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From the New York Times about Bill Nye: This old house: It wasn’t green when I bought it two years ago. It had single-paned windows, a heat-pump-style air-conditioning and heating system and all incandescent lights. First green renovation: The first thing I did was replace the incandescent light bulbs. It’s always shade-grown organic coffee. Favorite memento: I did a show called “Bill Nye, the Science Guy,” which ran on PBS in the 1990s. Healthy competition: I’ve got to crush Ed Begley! He lives down the street. Best addition: My solar panels. Lab work: I drink my lemonade in a beaker.
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Prized collection: These small, handheld objects that demonstrate various scientific phenomena. Lawn doctor: I got rid of the big water-wasting lawn in the backyard and replaced it with vegetable gardens. That’s cut my water use by about 50 percent.
Greengrocer: I never buy lettuce anymore. Right now I grow six different types of lettuce. Chard. Comfort food: A single slice of organically raised bacon, from the froufrou hippie grocery down the street. Solar systems: The solar panels are for electricity. Then there is a solar collector for hot water. A low-power pump, about 30 watts, moves water through a tank after the sun heats the water. It works very well. For hot water and heat I pay around $100 a month. Now the patio is cool and comfortable and shades the house.
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Natural lighting: I have a skylight with a domed lens over it that conducts light through mirrored tubes. Exotic souvenir: I was in India for the International Astronautical Congress, and I bought this marble Lazy Susan. Treasured object: The table in the backyard, which is built from Australian jarrah wood. Bigfoot: Planes are the biggest percentage of my carbon footprint. But I have to travel all the time for work, so I buy carbon credits from a company that invests in CO2-free energy. I’ll have to travel light enough to fit my luggage on the bike.
Obsession: I love swing dancing. The big thing you wear is swing pants. It’s beautiful.
Border patrol: My neighbor has lived here since 1947. The fence between our houses was falling down, so I got contractors to take it apart and replace the fence posts with plastic lumber.
Worst thing about house: It is under the flight path for Burbank airport.
Guilty pleasure: Martinis.
Nothing gives me greater joy than riding my bike.