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New York HOUSE Magazine — October 2007 > View the eMagazine—our digital edition FEATURE STORY: It's Not Easy Being Green BY SYLVIA O'HAGAN A family builds a super-efficient Energy Star home in Scarsdale but has to fight the town for the right to install solar panels. FEATURE STORY: The Green Way BY NANCY A. RUHLING Developer Jonathan Rose reimagines the built environment along traditional, and sustainable, community patterns. His latest project is Via Verde, in the Bronx. BEST IN GREEN BUILDING COMPETITION Click here to learn more! FEATURE STORY: Ecobath BY KAJA GAM Complex, even daunting, but never boring--that's how designer Kaja Gam describes her bathroom renovation projects. In this article, she updates a home's master bath and powder room with sleek, sustainable appointments. FROM THE EDITOR: Open Houses PUBLISHER'S NOTE: A Carbon-Neutral Legislature? ENTRYWAY: Autumn Fest LIVE/WORK: Live/Work A sustainable home store and design service in Mount Vernon; giving toddlers a boost; a consumers' guide to buying solar. SUSTAINABLE NY: October 2007 AREA SPOTLIGHT: Catskill: The Cat's Meow GREEN ADVOCATE: Water Bottles Everywhere Jeff Golden calculates the environmental costs of bottled water. HOME STYLE: Getting Comfortable The design team of Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, on success and a new book. HOUSE HOROSCOPES: October Home Horoscopes Eric Francis Coppolino brings you the news from the stars for October. BACK PORCH: Safety First One writer reflects on the desire for security.

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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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