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New York HOUSE Magazine — December 2006 > View the eMagazine—our digital edition FEATURE STORY: Building a Healthy Home BY CATHY GRIER How one couple worked closely with their architect and builder to create a beautiful, sustainable, and healthy home in rural Columbia County. FEATURE STORY: Higher & Greener BY NANCY RUHLING Riverhouse, the green luxury condominium being built in Battery Park City, promises new heights in ecofriendly building and design. BEST IN GREEN BUILDING COMPETITION Click here to learn more! FEATURE STORY: Green Gifts for the Home BY SUSAN PIPERATO Our holiday gifts include items that have been created by hand or locally, and use ingenuity as well as natural, recycled, or fairly traded materials, proving that sustainable also means beautiful. FROM THE EDITOR: Informed Choices PUBLISHER'S NOTE: New Additions ENTRYWAY: Looking Toward the Light AREA SPOTLIGHT: Famous, & Family-Friendly IN THE KITCHEN: Savories & Sweets Whatever your traditions, holidays are a time for sharing food. NEIGHBORS: Home Life, Home Girl Pam Socolow at home with her family life organizer. HOUSE HOROSCOPES: December Home Horoscopes This was a year of rest in contrast to what adventures await us in 2007. BACK PORCH: Flown One writer?s reflections from a nest newly emptied.

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GREEN EVENTS

> 9/16 – 9/17—East Coast Green – Meeting The Architecture 2030 Goals (Atlantic City). Sustainability is one of AIA's top priorities and climate change is everyone's concern, crossing state and regional boundaries. This conference will seek to benchmark how we are doing at meeting the Architecture 2030 goals and what still needs to be done. Bally's Hotel Casino, Atlantic City, NJ. All Day. More info here.
> Ongoing—WATER: H2O = LIFE (New York City). Examine the most vital liquid on Earth through a series of exhibits at the American Museum of Natural History.
> E-mail us to list your event here

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RESOURCES
> New Jersey & Company — Business & Green news
> NYInc — Business & Green news
> NY House Magazine — Green Real Estate
> The Daily Green — The consumer's guide to green
> Green Inc. Blog — NYTimes.com — Energy and Green Business

GREEN NEWS SOURCES
> Alternative Energy News
> Climate Biz
> Climate Change News Digest
> Environmental News Network
> Global Climate Change from BBC News
> Green Business News
> GreenBiz.com
> Green Tech from CNET
> Greener Choices from Consumer Reports
> Greentech Media
> Greenwire
> Point Carbon
> Renewable Energy World
> Yale Environment 360
> Washington Post: Green Science. Policy. Living

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CONTESTS/COMPETITIONS

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