St. Elsewhere star Ed Begley, Jr. and his wife Rachelle Carson star in the Planet Green reality TV series Living With Ed. The show follows the couple in their quest to live life with a small carbon footprint. Rachelle talked to Celebrity Baby Scoop about their 10-year-old daughter Hayden, how they live a green lifestyle, and some of her best eco-friendly tips for busy moms.

CBS: Tell us about some of the ways you and Ed are eco-friendly.

RCB: "I wan't a big environmentalist before I met Ed. I was into other issues: Children's issues, poverty, women's issues were more on the forefront of my focus than the environment. When I met Ed, he was all about the environment. Back then, he wouldn't even get in a car that had gasoline in it. He was extreme. He had an electric car and rode his bicycle. This was about 16 years ago. I would challenge him and ask 'What's this about the environmental movement?' And he would say to me 'Without the environment, there is nothing.'

We live in a very traditional valley house in the San Fernando valley like everyone else in our neighborhood, but we just happen to have solar panels on our roof. We're still connected to the grid - we still have to power an electric car. Occasionally if it rains a lot, we will have to go to the grid, but that is rare. Everything is recycled. We have drop tolerant plants and our whole yard is filled with fruit trees. We have 4 fig trees, 3 apple trees, 3 orange and 2 lemon. We also have a vegetable garden. We live like anyone else, but we have a few more restrictions and we try a little extra to get organic foods. We're mostly a vegetarian household too."

Read more from this Celebrity Baby Scoop interview here.

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