugger with 2 cats and a dog rips the environment far worse than someone with three gas guz]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/ed-begley-families-subscriptions.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/ed-begley-families-subscriptions.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/ed-begley-families-subscriptions.html Living With Ed Cats Dogs Green Family Newspapers Solar Power Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:55:00 -0500 Now that Ed has finished his second book, he and Rachelle get set to take a bite out of "the big organic apple," aka New York City, for a promotional book tour. No Begley trip is complete without Ed's travel "eco survival kit," which includes a metal briefcase containing a low-flow showerhead, a non-plastic water container, and three sizes of compact fluorescent light bulbs. Rachelle is dumbfounded by Ed's eco-insanity.

As Ed heads off to promote his book, he notices Rachelle scribbling on a note pad, which she reveals is the beginnings of HER book, at which point Ed decides it's best to withhold comment. As the day winds down, the Begleys take a tour of the "greenest" show on Broadway, Wicked, and Rachelle gets to live her dream of singing on a Broadway stage—although wit]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/episode-guides/episode-author-author.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/episode-guides/episode-author-author.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/episode-guides/episode-author-author.html Episode Guides Episode Guides Television Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:55:47 -0500 Living with Ed follows Ed Begley, Jr., and his wife, Rachelle, as they green their home, family, and celebrity friends. But if you've ever wondered what kind of advice they'd give the rest of us, then the Ask Ed forum is your chance to find out. Readers submit questions and comments about the show, green living, etc., and Ed chimes in with his green answers; here, we've rounded up some highlights of the past week.

Q. I have an interest in starting a business that can assess a home's energy loss and how to improve its efficiency. I was wondering if there is a training or certification I could go through to learn more. It is something that could be ]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/ed-begley-green-businesses.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/ed-begley-green-businesses.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/ed-begley-green-businesses.html Living With Ed Ed Begley Jr. Answers Energy Solar Power Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:41:31 -0500 Living with Ed follows Ed Begley, Jr., and his wife, Rachelle, as they green their home, family, and celebrity friends. But if you've ever wondered what kind of advice they'd give the rest of us, then the Ask Ed forum is your chance to find out. Readers submit questions and comments about the show, green living, etc., and Ed chimes in with his green answers; here, we've rounded up some highlights of the past week.

Q. As you know we have a huge plastic garbage patch the size of Texas in the Pacific Gyre. I have an idea of a way to clean it up, but I i don't know who to give it to....you know how static electricity attracts plastic? I don't know how this w]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/begley-happy-marriages-questions.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/begley-happy-marriages-questions.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/begley-happy-marriages-questions.html Living With Ed Ask Ed Forum Ed Begley Jr. Answers Green Community Plastic Rechargeable Batteries Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:41:13 -0500 Living with Ed follows Ed Begley, Jr., and his wife, Rachelle, as they green their home, family, and celebrity friends. But if you've ever wondered what kind of advice they'd give the rest of us, then the Ask Ed forum is your chance to find out. Readers submit questions and comments about the show, green living, etc., and Ed chimes in with his green answers; here, we've rounded up some highlights of the past week.

Q. I'm trying to find the whole house water filter very briefly shown in the segment of the couple with a baby in Venice where they did a whole house renovation and had the rented solar panels on the roof. The whole home water filter was verbal]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/begley-avoid-holiday-arguments.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/begley-avoid-holiday-arguments.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/begley-avoid-holiday-arguments.html Living With Ed Ask Ed Forum Green Holidays Water Conservation Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:55:52 -0500 Living with Ed follows Ed Begley, Jr., and his wife, Rachelle, as they green their home, family, and celebrity friends. But if you've ever wondered what kind of advice they'd give the rest of us, then the Ask Ed forum is your chance to find out. Readers submit questions and comments about the show, green living, etc., and Ed chimes in with his green answers; here, we've rounded up some highlights of the past week.

Q. I'm a teacher and I spend all day at work separating the garbage from the recycling because I care about recycling and the environmental crises of our community, nation, world. Many times, at the end of the day, I watch the custodian com]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/begley-solar-heat-pump.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/begley-solar-heat-pump.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/begley-solar-heat-pump.html Living With Ed Ask Ed Forum Clean Energy Green Building Green Community Heating Home Energy Use Solar Power Take Action Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:55:15 -0500 Rachelle and Hayden plan a surprise party to celebrate Ed's 60th birthday. Will it be green enough for Ed, but fun enough for the planners (and attendees)?

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Q. I was surprised that in your latest show, your energy audit showed that you spent 6X more for heating and cooling then you could. I find those numbers to be hard to believe with the history of what has been done to your home and your knowled]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/begley-talks-green-businesses.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/begley-talks-green-businesses.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/begley-talks-green-businesses.html Living With Ed Ask Ed Forum Green Building Insulation Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:45:47 -0500 The Begleys take a roadtrip to Las Vegas. Rachelle is hitting the slots and shopping, while Ed decides to visit the greenest spots.

Later, the Begleys head to the little white chapel where they were married years ago and decide to renew their vows.

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Q. I just bought a Fafco Solar water heater and since then wanted]]>... <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/begley-fences-water-heaters.html">Read the full story on Planet Green</a> http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/begley-fences-water-heaters.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/living-with-ed/begley-fences-water-heaters.html Living With Ed Ask Ed Forum Ed Begley Jr. Answers Energy Efficiency Green Home Heating Saving Energy Solar Power Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:30:17 -0500 Ed and Rachelle have very different ideas about what type of energy audit the Begley household needs. Rachelle is having the psychic energy flow assessed, while Ed is measuring the energy efficiency of the Begley home. They are both in for a shock: The psychic tells Rachelle their home is filled with disharmonious psychic vibrations and Ed learns from the energy auditor their home isn't as efficient as he thought. Ed decides to make the home more efficient and Rachelle shows just how clairvoyant she really is.

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