Susan Jablon Mosaics.com Introduces "ORGANiKS" - 100% Certified Recycled Mosaic Glass Tile PDF Print E-mail
Susan Jablon Mosaics has received international attention for bringing affordable luxury and incredible products to the marketplace. She stocks architectural levels of glass mosaics, river stone and stainless steel in three warehouses, located in Florida, New York and New Jersey. In her studio in Upstate NY, a team of artists create cutting edge glass tile blends for homeowners, builders, designers and architects, pool builders, landscape architects, restaurant and hotel renovators, casino installations, as well as TV and movie set designers. "Our goal is to create incredible combinations of glass, stainless steel and river stone, and have them affordably priced for both the wholesale and retail marketplace," states Susan, "we are a company committed to excellence, both personally and professionally. Bringing this 100% certified recycled glass mosaic tile to market is a hallmark of this commitment."
In January, "ORGANiKS" 100% Certified Recycled Glass Mosaic Tile was selected as the tile product of choice for the Better Homes and Gardens 2008 Green Home Show tour, where custom ORGANiKS blends were created and installed in the kitchen and the bathroom sets. The tour began February 29th in Hartford, CT. and includes additional markets in New York, Los Angeles, D.C., Miami, Atlanta, Nashville, Austin, Phoenix and Las Vegas.
Green is indeed the new Red, White, and Blue, and Susan Jablon Mosaics is squarely on the mark.
Susan Jablon Mosaics
408 Front Street
Vestal, NY 13850
Telephone: 607-239-5147
Fax: 607-748-2303
Saturday, March 22, 2008
The GreenMarket.Ca endorses ORGANiKS, Susan JablonMosaics 100% Certified Recycled Glass Mosaic Tile in Canada
SHIPPING 100% Recycled Certified Glass Mosaic Tile to CANADA!
Susan Jablon Mosaics
By thegreenmarket contributor on March 22, 2008 6:09 AM
Online site that sells 100% certified recycled glass mosaic tiles.
Susan Jablon Mosaics is a 6-year old internet business. We now carry a line called ORGANiKS which is a 3rd party certified 100% recycled - A PDF of certification isavailable for review!
Please refer to this link to see the process that is undertaken in the creation of this fabulous product.
http://www.susanjablonmosaics.com/glass-tile/organiks-100-percent-green-product.html
It comes in 85-100 different colors in three sizes and can be blended to each individuals color preferences!
With concerns about the environment, this link to our blog addresses a variety of questions:
http://glassmosaictile.blogspot.com/2008/01/what-does-leed-certification-mean-and.html
Better Homes and Gardens has picked this product as their recycled tile line for the 2008 Green Home Show Tour in the US. We are also excited to say that going green doesn't mean expensive. We invite you to compare our selection and prices. We also offer wholesale accounts to builders, resellers, architects and designers.
Website: www.susanjablonmosaics.com
Online store that ships to Canada via UPS.
Susan Jablon Mosaics
By thegreenmarket contributor on March 22, 2008 6:09 AM
Online site that sells 100% certified recycled glass mosaic tiles.
Susan Jablon Mosaics is a 6-year old internet business. We now carry a line called ORGANiKS which is a 3rd party certified 100% recycled - A PDF of certification isavailable for review!
Please refer to this link to see the process that is undertaken in the creation of this fabulous product.
http://www.susanjablonmosaics.com/glass-tile/organiks-100-percent-green-product.html
It comes in 85-100 different colors in three sizes and can be blended to each individuals color preferences!
With concerns about the environment, this link to our blog addresses a variety of questions:
http://glassmosaictile.blogspot.com/2008/01/what-does-leed-certification-mean-and.html
Better Homes and Gardens has picked this product as their recycled tile line for the 2008 Green Home Show Tour in the US. We are also excited to say that going green doesn't mean expensive. We invite you to compare our selection and prices. We also offer wholesale accounts to builders, resellers, architects and designers.
Website: www.susanjablonmosaics.com
Online store that ships to Canada via UPS.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Susan Jablon designs the 5th Season Set of the hit Fox TV show Hells Kitchen! Blue Team and Red Team. Airs April 1, 2008
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Susan Jablon Mosaics has done all sorts of cool gigs, such as designs for the set of Hell’s Kitchen and for the shows Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and TLC’s While You Were Out. Nice stuff! Oh, yeah… and they deliver.
That chef better not ever yell at me! :
PR.COM Announces Susan Jablon Mosaics release of 100% Recycled Certified Glass Mosaic Tile
Susan Jablon Mosaics.com Introduces "ORGANiKS" - 100% Certified Recycled Mosaic Glass Tile
International attention has been gained with the introduction by Susan Jablon Mosaics of "ORGANiKS" — 100% Certified Recycled Mosaic Glass Tile. This introduction has also brought jobs to the local economy.
Vestal, NY, March 21, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Susan Jablon Mosaics has received international attention for bringing affordable luxury and incredible products to the marketplace. She stocks architectural levels of glass mosaics, river stone and stainless steel in three warehouses, located in Florida, New York and New Jersey. In her studio in Upstate NY, a team of artists create cutting edge glass tile blends for homeowners, builders, designers and architects, pool builders, landscape architects, restaurant and hotel renovators, casino installations, as well as TV and movie set designers. "Our goal is to create incredible combinations of glass, stainless steel and river stone, and have them affordably priced for both the wholesale and retail marketplace," states Susan, "we are a company committed to excellence, both personally and professionally. Bringing this 100% certified recycled glass mosaic tile to market is a hallmark of this commitment."
In January, "ORGANiKS" 100% Certified Recycled Glass Mosaic Tile was selected as the tile product of choice for the Better Homes and Gardens 2008 Green Home Show tour, where custom ORGANiKS blends were created and installed in the kitchen and the bathroom sets. The tour began February 29th in Hartford, CT. and includes additional markets in New York, Los Angeles, D.C., Miami, Atlanta, Nashville, Austin, Phoenix and Las Vegas.
Green is indeed the new Red, White, and Blue, and Susan Jablon Mosaics is squarely on the mark.
Susan Jablon Mosaics
408 Front Street
Vestal, NY 13850
Telephone: 607-239-5147
Fax: 607-748-2303
International attention has been gained with the introduction by Susan Jablon Mosaics of "ORGANiKS" — 100% Certified Recycled Mosaic Glass Tile. This introduction has also brought jobs to the local economy.
Vestal, NY, March 21, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Susan Jablon Mosaics has received international attention for bringing affordable luxury and incredible products to the marketplace. She stocks architectural levels of glass mosaics, river stone and stainless steel in three warehouses, located in Florida, New York and New Jersey. In her studio in Upstate NY, a team of artists create cutting edge glass tile blends for homeowners, builders, designers and architects, pool builders, landscape architects, restaurant and hotel renovators, casino installations, as well as TV and movie set designers. "Our goal is to create incredible combinations of glass, stainless steel and river stone, and have them affordably priced for both the wholesale and retail marketplace," states Susan, "we are a company committed to excellence, both personally and professionally. Bringing this 100% certified recycled glass mosaic tile to market is a hallmark of this commitment."
In January, "ORGANiKS" 100% Certified Recycled Glass Mosaic Tile was selected as the tile product of choice for the Better Homes and Gardens 2008 Green Home Show tour, where custom ORGANiKS blends were created and installed in the kitchen and the bathroom sets. The tour began February 29th in Hartford, CT. and includes additional markets in New York, Los Angeles, D.C., Miami, Atlanta, Nashville, Austin, Phoenix and Las Vegas.
Green is indeed the new Red, White, and Blue, and Susan Jablon Mosaics is squarely on the mark.
Susan Jablon Mosaics
408 Front Street
Vestal, NY 13850
Telephone: 607-239-5147
Fax: 607-748-2303
Monday, March 17, 2008
check out Jablon’s line of recycled glass mosaics called Organiks. It can be used for countertops, back-splashes, showers, floors, pools and spas. It
Design green right into your decor
By GERI PARLIN / La Crosse Tribune
The hot new color in home decorating this season is green. No, you don’t have to paint your kitchen green or buy a green couch. But if you want to be hip to the latest trends, you may want to consider a kitchen countertop made of recycled car windshields or think about installing a programmable thermostat.
Interior designer and lifestyle enthusiast Libby Langdon said she is learning to incorporate “green” into her design work. She has joined Better Homes and Gardens and Green Works on The Living Green Tour and Exhibit that is traveling nationwide to educate consumers on how they can make the interior design of their homes better for the environment.
Even though she is new to green design, Langdon said she has discovered some smart solutions for consumers who want to live in a beautiful home that also is eco-friendly.
“What is so exciting about this pro-ject is that before this, I was aware of the green movement but hadn’t incorporated a lot of those elements into my designs. It has been so thrilling to work on this initiative and discover how many beautiful products have been created with the planet in mind to incorporate into interior design.”
Though the tour is not stopping in La Crosse, Langdon was happy to share some of the new products and ideas she has discovered for green living:
n The biggest notion is about repurposing, Langdon said. And the most obvious way of repurposing is to take something you already own and use it in a new way. For her, that meant taking her pine French country furniture and painting it glossy black. It totally changed her space “from French Country to Uber Mod,” Langdon said.
n If you don’t already own a piece for repurposing, then head to the flea market or your favorite thrift shop.
“You take old furniture from flea markets and thrift shops and use them in a completely new way. You’re using something already existing on the planet so trees don’t have to be cut down.”
To demonstrate that for the exhibit, she showed how baby furniture, such as a changing table, can be transformed when your baby grows up. By refacing the changing table and adding new knobs and a mirror, Langdon said, “Then it can be used as a console under a television.”
Or turn a dresser into a vanity.
Your only limit, Langdon said, is your imagination.
“And flea markets are the hip thing. You can take a bunch of different mismatched flea market items, paint with low-toxin paint, and create your own look and make your own style. If you paint a bunch of different items all white or high gloss black,” she said, you have an entirely different but unified look.
— Think beyond the obvious. It’s easy to see how painting a dresser could give it a fresh, new look, Langdon said. Now look around you and start using your imagination. “It’s the notion of taking items that are already on the planet and using them in different ways. Use towel bars as racks in hallways. You have to look at it with an open mind.”
— Turn down the thermostat.
“I have to tell you, I used to be one of those people who would keep my thermostat up. Now, with everything so expensive, I’ve lowered my thermostat and I wear an extra sweater. And I have saved so much money,” Langdon said. “I have a house in Sag Harbor that costs a fortune to heat. It’s kind of nice right now because it’s March and all the great cashmere sweaters are on sale,” she said, so buy yourself a beautiful sweater and wear as it you save money with your lowered thermostat.
And to make it really easy, install a programmable thermostat which can be programmed for a lower temperature while you sleep and while you’re gone from the house. “That’s definitely the way to go.”
— Invest in a good cloth bag and then take it with you to the grocery store. You can use it again and again and it will hold more and not be in danger of ripping like paper and plastic bags. “I have these reusable bags from IKEA. You save so much plastic. I have been doing that for a while. I hate the exercise of bringing in 900 bags from the grocery store. It’s so much easier if you have a few strong, sturdy bags.”
— Instead of a note pad for leaving family members notes, use a ceramic tile and a dry erase marker. That’s less paper to toss and it’s a fun way to leave messages. “People love writing on tiles.”
— Pay bills online and cut down on the amount of mail you receive. “It’s so frustrating how much paper you get in your mailbox.”
— Use a little bit less water. Don’t leave the water running when you’re brushing your teeth and don’t let the shower warm up for five minutes before climbing in.
— Think about green products when you are remodeling or building your house.
“There are a lot of really neat products. I’m crazy about EnviroGLAS in Plano, Texas. He takes tinted car windshields and beer bottles and old toilets and bathtubs and he grinds it up and makes the most beautiful countertops. In the kitchen, I did a countertop with chips of green, brown and clear glass. It costs less than granite and it’s very hip. It is so neat.”
— Readjust your thinking about green building and design. Artists have gotten in on the green movement, Langdon said, and green products are just as beautiful as other home decor products.
“I’m meeting a bunch of different people who are passionate about recycling, passionate about beautiful design. It has to be as beautiful or more beautiful than what’s out there,” she said. “This is not a mud hut with a thatched roof. It’s beautiful, chic and stylish. We had to get the artists into the green movement. They had to care about the aesthetic.”
It’s also becoming more affordable, Langdon said. “We can’t promote this if it is more expensive” than traditional design products.
— One of her favorite new products is a glass mosaic tile made by Susan Jablon Mosaics. “She takes car windshields, grinds them up, and turns them into glass mosaic tile. They’re to die for, in any color you want.”
— Cork and bamboo flooring. “The flooring is beautiful. And the cork is a byproduct of the bottle stopper industry,” she said, so the flooring is making good use of a byproduct. As for bamboo, that’s not even wood. It’s a renewable grass that grows quickly.
— Make it a point to look for green products because they’re more available now than ever. “There are all kinds of things online,” Langdon said. “You can discover things online that your local home improvement store might not think of. You don’t have to look too far to find lots of tips on green building.”
— Don’t be intimidated. Even doing one green thing is better than doing none, Langdon said.
“If everybody starts doing it, it will make a difference. For kids now, when they grow up it’s going to be a way of life. Green is not going away. It went from being a trend to being a lifestyle. This is here to stay. This is going to be normal.”
Geri Parlin can be reached at gparlin@lacrossetribune.com or (608) 791-8225.
Check it out
For more green products and tips, visit these Web sites:
www.enviroglasproducts.com to read more about EnviroGLAS, the Plano, Texas, company that uses waste glass aggregate to make countertops, terrazzo flooring and landscape mulch.
www.ecofriendlyflooring.com to find out about cork, bamboo and other eco-friendly flooring alternatives. The company is woman-owned and is headquartered in Madison, Wis.
www.corkdirect.com for information on cork flooring.
www.plyboo.com for information on plyboo flooring, bamboo flooring and other flooring alternatives.
www.ecofriendly.com for information on recycled metal tiles and recycled glass tiles.
www.susanjablonmosaics.com to check out Jablon’s line of recycled glass mosaics called Organiks. It can be used for countertops, back-splashes, showers, floors, pools and spas. It is water- and fire-resistant.
www.bhg.com for information on how to join Better Homes and Gardens’ Living Green project. You sign up on the Web site and then get tips on how to live green. Yes, they’ll offer you a chance to buy their magazine, but you don’t have to subscribe in order to participate.
About Libby Langdon
She’s an interior designer and expert commentator on HGTV’s “Small Space, Big Style.” She founded Libby Interiors in 2003 and has completed commercial and residential design projects all around the country. She has designed private residences in New York’s Sagaponack and Southampton as well as apartments in New York City and the Rhode Island home of golfer Brad Faxon
By GERI PARLIN / La Crosse Tribune
The hot new color in home decorating this season is green. No, you don’t have to paint your kitchen green or buy a green couch. But if you want to be hip to the latest trends, you may want to consider a kitchen countertop made of recycled car windshields or think about installing a programmable thermostat.
Interior designer and lifestyle enthusiast Libby Langdon said she is learning to incorporate “green” into her design work. She has joined Better Homes and Gardens and Green Works on The Living Green Tour and Exhibit that is traveling nationwide to educate consumers on how they can make the interior design of their homes better for the environment.
Even though she is new to green design, Langdon said she has discovered some smart solutions for consumers who want to live in a beautiful home that also is eco-friendly.
“What is so exciting about this pro-ject is that before this, I was aware of the green movement but hadn’t incorporated a lot of those elements into my designs. It has been so thrilling to work on this initiative and discover how many beautiful products have been created with the planet in mind to incorporate into interior design.”
Though the tour is not stopping in La Crosse, Langdon was happy to share some of the new products and ideas she has discovered for green living:
n The biggest notion is about repurposing, Langdon said. And the most obvious way of repurposing is to take something you already own and use it in a new way. For her, that meant taking her pine French country furniture and painting it glossy black. It totally changed her space “from French Country to Uber Mod,” Langdon said.
n If you don’t already own a piece for repurposing, then head to the flea market or your favorite thrift shop.
“You take old furniture from flea markets and thrift shops and use them in a completely new way. You’re using something already existing on the planet so trees don’t have to be cut down.”
To demonstrate that for the exhibit, she showed how baby furniture, such as a changing table, can be transformed when your baby grows up. By refacing the changing table and adding new knobs and a mirror, Langdon said, “Then it can be used as a console under a television.”
Or turn a dresser into a vanity.
Your only limit, Langdon said, is your imagination.
“And flea markets are the hip thing. You can take a bunch of different mismatched flea market items, paint with low-toxin paint, and create your own look and make your own style. If you paint a bunch of different items all white or high gloss black,” she said, you have an entirely different but unified look.
— Think beyond the obvious. It’s easy to see how painting a dresser could give it a fresh, new look, Langdon said. Now look around you and start using your imagination. “It’s the notion of taking items that are already on the planet and using them in different ways. Use towel bars as racks in hallways. You have to look at it with an open mind.”
— Turn down the thermostat.
“I have to tell you, I used to be one of those people who would keep my thermostat up. Now, with everything so expensive, I’ve lowered my thermostat and I wear an extra sweater. And I have saved so much money,” Langdon said. “I have a house in Sag Harbor that costs a fortune to heat. It’s kind of nice right now because it’s March and all the great cashmere sweaters are on sale,” she said, so buy yourself a beautiful sweater and wear as it you save money with your lowered thermostat.
And to make it really easy, install a programmable thermostat which can be programmed for a lower temperature while you sleep and while you’re gone from the house. “That’s definitely the way to go.”
— Invest in a good cloth bag and then take it with you to the grocery store. You can use it again and again and it will hold more and not be in danger of ripping like paper and plastic bags. “I have these reusable bags from IKEA. You save so much plastic. I have been doing that for a while. I hate the exercise of bringing in 900 bags from the grocery store. It’s so much easier if you have a few strong, sturdy bags.”
— Instead of a note pad for leaving family members notes, use a ceramic tile and a dry erase marker. That’s less paper to toss and it’s a fun way to leave messages. “People love writing on tiles.”
— Pay bills online and cut down on the amount of mail you receive. “It’s so frustrating how much paper you get in your mailbox.”
— Use a little bit less water. Don’t leave the water running when you’re brushing your teeth and don’t let the shower warm up for five minutes before climbing in.
— Think about green products when you are remodeling or building your house.
“There are a lot of really neat products. I’m crazy about EnviroGLAS in Plano, Texas. He takes tinted car windshields and beer bottles and old toilets and bathtubs and he grinds it up and makes the most beautiful countertops. In the kitchen, I did a countertop with chips of green, brown and clear glass. It costs less than granite and it’s very hip. It is so neat.”
— Readjust your thinking about green building and design. Artists have gotten in on the green movement, Langdon said, and green products are just as beautiful as other home decor products.
“I’m meeting a bunch of different people who are passionate about recycling, passionate about beautiful design. It has to be as beautiful or more beautiful than what’s out there,” she said. “This is not a mud hut with a thatched roof. It’s beautiful, chic and stylish. We had to get the artists into the green movement. They had to care about the aesthetic.”
It’s also becoming more affordable, Langdon said. “We can’t promote this if it is more expensive” than traditional design products.
— One of her favorite new products is a glass mosaic tile made by Susan Jablon Mosaics. “She takes car windshields, grinds them up, and turns them into glass mosaic tile. They’re to die for, in any color you want.”
— Cork and bamboo flooring. “The flooring is beautiful. And the cork is a byproduct of the bottle stopper industry,” she said, so the flooring is making good use of a byproduct. As for bamboo, that’s not even wood. It’s a renewable grass that grows quickly.
— Make it a point to look for green products because they’re more available now than ever. “There are all kinds of things online,” Langdon said. “You can discover things online that your local home improvement store might not think of. You don’t have to look too far to find lots of tips on green building.”
— Don’t be intimidated. Even doing one green thing is better than doing none, Langdon said.
“If everybody starts doing it, it will make a difference. For kids now, when they grow up it’s going to be a way of life. Green is not going away. It went from being a trend to being a lifestyle. This is here to stay. This is going to be normal.”
Geri Parlin can be reached at gparlin@lacrossetribune.com or (608) 791-8225.
Check it out
For more green products and tips, visit these Web sites:
www.enviroglasproducts.com to read more about EnviroGLAS, the Plano, Texas, company that uses waste glass aggregate to make countertops, terrazzo flooring and landscape mulch.
www.ecofriendlyflooring.com to find out about cork, bamboo and other eco-friendly flooring alternatives. The company is woman-owned and is headquartered in Madison, Wis.
www.corkdirect.com for information on cork flooring.
www.plyboo.com for information on plyboo flooring, bamboo flooring and other flooring alternatives.
www.ecofriendly.com for information on recycled metal tiles and recycled glass tiles.
www.susanjablonmosaics.com to check out Jablon’s line of recycled glass mosaics called Organiks. It can be used for countertops, back-splashes, showers, floors, pools and spas. It is water- and fire-resistant.
www.bhg.com for information on how to join Better Homes and Gardens’ Living Green project. You sign up on the Web site and then get tips on how to live green. Yes, they’ll offer you a chance to buy their magazine, but you don’t have to subscribe in order to participate.
About Libby Langdon
She’s an interior designer and expert commentator on HGTV’s “Small Space, Big Style.” She founded Libby Interiors in 2003 and has completed commercial and residential design projects all around the country. She has designed private residences in New York’s Sagaponack and Southampton as well as apartments in New York City and the Rhode Island home of golfer Brad Faxon
Sunday, March 16, 2008
BEtter Homes and Gardens offers Green competition using www.SusanJablonMosaics.com 100% recycled certified ORGANiKS Glass Mosaic Tile
Fine Living: Green your home, green your life
PJ Bremier
Article Launched: 03/15/2008 12:18:07 AM PDT
The bathroom in the Better Homes and Gardens Living Green Home features water-conserving fixtures and a low-flow toilet, tiles and countertop surface made from recycled wine bottles and car windshields, a cork floor and a sink vanity repurposed from a dresser. (Provided by Better Homes and Gardens/BHG.com )
Want to win a $15,000 "green" home makeover? Enter the viral "Go For the Green" campaign sponsored by Better Homes and Garden and the Clorox Co. on the magazine's Web site, www.BHG.com, and you can be eligible.
All you have to do is commit to simple weekly environmentally friendly changes such as turning off the water when brushing your teeth or running only fully loaded dishwashers and then pass on the campaign to a friend.
"These are really basic habits you can develop but, like any habit, you have to do them for a certain amount of time," says executive editor Kitty Morgan. "Besides, it makes the contest a little more fun."
The winner can expect to win many of the same products featured in the "Living Green" Tour and Exhibit on a 15-city tour. It stops at Union Square in San Francisco from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. March 21 and 22.
The 2,500-square foot tour "home" consists of four rooms showcasing energy-saving Bosch appliances and Pella doors and windows, Susan Jablon Mosaic's exclusive ORGANiK 100 % recycled glass mosaic tiles from recycled windshields, countertops from recycled porcelain, organic cotton and bamboo textiles and eco-friendly LEE furniture.
"It was important to us to have products at a good midpoint price range so that visitors could see not inexpensive, but affordable, mainstream products," Morgan says. "And, when the exhibit is broken down in October, as much as possible will be salvaged."
PJ Bremier
Article Launched: 03/15/2008 12:18:07 AM PDT
The bathroom in the Better Homes and Gardens Living Green Home features water-conserving fixtures and a low-flow toilet, tiles and countertop surface made from recycled wine bottles and car windshields, a cork floor and a sink vanity repurposed from a dresser. (Provided by Better Homes and Gardens/BHG.com )
Want to win a $15,000 "green" home makeover? Enter the viral "Go For the Green" campaign sponsored by Better Homes and Garden and the Clorox Co. on the magazine's Web site, www.BHG.com, and you can be eligible.
All you have to do is commit to simple weekly environmentally friendly changes such as turning off the water when brushing your teeth or running only fully loaded dishwashers and then pass on the campaign to a friend.
"These are really basic habits you can develop but, like any habit, you have to do them for a certain amount of time," says executive editor Kitty Morgan. "Besides, it makes the contest a little more fun."
The winner can expect to win many of the same products featured in the "Living Green" Tour and Exhibit on a 15-city tour. It stops at Union Square in San Francisco from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. March 21 and 22.
The 2,500-square foot tour "home" consists of four rooms showcasing energy-saving Bosch appliances and Pella doors and windows, Susan Jablon Mosaic's exclusive ORGANiK 100 % recycled glass mosaic tiles from recycled windshields, countertops from recycled porcelain, organic cotton and bamboo textiles and eco-friendly LEE furniture.
"It was important to us to have products at a good midpoint price range so that visitors could see not inexpensive, but affordable, mainstream products," Morgan says. "And, when the exhibit is broken down in October, as much as possible will be salvaged."
The Living Green Home will feature ORGANIKS 100% Recycled Glass tile from www.SusanJablonMosaics,com
Going green: Pros offer tips on environmentally friendly living
Green is officially and unequivocally "in" -- a mere 38 years since the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, was celebrated to promote concepts on how we might better care for the environment that sustains us.
While former Vice-President Al Gore's 2006 Academy Award-winning documentary on global warming, "An Inconvenient Truth," sounded an alarm, most Americans are only now beginning to implement simple ideas to save the Earth. Sure, we put our recyclables out on trash day, but, really, how many of us are toting re-usable, environmentally friendly bags to the grocery store every single trip or embracing fluorescent bulbs with gusto?
Suddenly, though, mainstream outlets are touting green lifestyles, making it easier to understand how we can make a responsible, even stylish, difference in home decor and construction.
HGTV, for instance, is for the first time building a Green Home, located in Tradition Hilton Head, a 5,300-acre master-planned community near the popular beach resort of Hilton Head, S.C. At just over 2,000 square feet, the fully furnished home has three bedrooms and two and a half baths, and features construction and design elements known to contribute to a more healthy living environment. (Follow the construction process and tour the house at HGTV.com/Green
When completed, the Green Home will have achieved a significant LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification. LEED for Homes, a voluntary rating system, is a project of the U.S. Green Building Council. Plus, the network is giving away the home and its contents, including a GMC Yukon hybrid, a package valued at approximately $850,000, during a March 21-May 9 Green Home Giveaway.
"We are aware that many of our viewers are interested in hearing more about green lifestyles," says HGTV president Jim Samples. "The giveaway provides an excellent opportunity to showcase examples of affordable, accessible and eco-friendly approaches to living."
The sweepstakes will kick off at 9 p.m. March 23, on the "HGTV Green Home 2008" special, and will be hosted by "Carter Can" handyman Carter Oosterhouse. (For Oosterhouse's energy-saving tips, see the box at lower right.)
How green is the Green Home?
Highlights include pervious pavement (using pavers on the driveway allows rainwater to naturally seep into the ground); limited turf (less time and money invested in maintenance); low-flow toilets; individual room controls for heating and cooling; tankless water heaters; Energy Star appliances; waterproofing; and rapidly renewable wood flooring, such as bamboo.
Better Homes and Gardens is hitting the road for a 15-city, seven-month tour of America to spread its green living message. (Detroit is not a tour stop.) Using bio-diesel to get moving, the tour will feature a 2,500-square-foot Living Green Home and highlight eco-friendly rooms, integrated throughout with green products, materials and appliances to promote energy efficiency and everyday environmental practices.
The goal is to help consumers save money, live healthier and conserve natural resources. Experts such as renovation specialist Steven J. Whittle and interior designer Libby Langdon will be on hand to share how small changes can make a big "green" impact.
"What is so exciting about this project is that, before this, I was aware of the green movement but hadn't incorporated a lot of those elements into my designs," Langdon says. "It's rewarding when people check out what we've done and get tips on how to make the Earth as well as their homes a more beautiful place to live."
The Living Green Home will feature kitchen counters made from recycled glass and bottles, tiles made from old car windshields, cork and bamboo floors, and soy-based couches and surfaces in a resource room made from recycled toilets.
Coastal Living's March issue devotes a section to eco-friendly home improvements. Tips include using paints and finishes that are low- or zero-VOC (volatile organic compounds), which are durable, cost-effective and less harmful to humans; properly insulating walls and ducts to decrease bills by 30 percent; using reclaimed wood flooring; and creating driveways of "grasscrete" -- crushed seashells to allow rain water to seep in the ground.
Finally, "Green Living for Dummies" (Wiley, $19.99) by Yvonne Jeffery, Liz Barclay and Michael Grosvenor is now in bookstores. It is chock-full of ideas and tips, and the authors even suggest that frequent fliers donate to tree-planting programs when buying plane tickets to offset the carbon dioxide produced by jet flights. It sounds far-fetched, but then so did global warming not so long ago.
Green is officially and unequivocally "in" -- a mere 38 years since the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, was celebrated to promote concepts on how we might better care for the environment that sustains us.
While former Vice-President Al Gore's 2006 Academy Award-winning documentary on global warming, "An Inconvenient Truth," sounded an alarm, most Americans are only now beginning to implement simple ideas to save the Earth. Sure, we put our recyclables out on trash day, but, really, how many of us are toting re-usable, environmentally friendly bags to the grocery store every single trip or embracing fluorescent bulbs with gusto?
Suddenly, though, mainstream outlets are touting green lifestyles, making it easier to understand how we can make a responsible, even stylish, difference in home decor and construction.
HGTV, for instance, is for the first time building a Green Home, located in Tradition Hilton Head, a 5,300-acre master-planned community near the popular beach resort of Hilton Head, S.C. At just over 2,000 square feet, the fully furnished home has three bedrooms and two and a half baths, and features construction and design elements known to contribute to a more healthy living environment. (Follow the construction process and tour the house at HGTV.com/Green
When completed, the Green Home will have achieved a significant LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification. LEED for Homes, a voluntary rating system, is a project of the U.S. Green Building Council. Plus, the network is giving away the home and its contents, including a GMC Yukon hybrid, a package valued at approximately $850,000, during a March 21-May 9 Green Home Giveaway.
"We are aware that many of our viewers are interested in hearing more about green lifestyles," says HGTV president Jim Samples. "The giveaway provides an excellent opportunity to showcase examples of affordable, accessible and eco-friendly approaches to living."
The sweepstakes will kick off at 9 p.m. March 23, on the "HGTV Green Home 2008" special, and will be hosted by "Carter Can" handyman Carter Oosterhouse. (For Oosterhouse's energy-saving tips, see the box at lower right.)
How green is the Green Home?
Highlights include pervious pavement (using pavers on the driveway allows rainwater to naturally seep into the ground); limited turf (less time and money invested in maintenance); low-flow toilets; individual room controls for heating and cooling; tankless water heaters; Energy Star appliances; waterproofing; and rapidly renewable wood flooring, such as bamboo.
Better Homes and Gardens is hitting the road for a 15-city, seven-month tour of America to spread its green living message. (Detroit is not a tour stop.) Using bio-diesel to get moving, the tour will feature a 2,500-square-foot Living Green Home and highlight eco-friendly rooms, integrated throughout with green products, materials and appliances to promote energy efficiency and everyday environmental practices.
The goal is to help consumers save money, live healthier and conserve natural resources. Experts such as renovation specialist Steven J. Whittle and interior designer Libby Langdon will be on hand to share how small changes can make a big "green" impact.
"What is so exciting about this project is that, before this, I was aware of the green movement but hadn't incorporated a lot of those elements into my designs," Langdon says. "It's rewarding when people check out what we've done and get tips on how to make the Earth as well as their homes a more beautiful place to live."
The Living Green Home will feature kitchen counters made from recycled glass and bottles, tiles made from old car windshields, cork and bamboo floors, and soy-based couches and surfaces in a resource room made from recycled toilets.
Coastal Living's March issue devotes a section to eco-friendly home improvements. Tips include using paints and finishes that are low- or zero-VOC (volatile organic compounds), which are durable, cost-effective and less harmful to humans; properly insulating walls and ducts to decrease bills by 30 percent; using reclaimed wood flooring; and creating driveways of "grasscrete" -- crushed seashells to allow rain water to seep in the ground.
Finally, "Green Living for Dummies" (Wiley, $19.99) by Yvonne Jeffery, Liz Barclay and Michael Grosvenor is now in bookstores. It is chock-full of ideas and tips, and the authors even suggest that frequent fliers donate to tree-planting programs when buying plane tickets to offset the carbon dioxide produced by jet flights. It sounds far-fetched, but then so did global warming not so long ago.
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