Meet Ed Begley and his wife Rachelle. Ed might be the most eco-friendly man in Hollywood. Green living comes easy for Ed but that isn't always the case for Rachelle.
Rachelle puts her foot down about adding extremely hideous rain barrels to their backyard. Ed squeezes another contraption into the backyard. After putting himself up on the auction block in the name of charity. Rachelle can't believe people pay to hang out with Ed.
Ed takes an interesting assignment and speaks to muscle car fans about the future of electric cars. He then stops by Jay Leno's garage. Rachelle checks out a spacious new, and not solar-powered, house for sale.
Rachelle has found the perfect home renovation that even Ed will approve of. While the construction turns the house upside down, Ed and Rachelle end up doing dishes in the most unlikely of places.
It's Ed's birthday, and Ed wants to forgo eating out at a fancy restaurant to cook his own birthday dinner. He plans a vegetarian feast, which he cooks in solar ovens. While the birthday boy is busy in the kitchen, Rachelle gets new air purifiers installed and plans her surprise gift for Ed.
Ed and Rachelle have been invited to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City. Ed insists on driving the hybrid, but Rachelle wants to arrive in style on a plane.
The second season opens as Ed and Rachelle meet with Cheryl Tiegs to investigate the environmental friendliness of her Bel Air, Cal., home.
Larry Hagman gives Ed and Rachelle a tour of his solar-powered home.
Ed and Rachelle explore Jackson Browne's environmentally conscious ranch.
Ed vs. Bill Nye the Science Guy for the greenest man on the block.
Rachelle hunts for a fully organic gown for an awards show; Ed looks into a new water filtration system for his home.
Ed and Rachelle go on a romantic getaway; Ed cleans out his storage unit and plans to remodel his garage.
The Begleys decide to get away from it all and go on a family camping trip.
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.
Roadtrip to Las Vegas; Ed and Rachelle renew their vows at the chapel where they originally wed.
Since Rachelle won't heed his calls to conserve water, Ed decides to curb water usage at the Begley household by installing a gray water system, which filters sink and shower water for reuse in his garden.
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)?
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.
Rachelle and her friend decide to teach table manners to Hayden and Ed
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, a visiting overzealous entrepreneur who is pitching a lot of green product ideas that aren’t quite catching on.
Ed visits Three Rivers, an off-the-grid community in Oregon, and decided he wants to retire in that area. But Rachael does not want to move that far away from civilization.
Ed's stay-at-home vacation turns into an ever expanding series of public appearances to help the community, leaving Rachel with the "honey do" chore list that Ed was supposed to do himself during his time off.
