News Releases
‘GREEN’ STYLE FOR SPRING
BEST GREEN PLACES IN AMERICA – Page 68
Country Home announces the Best Green Places to Live in America – the result of an extensive nationwide study gives the first ever look at which cities, companies and people are actually taking action on the green movement. Country Home partnered with Sperling’s BestPlaces and examined everything from air and watershed quality, miles of mass transit, power usage, farmers markets, organic producers, and more (24 data metrics in 5 major categories in total) in the country’s 369 metro areas to arrive at the final 2007 Best Green Places to Live study results. Visit www.countryhome.com for more information and to tell us how your hometown is being green.
1. Burlington, VT
2. Ithaca, NY
3. Corvallis, OR
4. Springfield, MA
5. Wenatchee, WA
NATURALLY AT HOME WITH DANNY SEO – Page 96
Country Home Eco-Editor opens the doors to his Pennsylvania cottage that is an ode to eco-living. Danny shares his easy, creative ideas for decorating the natural way. His easy-to-follows tips and clever ideas will inspire everyone to make their home a little more green and stylish.
MAKE YOUR HOME GREEN AND GORGEOUS – Page 24
Create a cozy country room that’s also eco-savvy by following Country Home’s three Rs of home decorating: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
o Reduce: use more sustainable materials, such as hemp and linen to cover pillows, upholstery and floor.
o Reuse: shop salvage and antiques shops. Antiques have character, save something from a landfill and encourage less production
o Recycle: choose home items made from reclaimed wood, crafted from junk and made from recycled materials
DIY – TRASH INTO TREASURE – Page 36
Recycle the junk drawer with ideas from Eco-Editor Danny Seo. Danny teaches you how to turn stray items – buttons, stubby crayons, chopsticks, and even used pencils – into stylish, functional new things. Also, the inveterate recyclers, the JunkMarket Girls, create a screen organizer, galvanized window well table, ceramic tile tray and chic towel bar from items easy to find at flea markets, resuse centers or even in your own garage.
CLOTHES WITH A CONSCIENCE – Page 56
Country Home shows you the stylish threads that are eco-friendly and anything but boring. Shoes and bags to jewelry, watches and jeans and more that will let you shop in good conscience.
NATURE’S BEST BEAUTY PRODUCTS – Page 62
This roundup of nature’s best beauty products reminds us that for the best beauty advice, we all should look to natural ingredients that are gentle on our skin, cruelty-free, and environmentally friendly. Country Home breaks it down, ingredient-by-ingredient.
BUILDING & CLEANING WITH GREEN GIANTS – Page 78 and 106
Check out the experts’ favorite easy-on-the-environment building materials and home products. From insulation, flooring and plaster to tile, cleaners and drawer pulls, there are plenty of green choices that will never ask you to sacrifice quality, performance or style. Eco-innovations in paint, textiles and wallpaper make decorating smarter and safer Give your home a new look and a fresh, clean spring start that you can feel good about.
EARTH DAY DINNER – Page 112
Country Home turned to the Kitchen Café in Boulder, Colorado (#7 Green Place in America) for menu fit for Earth Day, or any day, that celebrates fresh, locally harvested food. Pull up a chair and let the fare inspire you with recipes for Wood Roasted Pork with Fennel and Mushrooms, Fava Bean and Beet Bruschetta, Roasted Carrots with Cumin, Sticky Toffee Pudding and more.
The April issue of Country Home is on newsstands March 20th.
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