FEATURES Kitchens Sustainability Personal Space INSIDE From the Editor Publisher's Note Entryway Area Spotlight Green Advocate In the Garden Farm Notes House Horoscopes Back Porch RESOURCES Real Estate Listings Business Directory

New York HOUSE Magazine — February 2007 > View the eMagazine—our digital edition FEATURE STORY: Natural Balance BY CONSTANCE CARLSON In rural Dutchess County, one couple creates a Southwestern-style wooded sanctuary built of an ecofriendly concrete compound. FEATURE STORY: Kitchen Innovations BY RACHEL X. WEISSMAN Better performance in kitchen appliances means new and more efficient ways to cook, clean, store, preserve, entertain?and show off. BEST IN GREEN BUILDING COMPETITION Click here to learn more! FEATURE STORY: Green Streets BY NANCY A. RUHLING Zipcar, the nation?s leading car-sharing service, teams up with residential developers to get drivers on, and off, the road. FROM THE EDITOR: Future Shock PUBLISHER'S NOTE: State of the State ENTRYWAY: Winter?s Waning AREA SPOTLIGHT: Kingston: Once and Future GREEN ADVOCATE: Peak Oil and Our Future Predicting the long-term effects, on our homes and communities, of the end of cheap oil. IN THE GARDEN: Lessons from Kyoto Finding inspiration in the ingenious and lavishly tended gardens of Japan. FARM NOTES: The Hardest Part For this farmer, selling vegetables is more difficult than growing them. HOUSE HOROSCOPES: February Home Horoscopes February has a series of aspects that magnifies things beyond all proportion. BACK PORCH: A Critter for All Seasons One writer on anticipating visitors great and small at her mountain home.

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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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