With a passion for food and green living,

Renée Loux, TV show host of "It's Easy Being Green", has been called a "green guru" and coined as the "Queen of Green". With a life-long passion for the environment around her as well as her culinary prowess, Renée moved to Maui, Hawaii in 1995 as a chef for a destination resort. In 1996 she opened one of America's first raw foods restaurants, The Raw Experience, in Paia on the north shore of Maui. She helped to create the next generation of restaurants, with great organic fare, classes on raw food preparation and nutrition, live music, an intern program and a deep commitment to sourcing local, sustainably-grown produce.

Having sold her share in the restaurant to her partner in 1999, she began to work privately in celebrity circles, teach culinary arts at the School for Natural Gourmet in New York City and consult for spas, restaurants and hotels, focusing on green living. Renée is the author of two cookbooks, Living Cuisine (Penguin-Avery) and The Balanced Plate (Rodale), and has starred alongside Woody Harrelson in the film Go Further.

Mike Meyers says, "Renée is the type of spiritual seeker who not only speaks of their ideals, but lives them out as well. She believes that spirituality requires a soldier's discipline and not just a bumper sticker's bromide."

Woody Harrelson calls her "a striking green-eyed wonder and taste master ... with revolutionary thinking about food."

Alicia Silverstone calls her the "Green Martha Stewart".

Dr. Dean Ornish says, "Renée brings such an extraordinarily satisfying approach to food and to her life. Her passion and balanced approach is at once sensually gratifying and thoroughly wholesome."

And, it's Alice Cooper who has aptly named her the "Queen of Green".

Renée has appeared on numerous TV shows including Emeril Live and the Today Show for her expertise on organic food and green living. She works as an eco-advisor and environmental consultant for companies, hotels, spas, restaurants, events and film festivals and sits on the board of Exhale Spas, where she has collaborated to design and formulate Exhale's GRN line of eco-conscious and mindfully designed skin care products. Renée lives in Maui, Hawaii with her husband, Shep Gordon, in a house on the beach powered by solar energy.

Easy Green Living – the ultimate guide to simple, eco-friendly choices for you and your home, foreword by Mike Meyers (Rodale 2008)

The Balanced Plate – the essential elements of whole food and good health, foreword by Dr. Dean Ornish (Rodale 2006)

Living Cuisine – the art and spirit of raw foods, foreword by Woody Harrelson (Penguin Avery 2003)

Facing Farmer's Future – essential information about GMO in Hawaii (HIGEAN 2006)

How to Go Further – a guide to Simple Organic Living with Woody Harrelson and Friends (Warwick Publishing 2005)

Host of It's Easy Being Green, Fine Living Network (2007, 2008 series)
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The Today Show – NBC
Emeril Live – The Food Network
The Fashion Team – TV Guide Channel
Pure & Simple – Lime TV
Healing Quest – PBS
The Hippy Gourmet – PBS
Canada AM

GO Further – a film with Woody Harrelson & Friends
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Raw Experience, owner, executive chef (1996-2000)
Paia, Maui, Hawaii

Maui Film Festival
Maui, Hawaii
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Nectar Eco Boutique
Ashland, Oregon

Candle 79, NYC
154 E. 79th St (@ Lexington), NY, NY

Candle Café
1307 E. 3rd AVE (@ 75th st), NY, NY
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Mala
Wailea, Maui, Hawaii
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Simon L.A. at the Sofitel
8555 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, CA
310.358.3979
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Board Member of Exhale Spas
Brentwood Associates
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Board Member of Maui Tomorrow
Land Use Planning, Community Design
and Responsible Growth for Maui County
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