FEATURES Green Materials Interview Personal Space INSIDE From the Editor Publisher's Note Entryway Sustainable Home Area Spotlight In the Kitchen In the Studio House Horoscopes Back Porch RESOURCES Real Estate Listings Business Directory

New York HOUSE Magazine — August 2006 > View the eMagazine—our digital edition FEATURE STORY: Lyon?s Farm House BY TONY SEIDEMAN How Simone and Jeff Shapiro brought new life to an aging farmhouse in Katonah and turned it into a Colonial English estate. FEATURE STORY: Top Counters BY JIM ANDREWS AND CONSTANCE CARLSON The best in green countertops and how to find them. BEST IN GREEN BUILDING COMPETITION Click here to learn more! FEATURE STORY: The Not So Big Interview BY JIM ANDREWS A visit with architect and best-selling author Sarah Susanka, the creator of the Not So Big House. FROM THE EDITOR: Bittersweet PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Just One Thing... ENTRYWAY: Summer?s End SUSTAINABLE HOME: Marmoleum & Green on Display An old-time natural product, and a national exhibit on green home building. AREA SPOTLIGHT: City of Change IN THE KITCHEN: Fresh Appeal Fine-feathered friends?and their fresh, colorful eggs?in the exurbs. IN THE STUDIO: Spirit Moves Exploring the potential of wood with furniture maker Gerard Ryan. HOUSE HOROSCOPES: August Home Horoscopes August is a momentous month in the cosmic history of the Earth. BACK PORCH: Ice Cream Journals The trouble with living in the Hudson Valley in the summertime.

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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

Best in Green Building Competition 08
See the innovative & inspiring homes submitted!

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