Friday, September 12, 2008

The Best Green Places

According to Yahoo Real Estate, the Best Green Places to live are:

Burlington, VT
Ithaca, NY
Corvallis, OR
Springfield, MA
Wenatchee, WA
Charlottesville, VA
Boulder, CO
Madison, WI
Binghamton, NY
Champaign-Urbana, IL
Ann Arbor, MI
San Diego, CA
La Crosse, WI
Pittsfield, MA
Eau Claire, WI
Durham, NC
Norwich-New London, CT
Eugene, OR
San Francisco, CA
Chico, CA
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
Barnstable Town, MA
Utica-Rome, NY
Missoula, MT
Asheville, NC

I would say that Greensburg, KS should be mentioned here too. If you do not have the Planet Green channel which airs Greensburg , check out Greensburg's website.  

Though not in the US, I will put a note in here about a village in the United Kingdom, Ashton Hayes, that is striving to be the first village in the UK to go carbon neutral.  

I hope this list grows exponentially larger every year as people become increasingly concerned with their impact on the planet.   



Green Links

Courtesy of my mom, who is always sending me environmental info. I was raised to care about the environment.

www.ElementEcoWear.com Clothes made from organic bamboo, cotton and soy
www.ecobags.com Bags that are good for the planet
www.necartographics.com Envelopes and stationery made from outdated US Gov surplus maps

Green mattresses: