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Why spend sizzling hot summer days slaving over a hot stove when you can explore cool raw cuisine instead! If you've ever tried to incorporate more fresh fruits and salads into your diet for health reasons, I consider you raw-curious. And if you've ever been to a good raw restaurant, you know that raw foodies really know how to make the best, super-healthy smoothies, salads, and Luna bar-esque snacks and treats -- delicious enough to get you craving the best-for-you foods.  Read more

Green-thinking drivers are often willing to pay more for cleaner cars -- which explains why both the plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt and all-electric Nissan Leaf have long waiting lists of would-be buyers. But tell me this: Would you pay $41,000 for a car that can only travel 40 all-electric miles per charge? That $41,000 price tag's what General Motors announced for its 2011 Chevy Volt earlier today.  Read more

Can living green make you look gorgeous? Ask Gorgeously Green author Sophie Uliano, and she'll say yes -- and you'll save green too. The trim and energetic 45-year-old environmentalist is out with a new book -- Do It Gorgeously: How to Make Less Toxic, Less Expensive, and More Beautiful Products -- a can-do girly guide to green DIY tips that'll save you money and make you more self-sufficient -- all while looking good and doing good for the planet.  Read more

Want to drop a size or two without changing your diet or putting in more hours at the gym? Start taking public transit!  Read more

Last Saturday, I got to go to a celebrity-studded beach party for a few hundred in Santa Monica. That may sound like an exclusive Hollywood industry soiree, but it was actually a grassroots, environmental activist event called Hands Across the Sand -- open to anyone and everyone who came to Santa Monica beach. And actresses Amy Smart and Rosario Dawson just happened to be among the 500 activists who showed up.  Read more