Brandon Villa of Redlands learned about the event from the newspaper. REDLANDS - Television actor and environmentalist Ed Begley Jr. visited the Redlands Barnes & Noble store Monday to sign his new book, "Living Like Ed - A Guide to the Eco-Friendly Life."
"I appreciate him writing the book," said Rick Bennett of Redlands. "I graduated Earth Day year 1970 from high school, so it's kind of right in my time frame. I try to do my best. I have my own home, so I try to do what I can."
Bennett saw an advertisment about Begley's visit in the store window while shopping at the Redlands Barnes & Noble a few weeks earlier.
"I think it's great," Bennett said. "It's a thing that passes politics, nothing to do with conservative or liberal or that kind of thing. It's just something we all need to do. It's something that I think is important."
"My mom actually cut it out of the newspaper and she put it on the fridge and I was like, 'Oh, cool!,' " Villa said. "I was very excited about it."
The same enthusiasm came from many other people anticipating their meeting with Begley.
"I think it's very important," Villa said. "It's pretty cool that he's able to basically break it down from if you're struggling like he was to where you are actually able to do more things. He makes suggestions."
The public thought it was nice to see a star who cared so much about making it easier for the average person to conserve.
"It's nice to be able to meet somebody that you see and watch on TV, and it's going to be a great book to read," John Bay said. "It's something that everybody can use very easily in their daily lives, so I think it's a great thing. It doesn't take much effort."
Earlier this year Highland built a green-friendly library, and after the book signing, Begley spoke at the library on conservancy and being green-friendly.
"We just built a new building in Highland, the Sam Racadio Library and Environmental Learning Center, and we thought it would be a perfect compliment to have Ed Begley come," said Jessica Sutorus of the Highland library.
"His book has just been released, and we're a library environmental learning center. It was a perfect fit."
Begley has great enthusiasm for being green-friendly "The book is about everyday tips on being green," Sutorus said. "So we were excited to invite him over."
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