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Hollywood's Green Rivalry

Bill Nye 'The Science Guy' v. Ed Begley Jr.

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• May 15, 2008: Actor Ed Begley Jr. stands with electricity-generating solar panels on the roof of his home in the Studio City district of Los Angeles. Begley and his neighbor Bill Nye are locked in a friendly but serious eco-battle of keeping up with each other.
• May 15, 2008: Actor Ed Begley Jr. shows the sprinkler control system that electronically checks the forecast and automatically shuts down if it's supposed to rain.
• May 14, 2008: Bill Nye watches his meter run backwards as his solar electric panels feed power back into the grid at his home in the Studio City district of Los Angeles.
• May 15, 2008: Actor Ed Begley Jr. turns compost at his home in the Studio City district of Los Angeles.
• May 14, 2008: Bill Nye 'The Science Guy' poses with vegetables in his garden at his home in the Studio City district of Los Angeles.
• May 15, 2008: Actor Ed Begley Jr. stands next to an apple tree, one of several fruits and vegetables he grown at his home in the Studio City district of Los Angeles.
• May 14, 2008: Bill Nye 'The Science Guy' poses in his all-edible plant garden with solar electric panels on his garage and carport roofs.
• May 15, 2008: Actor Ed Begley Jr. displays a solar oven at his home in the Studio City district of Los Angeles. Begley and his neighbor Bill Nye, the host of the educational series 'Bill Nye, The Science Guy,' who moved in two doors away two years ago, are locked in a friendly but serious eco-battle of keeping up with each other. The two moderately famous and occasionally geeky environmentalists vie to see who can leave the smaller carbon footprint.
• May 14, 2008: Bill Nye poses on the roof with his solar water heating panel, foreground, and solar electric panels, background, at his home in the Studio City district of Los Angeles.
• May 14, 2008: Bill Nye 'The Science Guy' sits at a table under a patio roof, both made of recycled plastic at his home.

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