Alicia Silverstone will forever be famous for her starring role in Clueless, but if you ask her, she’ll probably tell you that the most clueless thing in her past was her animal product-including diet. The gone-green star has been living a vegan lifestyle for about 11 years and she advocates the switch to everyone for health, beauty and environmental reasons. In fact, Silverstone supports the switch so much that she’s penned a book (titled The Kind Diet) on the subject, and in conjunction with the book release, she’s launched a website called The Kind Life.

On her website, Silverstone promises she will offer up a steady stream of information on eco-focused advice on a range of topics (food, health, house, style, and environment). Unlike Gwyneth Paltrow’s GOOP e-newsletter, however, The Kind Life site also features a forum where readers can participate in a green social network and provide ideas for each other. Click here to read more

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Sudsing up with a bar of soap might seem old-fashioned, but if you want the healthiest choice for the planet and for your skin it’s the clear winner. Start by looking at the packaging—if anything, a bar only needs a paper sleeve, which is easy to recycle. Shower gel on the other hand, comes in a manufactured plastic or heavy glass bottle and requires more energy for transportation. The production process for bar soap is less energy-intensive, too.

Compare the ingredient lists and the scale tips in favor of bar soaps again—many natural and organic formulas have fewer than five ingredients making them just about the purest cleansers you can buy! They don’t need the laundry list of synthetic chemicals like petroleum (not something you want to wash with!), sulfates (a harsh foaming agent) or preservatives (like parabens) that liquids do. Click here to read more

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