Video: Green Log Awards Building a Greener World One Home at a Time

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April 9, 2008

MERIDIAN, Idaho, April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The fate of the planet hangs in the balance. So one of the world’s most organic home builders is sending out a clarion call to action. Vote for the best of healthy, sustainable products for the home and the most useful tips and ideas for green living. Cast your ballot for countertops made from things like paper and glassware, or home insulation made from the blue jeans you wear. The GREEN LOG Home and Lifestyle Awards have arrived just in time to drive home the message: the time to think green, know green and go green is now!
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Jim Young, the incoming chairman of the Log Homes Council for the National Association of Home Builders, is one of the creative forces behind the GREEN LOG Home and Lifestyle Awards. Young’s efforts are aimed at galvanizing the home building industry and inspiring a new call to action. More than 80 companies have been nominated by their peers and by experts such as senior editors at the Environment News Service for a Green Log Award. Each can be examined up close at the GREEN LOG Blog at .
Tomorrow’s brightest green solutions run the gamut from home spun to high tech. There’s Nature’s Carpet, which makes a floor covering entirely from wool, a rapidly renewable resource. Another creative solution comes from Idaho Blue Insulation, a non-toxic, high-performance insulation made from recycled denim that has won LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) certification. Then there’s Richlite’s unique paper surfaces that bring a soft and comfortable ambience to a room, and Spectra Decor, hardware made from recycled materials like eco-resin.
From home energy systems to home furnishings, green building processes and materials to landscaping, and from the best blogs for helpful tips on healthier living to the best podcasts and television shows, the 2008 GREEN LOG Home & Lifestyle Awards are awarding the Green Log emblem to nominees, finalists and winners.
Tapping the social media power of the World Wide Web, the Green Log Awards are using an online voting system invented by Vizu to place voting booths at Websites and blog sites across the Internet. Scores of bloggers and Web netizens have joined in the effort.
Over 80 nominees were announced today in 19 different categories. To view the Nominees and see their solutions up-close, visit GreenLogAwards.com.
This year’s Green Log Awards is sponsored by Chase Home Finance, Home Buyer Publications, Ecological Home Ideas, and BuildGreenRadio.com. The two co-founders of the not-for-profit Green Log Awards are companies who contribute to America’s finest in log home design and construction, PrecisionCraft.com and MountainArchitects.com, both of Meridian, Idaho. Learn more about the sponsors and founders and cast your vote at GreenLogAwards.com.

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