A couple weeks ago we told you that Good Houskeeping was set to unveil the first LEED Certified Green Private Residence in New York City! Using input from Global Green and oversight and third-party verification by Steven Winter Associates, (one of only 18 LEEDS residential consultancies in the U.S.) the publication completely gutted a classic brownstone and turned into an eco-friendly model of green building.

The opening took place last week and Ecorazzi was there to capture all the excitement on the official Ecorazzi Green Carpet. A myriad of well-known personalities showed up to get a sneak peak at the latest and greatest in green design including Russell Simmons, Editor-In-Chief of Good Housekeeping Rosemary Ellis, President and CEO of Global Green Matt Peterson. I even managed to corner season one Top Chef contestant Andrea Beaman in the outdoor garden who told us, ” Just to know like stuff like this is happening in the world gives me hope and inspiration that we can really make the planet safe again.” Also attending the event was local anchorwoman Sade Baderinwa, Go Green Expo Founder Bradford Rand and Ecorazzi contributers Melissa Rosenberg, Thomas Farley, Andrew Ford and of course….ME!

The evening was a success and it couldn’t have been done without Good Housekeeping’s steadfast commitment to green living and eco-design. And as always, a big thanks to our friends at OrganicWorks for keeping everything running so smoothly! Check out the video and photo gallery below.

photo credit: Andrew Ford
video credit: Thomas Farley

 

Anchorwoman Katie Couric arrived fashionably late for the red carpet entrance but the host of the Global Green USA’s Designing a Sustainable and Secure World Awards had to first deliver the CBS Evening News to the American public.

The awards event was held at the Ritz Carlton Battery Park City and was packed with eco-friendly celebs, active environmentalists and green innovators. Speakers included actors Josh Lucas, Josie Maran, playwright Eve Ensler, and the beautiful and talented Glenn Close. Other notable celebs in attendance were comedian Chevy Chase, actress Kyra Sedgewick, CNN contributor Jeff Greenfield, and Matt Peterson, President & CEO, Global Green. Josie Maran, who recently launched a green beauty product line, proudly also announced that her baby wears G Diapers. She shared and interesting green fact that I was unaware of: flying on a red eye gives off more carbon gas than other flights so she tries to avoid doing so.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg excitedly shared the details and video of plans for the city’s first Green School in the Lower Manhattan. Sloan & Roger Barnett, owners or Shaklee Corp. and winners of the Organizational Design Award, explained how they got started. Their son was diagnosed with severe asthma. After extensive digging they discovered no family history of asthma and realized their son must have gotten asthma from the environment. They urged for every school to use natural cleaning products.

Pratt Industries earned the Industrial Design Award and was accepted by Anthony Pratt, CEO & Chairman. This year’s winner for the Green Building Design Award Media and Entertainment Design Award given to Discovery and accepted by David Zaslav, President & CEO. The Founder Award was given to Scott Seydel, President, EVCO.

The night included a silent Eco-Auction and contributors included BOSCH, Citizen Watch, Farm 2 Market, EDUN. My personal favorite was the ME & Ro bracelet. During the delicious, organic dinner I had a chance to talk to some attendees and a heard repeated sentiment about the great Brad Pitt. Most agreed he has been doing a stellar job getting people aware, but several people expressed mild disappointment that he did not even mention the name Global Green on the Today show interview yesterday in New Orleans.