I think I'm considered fairly extreme in my animal rights and environmental views compared to most folks here, but even I read Alicia Silverstone's blog sometimes and think "she can live that way?". She avoids plastics, processed food, and more to the extent that it seems downright impractical and cut off from mainstream society. It's like she never buys a mainstream brand of anything. She won't let her son play with plastic toys, even used ones from thrift stores, and her brand of veganism is closer to macrobiotics, with just about any kind of processed food shunned. If that's how she wants to live, good for her, but it doesn't strike me as a very easy or practical lifestyle to promote to the masses.